Second Sight

Title: Second Sight
Author: Adam Mars-Jones
Literary Criticism: 1686323
ISBN: 9781789141542
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2019
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1
Section: Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description: The film review can be a little work of art, not just a consumer guide--as is manifest in this collection by one of the United Kingdom's foremost doyennes of the contemporary silver screen. Covering more than thirty years of film releases, celebrated critic Adam Mars-Jones guides us through the most entertaining, most appalling, and most fantastic films of his viewing lifetime, interweaving his original film reviews with new insights and reflections.

Mars-Jones answers the questions that no other critic has even bothered to ask. What is Twister really about? How many Steven Spielbergs are there? (Spoiler: he counts thirteen). How many of them are worth anything? Who had the greatest slow-burn career in the movies? (Clue: he taught Montgomery Clift how to roll a cigarette.) And which science-fiction film features the most haunting use of slime? Funny, combative, and revealing, Second Sight is a celebration of the artform that maintains the strongest hold on the modern imagination.