From the silent films of Charlie Chaplin to today's high-tech blockbusters, this superb volume?now updated?chronicles our favorite films through hundreds of vibrant images, insightful text, and an introduction by legendary director Franco Zeffirelli. Organized by era, Legendary Movies delves into every genre and explores the thriving Hollywood studios of the '30s and '40s, the Bollywood phenomenon, the influence of international filmmakers, and much more. Readers will meet the key players behind the camera, while movie stars through the ages are spotlighted in superb portraits and candids. In addition, an entertaining selection of 130 must-see movies spans the decades, embracing beloved classics as well as eclectic examples of groundbreaking cinema technology and techniques. Reproductions of movie posters, movie stills, and other colorful graphics provide film fans with a wealth of information and hours of enjoyment. AUTHOR: Journalist and film critic Paolo D'Agostini works for the Italian daily La Repubblica. Over the years he has covered the release of Latin American and Eastern European movies, then focused on Italian cinema. He was president of the National Union of Italian Film Critics, is a member of several Venice Film Festival selection committees, and serves on the commission that chooses the Italian movie for Best Foreign Film consideration at the Oscars, as well as on many other juries. He has taught at the Universita La Sapienza, Rome. Colour photographs
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Höhe: 302 mm
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978-88-544-0696-4 (9788854406964)
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Franco Zeffirelli earned worldwide acclaim for his Academy Awardnominated 1968 film version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. His 1977 TV mini-series Jesus of Nazareth is still shown on Easter weekend around the world. In November 2004 he was awarded an honorary knighthood by the UK. A member of the Italian senate since 1996, he is also an opera director, designer and producer. Paolo D'Agostini, a journalist and cinema critic, has written articles in the entertainment section of the national daily paper La Repubblica since its foundation in 1976. Over the years he concentrated on Latin American and East European film-making, and then passed on to Italian cinema, first the so-called Italian comedy, and then the "new" Italian cinema that became popular in the mid-1970s. D'Agostini was president of the Sncci, the Italian Critics' Union. He has also served on the screening committee of the Venice Film Festival and of the one that nominates the Italian Oscar candidate, has been a member of many film festival juries, and has held courses on cinema at La Sapienza University, Rome.
