Published by The Dial Press, 1960
Perfect bound hardcover
First printing
122 pages
8.5×5.5 inches
First edition. Very Good book in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. Comes in removable protective Brodart mylar cover.
“The most powerful piece of film criticism ever written.”—The Atlantic
Baldwin’s personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also an appraisal of American racial politics. Offering a look at racism in American movies and a vision of America’s self-delusions and deceptions, Baldwin considers such films as In the Heat of the Night, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, and The Exorcist. Here are our loves and hates, biases and cruelties, fears and ignorance reflected by the films that have entertained and shaped us. And here too is the stunning prose of a writer whose passion never diminished his struggle for equality, justice, and social change.
Published by The Dial Press, 1960
Perfect bound hardcover
First printing
122 pages
8.5×5.5 inches
First edition. Very Good book in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. Comes in removable protective Brodart mylar cover.
“The most powerful piece of film criticism ever written.”—The Atlantic
Baldwin’s personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also an appraisal of American racial politics. Offering a look at racism in American movies and a vision of America’s self-delusions and deceptions, Baldwin considers such films as In the Heat of the Night, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, and The Exorcist. Here are our loves and hates, biases and cruelties, fears and ignorance reflected by the films that have entertained and shaped us. And here too is the stunning prose of a writer whose passion never diminished his struggle for equality, justice, and social change.
