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Essential cinema
on the necessity of film canons
By Rosenbaum, Jonathan
- ISBN
- 978-0-80187-840-4
- Publisher
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2004
Film critic for the Chicago Reader, an alternative weekly, Rosenbaum presents a new collection of film essays, some rather lengthy, others just extended notes, and most previously published in his weekly. The result is a highly personal look at world filmmaking and directors that combines celebrations, rediscoveries, polemics, and autobiographical reflections (Rosenbaum is the son and grandson of small-town movie exhibitors). It is not, however, as the publisher claims, a reference of must-see films. Some ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
