1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
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Review "We at Gotham love, love, love our movies. So when we received 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die…we started taking notes for our next Netflix order. 1001 Movies is a cinephile's dream: From the silents (The Birth of a Nation) to 1940s film noir (The Maltese Falcon) to the first of the independents (Cassavetes' Shadows) to 2004's Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby, the book gives an extensive history of each film, with most entries accompanied by stills. We found plenty of little-seen gems, too, like Japanese director Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp from 1956."—Gotham"This gargantuan volume is the perfect tip sheet for cinephiles, and includes everything from 1920's A Trip to the Moon to last year's Million Dollar Baby. Its balanced diet of indisputable classics (The Godfather), cult flicks (Eraserhead), and obscurities (The Ear) oughta keep you and your DVD player busy for many, many years…or until Ben Affleck makes a movie worthy of inclusion."—Scene "…terrifically useful. You can reacquaint yourself with old favorites you haven't seen for years and remind yourself of what to pick up for home viewing. Editor Steven Jay Schneider and his team deliver succinct plot summaries and smart comment."—Houston Chronicle“1001 MOVIES You Must See Before You Die ... a great motivating guide to cinema. After reading one of its engaging, often profound entries on a missed film, you want to run out and rent it.” —Dallas Morning News “If you’re constantly wondering what to pop into the VCR or DVD player, get this book!” —The Star “An excellent new film anthology...1001 Movies will serve as one of your ultimate movie guides. It presents everything you need to know about the must-see films...” —The Wave Channel Guide “Instead of simply summarizing the plot, Schneider and his team of experts briefly explain why each film is a must see.... Schneider’s choices are irrefutable. Highly recommended...” —Library Journal “... a browser’s delight as well as a useful guide for casual viewers and film buffs alike” —Booklist “...Schneider’s sources are solid...” —Buffalo News Read more From the Back Cover [back cover] What the critics are saying... “1001 MOVIES You Must See Before You Die ... a great motivating guide to cinema. After reading one of its engaging, often profound entries on a missed film, you want to run out and rent it.” Dallas Morning News “If you’re constantly wondering what to pop into the VCR or DVD player, get this book!” The Star “An excellent new film anthology...1001 Movies will serve as one of your ultimate movie guides. It presents everything you need to know about the must-see films...” The Wave Channel Guide “Instead of simply summarizing the plot, Schneider and his team of experts briefly explain why each film is a must see.... Schneider’s choices are irrefutable. Highly recommended...” Library Journal “... a browser’s delight as well as a useful guide for casual viewers and film buffs alike” Booklist “...Schneider’s sources are solid...” Buffalo News [front flap] Here is everything you need to know about the movies you simply must see—all 1001 of them! Whether you want to look up details about a film you thought you knew by heart, or if you’re simply trying to decide what to watch tonight, 1001 Movies will serve as your ultimate movie guide. It presents everything you need to know about those magnificent, must-see films—not only the ones you shouldn’t have missed the first time around, but also the classics that are worth seeing again and again. Open this book to any page and you’ll find a major film’s vital statistics, plus a few facts about it that might surprise you. If you collect DVDs and VCRs, you’ll find this volume a must for your bookshelf. But even if you’re simply a casual moviegoer, you’re sure to enjoy browsing through this big, entertaining volume. For students of cinema, for discerning film buffs, for enthusiastic fans, and for readers who enjoy thumbing through and reminiscing over unforgettable screen memories, here’s the place to start reading. You’ll find information and reviews covering nearly a century of memorable movies. So read, enjoy, and relish! [back flap] Steven Jay Schneider is a Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy at Harvard University, and in Cinema Studies at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He is the author of Designing Fear: An Aesthetics of Cinematic Horror (Routledge); editor of The Horror Film and Psychoanalysis: Freud’s Worst Nightmares (Cambridge University Press), and Fear Without Frontiers: Horror Cinema Across the Globe (FAB Press); and co-editor of Understanding Film Genres (McGraw-Hill), Horror International (Wayne State University Press), and Underground U.S.A.: Filmmaking Beyond the Hollywood Canon (Wallflower Press). Read more
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THIS BOOK IS AMAZING! It covers every genre, good or bad, culturally important, cinematically revolutionary, narratively stirring, and the notoriously awful movies people watch for a laugh or guilty pleasures. I never thought 1001 movies could be so limited, but the main difference, between this and other lists like AFI or IMDB top 250 is that this book was created by 30+ critics of all different walks that cover almost every year of cinema's existence worldwide. It cast such a wide swathe that noone will like or agree with every movie, but all the more fun. So yes, many of your favorites will be missing, as many of mine were, but you already found them, you shouldn't be getting the book just for confirmation but to extend that base. WARNING: EXCESSIVE MOVIE WATCHING WILL OCCUR WHEN THIS IS MIXED WITH A NETFLIX ACCOUNT. This book would work as just a casual read I guess, but this is book necessitates netflix or a four-star video heaven. The regular blockbuster store or hollywood video isn't going to cut it if you want to find most of these titles.P.S. And if you've wondered which is better, blockbuster delivered or netflix, the answer is netflix. I've tested out both, and netflix has faster delivery, far better interface, phenomenal recommendation service, and ONLINE STREAMING to the computer or TV with any of the internet ready dvd/blu-ray players out there or the XBOX 360. (BBI just caught on and came out with their own box, but netflix has support through vizio, lg, samsung, microsoft, roku and others) Still not sure, check out their stock prices... BBI vs NFLX.