Keepers: The Greatest Films--And Personal Favorites--of a Moviegoing Lifetime
- ISBN-10
- 0307277879
- ISBN-13
- 9780307277879
- Series
- Keepers
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-08-09
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Richard Schickel
Description
After six decades of writing about film, acclaimed critic Richard Schickel generously shares Keepers, a history of film as he's seen and lived it. Here is a tour of his favorites from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Pulp Fiction, and a master class in what makes a film soar or flop. Schickel reminds us of the subjective art of film criticism, highlighting above all the true gems, the immortal moments of transcendent "movie magic"--the scenes, characters, lines, shots, scores, and even lighting cues--that have stuck with him over a lifetime of movie-watching. Buster Keaton, His Girl Friday, Ingrid Bergman, Taxi Driver, Star Wars, Stanley Kubrick--Schickel reveals all the films and the forces behind them that have kept him coming back for more.
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