Film Classics Series Vol. 1 & 2

Abstract

This remarkable two-volume collection contains in-depth essays on fifty of the most important films made between 1920-1977. Organized chronologically, it stretches from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920) to Woody Allen's Annie Hall (1977). The contributors include well-known critics and scholars such as Peter Cowie, Jill Forbes, Penelope Houston, Camille Paglia, David Robinson, Richard Schickel, Ginette Vincendeau and Peter Wollen....