2024 the best films of all time review

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Most books about screen acting, including one of the author’s (100 GREAT FILM PERFORMANCES YOU SHOULD REMEMBER BUT PROBABLY DON’T), concentrate on major stars and major roles. THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS focuses on the wonders achieved by performers in brief roles, sometimes mere cameos. To watch an actor’s complete delineation of a character in a few minutes is to marvel at his/her talent, concentration, and invention. Each of the 100 performances spotlighted in the book aims to evoke not just each actor’s individual impact but how he/she’s imaginative gifts invigorated (and sometimes even stole) their films. From 1935 to 2019, the text surveys great artists who mastered playing for the camera, seizing moviegoers’ attentions and deserving places of honor for their contributions

Publisher ‏ : ‎ G Letters; First Edition (February 22, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1943876908
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1943876907
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.85 x 1.31 x 9.08 inches
Reviewer: Michael DiGioia
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Classic Movie Buffs & Film Students Must Have!
Review: Film historian John DiLeo has a new book and it's an absolute delight. THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS is a treasure for classic movie aficionados and upcoming young actors and directors. I am so happy this book was written. I’ve always wanted to know more about some of those marvelous actors we so often see pop-up in a classic movie, make a brief but enormous impression and then, in some cases, become forgotten. Not only does this book dissect 100 of the greatest small parts ever put on film (by such gifted character actors spanning from Hattie McDaniel to Jane Lynch) it also includes Hollywood legends spanning from Marilyn Monroe to Al Pacino. You’ll be shocked to learn how little screen time was given to some of the most memorable and awarded performances ever to grace the silver screen. As always, Mr. DiLeo has done his homework and then some. Clocking the screen time of each performance that was 10 minutes or less and offering further delicious details about the making of the film, the time period and it’s place in history, as well as info on the actor’s personal life, career and much more. The photos and the book construction are gorgeous but even more so is Mr. DiLeo’s writing - poetic, concise, clever, always honest, informative and a hell of a lot of fun! If you haven’t read any of his other six books related to the movies, then I highly recommend you do so. A gem.

Reviewer: sl
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I LOVE this book
Review: 'There Are No Small Parts' is a treat for anyone interested in movies and acting. John DiLeo is a wonderful, intelligent, insightful writer who really knows his stuff. There were times when I laughed aloud reading this book and was also brought to tears. It is a delight to read about these actors and their performances and careers, many of whom I did not know. I'm happy that a few of my favorites are here as well, i.e. Sydney Pollack in 'Tootsie,' Hope Holiday in 'The Apartment,' Jean Hagen in 'Adam's Rib,' H.B.Warner in 'It's a Wonderful Life.'Some of the movies written about were new to me and this book makes me want to see them. It also makes me want to revisit the movies I have seen, in order to look at them again through Mr. DiLeo's eyes. I love that bad or mediocre movies are included along with great ones, since they still manage to contain note-worthy performances.I highly recommend this book (great photos and beautiful design), and i know that I will read it again. All of John DiLeo's books are terrific but this might be a favorite.

Reviewer: J. Andrew
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fascinating and Fun
Review: John DiLeo's book is so much fun and full of fascinating stories, backgrounds, and information about the actors, the films, and the productions. It's beautifully written and the perfect selections of photographs are reproduced in high quality and are so much fun to see. It's the sort of book I enjoy picking up and reading in random order depending on whom I'm in the mood to learn about. John DiLeo knows his stuff!

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fascinating and Informative
Review: This is a great book for anyone who is interested in the art of film acting. Mr. DiLeo clearly knows what he is talking about and writes in an easy to relate to conversational style. And the book itself is beautifully designed and a joy to hold in your hands. This will make a great gift for anyone who enjoys movies.

Reviewer: Barry Rivadue
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Inevitable Suggestions
Review: The type of book that inspires added examples. Unless I missed them, one major ommission was sinister housekeeper Rosalie Crutchley in The Haunting (1963). The other is Fred Clark's ulcer level studio exec in Sunset Boulevard (1950). Overall though a fascinating premise and interesting book. How about a Volume 2? 😉

Reviewer: linda sparks
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Terrific Writer--Style of Book Tough Going!
Review: My second DiLeo book. He is great! The book itself is tough going. The print is small which I can do, but the print is too light! The two things together make this a lot of work.

Reviewer: R.C.Morais
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Cinematic nuggets of gold
Review: In an industry where big and brash always hogs the Hollywood limelight, it's fantastic to read this breezy, well-written, fascinating, juicy, and utterly charming ode to the Tier One actors and actresses who have quietly stolen scenes from the big "stars" with their screen-time performances all clocking in under 10 minutes. These days I am enjoying nothing more than taking an afternoon tea/coffee break from my work, and dipping into this joyous book to learn about cameos by Gene Wilder as Eugene Grizzard in Bonnie and Clyde (1967;) H.B. Warner as Mr. Gower in Its a Wonderful Life (1946;) and Marion Lorne as Mrs. Anthony in Strangers on a Train (1951.)

Reviewer: Michael White
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: 100 OUTSTANDING FILM PERFORMANCES
Review: THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS, John DiLeo's seventh film book, may be his best one yet. Not only is the subject matter fresh and cleaver, but the writing is consistently insightful and informative, not to mention wildly entertaining. The book is further enhanced by beautiful photos (many of them in color). And since it covers movies from 1935 to present , THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS is a must for lovers of Hollywood's Golden Age as well as those more attuned to the contemporary scene.