The Uncharitable Cinema: The Greatest Films Ever Made, Summarized in One Sentence with Some Accuracy - Hardcover

Camden, Sasha

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798953640046

Verlag: Coffee & Elysium Press, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Every classic arrives pre-defended. It comes with a restored edition, a hundred-best list, a film-studies syllabus, and at least one friend who will not let you leave the room until you concede it changed cinema. The Uncharitable Cinema removes the defense. Here are 300 of the greatest films ever made, each summarized in a single sentence - the plot stripped of its dignity, the message deflated with a pin: Citizen Kane - A newspaper tycoon dies muttering one word, and reporters spend the entire film learning it was his childhood sled, which he could simply have mentioned. Jaws - A small beach town refuses to close for one shark, and then needs a bigger boat. Return of the Jedi - The galaxy is saved, in the end, by teddy bears with rocks. From the ones everyone calls the greatest to the franchises that ate cinema, across fifteen sections and ending with a personal shelf of beloved disasters. The summaries are unfair, not untrue. Watch along, or don't. Use it to settle an argument, to remember a film you loved, or to finally admit you never finished 2001.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Coffee & Elysium Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798953640046
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 116
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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