Dictionary of film

By Georges Sadoul

Book Overview

This book supplies credits, dates, succinct synopses, and brief critical comments on about 1,300 key films; remakes and other versions are cited. In some cases the opinions of other historians or critics are quoted. This volume provides the reader with a convenient guide to the works of chief importance throughout film history, together with a host of films of lesser significance.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520018648
• ISBN13: 9780520018648
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Forget Leonard Maltin! Remember Georges Sadoul!

Georges Sadoul is the father of film critics. Here he collects the classics of cinema, with utter sensitivity and complete knowledge. If you have ever felt lost in the video store, looking for a classic or foreign film, then let Sadoul be your guide. As more and more early and obscure films are released on video, you will find them hard to locate in some Maltin or (blech) Blockbuster guide. This book, alongside the even more informative, Dictionary of Filmmakers, is mandatory for any film connoisseur trying to get a grip of film history