{"product_id":"moments-that-made-the-movies-david-thomson-9780500291559","title":"Moments That Made the Movies","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his first fully illustrated work, David Thomson breaks new ground by focusing in on a series of moments--which his readers will also experience in beautifully reproduced imagery--from seventy-two films across a 100-year-plus span. An indispensable counterpart to both his classic \u003cem\u003eBiographical Dictionary of Film\u003c\/em\u003e (called \"a miracle\" by \u003cem\u003eSight and Sound\u003c\/em\u003e) and his lauded recent history, \u003cem\u003eThe Big Screen\u003c\/em\u003e (\"a pungently written, brilliant book\" according to David Denby), \u003cem\u003eMoments\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers on an unprecedented visual tour, where the specifics of the imagery the reader is seeing are inextricably tied to the text. Thomson's moments range from a set of Eadweard Muybridge's pioneering photographs to sequences in films from the classic--\u003cem\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/em\u003e, S\u003cem\u003eunset Boulevard\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Red Shoes\u003c\/em\u003e--to the unexpected--\u003cem\u003eThe Piano Teacher\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBurn After Reading\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe excitement of \u003cem\u003eMoments\u003c\/em\u003e's dynamic visuals will be matched only by the discussion it incites in film circles, as readers revisit their own list of memorable moments and then re-experience the films--both those included on Thomson's list and from their own life--as never before. \u003cem\u003eMoments That Made the Movies\u003c\/em\u003e will undoubtedly reaffirm Thomson's place as--according to John Banville--\"the greatest living writer on the movies.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Thomson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0500291551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500291559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 8.17w x 1.11d","brand":"David Thomson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44919645503743,"sku":"9780500291559","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b1e214a-bb9c-4729-8332-f5e8aea5ded0.jpg?v=1710359079","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moments-that-made-the-movies-david-thomson-9780500291559","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}