THE NEW BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF FILM (SIXTH EDITION)

Book ID/图书代码： 12751014B67693

English Summary/英文概要： For 25 years, David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely “the finest reference book ever written about movies” (Graham Fuller, Interview), not merely the “desert island book” of art critic David Sylvester, not merely “a great, crazy masterpiece” (Geoff Dyer, The Guardian) but also “fiendishly seductive” (Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone). Now it returns, with 300 new entries (making more that 1,300 in all), some of them just a pungent paragraph, some of them several thousand words long. In addition to the new “musts”, Thomson has added appealing figures from film history – so now there are lively portraits of Eddie Cantor, Rin Tin Tin, Graham Greene, Pauline Kael, Abbott & Costello, Noël Coward, Raul Ruiz, Hoagy Carmichael, and more.

As ever, the book is personal, opinionated, funny, daring, provocative, and passionate. It is something every filmmaker and film buff needs. But now it is more plainly a great, rare book encompassing the chaos of art, entertainment, money, vulgarity, and nonsense that we call the movies. Time Out named it “One of the top ten books of the 1990s”. Laura Miller called it “a great critic’s great work”. Gavin Lambert recognized it as “a work of imagination in its own right”. Now better than ever – a masterwork by the man playwright David Hare called “the most stimulating and thoughtful film critic now writing”.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 作为有着35年经历的资深影评人，大卫•汤姆森的这本《电影字典》曾被《滚石杂志》等知名杂志评为“极为诱人” “关于电影最好的参考书”，英国《卫报》更称这本书“不仅是一部关于电影不可或缺的参考书，也是体现我们这个时代文艺成就的最好力证”。在这最新的传记中， 汤姆森重新汇入了当下新的电影血液，如(克里夫•欧文， 斯嘉丽•约翰逊， 杰克•吉伦哈尔和玛丽昂•歌迪亚)。现在的书中包括了差不多1,500个词条，有些评论几近辛辣，几千词的论述，可谓字字珠玑。

《出版人周刊》相关评论： 当这本书首次在上世纪75年出版时，当时引发了许多电影爱好者对这位出生于伦敦的评论家Thomson所持有的个性观点的争执。 这部升级版的最新第五版涵盖了笔者重新标注的300条全新的条目，从著名的美国影界龙头贾德•阿帕图到好莱坞黑人女星莲纳•荷恩这些人们所熟悉的经典人物。作者表示说， “因为内容是如此的全新和不同”。 如今书中所提到的是在过去十年左右时间那些一夜成名的明星，包括对蕾妮•齐薇格 (Renée Zellweger )(“一系列的介绍”)和本•阿弗莱克(Ben Affleck) (到目前为止演技平平却能幸运有与一切的)，大量真实记述，从Abbott和Costello，到美国上世纪导演泰利•茨威戈夫(Terry Zwigoff)以一种“罕见，单独声音”形式所散发出的纯粹艺术特质。 （Sandy）

Awards/获奖情况：“Unquestionably the finest reference book ever written about movies”Interview

“A treasure…Unique, fascinating and more than a little addictive…A great critic’s great work”San Francisco Examiner

“This dictionary could be declared the best book on movies ever written in English…it is a delight to browse through, to leaf through, to read aloud to a constant companion in the dark…The secret of this book is the secret of the movies: it gives you pleasure…Thomson is the Dr Johnson of film”New Republic

“Delicious, one of the best and most useful books written about the movies” San Francisco Chronicle

“One of the truly essential cinematic texts” Movieline

“A great, crazy masterpiece…I admire and love it.” The Guardian

“It is that rare thing, a reference book that is also a work of high literary distinction and critical acuity. It’s a book to conjure with, and argue with. And it’s as seductive as a film noir vamp, luring you on from one entry to the next, until you are trapped in a coil of celluloid memories, vividly remembered by one of the best critical historians we have”Richard Schickel

“The staple source of reference and opinion for every film critic in the media…The best read since the heyday of Pauline Kael. A must” Time Out

(Named it as one of the Ten Best Books of the 1990s)

“One of the finest film critics in the English language” New York Times Book Review

“A classic…[Thomson is] the most stimulating and thoughtful film critic now writing” Observer

“An intellectual Filmgoer’s Companion, this book will, I believe, instantly become an invaluable standard text for students, fans, and serious enthusiasts. Thomson’s comments are often tough but never uninformed or trivial” Peter Bogdanovich

“Fiendishly seductive” Rolling Stone

About the Author/作者介绍： 大卫•汤姆森，近期的“你看过没……？”的作者，是英国《卫报》，《独立报》，《纽约时报》，和《电影在线》等刊物的定期撰稿人。目前作者定居于旧金山。

Born and raised in London, he taught film studies at Dartmouth College and has been a regular contributor to the New York Times, The New Republic, Film Comment and The Independent. His books include Showman: The Life of David O’Selznick as well as the movie novels Suspects and Silver Light. David Thomson lives in San Francisco with his wife and their two sons.

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