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The Great Movies II

Roger Ebert

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Bantam
28 May 2019
From America's most trusted and visible film critic, 100 more brilliant essays on the films that define cinematic greatness.

Continuing the pitch-perfect critiques begun in The Great Movies, Roger Ebert's The Great Movies II collects 100 additional essays, each one of them a gem of critical appreciation and an amalgam of love, analysis, and history that will send readers back to films with a fresh set of eyes and renewed enthusiasm-or perhaps to an avid first-time viewing.

Neither a snob nor a shill, Ebert manages in these essays to combine a truly populist appreciation for today's most important form of popular art with a scholar's erudition and depth of knowledge and a sure aesthetic sense.

Once again wonderfully enhanced by stills selected by Mary Corliss, former film curator at the Museum of Modern Art, The Great Movies II is a treasure trove for film lovers of all persuasions, an unrivaled guide for viewers, and a book to return to again and again.

Films featured in The Great Movies II

12 Angry Men

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Alien

Amadeus

Amarcord

Annie Hall

Au Hasard, Balthazar

The Bank Dick

Beat the Devil

Being There

The Big Heat

The Birth of a Nation

The Blue Kite

Bob le Flambeur

Breathless

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Buster Keaton

Children of Paradise

A Christmas Story

The Color Purple

The Conversation

Cries and Whispers

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Don't Look Now

The Earrings of Madame de . . .

The Fall of the House of Usher

The Firemen's Ball

Five Easy Pieces

Goldfinger

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Goodfellas

The Gospel According to Matthew

The Grapes of Wrath

Grave of the Fireflies

Great Expectations

House of Games

The Hustler

In Cold Blood

Jaws

Jules and Jim

Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy

Kind Hearts and Coronets

King Kong

The Last Laugh

Laura

Leaving Las Vegas

Le Boucher

The Leopard

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Manchurian Candidate

The Man Who Laughs

Mean Streets

Mon Oncle

Moonstruck

The Music Room

My Dinner with Andre

My Neighbor Totoro

Nights of Cabiria

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Orpheus

Paris, Texas

Patton

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

The Producers

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raise the Red Lantern

Ran

Rashomon

Rear Window

Rififi

The Right Stuff

Romeo and Juliet

The Rules of the Game

Saturday Night Fever

Say Anything

Scarface

The Searchers

Shane

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Solaris

Strangers on a Train

Stroszek

A Sunday in the Country

Sunrise

A Tale of Winter

The Thin Man

This Is Spinal Tap

Tokyo Story

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Touch of Evil

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Ugetsu

Umberto D

Unforgiven

Victim

Walkabout

West Side Story

Yankee Doodle Dandy

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Imprint:   Bantam
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 233mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 29mm
Weight:   688g
ISBN:   9780767919869
ISBN 10:   0767919866
Pages:   544
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for The Great Movies II

“Ebert’s enthusiasm and . . . straightforward prose are ideal for examining films . . . You remember why he’s the only film critic ever to win the Pulitzer Prize.” —New York Post “[T]hese pieces reflect Ebert’s long, thoughtful, informed familiarity with these films. His impeccable credentials as an accessible populist encourage thinking that his recommendations . . . may be taken to heart by mainstream moviegoers who avidly follow his newspaper and TV reviews.” —Booklist “An appreciation of the greatest movies by the greatest movie enthusiast . . . I read this book with pleasure, enlightenment, and a desire to see many of the movies again, because I had missed what Roger saw.” —Paul Theroux


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