The Film Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Filmological Knowledge (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780767918763)

From the same brain trust that brought you The Rock Snob*s Dictionary, the hilarious, bestselling guide to insiderist rock arcana, comes The Film Snob*s Dictionary, an informative and subversively funny A-to-Z reference guide to all that is held sacred by Film Snobs, those perverse creatures of the repertory cinema. No longer must you suffer silently as some clerk in a "Tod Browning's Freaks" T-shirt bombards you with baffling allusions to "wire-fu" pictures, "Todd-AO process," and "Sam Raimi." By helping to close the knowledge gap between average moviegoers and incorrigible Snobs, the dictionary lets you in on hidden gems that film geeks have been hoarding (such as Douglas Sirk and Guy Maddin movies) while exposing the trash that Snobs inexplicably laud (e.g., most chop-socky films and Mexican wrestling pictures). Delightfully illustrated and handily organized in alphabetical order for quick reference, The Film Snob*s Dictionary is your fail-safe companion in the video store, the cineplex, or wherever insufferable Film Snobs congregate.

Author: David Kamp, Lawrence Levi
ISBN-10: 0767918762
ISBN-13: 9780767918763
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2006
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.47d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 02/19/2006 pg. 20