Peter Bogdanovich's Movie Of The Week. 52 Classic Films For One Full Year.

Bogdanovich, Peter

ISBN 10: 0345432053 / ISBN 13: 9780345432056

Published by Ballantine Books, New York, 1999

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SIGNED BY BOGDANOVICH. The director & critic picks some of his favorite movies for us to watch. Some stills. Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Peter Bogdanovich's Movie Of The Week. 52 Classic Films For One Full Year.
• Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345432053
• ISBN 13: 9780345432056
• Binding: Paper
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Film And Entertainment
  • Signed Books

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Synopsis

A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO A YEAR'S WORTH OF MUST-SEE FILMS

Director, producer, screenwriter, author, actor, and film critic, Peter Bogdanovich knows movies. Now, in this unique new book, he shares his passion with a connoisseur's insight and delight by inviting the reader to join him for a year at the movies--fifty-two weeks, fifty-two films, fifty-two reasons to watch. Which films does Peter Bogdanovich call . . .

"The most hauntingly chilling, strangely prophetic science-fiction picture ever made."
(You'll be treated to it on Halloween)

"A scintillatingly directed comedy."
(Discover it with someone you love on Valentine's Day)

"A bittersweet human comedy of vintage genius [that] only becomes more precious as the years pass."
(Ringing in the New Year with it is reason enough to celebrate)

With recommendations specific to the seasons and holidays--from sparkling comedies, timeless musicals, landmark foreign films, powerful dramas and thrillers to legendary masterpieces and neglected treasures--Bogdanovich's eclectic cinematic calendar of classics, each available on video, each accompanied by an illuminating essay, and each followed by a list of tie-in recommendations, makes the perfect date for movielovers every week of the year.

About the Author

Peter Bogdanovich is the author of thirteen books, including Who the Devil Made It, as well as This Is Orson Welles, The Cinema of Howard Hawks and John Ford. Bogdanovich has directed such plays as The Big Knife, Camino Real and Once in a Lifetime. His films include Targets, The Last Picture Show, What's Up, Doc?, Paper Moon and They All Laughed. His essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Esquire and the New York Observer.