The Movie Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

The Movie Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

Publication Date: January 21, 2020

Publisher: D.K.

Pages: 16

Format: Audible Audio

Authors: Danny Leigh, Alfred Abel, Ken Adam, James Agee, Danny Aiello, Anouk Aimée, Giorgio Albertazzi, Robert Aldrich, Henri Alekan, William Alland, Woody Allen, Pedro Almodŭvar, Robert Altman, Lindsay Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Bibi Andersson, Rublev Andrei, Dana Andrews, Julie Andrews, Antonio das Mortes, Aleksandr Antonov, Denys Arcand, Robert Armstrong, Patricia Arquette, Hal Ashby, Stéphane Audran, Sean Astin, Lauren Bacall, Fax Bahr, Antonio Banderas, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopdhyay, Kauna Banerjee, Subir Banerjee, Maria Barranco, Jean-Louis Barrault, Lionel Barrymore, Othon Bastos, Warren Beatty, Simon Beaufoy, Wolfgang Becker, Samuel Beckett, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Peter Benchley, Jack Benny, Christian Berard, Ingmar Bergman, Kathryn Bigelow, Robert Bird, Gunnar Björnstrand, Paul Blackthorne, Mark Boal, Humphrey Bogart, Pierre Boileau, Brigitte Borchert, Ernest Borgnine, Billy Boyd, Danny Boyle, Charles Brackett, Peter Bradshaw, Marlon Brando, Pierre Brasseur, Bertolt Brecht, Jimmy Breslin, Joe E. Brown, Tod Browning, Christopher Bryan Spencer Dobson, Günther-Louis Buchheim, Sandra Bullock, Luis Bunel, Steve Buscerni, James Caan, James M. Cain, Clara Calamai, Juan Joeé Campanella, Vincent Canby, Ricciotto Canudo, Frank Capra, Leos Carax, Julien Carette, Marcel Carne, Marc Caro, Charmian Carr, Maria Casarès, John Cassavetes, Nino Castelnuovo, Nurl Bilge Ceylan, Claude Chabrol, Don Chaffey, Charles Champlin, Raymond Chandler, Coco Chanel, Chen Chang, Charlie Chaplin, Pei-pei Cheng, Minoru Chiaki, Un Andalou Chien, Min-sik Choi, Yun-Fat Chow, Julie Christie, René Clair, Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Clayton, George Clooney, Glenn Close, Henri-Clearges Clouzot, Jean Cocteau, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Claudette Colbert, Ellar Coltrane, Merian C. Cooper, Eleanor Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Roger Corman, Joseph Cotten, Noël Coward, David Cronenberg, Alan Crosland, Bosley Crother, Luis Cuadrado, Alfonso Cuaron, George Cukor, Alain Cuny, Tony Curtis, Michael Curtiz, Zbigniew Cybulski, Josette Day, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Dalio, Frank Darabont, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Urna Das Gupta, Jules Dassin, Jean Dasté, Marion Davies, Bette Davis, Rolf De Heer, Juan de Landa, Robert De Niro, Brian De Palma, Vittorio De Sirca, James Dean, Etienne Decroux, Geraldo Del Rey, Cecil B. DeMille, Jacques Demy, Catherine Deneuve, Maya Deren, Laura Dern, Zooey Derchanel, Chunibala Devi, Les Diaboliques, Marlene Dietrich, Walt Disney, Peter Djxjirr, Solveig Dommartin, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Richard Dreyfuss, Tom Dugan, Keir Dullea, Margaret Dumont, Faye Dunaway, Marguerite Duras, Clint Eastwood, Roger Ebert, Thomas Edison, Atom Egoyan, Sergei Eisenstein, Anita Ekberg, Bengt Ekerot, Reba Erdern, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Víctor Erice, Metin Erksan, Douglas Fairbanks, Maria Falconetti, Peter Falk, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Friedrich Fehér, Federico Fellini, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Shirley Anne Field, Albert Finney, Carrie Fisher, Victor Fleming, Henry Fonda, Peter Fonda, Harrison Ford, John Ford, Jodie Foster, John Frankenheimer, Morgan Freeman, Philip French, Charles Frend, Clark Gable, Peter Guiness

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Narrated by Peter Guiness, explore the rich history of cinema like never before - from the golden age of black-and-white films to international art-house and 21st-century science-fiction - uncovering the key themes and big ideas behind more than 80 of the world's most cinematic gems.

Beginning with the iconic 'La Voyage Dans La Lune' (1902) and ending with Richard Linklater's groundbreaking 'Boyhood' (2014), 'THE MOVIE BOOK' chronicles more than 100 of the best films ever made - from comedies and dramas to animations, documentaries, and what brings cinema to life. Discover everything about your favorite movies, as well as celebrated classics and the films you need to see through iconic quotes biographies, movie memorabilia, and narrative timelines.

Essential for anyone with a passion for cinema, 'THE MOVIE BOOK' is ready for its close-up.

RUNNING TIME ⇒ 15hrs. and 3mins.

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