1st Edition
British Film Institute Film Classics 2-Volume Set The Best of International Cinema 1916-1981
Edited By Rob White
1605 Pages
by
Routledge
This illustrated two-volume set is a compendium of more than 50 monographs published by the British Film Institute since 1992. Each entry focuses on a single great film of world cinema, presenting an essay by a prominent critic, novelist, academic, or filmmaker. You will read Camille Paglia on The Birds , Richard Schickel on Double Indemnity , Salman Rushdie on The Wizard of Oz , and many... Read more
Volume 1: Introduction to the BFI Film Classics Series, DAS CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI, GREED, NAPOLÉON, SUNRISE – A SONG OF TWO HUMANS, BLACKMAIL, L’ÂGE D’OR, M, BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING (Boudu sauvé des eaux), 42nd STREET, QUEEN CHRISTINA, IT’S A GIFT, L’ATALANTE, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN , THINGS TO COME, PÉPÉ LE MOKO, OLYMPIA, STAGECOACH, THE WIZARD OF OZ, CITIZEN KANE, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, THE PALM BEACH STORY, WENT THE DAY WELL? CAT PEOPLE, “FIRES WERE STARTED –”;, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP.
Volume 2: Introduction to the BFI Film Classics Series, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS, THE BIG SLEEP, THE GHOST AND MRS MUIR, ODD MAN OUT, GUN CRAZY, IN A LONELY PLACE, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, HIGH NOON, SHANE, THE BIG HEAT, THE SEVENTH SEAL (Det sjunde inseglet), WILD STRAWBERRIES (Smultronstället), L’AVVENTURA, ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Rocco e i suoi fratelli), LOLITA, AN ACTOR’S REVENGE (Yukinojo henge), THE BIRDS, PERFORMANCE, LA NUIT AMÉRICAINE (Day for Night), CHINATOWN, TAXI DRIVER, ANNIE HALL.
Volume 2: Introduction to the BFI Film Classics Series, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, BRIEF ENCOUNTER, LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS, THE BIG SLEEP, THE GHOST AND MRS MUIR, ODD MAN OUT, GUN CRAZY, IN A LONELY PLACE, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, HIGH NOON, SHANE, THE BIG HEAT, THE SEVENTH SEAL (Det sjunde inseglet), WILD STRAWBERRIES (Smultronstället), L’AVVENTURA, ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Rocco e i suoi fratelli), LOLITA, AN ACTOR’S REVENGE (Yukinojo henge), THE BIRDS, PERFORMANCE, LA NUIT AMÉRICAINE (Day for Night), CHINATOWN, TAXI DRIVER, ANNIE HALL.
Biography
Series Editors: Edward Buscombe (Stagecoach) Editor of The BFI Companion to the Western (2nd edn, 1993) and author of The Searchers (2000), also in the BFI Film Classics series. Rob White.
"The stature of films and writers makes this work valuable... Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and higher." -- Choice
"Academic and research libraries that are not purchasing the series may want to consider this set for their circulating collections." -- Booklist/RBB
"A must-have resource on these films of undeniable historical significance. The essays are all of exceptionally high quality... The BFI series is a landmark in the history of film criticism, and an absolutely essential reference book..." -- Quarterly Review of Film and Video
