David Thomsons Have You Seen?
- A Personal Introduction to 1 000 Films" is a quirky idiosyncratic & hugely entertaining look at a century of cinema. This is veteran film writer David Thomsons personal irreverent hilarious & utterly original take on the 1 000 films he has most loved
- & hated
- from " Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" to " Zabriskie Point" from esteemed classics to forgotten curiosities guilty pleasures to noir treats horror gems to kitsch disasters. The result is probably the most enjoyable film book you will ever read (and youll never think about " The Sound of Music" in the same way again). " Delightful.. .its like having the most film-literate pal you can imagine sitting beside you in a multiplex". (" Independent"). "A joy.. .hes incapable of writing a boring sentence". (" Evening Standard" Books of the Year). " This book sets the bar. There isnt a more intelligent insightful & provocative guide to individual movies in the world". (" Financial Times"). " Every readers simple instinct will be to plunge into the heart of it". (" Sunday Times"). "A dazzlingly authoritative treat.. .crammed with insight & epigram". (" Observer"). " Eccentric brilliant scholarly perverse witty egocentric & infuriating sometimes all at once". (Philip French). " He enrages exasperates but never leaves one indifferent". (" The Times" Books of the Year). David Thomson is among many other things author of " The New Biographical Dictionary of Film" now in its fourth edition. His recent books include a biography of Nicole Kidman " Fan Tan" (a novel written in collaboration with Marlon Brando) & " The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood"."