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David Thomson (1) (1941–)

Autor(a) de The New Biographical Dictionary of Film

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About the Author

David Thomson is the author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, now in its fifth edition. His recent books include a biography of Nicole Kidman and The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood, and Have You Seen ?: A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films. Born in London, he now lives in San mostrar mais Francisco. mostrar menos
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Obras de David Thomson

Suspects (1985) 143 cópias
How to Watch a Movie (2015) 123 cópias
Television: A Biography (2016) 75 cópias
Hollywood: A Celebration! (2001) 68 cópias
Moments That Made the Movies (2013) 63 cópias

Associated Works

Fan-Tan (2005) — Editor — 93 cópias
Marilyn Monroe: A Life in Pictures (2007) — Prefácio — 28 cópias

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1941
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
London, England, UK
Educação
University of Cambridge (Sidney Sussex College)

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Another delving into the long-ago purchased and neglected virtual Kindle pile. If anybody could bring off a one volumes history it is David Thomson and many of his other books have given me pleasure, but here he seems too aware of both some notional restriction on length and a desire to be comprehensive. In practice this means the book is short on the insight, eye for detail and originality that characterise much of Thomsons’ work and just feels pretty dutiful. But it will nevertheless give you a reasonably clear chronological picture.

Is it fair to take Taruskin’s 'Oxford History of Western Music' as the benchmark for single author history in the arts? OUP obviously gave Taruskin carte blanche but if you compare his volume on the first part of the 20th Century (fearless in opinion, unmatched in authority, not afraid to deep dive to a very technical level and ruthless in its narrative omission) it does expose the faultiness in a book like Thomson’s.
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djh_1962 | outras 4 resenhas | Jan 7, 2024 |
Impressively comprehensive and, for a (nominal) dictionary, highly personal and opinionated. Thompson and I don't necessarily share the same opinions, but I appreciated reading his.
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adamhindman | outras 12 resenhas | Dec 11, 2023 |
No more elegant writer ever wrote on film and film history than does David Thomson. His analyses (with his own special brand of insight and opinion) as well as his superb novels rooted in American movies (SUSPECTS and SILVER LIGHT) are remarkable in their poetic eloquence and original understanding of not just films themselves, but what films mean as a cultural phenomenon. GARY COOPER is a minor effort in his oeuvre, part of a series of monographs on four major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age (BETTE DAVIS, INGRID BERGMAN, and HUMPHREY BOGART are the other books). Thomson writes biographically but also analytically, investing the work with his lovely prose. It's not the full and deeply investigative biography Cooper deserves (and I don't think yet has), and one can complain that it isn't as rich an experience as it could be. But for a short work of this nature, it is a worthwhile effort, and Thomson's writing is so skillful as to enlarge the experience of reading it.… (mais)
 
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jumblejim | Aug 26, 2023 |
How the moment of the knife and blood changed movies as we know them. Really interesting read.
 
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autumnesf | outras 5 resenhas | Feb 4, 2023 |

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43
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Membros
3,180
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48
ISBNs
279
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