Hugely entertaining. (Sunday TIMES)
Marvellous...a great book. (MAIL on Sunday)
The glory of Thomson's superb book is that he never tries to resolve the questions raised; he just makes you want to rewind this bewildering newsreel back to the beginning and puzzle out those questions all over again (Guardian)
Irresistible ... Do the publishers require a shrieking blurb for Rosebud? Glad to oblige. Let them simply recycle, with due attention to the adjective's roots in "terror", the poster slogan for Citizen Kane: "It's terrific!"' (Independent on Sunday)
London-born David Thomson graduated from Dulwich College and the London School of Film Technique. He has taught film studies at Dartmouth College, is on the selection committee for the New York Film Festival, and is a regular contributor to the
Boston Globe,
Film Comment,
Los Angeles, and
The New Republic. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and two children.
From the Hardcover edition.