Big screen, little screen

the long version

Rex Reed, one of the wittiest and most important writers on the entertainment scene today, is distinguished as a critic who is greatly concerned with the quality of visual mass media, as a dynamic adversary of pretentiousness, vulgarity, and mindlessness in the cinema, and as an interviewer/actor who is familiar with the motion picture industry from the inside. His humor is wickedly hilarious, his sarcasm rapier-sharp, his social commentary relevant and often devastating--whether he is discussing the merits of a motion picture, reporting on the hectic, zany events at Cannes, searingly criticizing underground and pornographic movies, or giving a wildly funny tongue-in-cheek rundown of television's Saturday morning cartoons. Collectively, these articles provide fresh in-sights into the workings of the "fabulous" film industry and a lively overview of the entertainment scene in general over the past two years. Big Screen, Little Screen should be read by all movie and TV enthusiasts--and by anyone concerned with the medium--and the future--of motion pictures and television. Big Screen, Little Screen : a highly readable collection of reviews and articles (originally written for Women's Wear Daily, Holiday, and The New York Times, from 1968 to the present) on a great variety of subjects.--From jacket flap.