A Sudden Flicker of Light - David Thomson (hardback) Horror The rugged landscapes add to

The rugged landscapes add to the haunting tragedy

president and Walter Matthau as a trigger-happy political theorist

- Audio commentary with crew

the film's historical contexts in Weimar Berlin

cinematographer Bruno Nyutten and others (2003

A Sudden Flicker of Light - David Thomson (hardback) Horror The rugged landscapes add to'A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of The Movies' by David Thomson (Allen Lane 368 page Hardback) The always interesting and engaging critic returns with a personal assessment of cinema's history. Every flicker of light has its shadow. Thomson shows us how cinema has entranced and transported us, but also profoundly changed us. From the earliest days of the first picture shows to the screens of today, Thomson glories in the great