The Film Snob*s Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Filmological Knowledge

david kamp lawrence levi

From the same brain trust that brought you The Rock Snob*s Dictionary , the hilarious, bestselling guide to insiderist rock arcana, comes The Film Snob*s Dictionary , an informative and subversively funny A-to-Z reference guide to all that is held sacred by Film Snobs, those perverse creatures of the repertory cinema. No longer must you suffer silently as some clerk in a “Tod Browning’s Freaks ” T-shirt bombards you with baffling allusions to “wire-fu” pictures, “Todd-AO process,” and “Sam Raimi.” By helping to close the knowledge gap between average moviegoers and incorrigible Snobs, the dictionary lets you in on hidden gems that film geeks have been hoarding (such as Douglas Sirk and Guy Maddin movies) while exposing the trash that Snobs inexplicably laud (e.g., most chop-socky films and Mexican wrestling pictures). Delightfully illustrated and handily organized in alphabetical order for quick reference, The Film Snob*s Dictionary is your fail-safe companion in the video store, the cineplex, or wherever insufferable Film Snobs congregate.

Genres filmnonfictionreferencehumormedia tie inpop culturedictionaries21st century

144 pages, Paperback

First published February 21,2006

This edition

Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Published: February 21, 2006 by Crown
ISBN: 9780767918763
ASIN: 0767918762
Language: English

About the author

david kamp

David Kamp is an author, journalist, lyricist, and humorist. Among his books are the national bestseller The United States of Arugula (Broadway Books, 2006), a chronicle of America's foodways; the critically lauded Sunny Days (Simon & Schuster, May 2020), a history of the Sesame Street-Mister Rogers era of enlightened children's television; and, as collaborator, Martin Short's bestselling memoir, I Must Say (HarperCollins, 2014), and Ron Howard and Clint Howard's joint memoir, The Boys (William Morrow, 2021). A longtime contributor to Vanity Fair, he has profiled such figures as Johnny Cash, Sly Stone, Lucian Freud, Kerry Washington, Bruce Springsteen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and the Brill Building songwriters. His first outing as a lyricist for the stage, for the John Leguizamo musical comedy Kiss My Aztec!, had its world premiere at Berkeley Rep in the spring of 2019; the show is now New York-bound. David was born and raised in New Jersey. He began his career at Spy, the legendary satirical monthly. He lives in New York City and rural Connecticut with his family.