A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
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Book Overview From one of cinema's wisest and most penetrating observers, an arresting new perspective on the sweep of film history.David Thomson has b...
From one of cinema's wisest and most penetrating observers, an arresting new perspective on the sweep of film history.
David Thomson has been called "the greatest living writer on the movies." Here is a career capstone of sorts--a one-volume history of film and screens as illuminating and provocative as his classic Biographical Dictionary of Film. In tracing the progress, from the Lumiere Brothers to the Coens, Thomson glories in the great movies, but admits to increasing unease over what the medium has done to us--promoting fantasy, misleading models of sexual identity, the cult of authority, power, and happy endings.
This revisionist history is as alert to technology and business as it is to art and fun in tracing our pursuit of the lifelike instead of life. By turns trenchant, lyrical, and comic, Thomson uncovers our addiction to voyeurism and villainy, and a habit of passivity that has betrayed our political and cultural identity. In a survey that reaches from Metropolis to Rear Window to Anora, this will redirect ideas about film everywhere. As TheNew York Times has put it, "Thomson proves anew that he is irreplaceable."
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER | ISBN: 1668205734
FormatHardcover
ISBN1668205734
EAN9781668205730
PublisherSIMON & SCHUSTER
Publication Date2026-07-07
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight1.15 Pounds
Length9.1 Inches
Width6.3 Inches
Height1.4 Inches
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