Born and raised in London, David Thomson taught Film Studies at Dartmouth College. He is a regular contributor to the New York Times and Independent . He is the acclaimed author of one of the greatest books on cinema, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, plus Rosebud - The Story of Orson Welles; The Whole Equation - A History of Hollywood; and Sleeping with Strangers - How the Movies Shaped Desire. He lives in San Francisco.
Introduction: Darkness Visible
1 Waiting for the Monolith
2 To Be a Master: Fritz Lang
3 Everyone’s Friend: Jean Renoir
4 In Dreams: Luis Buñuel
5 A Natural Liar: Howard Hawk
6 The Man Who Watched Too Much: Alfred Hitchcock
7 God? Orson Welles
8 Godardian
9 The Ghost of Nick Ray
10 A Very English Professional: Stephen Frears
11 The American Auteur
12 A Female Gaze
13 Alone: The Nature of a Minority
14 The Kid from The Video Store: Quentin Tarantino
15 The Last Irishman
Sources and Resources
Acknowledgments
Index
