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Zusatztext "Perusing Mr. Knight's puckerings is an exercize in nostalgia! as well as wish-fulfillment..." Informationen zum Autor The primary film/DVD critic for the website REEL.COM ( http://www.reel.com/ ) since 2003, Timothy Knight studied film history and theory at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, where he received his master's degree in Critical Studies in 1994. Based in Los Angeles, Knight is a versatile writer/editor, tackling everything from cinema to sports to humor. Klappentext Of all the grand visions conjured by the movies, few captivate us like that moment when the lovers on the big screen finally come together in a passionate kiss?one that pulls at our heartstrings and burns its way into our memories. In these larger-than-life images of romantic abandon, all the cinematic elements align, creating a magical moment full of promise, delicious anticipation, and heartfelt bliss. A truly great movie kiss lingers with us long after the screen fades to black. There is the one that helped us nurse a broken heart. The one that set our pulses racing. And the kiss that inspired us to follow our dreams. Who can forget the way Humphrey Bogart sacrificed his own happiness for his true love Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca? The romantic fireworks generated by Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind? Or the swoon-worthy first kiss of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Titanic? Great Kisses compiles fifty beloved movie kisses?both classic and contemporary?with the famous lines that accompany them, and is a perfect keepsake for movie buffs and hopeless romantics alike. For in the movies and in Great Kisses, true love conquers all.... Zusammenfassung Of all the grand visions conjured by the movies! few captivate us like that moment when the lovers on the big screen finally come together in a passionate kiss—one that pulls at our heartstrings and burns its way into our memories. In these larger-than-life images of romantic abandon! all the cinematic elements align! creating a magical moment full of promise! delicious anticipation! and heartfelt bliss. A truly great movie kiss lingers with us long after the screen fades to black. There is the one that helped us nurse a broken heart. The one that set our pulses racing. And the kiss that inspired us to follow our dreams. Who can forget the way Humphrey Bogart sacrificed his own happiness for his true love Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca ? The romantic fireworks generated by Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind ? Or the swoon-worthy first kiss of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Titanic ? Great Kisses compiles fifty beloved movie kisses—both classic and contemporary—with the famous lines that accompany them! and is a perfect keepsake for movie buffs and hopeless romantics alike. For in the movies and in Great Kisses ! true love conquers all.... ...
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"Perusing Mr. Knight's puckerings is an exercize in nostalgia, as well as wish-fulfillment..." Wall Street Journal
