Everyone enjoys a Best Movies list. This book not only provides the author's own listing of the Best 400 Films but comments upon a similar list in the well-known "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" volume. The author points out that "1001 Movies" is not only heavily biased towards films released in the last few decades, but towards those directors like Stanley Kubrick, Luis Bunuel, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorcese, Jean Luc Godard and company who are currently fashionable among the university set. The author discusses in detail some of his own favorites like the "Thin Man" series, "Duck Soup", "Tales of Manhattan", "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "The Big Clock", "The Third Man", "Shepherd of the Hills", "Our Hospitality and "Rose of Washington Square".

everyone who enjoys Hollywood's classic movies.

the reproductions of original theatrical posters.

buy DVDs of some of these classic movies.

that by and large the stars of Hollywood's golden age had far more charisma and appeal than those at present appearing on our cinema screens.

obviously treasures the movies he discusses with such expert background knowledge.

it is a good introduction to the best of vintage Hollywood.

Interested in buying this? Support Writing.Com by making your purchase of Hollywood Classic Movies 1: NEW LIGHT ON MOVIE BESTS   from Amazon.Com!

Created Aug 20, 2008 at 10:16pm • Submit your own review...