The Big Screen

The Big Screen The Story of the Movies

David Thomson2012
Traces the rise, decline and influence of the film industry on the modern world, assessing its expressions in multiple media, its capacity for imitating and idealizing life and its role in the existences of everyday viewers. By the author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. 40,000 first printing.
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