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On Movies

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Bold, informative and irreverent, Macdonald's essays range from Hollywood comedy, the Bible movies to a study of Soviet cinema. He isnt afraid, along w Pauline Kael, to knock the "auteur theory" by pointing out that film is a collective art. "Cinema is the art to which the auteur theory is least suitable." Acerbic, but always an audacious thinker.

Language: English

Pages: 492

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Release: August 21, 1981

ISBN: 0306801507

ISBN 13: 9780306801501

On Movies

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Bold, informative and irreverent, Macdonald's essays range from Hollywood comedy, the Bible movies to a study of Soviet cinema. He isnt afraid, along w Pauline Kael, to knock the "auteur theory" by pointing out that film is a collective art. "Cinema is the art to which the auteur theory is least suitable." Acerbic, but always an audacious thinker.

Language: English

Pages: 492

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Release: August 21, 1981

ISBN: 0306801507

ISBN 13: 9780306801501

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