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From the first published movie review in the late 1800s to the 21st-century era of the 'great movie critics' wake', this chronicle reviews the nature, scope and controversies in American film criticism. Moving through the Silent Era, the pre- and postwar years, the golden age of the 1970s and the eventual decline in the 1980s and 1990s, this exhaustive overview includes biographical information on some of the most influential film critics - including Leonard Maltin, Roger Ebert and Pauline Kael - along with historical records and critical assessments of their work.

The Complete History Of American Film Criticism

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From the first published movie review in the late 1800s to the 21st-century era of the 'great movie critics' wake',... Read more

    Publisher: Santa Monica Press
    Publication Date: 08/04/2010
    ISBN13: 9781595800497, 978-1595800497
    ISBN10: 1595800492

    Number of Pages: 482

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

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    From the first published movie review in the late 1800s to the 21st-century era of the 'great movie critics' wake', this chronicle reviews the nature, scope and controversies in American film criticism. Moving through the Silent Era, the pre- and postwar years, the golden age of the 1970s and the eventual decline in the 1980s and 1990s, this exhaustive overview includes biographical information on some of the most influential film critics - including Leonard Maltin, Roger Ebert and Pauline Kael - along with historical records and critical assessments of their work.

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