<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This film calendar features literally a movie a week--for a year. As recommended and lovingly profiled in essays by Peter Bogdanovich: 52 vintage films (all available on videocassette) for viewing pleasure in one calendar year. 14 photos.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO A YEAR'S WORTH OF MUST-SEE FILMS <p/>Director, producer, screenwriter, author, actor, and film critic, Peter Bogdanovich knows movies. Now, in this unique new book, he shares his passion with a connoisseur's insight and delight by inviting the reader to join him for a year at the movies--fifty-two weeks, fifty-two films, fifty-two reasons to watch. Which films does Peter Bogdanovich call . . . <p/>"The most hauntingly chilling, strangely prophetic science-fiction picture ever made."<br>(You'll be treated to it on Halloween) <p/>"A scintillatingly directed comedy."<br>(Discover it with someone you love on Valentine's Day) <p/>"A bittersweet human comedy of vintage genius [that] only becomes more precious as the years pass."<br>(Ringing in the New Year with it is reason enough to celebrate) <p/>With recommendations specific to the seasons and holidays--from sparkling comedies, timeless musicals, landmark foreign films, powerful dramas and thrillers to legendary masterpieces and neglected treasures--Bogdanovich's eclectic cinematic calendar of classics, each available on video, each accompanied by an illuminating essay, and each followed by a list of tie-in recommendations, makes the perfect date for movielovers every week of the year.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Peter Bogdanovich</b> is the author of thirteen books, including <i>Who the Devil Made It</i>, as well as <i>This Is Orson Welles</i>, <i>The Cinema of Howard Hawks</i> and <i>John Ford</i>. Bogdanovich has directed such plays as <i>The Big Knife</i>, <i>Camino Real</i> and <i>Once in a Lifetime</i>. His films include <i>Targets, </i> <i>The Last Picture Show, </i> <i>What's Up, Doc?, </i> <i>Paper Moon</i> and <i>They All Laughed</i>. His essays and reviews have appeared in the <i>New York Times, </i> <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, <i>Esquire</i> and the<i> New York Observer</i>.
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