Best Film You've Never Seen : 35 Directors Champion the Forgotten or Critically Savaged Movies They Love.
Title:
Best Film You've Never Seen : 35 Directors Champion the Forgotten or Critically Savaged Movies They Love.
Author:
Elder, Robert K.
ISBN:
9781613749289
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (282 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Austin Chick: After Dark, My Sweet -- 2 The Brothers Quay: L'ange -- 3 Guillermo del Toro: Arcane Sorcerer -- 4 Phil Lord: The Beaver Trilogy -- 5 Neil LaBute: Blume in Love -- 6 John Waters: Boom! -- 7 Richard Curtis: Breaking Away -- 8 Jonathan Levine: Can't Stop the Music -- 9 Guy Maddin: The Chase -- 10 Danny Boyle: Eureka -- 11 Henry Jaglom: F for Fake -- 12 Richard Kelly: Fearless -- 13 Atom Egoyan: The Homecoming -- 14 Todd Solondz: The Honeymoon Killers -- 15 Arthur Hiller: The Iceman Cometh -- 16 Michael Polish: Institute Benjamenta -- 17 Joe Swanberg: ivansxtc -- 18 Jay Duplass: Joe Versus the Volcano -- 19 Steve James: Le joli mai -- 20 Brian Herzlinger: Killer Klowns from Outer Space -- 21 Kevin Smith: A Man for All Seasons -- 22 Antonio Campos: Murder by Contract -- 23 John Woo: Le samouraï -- 24 Richard Linklater: Some Came Running -- 25 Edgar Wright: The Super Cops -- 26 Bill Condon: Sweet Charity -- 27 Alex Proyas: The Swimmer -- 28 Sean Durkin: 10 Rillington Place -- 29 Frank Oz: The Trial -- 30 Peter Bogdanovich: Trouble in Paradise -- 31 John Dahl: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me -- 32 Kimberly Peirce: Ugetsu -- 33 Rian Johnson: Under the Volcano -- 34 John McNaughton: Who'll Stop the Rain -- 35 Alex Gibney: WR: Mysteries of the Organism -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Abstract:
Revealing a festival of guilty pleasures, almost-masterpieces, and undeniable classics in need of revival, 35 directors champion their favorite overlooked or critically savaged gems in this guide. The list includes unsung noir films The Chase and Murder by Contract, famous flops Can't Stop the Music and Joe Versus the Volcano, art films L'ange and WR: Mysteries of the Organism, theatrical adaptations The Iceman Cometh and The Homecoming, B-movies Killer Klowns from Outer Space and The Honeymoon Killers, and even Oscar-winners Breaking Away and Some Came Running. The filmmakers, including Guillermo del Toro, John Waters, John Woo, Edgar Wright, and Danny Boyle, defend their choices, wanting these films to be loved, admired, and swooned over, arguing the films deserve a larger audience and their place in movie history be reconsidered. Some were well-loved but are now faded or forgotten, others ran afoul of critics or were just buried after a dismal opening run, and still others never even got proper distribution. A few of these titles qualify as bona fide obscurata, but now most can be found on DVD or streaming from Netflix or Amazon. The filmmakers are the perfect hosts, setting the tone, managing expectations, and often being brutally honest about a film's shortcomings or the reasons why it was lost in the first place.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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