Ten Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists - Hardcover

Kelly, Richard T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585679607 ISBN 13: 9781585679607

Publisher: The Overlook Press, 2008

Synopsis

Is Richard E. Grant's Withnail a "far superior" screen drunk to Jimmy Stewart in Harvey? What are the Top Ten movies for making cigarettes look cool? Do good films ever win the Oscar? What is film's most tragic farewell, greatest opening-credit sequence, grisliest murder, loosest screen adaptation, most gratuitous use of sex and violence? How do you make a great movie without a movie camera? And why do Robert De Niro's characters behave so badly to women?

Born of the cinéphile's well-known love of lists, penchant for argument, and obsession with minutiae, TEN BAD DATES WITH DE NIRO is a symposium and celebration of viewing pleasures, private passions, and cinematic lost causes. Contributors to this smart and provocative collection of out-of-the-box Top Tens include a fine cast of leading critics, filmmakers, and writers ranging from Steven Soderbergh and the Coen brothers to Andrew O'Hagan and D.B.C. Pierre.

Includes:
* Ten Films to Avoid on Medication (or Within Reach of a Cutlery Drawer) by D.B.C. Pierre
* Ten Dodgiest Decisions of the Cannes Film Festival by Kieron Corless and Chris Darke
* Ten Great Films Which Defy Genre by David Hare
* Ten Films We'd Like to See Remade by the Coen brothers

About this title

About the Author

Richard T. Kelly is the author of Alan Clarke (1998), The Name of This Book is Dogme 95 (2000), and Sean Penn: His Life and Times (2004). His debut novel Crusaders will be published by Faber in 2008. Andrew Rae, the illustrator, was art director on BBC3s Monkey Dust and has a weekly slot in the Guardian Guide.

Review

AA stimulating, necessary volumeAand virtually alone among cinematic studies in the wit of its arguments and the seductiveness of its style.A ARichard Schickel, "Los Angeles Times"
AAddictive...A APeter Travers, "Rolling Stone"

"A stimulating, necessary volume-and virtually alone among cinematic studies in the wit of its arguments and the seductiveness of its style."-Richard Schickel, "Los Angeles Times"

"Addictive..."-Peter Travers, "Rolling Stone"

Edition details

• Publisher: The Overlook Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585679607
• ISBN 13: 9781585679607
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Rae Andrew
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480