The esteemed film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum has brought global cinema to American audiences for the last four decades. His incisive writings on individual filmmakers define film culture as a diverse and ever-evolving practice; unpredictable yet subject to analyses just as diversified as his own discriminating tastes. For Rosenbaum; there is no high or low cinema; only more interesting or less interesting films; and the pieces collected here; from an appreciation of Marilyn Monroersquo;s intelligence to a classic discussion on and with Jean-Luc Godard; amply testify to his broad intellect and multi-faceted talent. Goodbye Cinema; Hello Cinephilia gathers together over fifty examples of Rosenbaumrsquo;s criticism from the past four decades; each of which demonstrates his passion for the way we view movies; as well as how we write about them. Charting our changing concerns with the interconnected issues that surround video; DVDs; the Internet; and new media; the writings collected here also highlight Rosenbaumrsquo;s polemics concerning the digital age. From the rediscovery and recirculation of classic films; to the social and aesthetic impact of technological changes; Rosenbaum doesnrsquo;t disappoint in assembling a magisterial cast of little-known filmmakers as well as the familiar faces and iconic names that have helped to define our era.As we move into this new decade of moviegoingmdash;one in which Hollywood will continue to feel the shockwaves of the digital agemdash;Jonathan Rosenbaum remains a valuable guide. Goodbye Cinema; Hello Cinephilia is a consummate collection of his work; not simply for fans of this seminal critic; but for all those open to the wide variety of films he embraces and helps us to elucidate.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Rickgreat book.1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Outstanding ReadBy jtwinstonKristina nails many of the issues confronting city planning today--especially the issues of how the public and policy makers interact with city plans. the challenges in public involvement. and the reality of how plans need to be used. I found the prescriptions good. but could be expanded to be more helpful.7 of 11 people found the following review helpful. from the Yale University PressBy T. WilliamsAfter the vast destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans faces a rare chance to rebuild. with an unprecedented opportunity to plan what gets built. As the citys director of planning from 1992 until 2000. Kristina Ford is uniquely placed to use these opportunities as a springboard for an eye-opening discussion of the intransigent problems and promising possibilities facing city planners across the nation and beyond.In The Trouble with City Planning. Ford argues that almost no part of our usual understanding of the phrase "city planning" is accurate: not our conception of the plan itself. nor our sense of what city planners do or who plans are made for or how planners determine what citizens want. Most important. our conventional understanding does not tell us how a plan affects what gets built in any city in America.Ford advances several planning innovations that. if adopted. could be crucial for restoring New Orleans. but also transformative wherever citizens are troubled by the results of their citys plan. This keenly intelligent book is destined to become a classic for planners and citizens alike.Kristina Ford is one of Americas best known urban planners and writers on planning. In the immediate aftermath of Katrina. Fords thoughtful assessments--heard on CNN. the BBC. and National Public Radio--became the first public voice of reason to mediate the great storms human and civic consequences. Her highly regarded study. Planning Small Town America. is used as a text in many graduate urban planning programs. She lives in New Orleans."A thoughtful. engaging. and cautionary account of the interaction of professional planners. politicians. developers. and citizens in contemporary American cities. The message that planning can and must do better with respect to daily decision making. as well as big and recalcitrant but now urgent problems. and that informed citizens are crucial to this. is timely and important."--Alan Plattus. Yale University"Kristina Ford makes sense out of the misguided planning efforts that have bedevilled post-Katrina New Orleans. and provides valuable suggestions for how our cities should be planned in the future--more democratically and more effectively."--Witold Rybczynski. author of Last Harvest.
