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010 a| 2012009140;

020 a| 9780374191894 (alk. paper);

020 a| 0374191891 (alk. paper);

035 a| (Sirsi) 40021905193;

035 a| 40021905193;

035 a| (OCoLC)778422496;

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050 00 a| PN1993.5.U6b| T463 2012;

082 00 a| 791.4309732| 23;

100 1 a| Thomson, David,d| 1941-=| ^A75418;

245 14 a| The big screen :b| the story of the movies /c| David Thomson.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Farrar, Straus and Giroux,c| 2012.;

300 a| viii, 595 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| "The Big Screen" tells the enthralling story of the movies: their rise and spread, their remarkable influence in the war years, and their long, slow decline to a form that is often richly entertaining but no longer lays claim to our lives the way it once did.;

505 0 a| Prologue: Let there be light -- Pt. 1: The shining light and the huddled masses. A cheap form of amusement ; The era of Sunrise ; The cinema of winter ; M ; State film, film state ; The extraordinary adventures of Mr. Bolshevik in the West ; 1930s Hollywood ; France ; Renoir ; American ; Ambersons ; Howard Hawks : the "Slim" years ; Films were started ; Brief encounter ; War ; Italian cinema ; Ingrid sees a movie ; Sing a noir song -- Pt. 2: Sunset and change -- Pt. 3: Film studies -- Pt. 4: Dread and desire. Dread and desire ; To own the summer ; Brave new northern California world ; What is a director? ; Silence of Sinatra? ; The numbers and the numbness -- Epilogue: I wake up screaming.;

650 0 a| Motion picturesx| Social aspectsz| United States.=| ^A124155;

650 0 a| Motion picturesz| United Statesx| History.=| ^A24227;

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The big screen : the story of the movies / David Thomson.

Author/creator	Thomson, David, 1941-
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Description	viii, 595 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Motion pictures--Social aspects. --United States. Motion pictures--United States. --History.

Contents	Prologue: Let there be light -- Pt. 1: The shining light and the huddled masses. A cheap form of amusement ; The era of Sunrise ; The cinema of winter ; M ; State film, film state ; The extraordinary adventures of Mr. Bolshevik in the West ; 1930s Hollywood ; France ; Renoir ; American ; Ambersons ; Howard Hawks : the "Slim" years ; Films were started ; Brief encounter ; War ; Italian cinema ; Ingrid sees a movie ; Sing a noir song -- Pt. 2: Sunset and change -- Pt. 3: Film studies -- Pt. 4: Dread and desire. Dread and desire ; To own the summer ; Brave new northern California world ; What is a director? ; Silence of Sinatra? ; The numbers and the numbness -- Epilogue: I wake up screaming.
Abstract	"The Big Screen" tells the enthralling story of the movies: their rise and spread, their remarkable influence in the war years, and their long, slow decline to a form that is often richly entertaining but no longer lays claim to our lives the way it once did.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2012009140
ISBN	9780374191894 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0374191891 (alk. paper)

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