Beyond Popcorn: A Critics Guide To Looking At Films; Author: Glatzer, Robert; Paperback

Author: Glatzer, Robert
Paperback; 14 Illustrations
256 pages
Published: August 2001
University of Washington Press
ISBN: 091005570X
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In his engaging book Beyond Popcorn: A Critic's Guide to Looking at Films, Robert Glatzer offers a detailed and insightful look behind the scenes of filmmaking. Written in a witty and knowledgeable style, this is a basic guide to understanding film. Glatzer deals with movies as an art form, not just as entertainment, and gives the reader valuable insights into what makes one film betterthan another.Beyond Popcorn has chapters on how a director directs, styles of comedy, musicals, and even what all the credits mean. Glatzer analyzes a number of important films, helping readers understand the key elements of writing, directing, and acting. This book will make readers into better critics of the films they see. Glatzer includes a list and description of what he calls all the filA Critic's Guide to Looking at Films. A detailed and insightful look behind the scenes of filmmaking. In this book, Robert Glatzer offers a detailed and insightful look behind the scenes of filmmaking. Glatzer deals with movies as an art form, not just as entertainment, and gives the reader insights into just what makes one film better than another.