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Citizen Sarris, American Film Critic: Essays in Honor of Andrew Sarris
Emanuel Levy
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Description for Citizen Sarris, American Film Critic: Essays in Honor of Andrew Sarris
Hardback. This collection of essays pays tribute to film critic Andrew Sarris, the most influential film critic in American film history. The 38 essays assembled here and arranged according to major theme demonstrate the amazing impact Sarris has had on every aspect of the film world: fellow critics, filmmakers, readers, and American popular culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
This collection of essays pays tribute to Andrew Sarris, the most influential film critic in American film history. A noted film personality, Sarris occupies a unique position, walking the line between popular journalism and more academic scholarship. He began his career in the 1950s with a passion for film and an eloquent style of prose that led him to become a prominent voice in the film world. As a writer and editor for the Village Voice at its prime, Sarris reached and educated a whole generation of readers, and became respected by academics and critics all over the world. ... Read more
This collection of essays pays tribute to Andrew Sarris, the most influential film critic in American film history. A noted film personality, Sarris occupies a unique position, walking the line between popular journalism and more academic scholarship. He began his career in the 1950s with a passion for film and an eloquent style of prose that led him to become a prominent voice in the film world. As a writer and editor for the Village Voice at its prime, Sarris reached and educated a whole generation of readers, and became respected by academics and critics all over the world. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810838918
SKU
V9780810838918
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About Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy is a senior film critic for the internationally renowned magazine Variety and a two-time president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. A professor of film and sociology at Arizona State University, he is the recipient of its 2000 Faculty Achievement Award in Research, Scholarship and Creativity. He has written several books on theatre and film including Cinema ... Read more
Reviews for Citizen Sarris, American Film Critic: Essays in Honor of Andrew Sarris
This is a rare and important book and a must read for anyone interested in the craft—the art—of serious film criticism.
Rapport
This well-organized Festschrift was edited by a well-connected scholar-journalist who persuaded 38 filmmakers (such as Martin Scorsese, Curtis Hanson, and Budd Boetticher, who called Sarris "the critic who reinvented my career"), journalists (including Sarris's wife Molly ... Read more
Rapport
This well-organized Festschrift was edited by a well-connected scholar-journalist who persuaded 38 filmmakers (such as Martin Scorsese, Curtis Hanson, and Budd Boetticher, who called Sarris "the critic who reinvented my career"), journalists (including Sarris's wife Molly ... Read more