Learning on Screen20 years of ‘BFI Film Classics’ series
The British Film Institute launched its popular series of compact ‘BFI Film Classics’ books twenty years ago.
BFI Film Classics is a series of finely written, illustrated books which honour landmark films of world cinema. The series includes a wide range of approaches and critical styles, reflecting the diverse ways we appreciate, analyse and enjoy great films.
To celebrate, 20th anniversary editions of eleven of the books are being re-issued in new covers and many in revised editions. A twelfth book is a new title devoted to Jean Renoir’s satirical masterpiece La Regle du jeu (Rules of the Game) by V.F. Perkins. Chief among the reissued titles is Chalres Barr’s new edition of his book on Hitchock’s classic mystery movie Vertigo, which was just named as the best film ever made in the 2012 Sight & Sound poll.
Blade Runner (2nd edition)
by Scott Bukatman
Citizen Kane (2nd edition)
by Laura Mulvey
Il conformista (The Conformist)
by Chris Wagstaff
Don’t Look Now (2nd edition)
by Mark Sanderson
La Regle du jeu (Rules of the Game)
by V.F. Perkins
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
by Eric Smoodin
Taxi Driver (2nd edition)
by Amy Taubin
Vertigo (2nd edition)
by Charles Barr
Went the Day Well? (2nd edition)
by Penelope Houston
The Wizard of Oz (2nd edition)
by Salman Rushdie
To read the full list of the top 50 films in the 2012 Sight & Sound poll, visit www.bfi.org.uk/news/50-greatest-films-all-time.
To order any of the BFI Classics books, visit the BFI Filmstore.
