Product Description This special Fifth Anniversary Edition of the acclaimed film reference guide is packed with virtually everything movie lovers need to know about the films they simply must see. Stephen Jay Schneider and his team of writers have brought the book up to date by including the most memorable movies released during the past five years. Among their new additions are The Queen, The Lives of Others, Brokeback Mountain, and several more recent movies that have attracted worldwide attention. Covering more than a century of filmmaking and dating back to silent-era sensations such as Edwin S. Porter?s The Great Train Robbery and Chaplin?s The Gold Rush, this book describes musicals, dramas, screwball comedies, experimental ?New Wave? films from 1950s and ?60s Italy and France, major films noir, classic westerns, action and adventure films, and even memorable documentaries. It lists each film?s director and cast, presents a plot summary and production notes, and cites interesting, often little-known facts relating to the film?s cast, storyline, and production. For students of cinema, discerning film buffs, DVD collectors, and readers who enjoy thumbing through and reminiscing over cherished screen moments, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die is the place to start reading. Filled with 800 movie still shots and actors? photos.
Good, but can be better October 28, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's a good book, but I think that author could choose newest movies. There is a lot of 10, 20, 30's movies and few from the recent decades.
Where the hell is 'The Shop around the Corner'? October 26, 2008 1. It doesn't include 'The Shop around the corner', whereas 'Apocalypto' and 'Borat' is included. How is that REMOTELY possible? I mean, it's not even 100(even if the movie doesn't make THAT cut, it's a sacrilege), it's 1001 !
2. It's WAY TOO bottom heavy. Movies before 1968 doesn't even make half of the total pages. Unfamiliarity is no excuse, since we can watch pretty much any classics thanks to the DVDs.
New Edition Corrects Errors, Has Wonderful Photos, But... October 15, 2008 It's pleasing to note that most of the editorial errors which detracted from the usefulness of the earlier edition have now been corrected, but the main criticism I made of "1001 Movies", still holds good. The book is woefully unbalanced. Roughly a quarter of the pages are devoted to pre-1958 movies, while the remaining three-quarters focuses on the last 50 years. This appalling distortion means that most of the cinema's greatest masters have been excluded. Of course, all the fashionable directors are still represented, and just about all the current pop and cult favorites get a look-in. But those who are looking to expand their movie horizons will find few unfamiliar pictures in "1001 Movies". To my original review, I appended my own list of 400 essential films. Only 88 of these are represented in "1001 Movies". Hollywood Classic Movies 1: NEW LIGHT ON MOVIE BESTS
Great! but... July 8, 2008 As a movie lover this seemed to be a perfect gift for me...until I learned there was a new edition coming in the fall. Apart from that I was absolutely pleased with this book and I'm looking forward to watching the movies listed in the book that I haven't seen. If you don't mind having this edition (that only lists movies till 2004) then I wouldn't hesitate on buying it.
Massive work, sloppy errors April 25, 2008 Ideal compendium for it's attempt to focus novices on a more complete path of film experience, but in many places not to be trusted for it's facts and digests. Forgivable I guess because of it's many contributors, but not so for any one reviewer not to be fully conversant with the film they wrote about.
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