The Best American Movie Writing 2001

By Landis, John L. & Shinder, Jason

Publishers Summary:
The Best Movie Writing 2001 is dedicated to collecting the best writing about our most influential medium, our most popular, evocative and hotly debated art and mode of storytelling, and includes several new features: introductions of each piece by the guest editor; comments by the contributors on their pieces: and a catalog of America's most important movie magazines. Discussions are not limited to individual films, actors and directors but range from the racial politics of Gone With the Wind to the protest surrounding the 1999 adaptation of the book American Psycho; from how the MPAA rates independent films, to the battle between proponents of film and the new digital technology. Includes selections from Ian Buruma, Molly Haskell, Michael Herr, John Irving, Lawrence Kasdan, Jack Kerouac, Stuart Klawans, Stanley Kubric, and others.

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978-1-56025-344-0
Publisher
Griffin


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Reviewed on December 1, 2001

Movies have been hailed as the liveliest art, and writing about films should be equally lively, perceptive, and, at best, grounded in a thorough understanding of film history. Compiled by guest editor and veteran director Landis (Animal House), this collection gets off to a peculiar start with a negative quotation sampler, "Thoughts on Critics." Perhaps as a reaction to the blandness of Hollywood's current product, many of the pieces...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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