Table of Contents
Introduction xiii
In the Beginning
Introduction 3
Fantômas, 1913-1914 5
Silent Comedy Double Feature
Sherlock Jr., 1924 and Pass the Gravy, 1928 9
The Thirties
Introduction 21
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, 1932 23
Bombshell, 1933 28
The Dybbuk, 1937 33
Leo McCarey Double Feature
Make Way for Tomorrow, 1937 and Love Affair, 1939 39
The Forties
Introduction 51
Pride and Prejudice, 1940 53
Ernst Lubitsch Double Feature
The Shop Around the Corner, 1940 and To Be or Not to Be, 1942 59
The Lady Eve, 1941 69
Strawberry Blonde, 1941 75
Casablanca, 1942 79
Random Harvest, 1942 85
Children of Paradise, 1945 90
Great Expectations, 1946 95
Bicycle Thieves, 1948 100
The Third Man, 1949 105
The Fifties
Introduction 113
AU About Eve, 1950 115
The Asphalt Jungle, 1950 120
Sunset Boulevard, 1950 125
Casque d'Or, 1952 132
The Importance of Being Earnest, 1952 137
Singin' in the Rain, 1952 141
The Earrings of Madame De …, 1953 147
Seven Samurai, 1954 151
Kiss Me Deadly, 1955 156
Seven Men from Now, 1956 160
Sweet Smell of Success, 1957 165
Vertigo, 1958 170
The Sixties
Introduction 181
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, 1962 183
The Gospel According to St. Matthew, 1964 188
Point Blank, 1967 192
Le Samouraï, 1967 198
Kes, 1969 202
The Seventies
Introduction 209
The Godfather, 1972 211
Chinatown, 1974 217
The Eighties
Introduction 225
The Day After Trinity, 1981 227
First Contact, 1983 232
Distant Voices, Still Lives, 1988 236
The Nineties
Introduction 243
Howards End, 1992 245
Leolo, 1992 250
Unforgiven, 1992 250
The New Century
Introduction 265
Spirited Away, 2001 267
The Best of Youth, 2003 272
The Five Obstructions, 2003 278
Documentary Double Feature
Stranded, 2007 and Senna, 2010 282
A Prophet, 2009 291
Of Gods and Men, 2010 296
Footnote, 2011 301
Orson Welles Double Feature
Introduction 309
Touch of Evil, 1958 and Chimes at Midnight, 1965 311
The Fifty-Fifth Film 321
A Second Fifty-Four 325
Acknowledgments 329
Index 331
