Antonia Quirke
Author of Madame Depardieu and the Beautiful Strangers
About the Author
Antonia Quirke is acting Director of Talks at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.
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Works by Antonia Quirke
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1967
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- film critic
author - Organizations
- The New Statesman
Sunday Telegraph
Sunday Times of London
BBC Radio 4 - Nationality
- UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Reviews
I bought this from a remainder shop, half-remembering a radio interview with the author. I'm glad I did, as it proved a happy accident. This is an entertaining and rather unclassifiable book - a life-so-far refracted through a cinematic prism of actors and their films.
A marmite book I suspect - likely to provoke love or hate, but likely to be of more interest to those favouring character over plot.
A marmite book I suspect - likely to provoke love or hate, but likely to be of more interest to those favouring character over plot.
A very thorough history of the shooting of Spielberg's triumphant blockbuster. Also, a nice criticism of the social and political factors involved in small town communities. It draws parallels to the "Western genre/format" of cinema, believe it or not.
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- Works
- 2
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 103
- Popularity
- #185,854
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 8