The Best Writing on Film From The Nation 1913-2000

Edited by Carl Bromley

In the wake of the writer’s strike and the upcoming Oscars I found this book gives a great narrative of the past hundred years of Hollywood.

Where else are you going to get reviews by James Agee, Sergei Eisenstein, James Thurber, George S. Kaufman, Ring Lardner, Michael Moore, Morrie Ryskind, I.F. Stone, Dalton Trumbo, Susan Sontag, Sidney Lumet, Nora Ephron, and Oliver Stone. These are very different writing styles spread over a century and it is jarring to jump from page to page. A fascinating snapshot of moving pictures.

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