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The Movies That Changed Us: Reflections on the Screen (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743410441)
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xNick Clooney, one of America's most respected film critics and historians, presents a distinctive catalog of movies that have influenced and altered not only the world of cinema, but also the world in which we live.
Since the advent of moving pictures, there have been films that exist as more than just entertainment. These rare movies have touched the collective soul of the public with such passion and artistic skill that they have actually changed the way we view life, history, and ourselves. Some have transformed the way movies are made and viewed -- and some have actually transformed us.
In The Movies That Changed Us, Clooney explores, explains, and theorizes upon twenty films -- reaching from 1998 back to 1915 -- that forever shifted our perceptions about race, religion, sex, politics, and the very definition of humanity. From the ambitiously epic -- though manifestly racist -- Birth of a Nation, to the controversial violence of Taxi Driver, to the mythic idealism and visual cornucopia of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Star Wars, Clooney relates the stories behind the camera in an informative, engaging, and personal chronicle of cinema and societ
Author: Nick Clooney
ISBN-10: 0743410440
ISBN-13: 9780743410441
Publisher: Atria Books
Language: English
Published: 11/18/2003
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.59h x 5.59w x 0.81d
Since the advent of moving pictures, there have been films that exist as more than just entertainment. These rare movies have touched the collective soul of the public with such passion and artistic skill that they have actually changed the way we view life, history, and ourselves. Some have transformed the way movies are made and viewed -- and some have actually transformed us.
In The Movies That Changed Us, Clooney explores, explains, and theorizes upon twenty films -- reaching from 1998 back to 1915 -- that forever shifted our perceptions about race, religion, sex, politics, and the very definition of humanity. From the ambitiously epic -- though manifestly racist -- Birth of a Nation, to the controversial violence of Taxi Driver, to the mythic idealism and visual cornucopia of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Star Wars, Clooney relates the stories behind the camera in an informative, engaging, and personal chronicle of cinema and societ
Author: Nick Clooney
ISBN-10: 0743410440
ISBN-13: 9780743410441
Publisher: Atria Books
Language: English
Published: 11/18/2003
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.59h x 5.59w x 0.81d
By Nick Clooney
xNick Clooney is a renowned film historian and the former on-air host of the American Movie Classic cable channel, for which he received four Emmy Award nominations. He writes a column for the Cincinnati Post, and has authored two previous books -- Cincinnati: City of Charm and Nick: The Collected Columns of Nick Clooney. He is the younger brother of the late Rosemary Clooney, and father of television and film star George Clooney
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