In Love with Movies From New Yorker Films to Lincoln Plaza Cinemas
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Daniel Talbot (1926–2017) founded and ran the New Yorker Theater, Cinema Studio, Metro Theater, and Lincoln Plaza Cinemas as well as the distribution company New Yorker Films. Born in the Bronx, he was an Upper West Sider for almost sixty years.Toby Talbot is the author of A Book About My Mother (1980) and The New Yorker Theater and Other Scenes from a Life at the Movies (Columbia, 2009). She has taught Spanish and Latin American literature at Columbia and New York University and documentary film at the New School, and has translated numerous works from Spanish, including Jacobo Timerman’s Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number.
In my family, the name Dan Talbot resonated like that of the Archangel Gabriel. He was the artists' champion. Dan was my father Roberto Rossellini's guardian angel when his films were shown in America. This book is a powerful reminder of Dan and Toby's enthusiasm and warmth for filmmakers and their art.
- Isabella Rossellini, award-winning actor, author, and producer,
A vivid, boisterous, unputdownable memoir that offers a unique triple-headed perspective: the joys and travails of a theater owner, memories of movies and their directors from a sophisticated cinephile, and an inside look at the swashbuckling world of film distribution. You wouldn't know from Dan’s funny meditative style that these are the ruminations of a hero, the visionary entrepreneur who turned the New Yorker Theater into a beacon for the city’s passionate moviegoing community during its golden era.
- Molly Haskell, film critic and author, <i>From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies</i>,
Film buffs will find much to marvel at in this terrific book.
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Cinephiles will be captivated by Talbot’s insights and passion.
Library Journal (starred review)
The best...it chronicles Talbot's time running a string of iconic Manhattan movie houses, beginning with the New Yorker Theater in 1960.
Times Literary Supplement
[An] engaging memoir.
Zoomer
[A] frequently delightful book.
Air Mail
The restless, inquisitive, exuberant mind on display in the home office comes vividly to life in the pages of the book.
West Side Rag
<i>In Love with the Movies</i> is not so much a traditional memoir as it is a tribute and a scrapbook.
Cineaste
This book is many things, and readers will find different aspects of it to be of the greatest value.
East Hampton Star
A touching first-person account of their love for one another—and how their shared passion for cinema made American audiences fall in love with foreign and independent films.
Box Office Pro
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Daniel Talbot (1926–2017) founded and ran the New Yorker Theater, Cinema Studio, Metro Theater, and Lincoln Plaza Cinemas as well as the distribution company New Yorker Films. Born in the Bronx, he was an Upper West Sider for almost sixty years.Toby Talbot is the author of A Book About My Mother (1980) and The New Yorker Theater and Other Scenes from a Life at the Movies (Columbia, 2009). She has taught Spanish and Latin American literature at Columbia and New York University and documentary film at the New School, and has translated numerous works from Spanish, including Jacobo Timerman’s Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number.