{"product_id":"totally-tenderly-tragically-paperback","title":"Totally, Tenderly, Tragically: Essays and Criticism from a Lifelong Love Affair with the Movies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhillip Lopate\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book collects the best of award-winning essayist Phillip Lopate's pans and praises, criticisms and ruminations of a variety of films, in a book that no cinema fan will want to miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhillip Lopate has been obsessed with movies from the start. As an undergraduate at Columbia, he organized the school's first film society. Later, he even tried his own hand at filmmaking. But it was not until his ascent as a major essayist that Lopate found his truest and most lasting contribution to the medium. And, over the past twenty-five years, tackling subjects ranging from Visconti to Jerry Lewis, from the first New York Film Festival to the thirty-second, Phillip Lopate has made film his most cherished subject. Here, in one place, are the very best of these essays, a joy for anyone who loves movies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhillip Lopate\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the essay collections \u003ci\u003eAgainst Joie de Vivre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBachelorhood\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Portrait of My Body\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Rug Merchant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Summer\u003c\/i\u003e. Lopate is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of the Personal Essay\u003c\/i\u003e and the Library of America's \u003ci\u003eWriting New York\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the series editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of the Essay\u003c\/i\u003e. His film criticism appears regularly in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 8.02 x 5.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134084386951,"sku":"9780385492508","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e3b3ba472830b86e09d59cb797c70ea6.webp?v=1732639054","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/totally-tenderly-tragically-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}