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Ten Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists
Edited by Richard T. Kelly
#UD1282
Paperback, 458 pages; 2009 (2008)
$17.95
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Far more interesting (and much funnier!) than standard lists of best and worst movies, Ten Bad Dates with De Niro compiles decidedly unconventional top ten film lists from noted critics, filmmakers, and writers, resulting in a quirky "symposium and celebration of viewing pleasures, private passions and cinematic lost causes." You'll find annotated, ascending-order lists about personal reactions to a movie (Ten Films It's Painful to Like, for example, or Ten Films to Avoid on Medication), characters and plot devices (Ten Angst-Ridden Piano-Playing Protagonists, Ten Wince-Making Instances of Finger/Toe Abuse), the craft of filmmaking (Ten Brave Uses of Obsolete Technology, Ten Great Opening-Credit Sequences), and so much more. There's even a list of the best literature about cinema. With entries by the Coen brothers, Steven Soderbergh, George Pelecanos, and more, Ten Bad Dates with De Niro will entertain, enlighten, provoke, and lengthen the "to watch" list of cinephiles of all stripes—even the haughtiest film snobs.
(AG)
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