Wit's End : Making Sense of the Great Movies.

This book is a study of the "Great Movies," that fluid category of feature films deemed by various authorities-film societies, critics, academics, and movie enthusiasts-to be the enduring and memorable works of cinematic history. But what are they about? In Wit's End, the author attem...

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Main Author: Combs, James E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.
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