Do the Movies Have a Future?
by David Denby
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Criticizing "conglomerate aesthetics," as embodied in the frenzied, weightless action spectacles that dominate the world's attention, and "platform agnosticism," the notion that movies can be watched on smaller and smaller screens: laptops, tablets, even phone, New Yorker movie critic David Denby reaffirms that movies are our national theater. He celebrates big movies, romantic comedy, high school movies, chick flicks, the changing nature of stardom, and the triumphs and failures of auteurs show more Quentin Tarantino, the Coen brothers, Pedro Almodovar, and David Fincher. show lessTags
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David Denby is a film critic for The New Yorker and author of Great Books and American Sucker. He lives in New York City with his wife.
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- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 791.430973 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Movies, TV, Video Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography; description, critical appraisal of specific companies and studios {for specific films see 791.437} North America
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- PN1993.5 .U6 .D46 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures
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