TEN BAD DATES WITH DE NIRO

Book ID/图书代码： 04560007B18750

English Summary/英文概要： Is Richard E Grant’s ‘Withnail’ a far superior screen drunk to Jimmy Stewart in Harvey?
What is the cinema’s most tragic farewell?
What is its most ingenious plot-twist?
What is its most shocking murder?
And why do Robert De Niro’s characters behave so badly towards women?
All film fans keep mental records of their post-show arguments in the pub. This book is a rollicking collection of such ‘Top Tens’, written by stars from Steven Soderbergh and the Coen Brothers to Gilbert Adair and DBC Pierre. If you want to know the Ten Most-Deserved Oscars or Ten So-Called ‘Turkeys’
That Are Actually Brilliant, then look no further: Ten Bad Dates with De Niro could be your perfect match.
We all have our favorite movies: indeed the love of film can drive us to obsession - with particular stars, directors, genres and styles. Now, out of the depths of this movie mania, Faber and Faber present ’Ten Bad Dates with De Niro’ - a celebration of film like no other.
Within its pages is a wealth of movie lists that offer answers to some of the great questions in cinema history. Do really good films ever win Academy Awards? What is the saddest moment in film history? How about the most convincing sex scene? The greatest ending? The cleverest plot twist? The grisliest murder? How do the three ’Lord of the Rings’ films compare to Kieslowski’s Three Colours Trilogy? Is Richard E. Grant’s ’Withnail’ a ’far superior’ screen drunk to Jimmy Stewart in ’Harvey’? Have Kevin Costner’s ’Waterworld’ and the acting of David Bowie been unjustly maligned? Which male movie star looks best in a dress? Where have you been most surprised to meet a severed head? And how do you make a great movie without a movie camera? All this and more, not forgetting ’Ten Bad Dates With De Niro’ itself - lessons from the screen legend’s greatest characters on how NOT to treat a lady. Contributors range from the directors of Oscar-winners - the Coen brothers, Steven Soderbergh, Kevin Macdonald, Mike Figgis - to an array of acclaimed writers including David Hare, DBC Pierre, Mavis Cheek and George Pelecanos.
No movie-lover will set this book down unfinished. But be warned - it may start certain arguments that have no end ...

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 每位電影迷心中針對每部電影的想法都有執著的論點，而本書的內容就由史蒂芬‧索德柏(Steven Soderbergh)、科恩兄弟(the Coen Brothers)等大導演，編劇吉伯特‧阿戴(Gilbert Adair，《巴黎初體驗》的編劇)及作家DBC.皮耶等(DBC Pierre，著有《維農少年》)所撰寫的搞笑排行榜。如果你想知道最應該得奧斯卡獎十部電影或十部最失敗的作品，什麼是電影史上最令人感傷的時刻或最使人信服的性愛場景等，諸多影迷心中最無俚頭、尖酸刻薄的排行榜在本書中都有風趣詳盡的說明。

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About the Author/作者介绍： Richard T. Kelly was born in 1970 and starting composing lists around the age of 9, mainly on sporting themes. His first effort was ‘All-Time Newcastle United XI’, for which he flouted tactical convention by picking half-a-dozen strikers.
Richard has authored three acclaimed ‘oral history’ books on film and filmmakers, all published by Faber and Faber: Alan Clarke (1998), The Name of This Book is Dogme 95 (2000), and Sean Penn: His Life and Times, an authorized biography (2004). His journalism has appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines. He has served as a programmer/curator for the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and in 2000 he wrote and presented the Channel 4 documentary The Name of This Film is Dogme 95. His debut novel, Crusaders, will be published by Faber in early 2008. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.
生於1970年的Richard T. Kelly，從九歲起便開始對資訊收集感興趣，不過當時是以運動相關主題為主。發表過三本電影相關作品，包含英國電視導演亞倫克拉克的傳記Alan Clarke (1998)、逗馬宣言The Name of This Book is Dogme 95 [S1] (2000)、美國影星西恩潘的傳記Sean Penn: His Life and Times(2004)，在報章雜誌也寫過許多相關評論，更擔任過愛丁堡影展策展人(Edinburgh International Film Festival)。他的首部小說Crusaders將於2008年初出版。

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