Books : International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Directors (International Dictionary of Films & Filmmakers (Vols))
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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4303
EAN num: 9781558623019
ISBN number: 1558623019
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Page Count: 958
Printing Date: 1996-09
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Like the other major volume in the series ("Films") this is a really large, interesting book that has room for improvement. There's generally a very good (if superficial) write-up of all the world's major directors (except Mikio Naruse, Jiri Trnka, etc.) and quite a few of its minor (read: mediocre Hollywood) directors. The book gives a rundown of each director's films and a list of writings by/about each director. The problem is that the folks doing the writing aren't usually experts on who they're writing about, or they seem indifferent towards them. Why not get Ray Carney to write about John Cassavetes instead of Bill Wine? How about Tony Raynes on Edward Yang? In the end there often tends to be precious little piercing insight into the subjects of the book and so in the end "Directors" has less impact than it could. However limited it may be, "Directors" is still a wonderfully informative read because of its sheer scope, and its willingness to include current filmmakers is admirable.
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This massive, ambitious book attempts to cover all of the world's most important films and almost succeeds. Covering such ho-hum obvious choices as "Citizen Kane" down to less-known recent great films such as Yang's "A Brighter Summer Day" and Kore-eda's "After Life." A major annoyance is the insistence of using a foreign film's original language title instead of its (generally) more well-known English language title - although the titles (English and otherwise) along with the cast and crew are indexed at the back. The real problem is that the selection is inevitably going to leave out some major films: did Robert Bresson make no significant films after "Pickpocket?" Are "A Taste of Cherry" and "And Life Goes On" better, more interesting Kiarostami films than "Through the Olive Trees" and "Close-up?" Also, when taking into consideration directors that made a number of great films (i.e. John Ford) which films should take priority? But really this book's major fault and the most glaring fault of its sister volume "International Dictionary of Filmmakers" is the shameful disregard of some important lesser-known directors (Mikio Naruse) at the expense of including mediocrities (minor Hollywood films/makers). All in all though this is a fascinating, informative read, flaws and all.
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This is a really helpful book for me and my speech project. I had to watch three alfred Hitchcock movies for the project. Fun class and Fun Book
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