{"product_id":"moments-that-made-the-movies-9780500516416","title":"Moments That Made the Movies","description":"In his first fully illustrated work, David Thomson breaks new ground by focusing in on a series of moments--which his readers will also experience in beautifully reproduced imagery--from seventy-two films across a 100-year-plus span. An indispensable counterpart to both his classic \u003cem\u003eBiographical Dictionary of Film\u003c\/em\u003e (called \"a miracle\" by \u003cem\u003eSight and Sound\u003c\/em\u003e) and his lauded recent history, \u003cem\u003eThe Big Screen\u003c\/em\u003e (\"a pungently written, brilliant book\" according to David Denby), \u003cem\u003eMoments\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers on an unprecedented visual tour, where the specifics of the imagery the reader is seeing are inextricably tied to the text. Thomson's moments range from a set of Eadweard Muybridge's pioneering photographs to sequences in films from the classic--\u003cem\u003eCitizen Kane\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSunset Boulevard\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Red Shoes\u003c\/em\u003e--to the unexpected--\u003cem\u003eThe Piano Teacher\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBurn After Reading\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The excitement of \u003cem\u003eMoments\u003c\/em\u003es? dynamic visuals will be matched only by the discussion it incites in film circles, as readers revisit their own list of memorable moments and then re-experience the films--both those included on Thomson's list and from their own life--as never before. \u003cem\u003eMoments That Made the Movies\u003c\/em\u003e will undoubtedly reaffirm Thomson's place as--according to John Banville--\"the greatest living writer on the movies.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomson, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Thomson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a film critic and frequent contributor to the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, and more. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Biographical Dictionary of Film\u003c\/em\u003e, now in its sixth edition, and \u003cem\u003eMoments that Made the Movies\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412569362706,"sku":"9780500516416","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3160a256-b186-423a-bcfd-ba6acde7d53f.jpg?v=1729317200","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/moments-that-made-the-movies-9780500516416","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}