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When Movies Mattered
Dave Kehr
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Description for When Movies Mattered
Hardback. Presents a wide-ranging selection of Kehr's criticism from the Reader-most of which is reprinted here for the first time-including insightful discussions of film history and his controversial Top Ten lists. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: APFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
If you have ever wanted to dig around in the archives for that perfect Sunday afternoon DVD and first turned to a witty weekly column in the "New York Times", then you are already familiar with one of our nation's premier film critics. If you love movies-and the writers who engage them-and just happen to have followed two of the highest-circulating daily papers in the country, then you probably recognize the name of the intellectually dazzling writer who has been penning pieces on American and foreign films for over thirty years. And if you called the City of the Big ... Read more
If you have ever wanted to dig around in the archives for that perfect Sunday afternoon DVD and first turned to a witty weekly column in the "New York Times", then you are already familiar with one of our nation's premier film critics. If you love movies-and the writers who engage them-and just happen to have followed two of the highest-circulating daily papers in the country, then you probably recognize the name of the intellectually dazzling writer who has been penning pieces on American and foreign films for over thirty years. And if you called the City of the Big ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226429403
SKU
V9780226429403
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About Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr moved to the Chicago Tribune after leaving the Chicago Reader in 1986, and he was its principal film critic until late 1992, when he moved to New York. His work has appeared regularly in Film Comment, and he is a member of the National Society of Film Critics. He blogs at www.davekehr.com.
Reviews for When Movies Mattered
"Dave Kehr is one of the most gifted film critics in America." -Roger Ebert "Dave Kehr belongs in the pantheon of film critics who have been associated in one way or another with the city of Chicago-in fact, he's one of the best writers on film the country as a whole has ever produced. This collection of his work for ... Read more