10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists

by Richard T. Kelly

Book Overview

It's been a long time since I've come across a set of lists quite so piquant and entertaining as Ten Bad Dates With De Niro.-Louis Bayard, Salon (CriticAs Pick) What are the Top Ten movies for making... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585679712
• ISBN13: 9781585679713
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Overlook Press
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Finally an original movie 'list' book

There are hundreds of books out there full of film lists - on the top 10 or 100 or 101 or 1001 greatest movies/worst movies/most expensive flops/greatest stars/most important film directors whatever. This book has fun with the idea, with some truly original and often very funny Top 10 lists. The writing is witty, and the writers (including the Coen Brothers, Steven Soderbergh, and DBC Pierre amongst others) know their films, so small international films are as likely to be included as big Hollywood fare. The top ten lists include unlikely categories like 'Dodgiest Decisions of the Cannes Festival Jury', 'Worst Wigs an Actor Dared to Wear', 'Gratuitous Machine-Gun Frenzies' and dozens more. Seriously, it's possibly the most enjoyable film book I've read since Michael Medved's Golden Turkey awards books from many years ago.