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I Lost it at the Movies: Film Writings, 1954-1965

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Discusses films such as On the waterfront, East of Eden, Blackboard jungle, Room at the top, Look back in anger, The entertainer, Sons and lovers, Saturday night and Sunday morning, Hud, The earrings of Madame de ..., The golden coach, Smiles of a summer night, La grande illusion, Forbidden games, Shoeshine, Beggar's opera, The seven samurai, Breathless, The cousins, West Side story, L'Avventura, One, two, three, The mark, Kagi, The innocents, A view from the bridge, The day the earth caught fire, La Notte, Last year at Marienbad, La dolce vita, A taste of honey, Victim, Lolita, Shoot the piano player, Jules and Jim, Adventures of a young man, Fires on the plain, Billy Budd, Yojimbo, Devi, 8 1/2, and others.

Themes
movies
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 323 pages
Form
essays

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