|
|
|
|
This web site is: |
 |
|
|
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: 5th Anniversary Edition |
|
|
Amazon Sales Rank: 9371
Publication Date: 2008-10-01
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
ISBN: 0764161512
Type: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 960
|
This special Fifth Anniversary Edition of the acclaimed film reference guide is packed with virtually everything movie lovers need to know about the films they simply must see. Stephen Jay Schneider and his team of writers have brought the book up to date by including the most memorable movies released during the past five years. Among their new additions are The Queen, The Lives of Others, Brokeback Mountain, and several more recent movies that have attracted worldwide attention. Covering more than a century of filmmaking and dating back to silent-era sensations such as Edwin S. Porter’s The Great Train Robbery and Chaplin’s The Gold Rush, this book describes musicals, dramas, screwball comedies, experimental “New Wave” films from 1950s and ’60s Italy and France, major films noir, classic westerns, action and adventure films, and even memorable documentaries. It lists each film’s director and cast, presents a plot summary and production notes, and cites interesting, often little-known facts relating to the film’s cast, storyline, and production. For students of cinema, discerning film buffs, DVD collectors, and readers who enjoy thumbing through and reminiscing over cherished screen moments, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die is the place to start reading. Filled with 800 movie still shots and actors’ photos.
Average Rating: 
Review: 2008-12-22
Good With Some Issues
This book is a good one to have handy to look at movies that you may or may not know and serves to job you into picking up one that you have not watched in awhile or in fact have never seen.
It is extensive (and there is no way I think I will ever watch 1001 movies) but it does lead to some issues in things that are inaccurate, so a better proof reading of the next issue woulld be well placed.
And some off the synopsis are a bit too detailed and can give away some points in the plot, so that is another place where the next edition could improve, they can err on holding back some information or making it clear that points can be revealed.
Despite these shortcomings, it is still a good book and I enjoy just thumbing through it.
Review: 2008-12-22
Good, but far from great
1001 movies is a bit of a mixed bag. It does present the reader with many important movies throughout history and provides brief explanations and occassionally pretty pictures. But as many other reviewers have pointed out there are some clear problems that you will pick up very quickly when reading this book.
First, many of the descriptions of a movie will provide spoilers and sometimes even give away a major plot twist. Along the same lines, the descriptions also usually focus too much on explaining the plot and not dedicating enough words towards explaining why the film is important and the effect it has had on the film industry.
Secondly, (however this is the point i personally consider most dissapointing) there is an inherent skewed favouritism towards older films, as the films from 1930's - 1970's has a far larger portion of pages than the 1980's onwards. At the risk of sounding rude, this seems typical seeming as most of the contributors to this book are in the later stages of their life.
Once again, along the same lines, this book does pick some great flicks that any movie-goer would agree to, however there are also many questionable ones. Meet the parents and Apoclypto are just two examples of films that made it into the book most likely through their box office pay-off rather than being important movies in cinema history.
I mean where is Cross of Iron (An intereesting WW2 Eastern Front war drama and a Peckinpah classic), 28 Days Later (Brought new life into the 'zombie' genre, and gave much more than typical blood & guts), The Dark Knight, A history of violence, There will be blood, No country for old men, Eastern porimises, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Bowling for Columbine, Infernal Affairs (They put The Departed in but not IF!!!), Perfect Blue, City of God, O Brother where art thou?, Gattaca, Lord of the rings (The only put in Return of the King), Marathon Man, Master & Commander, Munich, Ray, Secret Window, Solaris (2002 version), The Talented Mr. Ripley, Turtles can fly, A Beautiful mind, Battle Royale, The Blues Brothers, Cast Away, Collaterl, Cube, The Dirty Dozen etc (that's probably enough for now).
With all this in mind it does still pick up on alot of important films, and this book is a good companion to a collection of cinema related books, but definately not the definitive film book.
Also the index is thankfully well done, which is essential in such a chunky book like this. The films are arranged by year and there is both an alphabetical index of films by name and an index of films corresponding to the director. Also at the front of the book there's a rough index of films by genre.
All in all it's worth a read if you already have a number of film-related books (and especially if you have a weak spot for older movies).
 |
Amazon List Price: $35.00
Choose an Amazon Store
 Buy from Amazon |
|
 Go back to previous page |
|
|
Product reviews, information, best prices and cheap buys for a range of popular products. Ranging from books, video games, DVD's, toys and music. Products include the fabulous Harry Potter, Gordon Ramsay, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The God Delusion, A History of Modern Britain, The Children of Hurin, The Secret, I Can Make You Thin, (Paul McKenna), The Kite Runner , Tricks of the Mind, Derren Brown, Suite Francaise , Catherine Tate Comic, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Shrek 3 the Third, Rocky Balboa , James Bond - Casino Royale , Dad's Army - Series 9, Doctor Who, Prison Break Season 2 , Scrubs - Series 5, Blood Diamond , Doctor Who - Series 3, Dreamgirls, It Won't Be Soon Before Long, Maroon 5, Back To Black, Winehouse, Black Rain, Ozzy Osbourne, Send Away the Tigers, Manic Street Preachers, The Best Club Anthems, Icky Thump, White Stripes, Sweet Warrior, Richard Thompson, 50 cent , abba , akon , amy winehouse , arcade fire , arctic monkeys , avril lavigne , beatles , biffy clyro , beverley knight , beyonce , black sabbath , bob dylan , bob marley , bjork , bon jovi , bruce springsteen , bryan adams , cascada , cat stevens , cliff richard , coldplay , css , dance , david bowie , deep purple , depeche mode , diana ross , dolly parton , elliot smith , elton john , elvis presley , eric clapton , eurovision , fall out boy , fleetwood mac , frank sinatra , funeral for a friend , genesis , groove armada , hawkwind , hed kandi , iron maiden , james , jeff buckley , jimi hendrix , johnny cash , joni mitchell , justin timberlake , kaiser chiefs , kings of leon , led zeppelin , linkin park , love songs , madonna , manic street preachers , mark ronson , maroon 5 , megadeth , mcfly , metallica , michael buble and many more. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: 5th Anniversary Edition
|
|
|