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100 All-Time Favorite Movies (25th Anniversary Special Edtn)

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Pick a decade from the 1920's until the present and you'll find lovely b/w and color stills and commentary about many of the best-loved films from each of those decades in this hefty two-volume boxed set. Although some might consider this set to be merely a "coffee table" set, you had better have a sturdy coffee table to hold it. Plus, unlike many books of that description, these volumes are ones that you will actually want to spend time reading and enjoying, rather than simply looking through them once and placing on the table for shelf for mere display.

One oddity you might notice is that the stills from "Raging Bull" are in color, even though everyone will remember the film as being shot in black and white. Although the majority of the films featured are from America, the books do include some films from Europe and Japan.

This publisher has already published books covering the Best Movies of the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. It appears that the vast majority of the material in this two-volume set was taken directly from those previously published books. However, those older books are becoming more and more difficult to obtain and if you are simply interested in obtaining a book dealing with 100 films, rather than the many more contained within all of those previous volumes, this set should suffice.