Mr Thomson (196 results)

Hardback. Condition: Fair. From the brilliant film historian and critic David Thomson, a book that reinvents the star biography in a singularly illuminating portrait of Nicole Kidman--and what it means to be a top actress today. At once life story, love letter, and critical analysis, this is not merely a book about who Kidman is but about what she is--in our culture and in our minds, on- and offscreen. Tall, Australian, one of the striking beauties of the world, Nicole Kidman is that rare modern phenomenon--an authentic movie star who is as happy and as creative throwing a seductive gaze from some magazine cover as she is being Virginia Woolf in The Hours. Here is the story of how this actress began her career, has grown through her roles, taken risks, made good choices and bad, and worried about money, aging, and image. Here are the details of an actress's life: her performances in To Die For, The Portrait of a Lady, Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge , The Hours, and Birth, among other films; her high-visibility marriage to Tom Cruise; her intense working relationship with Stanley Kubrick and her collaborations with Anthony Minghella and Baz Luhrmann; her work with Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Ren e Zellweger, and John Malkovich; her decisions concerning nudity, endorsements, and publicity. And here are Thomson's scintillating considerations of what celebrity means in the life of an actress like Kidman; of how the screen becomes both barrier and open sesame for her and for her audience; of what is required today of an actress of Kidman's stature if she is to remain vital to the industry and to the audiences who made her a prime celebrity. Impassioned, opinionated, dazzlingly original in its approach and ideas, Nicole Kidman is as alluring and as much fun as Nicole Kidman herself, and David Thomson's most remarkable book yet.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. More than one thousand pages in the voice of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian--a generous history of film and an enticing critical appraisal written with as much humor and passion as historical knowledge. Juxtaposing the fanciful and the fabulous, the old favorites and the forgotten, this sweeping collection presents the films that Thomson offers to answer the question he gets asked most often--What should I see? Not content to choose only his own top films, Thomson has created a list that will surprise and delight you--and send you to your DVD player. But he also probes the question: After one hundred years of film, which ones are the best, and why?Have You Seen . . . ? suggests a true canon of cinema and is a must for anyone who loves the silver screen: the perfect confection to dip into for a taste of controversy, little-known facts, and ideas about what to see. You'll want to return to this volume again and again, like a dear but argumentative friend in the dark at the movies.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. More than one thousand pages in the voice of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian--a generous history of film and an enticing critical appraisal written with as much humor and passion as historical knowledge. Juxtaposing the fanciful and the fabulous, the old favorites and the forgotten, this sweeping collection presents the films that Thomson offers to answer the question he gets asked most often--What should I see? Not content to choose only his own top films, Thomson has created a list that will surprise and delight you--and send you to your DVD player. But he also probes the question: After one hundred years of film, which ones are the best, and why?Have You Seen . . . ? suggests a true canon of cinema and is a must for anyone who loves the silver screen: the perfect confection to dip into for a taste of controversy, little-known facts, and ideas about what to see. You'll want to return to this volume again and again, like a dear but argumentative friend in the dark at the movies.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. David Thomson's>New Biographical Dictionary of Film>topped>Sight & Sound magazine's 2010 poll of international critics and writers as the best film book of all time. Now in its fifth edition, updated, and with more than 130 new entries--from Judd Apatow to Lena Horne--the classic, beloved film book is better than ever. For thirty-five years, David Thomson's>Biographical Dictionary of Film has been fiendishly seductive (Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone), the finest reference book ever written about movies (Graham Fuller, Interview), and not only an indispensable book about cinema, but one of the most absurdly ambitious literary achievements of our time (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian). For this edition, Thomson has brought up to date and in some case recast the biographies, and has added new ones (Clive Owen, Scarlett Johansson, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Marion Cotillard, for example). The book now includes almost 1,500 entries, some of them just a pungent paragraph, some of them several thousand words long, every one a gem. Here is a great, rare book that encompasses the chaos of art, entertainment, money, vulgarity, and nonsense that we call the movies. Personal, opinionated, funny, daring, provocative, and passionate, it is the one book that every filmmaker and film buff must own, from the man David Hare called the most stimulating and thoughtful film critic now writing.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. More than one thousand pages in the voice of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian--a generous history of film and an enticing critical appraisal written with as much humor and passion as historical knowledge. Juxtaposing the fanciful and the fabulous, the old favorites and the forgotten, this sweeping collection presents the films that Thomson offers to answer the question he gets asked most often--What should I see? Not content to choose only his own top films, Thomson has created a list that will surprise and delight you--and send you to your DVD player. But he also probes the question: After one hundred years of film, which ones are the best, and why?Have You Seen . . . ? suggests a true canon of cinema and is a must for anyone who loves the silver screen: the perfect confection to dip into for a taste of controversy, little-known facts, and ideas about what to see. You'll want to return to this volume again and again, like a dear but argumentative friend in the dark at the movies.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. More than one thousand pages in the voice of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian--a generous history of film and an enticing critical appraisal written with as much humor and passion as historical knowledge. Juxtaposing the fanciful and the fabulous, the old favorites and the forgotten, this sweeping collection presents the films that Thomson offers to answer the question he gets asked most often--What should I see? Not content to choose only his own top films, Thomson has created a list that will surprise and delight you--and send you to your DVD player. But he also probes the question: After one hundred years of film, which ones are the best, and why?Have You Seen . . . ? suggests a true canon of cinema and is a must for anyone who loves the silver screen: the perfect confection to dip into for a taste of controversy, little-known facts, and ideas about what to see. You'll want to return to this volume again and again, like a dear but argumentative friend in the dark at the movies.…

