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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

2003 book edited by Steven Jay Schneider

Field	Value
name	1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
image	1001moviescover.jpg
caption	The cover of the 2003 edition,
with stills from Blade Runner, [2001: A Space Odyssey](2001-a-space-odyssey), Bride of Frankenstein, and more
author	Steven Jay Schneider, general editor
country	United Kingdom
language	English
series	Quintessence Editions, The 1001 Before You Die series
subject	Film
genre	Non-fiction
published	13 November 2003 (Cassell Illustrated)
media_type	Print (Hardcover)
pages	960 (1st edition)
isbn	978-1-84403-044-6
oclc	223768961
congress	PN1998 .A16 2003

with stills from Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Bride of Frankenstein, and more

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die is a film reference book edited by Steven Jay Schneider with original essays on each film contributed by over 70 film critics. It is a part of a series designed and produced by Quintessence Editions, a London-based company, and published in English-language versions by Cassell Illustrated (UK), ABC Books (the publishing division of Australian Broadcasting Corporation), and Barron's (US).

Format

Each title is accompanied by a brief synopsis and critique, some with photographs. Presented chronologically, the 14th edition begins with Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon from 1902 and ends in 2020 with Chloé Zhao's Nomadland.

Contributors

Jason Solomons, who writes movie columns for The Observer and The Mail on Sunday, wrote the foreword. As of the 5th anniversary edition, over 70 critics contributed essays (of up to 500 words), including: Geoff Andrew, Linda Badley, Kathryn Bergeron, Garrett Chaffin-Quiray, Roumiana Deltcheva, Nezih Erdogan, Jean-Michel Frodon, Chris Fujiwara, Tom Gunning, Ernest Hardy, Aniko Imre, Kyung Hyun Kim, Frank Lafond, Adrian Martin, Kim Newman, Devin Orgeron, Marsha Orgeron, Richard Peña, Margaret Pomeranz, Jonathan Rosenbaum, David Stratton, Adisakdi Tantimedh, Michael Tapper, Sam Umland, Matt Venne, Ginette Vincendeau, Andy Willis, and Josephine Woll.

Release

The first edition was published in 2003. The most recent edition was published on 14 December 2021. Contributors include Adrian Martin, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Richard Peña, David Stratton, and Margaret Pomeranz.

Reception

The book has been popular in Australia, where it was the seventh best-selling book in the country for a week in April 2004, and was promoted alongside the presentation of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's My Favourite Film special.

The book has also been translated and published in different language editions, among them German, French, Swedish, Hungarian, Danish, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese and Estonian.

Editions

(cover: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
(cover: Joker)
(cover: A Star Is Born)
(cover: Blade Runner 2049)
(cover: Arrival - US / Moonlight - UK)
(cover: The Revenant)
(cover: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) in the paperback, a poster montage in the hardcover)
(cover: Gravity)
(cover: Life of Pi)
(cover: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
(cover: Black Swan – US / Inception – UK)
(cover: Avatar)
(cover: The Dark Knight)
(cover: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
(cover: Return of the Jedi)
(cover: The Shining)
(cover: Get Carter)
(cover: Psycho / Pulp Fiction)
(cover: Psycho) :Source: WorldCat

References

(18 April 2004). "Best sellers". [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney).
[http://www.abc.net.au/myfavouritefilm/default.htm My Favourite Film] {{Webarchive. link. (2007-09-14 , [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]])

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