00000nam a2200000 a 4500 UP-100181420919531131 Buklod 20250303135824.0 m |o d | ta 250303r20051997nyu |ro 001 e eng 9780743261258 (paperback) 14017838 DLC DMC rda eng DMLUC PN 1995 H86 2005 Hunter, Stephen 1946- author. Now playing at the Valencia Pulitzer Prize-winning essays on movies Stephen Hunter. First Simon & Schuster paperback edition. New York Simon & Schuster ©2005. [vi], 345 pages 25 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier "A collection of essays previously published in Washington Post, 1997-2003" -- T.p. verso. Includes index (pages 338-345). Westerns -- Crime and supsense -- War -- Costumes! -- Yurks -- Monsters and sci-fi -- Joons -- A last visit to the Valencia. Evanston, Illinois, was an idyllic 1950s paradise with stately homes, a beautiful lake, a world-class university, two premier movie houses, and one very seedy movie theater--the Valencia. This was the site of Washington Post film critic Stephen Hunter's misspent youth. Instead of going to school, picking up girls, or tossing a football, Hunter could be found sitting in the fifteenth row, right-hand aisle seat of the Valencia, sating himself on one B-list movie after another. The Valencia had a sticky floor, smelly bathrooms, ancient popcorn, and a screen set in a hideously tacky papier-mache castle wall. It was also the only place in town to see westerns, sci-fi pictures, cops 'n' robbers flicks, slapstick comedy, and Godzilla. In Now Playing at the Valencia, the author of such bestselling novels as Havana and Pale Horse Coming has compiled his favorite movie reviews written between 1997 and 2003, bringing to the discussion the passionate feelings for cinema he discovered in the '50s, a time when genres were forming, mesmerizing stars played unforgettable characters, and enduring classics were made. While filmmaking has changed tremendously since Hunter first frequented the Valencia, the view from the fifteenth row, and the thrill of down and dirty entertainment, has remained the same. CMC-2543 donated by Ms. Triccie Cantero, U.P. Samaskom 84.1. Motion pictures. Motion pictures Reviews. FO UPD DMC PN 1995 H86 2005 Book