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A Light in the Dark audiobook
- By: David Thomson
- Narrator: David Thomson
- Category: Direction & Production, Film & Video, Performing Arts
- Length: 11 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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A Light in the Dark Audiobook Summary
From the celebrated film critic and author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film–an essential work on the preeminent, indispensable movie directors and the ways in which their work has forged, and continues to forge, the landscape of modern film.
Directors operate behind the scenes, managing actors, establishing a cohesive creative vision, at times literally guiding our eyes with the eye of the camera. But we are often so dazzled by the visions on-screen that it is easy to forget the individual who is off-screen orchestrating the entire production–to say nothing of their having marshaled a script, a studio, and other people’s money. David Thomson, in his usual brilliantly insightful way, shines a light on the visionary directors who have shaped modern cinema and, through their work, studies the very nature of film direction. With his customary candor about his own delights and disappointments, Thomson analyzes both landmark works and forgotten films from classic directors such as Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Renoir, and Jean-Luc Godard, as well as contemporary powerhouses such as Jane Campion, Spike Lee, and Quentin Tarantino. He shrewdly interrogates their professional legacies and influence in the industry, while simultaneously assessing the critical impact of an artist’s personal life on his or her work. He explores the male directors’ dominance of the past, and describes how diversity can change the landscape. Judicious, vivid, and witty, A Light in the Dark is yet another required Thomson text for every movie lover’s shelf.
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A Light in the Dark Full Details
| Narrator | David Thomson |
| Length | 11 hours 28 minutes |
| Author | David Thomson |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | May 03, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780593348994 |
Subjects
The publisher of the A Light in the Dark is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: scriptwriting, cinematography, ways of seeing, creative gifts, modern art, gifts for actors, acting, directing, theater, gifts for film lovers, gifts for film students, film history, history, historical, arts, cinema, americana, sociology, creativity, world history, biography, art history, classic, biographies, writing, american history, thriller, business, psychology, french, drama, hollywood, film, philosophy, mystery, craft, fashion, movie, crime, art, comedy, music, movies, new books, best seller books, hobbies, a light in the dark, Performing Arts, Film & Video, Direction & Production, Performing Arts, Film & Video, History & Criticism, Performing Arts, Film & Video, General The BISAC Subject Code is Direction & Production, Film & Video, Performing Arts
Additional info
The publisher of the A Light in the Dark is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780593348994.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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