With titles that draw from the
depths of obscurity, this collection features thoughtfully
selected essays devoted to such films as Wladyslaw
Starewicz's 13-minute masterpiece The Cameraman's Revenge
(1912), the existential reinvention of the Western genre in El
Topo (1970), and Stanley Kubrick's early classic, The
Killing (1956). Each essay features a detailed description of
plot, notable trivia tidbits, critical reviews, and interviews with
actors and filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola, Mario
Van Peebles, and Billy Bob Thornton. Film aficionados who think
that they've "seen it all" will enjoy referring to this enjoyable
mix of movies that are gone-but no longer forgotten.