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The Phantom Empire: Movies in the Mind of the Twentieth Century
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The Phantom Empire: Movies in the Mind of the Twentieth Centuryby Geoffrey O'Brien
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Exceptional, April 26, 2000 Reviewer:George Grella "Urbane citizen" (San Francisco, CA USA) - Don't be alarmed, just go to the movies. O'Brien, in this unforgettable, beautifully written book, has come up with an idea and a work so original and startling that it is difficult to describe. Essentially, he sees how movies [and he's seen hundreds of all kinds] have helped create the pyschology of the century. In one chapter, for example, he uses the melodramatic chestnut "The Four Feathers" to show how the movies displayed the customs and manners of a class and society different than ourselves, and thus taught us how to live in certain ways. And that's just scratching the surface of a book that seems to have a new and astonishing idea on every page. Neal Gabler published on this topic recently, but to a much inferior extent. Skip that and buy this. You will never, ever go to the movies the same way again.
From Publishers Weekly
O'Brien examines the cultural and psychological effects of movie-watching over the past 100 years, analyzing a variety of genres within the medium.
Copyright 1995 Cahners business Information, Inc.
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