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English
Faber & Faber
01 July 2005
In this collections of essays, Thomas Sutcliffe looks past the dazzling surface of the movies - the seductive distractions of performance and narrative and theme - and at the ways in which movies work their magic, from Hollywood blockbusters to European arthouse films.

In Watching, award-winning journalist Thomas Sutcliffe considers what often gets forgotten in theoretical approaches to cinema - that it is an emotional experience before it is a cerebral one, that subconscious emotions can colour our conscious judgments. Having read this book, you'll never watch films the same way again.
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Imprint:   Faber & Faber
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   Main
Dimensions:   Height: 218mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 19mm
Weight:   270g
ISBN:   9780571190362
ISBN 10:   0571190367
Pages:   240
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Tom Sutcliffe's musical career started as a boy chorister at Chichester Cathedral. After studying at Oxford University, he was a professional countertenor for six years, making his opera d but in The Coronation of Poppea at Darmstadt in 1970, having worked as a soloist with Nikolaus Harnoncourt. He then edited the magazine Music and Musicians, and worked for the Guardian for 23 years - most notably as opera critic.A regular broadcaster on radio and television, he has also written about opera in Vogue magazine and was British correspondent of Opera News, New York, as well as contributing to Opera Now and other specialist music journals. In 1998 he was dramaturg on a new production of The Turn of the Screw at the Monnaie in Brussels. He became opera critic of the Evening Standard in 1996.

Reviews for Watching

You've been to the movies or watched a video, but how much did you really see? Watching will make you think about how much you really saw last time around and will inspire you to a fresh viewing armed with the insights offered by journalist and critic Sutcliffe. He draws on examples from a variety of genres to explore film under six broad topics (providing a focus but not a straitjacket), including beginnings, the use of the freeze frame and the potency of what is not revealed on-screen. Sutcliffe writes easily, concentrating on emotions rather than theory, in a tone that gives the impression of a friendly but knowledgeable companion anxious for you not to miss out. He may not be able to accompany you in person but reading his book is the next best thing. (Kirkus UK)


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