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Here's an interesting collection of essays, mixing film criticism and memoir, drawn from the author's blog, Of Font and Film. Lister has a keen eye for the way a film can make an emotional connection with its viewer. This isn't your run-of-the-mill movie-review book: with a few exceptions, you won't find Hollywood blockbusters here; Lister prefers to talk about smaller films, movies that have touched him on a personal level. Some of the essays are (mostly) traditional reviews; others take a movie and use it as a jumping-off point for a consideration of a genre as a whole (romantic comedy, for example), or for a reflection on the way the film impacted the author's own life.
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The Meaning of Life in Movies, Michael Lister
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- Released
- 2012
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Michael Lister
- Publisher
- Pulpwood Press
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 230
- ISBN13
- 9781888146868
- Series
- The Meaning
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Filmthema, Film
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- Here's an interesting collection of essays, mixing film criticism and memoir, drawn from the author's blog, Of Font and Film. Lister has a keen eye for the way a film can make an emotional connection with its viewer. This isn't your run-of-the-mill movie-review book: with a few exceptions, you won't find Hollywood blockbusters here; Lister prefers to talk about smaller films, movies that have touched him on a personal level. Some of the essays are (mostly) traditional reviews; others take a movie and use it as a jumping-off point for a consideration of a genre as a whole (romantic comedy, for example), or for a reflection on the way the film impacted the author's own life.