Livraria cinéfila

Olá a todos os cinéfilos!

Os livros com que vou inaugurar esta secção dedicada à literatura de cinema são três volumes da série Movies of..., lançados no mercado pela editora TASCHEN e que abragem três décadas da história do cinema: 70, 80 e 90. Destas três gosto mais da década de 70 e menos da década de 80, situando-se a década de 90 entre estas duas. Cada filme é analisado de forma detalhada ( com a indicação do ano, nacionalidade, duração, género, créditos, prémios, quotes, comentários externos...) acompanhado de estimulantes e nítidas imagens. Aconselho vivamente a qualquer cinéfilo.

NOTA: Para os interessados fiquem a saber que cada um dos livros se encontram à venda na FNAC pelo preço de 30 euros aproximadamente. Todos os livros estão escritos em inglês.

Comentários dos livros (fonte: Site da amazon britânica e TASCHEN- Jurgen Muller) :

-Movies of the 70s



"Whilst their graphically-orientated slabs of cinematic heritage may not contain academically-pitched textual dissections on film-making theory in practice, the content never fails to interest and is sufficiently well-written to actually distract one from idly using the tome as a glorified pictorial "flickbook"!
Naturally, opinion is a subjective thing; and one person's choice of the good and the great from a given era may not coincide with all. That being said, the book has enough of a wide selection to please everybody with an interest in the cinema - and in particular the sometimes genre-defining output that stemmed from the decade.
Anyone looking for a more in-depth textual (as opposed to pictorial in content) breakdown of the stories from behind-the-scenes in Hollywood film-making of the 70's and the studio shenanigans that spawned directors such as Coppola, Scorcese, Fonda, Beatty and (unfortunately..!) Lucas and Spielberg, should be directed to the similarly excellent novel "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" by Peter Biskind.
Back to this Taschen tome though - a highly recommended purchase!
This book, as with all Taschen's output, excels itself with its standards of printing and design quality and is glorious to behold! (...and no, I don't work for the company - sadly!!)
Simply put... buy it , enjoy it for its content, and marvel at the bargain you've picked up - particularly at the Amazon discount price!
I bet you'll buy the rest of the series....!"

- Movies of the 80s



"All scintillating surfaces and vertiginous chasms, androids and star warriors, and the neon of the urban jungle, the cinema of the 80s blurred the boundary between reality and dream, glorying in ambiguity. It was a decade of solitary voyagers torn between two worlds, of Blade Runner, Alien and Ghostbusters: a decade of dangerous illusions.
Movies of the 80s takes you back to the era of the blockbuster and the cult film, from Indiana Jones and Pretty Woman to Sex, Lies and Videotape. This compilation of 145 of the most successful and influential films of the decade tells you everything you ever wanted to know about production, ambitions, makers and stars.
Movies of the 80s is you reunion with Harry and Sally, E.T and Terminator. It takes you to the dephs of The big Blue, into the nightmare world of Brazil and the sweeping scenery of Out of Africa. Brilliant texts and spectacular photos offer a fascinating panorama of film history. If you thrilled to the movies of the 80s, you'll be captivated by this book."

- Movies of the 90s



"Do you know what it took to recreate the sinking of the Titanic, what a jump cut is, or who the leading box office stars of the 1990's are? Learn the answers and more in this book dedicated to the celluloid history of the 1990s. With a total of 140 movies covering the years 1991 to 2000, the book covers a wide range of genres, budgets and cultures and reveals details from behind the scenes. The book features: four to ten pages for each film, including illustrations, cast/crew credits, and a summary of the film describing the genre, history, filming, facts, budget, and box office; a list of Academy and film festival awards; bloopers, trivia, memorable lines, and gossip; and actor, director, subject, and title indexes. "

Cumprimentos cinéfilos,
Tiago Teixeira.