Not to be missed: fifty-four favorites from a lifetime of film PDF
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NOT TO BE MISSED 9781586483968-text.indd 1 3/13/14 2:13 PM ALSO BY KENNETH TURAN Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke Free for All: Joe Papp, the Public, and the Greatest Theatre Story Ever Told Never Coming to a Theater Near You Now in Theaters Everywhere Sundance to Sarajevo: Film Festivals and the World They Made 9781586483968-text.indd 2 3/13/14 2:13 PM NOT TO BE MISSED FIFTY-FOUR FAVORITES FROM A LIFETIME OF FILM KENNETH TURAN PublicAffairs New York 9781586483968-text.indd 3 3/13/14 2:13 PM Copyright © 2014 by Kenneth Turan. Published in the United States by PublicAffairs™, a Member of the Perseus Books Group All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address PublicAffairs, 250 West 57th Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10107. PublicAffairs books are available at special discounts for bulk pur- chases in the U.S. by corporations, institutions, and other organi- zations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, call (800) 810-4145, ext. 5000, or e-mail [email protected]. Book Design by Jack Lenzo Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Turan, Kenneth. Not to be missed : 54 favorites from a lifetime of film / Kenneth Turan. pages cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-58648-396-8 (hardback)—ISBN 978-1-61039-376-6 (ebook) 1. Motion pictures. I. Title. PN1994.T855 2014 791.43’75—dc23 2014007773 First Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9781586483968-text.indd 4 3/24/14 1:18 PM To those who watch and dream, and to B, always 9781586483968-text.indd 5 3/13/14 2:13 PM 9781586483968-text.indd 6 3/13/14 2:13 PM No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul. —INGMAR BERGMAN 9781586483968-text.indd 7 3/13/14 2:13 PM 9781586483968-text.indd 8 3/13/14 2:13 PM CONTENTS Introduction • xiii IN THE BEGINNING Introduction • 3 Fantômas, 1913–1914 • 5 Silent Comedy Double Feature Sherlock Jr., 1924 and Pass the Gravy, 1928 • 9 THE THIRTIES Introduction • 21 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, 1932 • 23 Bombshell, 1933 • 28 The Dybbuk, 1937 • 33 Leo McCarey Double Feature Make Way for Tomorrow, 1937 and Love Affair, 1939 • 39 • ix • 9781586483968-text.indd 9 3/13/14 2:13 PM
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