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The new biographical dictionary of film 2002

By David Thomson

  • Dictionaries, Biography, Motion pictures, Motion picture actors and actresses

For twenty-five 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 its old entries updated and…

DictionariesBiographyMotion picturesMotion picture actors and actressesNonfictionPerforming ArtsFilmacteursFilmregisseurs

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