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Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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Description for Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia
Paperback. For film critic Rosenbaum, there is no high or low cinema, only more interesting or less interesting films. This book gathers together over fifty examples of Rosenbaum's criticism from the past four decades, each of which demonstrates his passion for the way we view movies, as well as how we write about them. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
The esteemed film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum has brought global cinema to American audiences for the last four decades. His incisive writings on individual filmmakers define film culture as a diverse and ever-evolving practice, unpredictable yet subject to analyses just as diversified as his own discriminating tastes. For Rosenbaum, there is no high or low cinema, only more interesting or less interesting films, and the pieces collected here, from an appreciation of Marilyn Monroe's intelligence to a classic discussion on and with Jean-Luc Godard, amply testify to his broad intellect and multifaceted talent. "Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia" gathers together over fifty ... Read more
The esteemed film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum has brought global cinema to American audiences for the last four decades. His incisive writings on individual filmmakers define film culture as a diverse and ever-evolving practice, unpredictable yet subject to analyses just as diversified as his own discriminating tastes. For Rosenbaum, there is no high or low cinema, only more interesting or less interesting films, and the pieces collected here, from an appreciation of Marilyn Monroe's intelligence to a classic discussion on and with Jean-Luc Godard, amply testify to his broad intellect and multifaceted talent. "Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia" gathers together over fifty ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226726656
SKU
V9780226726656
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About Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote for many periodicals (including the Village Voice, Sight and Sound, Film Quarterly, and Film Comment) before becoming principal film critic for the Chicago Reader from 1987 until his retirement in 2008. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, Discovering Orson Welles and the major collection of essays Essential Cinema. He continues to write for ... Read more
Reviews for Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia
"One of the finest film critics currently active." - Times (UK) "Among the best is Rosenbaum." - Booklist "This is a major new collection of essays from a preeminent American film critic.... Jonathan Rosenbaum's intellectual and political engagement, his insistence in going beyond the U.S.-centrism of most American critics, and his extraordinarily wide-ranging cinephilia represent near-heroic work.... This excellent collection, ... Read more