The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Sixth Edition
With more than 100 new entries, from Amy Adams, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Cary Joji Fukunaga to Joaquin Phoenix, Mia Wasikowska, and Robin Wright, and completely updated, here from David Thomson—“The greatest living writer on the movies” (John Banville, New Statesman); “Our most argumentative and trustworthy historian of the screen” (Michael Ondaatje)—is the latest edition of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, which topped Sight & Sound’s poll of international critics and writers as THE BEST FILM BOOK EVER WRITTEN.
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$54.00
May 6, 2014
DAVID THOMSON is the author of more than 25 books, including How to Watch a Movie, The Whole Equation, and biographies of Orson Welles and David O. Selznick.
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