Real and Reel : The Education of a Film Obsessive and Critic

by Brian McFarlane and Brian McFarlane

Book Overview

From a little before ten years of age Brian McFarlane became addicted to stories told on the screen, and the mere fact that he had difficulty in getting to see the films he wanted - or any for that matter - only made them seem more alluring. But it wasn't just seeing the films that mattered: he also wanted, and quite soon needed, to be writing about them and these obsessions have been part of his life for the next sixty-odd years. Real and reel is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007YW5QL0
• ISBN13: 9780719085956
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 6.1"