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The big screenDavid Thomson
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The big screen

595 pagesFirst published 20121 edition
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"The Big Screen" tells the enthralling story of the movies: their rise and spread, their remarkable influence in the war years, and their long, slow decline to a form that is often richly entertaining but no longer lays claim to our lives the way it once did.

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  • Other · English · 2012
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 595 pages · 9780374191894
Motion picturesHistoryNew York Times reviewedMotion pictures, social aspectsMotion pictures, historyMotion pictures, united statesSocial aspects