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. David Thomson's>New Biographical Dictionary of Film>topped>Sight & Sound magazine's 2010 poll of international critics and writers as the best film book of all time. Now in its fifth edition, updated, and with more than 130 new entries--from Judd Apatow to Lena Horne--the classic, beloved film book is better than ever. For thirty-five years, David Thomson's>Biographical Dictionary of Film has been fiendishly seductive (Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone), the finest reference book ever written about movies (Graham Fuller, Interview), and not only an indispensable book about cinema, but one of the most absurdly ambitious literary achievements of our time (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian). For this edition, Thomson has brought up to date and in some case recast the biographies, and has added new ones (Clive Owen, Scarlett Johansson, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Marion Cotillard, for example). The book now includes almost 1,500 entries, some of them just a pungent paragraph, some of them several thousand words long, every one a gem. Here is a great, rare book that encompasses the chaos of art, entertainment, money, vulgarity, and nonsense that we call the movies. Personal, opinionated, funny, daring, provocative, and passionate, it is the one book that every filmmaker and film buff must own, from the man David Hare called the most stimulating and thoughtful film critic now writing.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL Article, disbound from journal; no covers; in very good condition. Journal.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL Article, disbound from journal; no covers; in very good condition. Journal.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The definitive story of the medium that defines our timesThe Big Screen tells the enthralling story of the movies: their rise and spread, their remarkable influence over us, and the technology that made the screen as important as the images it carries. But The Big Screen is not another history of the movies. Rather, it is a wide-ranging narrative about the movies and their signal role in modern life. The celebrated film authority David Thomson takes us around the globe, through time, and across many media to tell the complex, gripping, paradoxical story of the movies. He tracks the ways we were initially enchanted by movies as imitations of life--the stories, the stars, the look--and how we allowed them to show us how to live. At the same time, movies, offering a seductive escape from everyday reality and its responsibilities, have made it possible for us to evade life altogether. The entranced audience has become a model for powerless and anxiety-ridden citizens trying to pursue happiness and dodge terror by sitting quietly in a dark room. Does the big screen take us out into the world or merely mesmerize us? That is Thomson's question in this grand adventure of a book, vital to anyone trying to make sense of the age of screens--the age that, more than ever, we are living in.…

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No Binding. Condition: Good. ORIGINAL Abstracts, disbound from GCAGS Transactions volume; no covers; light foxing of edges; o/w in good condition. Journal.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 97 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NoNE. NEW EDITION 1907. BOUND IN DARK BLUE WITH SHARP AND FRESH GILT LETTERING AND ELABORATE DESIGN GILT TEXTBLOCK A RIPPLED AREA ON BACK BY SPINE SOLID CLEAN AND VERY BRIGHT LIGHT WEAR TO CORNERS GREAT COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS TRACES OF FOXING ON FRONT ENDPAPERS A VERY NICE COPY. THOMSON HUGH (illustrator).…

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.