David Thomson: A Sudden Flicker of Light, Gebunden
A Sudden Flicker of Light
- A Revisionist History of the Movies
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd (UK), 07/2026
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780241843345
- Item number:
- 12639106
- Volume:
- 384 Pages
- Weight:
- 750 g
- Format:
- 240 x 156 mm
- Thickness:
- 40 mm
- Release date:
- 7.7.2026
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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Blurb
There are few greater film lovers than David Thomson who, over fifty years, has built a reputation as one of the wisest and most penetrating voices on the art form. But every flicker of light has its shadow. In this profound reckoning, Thomson confronts the dark side of the movies-responsible for creating an alternate reality and fantasyland that has only deepened the isolation and disconnection of our society over the course of a century.
Thomson explores the high and low points of film history with his usual brilliant insight-sharp and arresting readings of movies from Metropolis to Rear Window to The Godfather can be found in these pages. But he also shows the ways in which our love of voyeurism and villainy, and the passivity which the movies further engender, have led to a coarsening not just of a medium, but of the larger culture, including our political life. A bracing and polemical book, this is a powerful capstone to a distinguished career.
Biography
David Thomson lehrt Filmwissenschaften am Dartmouth College und war im Auswahlkomitee für das New York Film Festival. Er schreibt regelmäßig Filmkritiken für die New York Times und verschiedene Filmzeitschriften. Der gebürtige Londoner lebt heute in San Francisco.