*Praise for previous editions: <br> This book is a compliment to the reader....Monaco's spirit is gracious; he has a gift for making accumulations of detail relevant and uncluttered. His manner is modest and undidactic, and he is painstakingly scrupulous. --Samson Raphaelson, Film Comment<br> Anyone who writes about film, who is interested in film seriously, just has to have [Monaco's book]. --Richard Roud, Director, New York Film Festival<br> The best single work of its kind. --Richard Gilman<br> An astute and thoroughgoing analysis....Monaco is cuts above the popular 'criticism' of Reed, Kael, et al. He is lucid and sophisticated. --Publishers Weekly<br>