{"product_id":"the-great-movies-ii","title":"The Great Movies II","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Americas most trusted and highly visible film critic  100 more brilliant essays on the films that define cinematic greatness.  Continuing the pitch-perfect critiques begun in The Great Movies  Roger Eberts The Great Movies II collects 100 additional essays  each one of them a gem of critical appreciation and an amalgam of love  analysis  and history that will send readers back to films with a fresh set of eyes and renewed enthusiasmor perhaps to an avid first-time viewing. Neither a snob nor a shill  Ebert manages in these essays to combine a truly populist appreciation for todays most important form of popular art with a scholars erudition and depth of knowledge and a sure aesthetic sense. Once again wonderfully enhanced by stills selected by Mary Corliss  former film curator at the Museum of Modern Art  The Great Movies II is a treasure trove for film lovers of all persuasions  an unrivaled guide for viewers  and a book to return to again and again.  Films featured in The Great Movies II  12 Angry Men  The Adventures of Robin Hood  Alien  Amadeus  Amarcord  Annie Hall  Au Hasard  Balthazar  The Bank Dick  Beat the Devil  Being There  The Big Heat  The Birth of a Nation  The Blue Kite  Bob le Flambeur  Breathless  The Bridge on the River Kwai  Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garca  Buster Keaton  Children of Paradise  A Christmas Story  The Color Purple  The Conversation  Cries and Whispers  The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie  Dont Look Now  The Earrings of Madame de . . .  The Fall of the House of Usher  The Firemens Ball  Five Easy Pieces  Goldfinger  The Good  the Bad and the Ugly  Goodfellas  The Gospel According to Matthew  The Grapes of Wrath  Grave of the Fireflies  Great Expectations  House of Games  The Hustler  In Cold Blood  Jaws  Jules and Jim  Kieslowskis Three Colors Trilogy  Kind Hearts and Coronets  King Kong  The Last Laugh  Laura  Leaving Las Vegas  Le Boucher  The Leopard  The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp  The Manchurian Candidate  The Man Who Laughs  Mean Streets  Mon Oncle  Moonstruck  The Music Room  My Dinner with Andre  My Neighbor Totoro  Nights of Cabiria  One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest  Orpheus  Paris  Texas  Patton  Picnic at Hanging Rock  Planes  Trains and Automobiles  The Producers  Raiders of the Lost Ark  Raise the Red Lantern  Ran  Rashomon  Rear Window  Rififi  The Right Stuff  Romeo and Juliet  The Rules of the Game  Saturday Night Fever  Say Anything  Scarface  The Searchers  Shane  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs  Solaris  Strangers on a Train  Stroszek  A Sunday in the Country  Sunrise  A Tale of Winter  The Thin Man  This Is Spinal Tap Tokyo Story  Touchez Pas au Grisbi  Touch of Evil  The Treasure of the Sierra Madre  Ugetsu  Umberto D  Unforgiven  Victim  Walkabout  West Side Story  Yankee Doodle Dandy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945986453557,"sku":"ByrdShop_0767919505","price":28.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780767919500.jpg?v=1769917922","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-great-movies-ii","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}