MOMENTS THAT MADE THE MOVIES

An indispensable counterpart to both his classic Biographical Dictionary of Film (called "a miracle" by Sight and Sound) and his lauded history, The Big Screen ("a pungently written, brilliant book" according to David Denby), Moments takes readers on an unprecedented visual tour, where the specifics of the imagery the reader is seeing are inextricably tied to the text. Thomson is the author of more than 25 books, including How to Watch a Movie, The Whole Equation, and biographies of Orson Welles and David O. Selznick. In his first fully illustrated work of his illustrious career, the film historian and critic breaks new ground by focusing in on a series of moments from 72 films across a 100-year-plus span. Hailed by John Banville as 'the greatest living writer on the movies', David Thomson takes readers on an unprecedented visual journey. His moments range from a set of Eadward Muybridge's pioneering photographs to sequences in films from the classic - Citizen Kane, Sunset Boulevard and The Red Shoes to the unexpected - The Piano Teacher , Burn After Reading, immersing the reader in the author's accompanying narrative. 21.59 x 26.42cm. Includes more than 250 illustrations in colour and black-and-white. Thames & Hudson illustrated paperback 304 pages.