Matinee idylls : reflections on the movies / Richard Schickel.
| Author/creator | Schickel, Richard |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 1999. |
| Description | x, 303 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface: a month of Sundays -- Mind slips: remembering and disremembering movies -- King Vidor: romantic idealist -- Garbo: the legend as actress -- Frank Capra: one man, many films -- Irene Dunne: a secret light -- Bette Davis: marked woman -- Auteur of our misery -- Charles Laughton: no room for genius -- Laurence Olivier: the master builder -- Time out: or, love in a cold climate -- Satyajit Ray: days and nights in the art houses -- Fellini: send in the clowns -- Cinema paradiso: the rise and fall of a film culture -- Sam Fuller: movie bozo -- Richard Brooks: tales out of school -- Real reality bites -- Advantage, Andy -- The star on the stairs -- Clint on the back nine -- The narrative crisis -- Author's note. |
| LCCN | 99021111 |
| ISBN | 1566632609 (alk. paper) |