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The Rough Guide to Film (Rough Guide Reference) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Rough Guide to FilmPresents a guide to cinema. Arranged by director, it covers the moguls, mavericks and studio stalwarts of each era, genre and region, in addition to lesser-known names. With each film placed in the context of its director's career, it reviews the movies made, with lists highlighting where to start, arranged by genre and by region.
Full description- Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd
- Published: 27 September 2007
- Format: Paperback 672 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Films, Cinema | Film Guides & Reviews
- ISBN 13: 9781843534082 ISBN 10: 1843534088
- Sales rank: 335,659
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Full description for The Rough Guide to Film
"The Rough Guide to Film" is a bold new guide to cinema. Arranged by director, it covers the top moguls, mavericks and studio stalwarts of every era, genre and region, in addition to lots of lesser-known names. With each film placed in the context of its director's career, the guide reviews thousands of the greatest movies ever made, with lists highlighting where to start, arranged by genre and by region. You'll find profiles of over eight hundred directors, from Hollywood legends Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston to contemporary favourites like Steven Soderbergh and Martin Scorsese and cult names such as David Lynch and Richard Linklater.The guide is packed with great cinema from around the globe, including French New Wave, German giants, Iranian innovators and the best of East Asia, from Akira Kurosawa to Wong Kar-Wai and John Woo. With overviews of all major movements and genres, feature boxes on partnerships between directors and key actors, and cinematographers and composers, this is your essential guide to a world of cinema.
