Magill's Cinema Annual: A Retrospective of the Films of 1997 (Magill's Cinema Annual)
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Magill's has long been the standard reference guide to movies of a given year, but until very recently the series was published in prohibitively expensive hardcover format. But now, in conjunction with the Visible Ink Press's Videohound series, the latest Cinema Annuals have been made available in affordable paperback. The transition has dimmed none of the series' qualities. In the 1997 retrospective, you'll find detailed, incisive reviews of every film you can think of that was released in that year, including many that you've never encountered before. Thirty-one contributors--including film scholars, university faculty, and film critics--worked on the volume, and each film is treated seriously and in-depth, regardless of its popularity. You'll find assessments of L.A. Confidential, As Good As It Gets, Men in Black, and Titanic alongside the extraordinary but lesser known Career Girls, Rosewood, and The Apostle, as well as the howlingly awful Speed 2 and The Postman.
Each entry summarizes the plot of the film; offers critical analyses and insights; and lists the film's credits, its tagline, the favorable comments posted in print ads, the awards and nominations it received, and a bibliography of periodicals where it was reviewed. As always, the guide's appendices include a roundup of the year's awards; important obituaries for film personae who died in 1997; an annotated list of selected film books; and indices of directors, screenwriters, cinematographers, editors, and performers. A final bonus is an essay on Robert Wise, director of West Side Story and The Sound of Music, to whom the American Film Institute gave its Life Achievement Award, and an interview with Kim Basinger, who won an Oscar for her work in L.A. Confidential. --Raphael Shargel
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