Film Follies: The Cinema Out of Order
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0826412637
ISBN 13
9780826412638
Category
Film Criticism
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Publication Year
2000
Publisher
Continuum, United States
Pages
188
Subject
Epic films -- History and criticism. Motion pictures -- Economic aspects. Independent filmmakers. Epic films.
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Abstract
A feast of wit and erudition. Klawans, one of America's finest film critics, basically invents a new genre here, "The Film Folly". Klawans writes affectionately about this cinema of excess and over-exuberance - the world of Von Stronheim's Greed, Griffith's Intolerance and Carax's Lovers on the Bridge - mixing the insight of the sharpest critic and social historian with the sly whimsy of a coming of age narrative.
We are reminded of why Klawans has such critical staying power, why there are devoted legions of Klawans afficianados out there - he has the temper of a lefty aesthetician mixed with the humor of a Woody Allen. Sometimes one wonders when the jokes end and when the film criticism begins with Klawans. That's why is the jewel of American contemporary film criticism.
We are reminded of why Klawans has such critical staying power, why there are devoted legions of Klawans afficianados out there - he has the temper of a lefty aesthetician mixed with the humor of a Woody Allen. Sometimes one wonders when the jokes end and when the film criticism begins with Klawans. That's why is the jewel of American contemporary film criticism.
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