In ‘The Story of the Movies,’ the author works to provide an overview of film, an increasingly daunting task as its history grows. Even the most ardent traditionalists have to acknowledge that vast, sweeping changes are at work within the realm of film culture. The very practice of shooting on actual physical film, not to mention running that film through a projector for viewing, has become in a …
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David Thomson takes a wide view of movies in 'The Big Screen'