{"product_id":"moments-that-made-the-movies-9780500516416","title":"Moments That Made the Movies","description":"In his first fully illustrated work, David Thomson breaks new ground by focusing in on a series of moments--which his readers will also experience in beautifully reproduced imagery--from seventy-two films across a 100-year-plus span. An indispensable counterpart to both his classic \u003cem\u003eBiographical Dictionary of Film\u003c\/em\u003e (called \"a miracle\" by \u003cem\u003eSight and Sound\u003c\/em\u003e) and his lauded recent history, \u003cem\u003eThe Big Screen\u003c\/em\u003e (\"a pungently written, brilliant book\" according to David Denby), \u003cem\u003eMoments\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers on an unprecedented visual tour, where the specifics of the imagery the reader is seeing are inextricably tied to the text. Thomson's moments range from a set of Eadweard Muybridge's pioneering photographs to sequences in films from the classic--\u003cem\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSunset Boulevard\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Red Shoes\u003c\/em\u003e--to the unexpected--\u003cem\u003eThe Piano Teacher\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBurn After Reading\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The excitement of \u003cem\u003eMoments\u003c\/em\u003es? dynamic visuals will be matched only by the discussion it incites in film circles, as readers revisit their own list of memorable moments and then re-experience the films--both those included on Thomson's list and from their own life--as never before. \u003cem\u003eMoments That Made the Movies\u003c\/em\u003e will undoubtedly reaffirm Thomson's place as--according to John Banville--\"the greatest living writer on the movies.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500516416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 8.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2013 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/04\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/29\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/2013 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014 pg. 115\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Thomson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924866863285,"sku":"9780500516416","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b82f0d65-4d72-4037-a33e-976c374e3da4.jpg?v=1687840177","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/moments-that-made-the-movies-9780500516416","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}