Sleeping with Strangers: How the Movies Shaped Desire

by David Thomson

Book Overview

In this wholly original work of film criticism, David Thomson, celebrated author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, probes the many ways in which sexuality has shaped the movies--and the ways in which the movies have shaped sexuality. Exploring the tangled notions of masculinity, femininity, beauty, and sex that characterize our cinematic imagination--and drawing on examples that range from advertising to pornography, Bonnie and Clyde...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101946997
• ISBN13: 9781101946992
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.5"