The Dilys Powell Film Reader - Softcover

Powell, Dilys

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192830821 ISBN 13: 9780192830821

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1992

Synopsis

Dilys Powell is the doyenne of British film critics. Reviewing for the Sunday Times, and more recently Punch, she has built up a reputation for perceptive assessment. Divided into thematic sections, this selection from over fifty years of criticism reveals her views on such topics as British cinema, the French, film stars, genres, adaptations, and censorship. In addition to critiques of such key films as Citizen Kane and Rashomon, there are entertaining pieces on biblical epics, biopics, and the musical, and sections on films she loathed and those she tried hard to like.

About this title

Synopsis:

This collection of reviews by film critic Dilys Powell follows a thematic approach, ranging from the British cinema 1939-1945 through the work of particular directors, including Hitchcock, Disney, Bunuel and Fellini, to questions of censorship.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0192830821
• ISBN 13: 9780192830821
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 467
• Editor: Cook Christopher