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Silver Screen Cities Tokyo and London by David Kintore
Genre: Non-fiction / Travel
Publisher: Silver Screen Cities Publications
BACK OF THE BOOK:
Tokyo and London are two of the world’s most exciting cities for cinema-going.
David Kintore explores Tokyo by visiting cinemas from Asagaya to Roppongi, Shibuya to Shinagawa, and Ebisu to Yurakucho.
In London he visits cinemas in Notting Hill, Soho, Islington, Leicester Square, Clapham, Shaftesbury Avenue, Brixton, Dalston, West India Quay, and East Finchley – plus many other enticing London destinations for the avid cinema-goer.
Written by a filmgoer who loves wandering around cities as much as he enjoys sitting in cinemas watching films, the Silver Screen Cities books spring from the notion that visiting cinemas and their neighbourhoods is a wonderful way of getting to know different cities.
The books in the Silver Screen Cities series are a celebration of city cinema-going.
Unlike conventional collections of film reviews, the Silver Screen Cities books are about the whole experience surrounding cinema-going rather than just a series of film reviews.
The film reviews in the Silver Screen Cities books sometimes take up only one or two paragraphs in a chapter.
That’s because city cinema-going is about much more than just the film that is being shown.
It’s about the cinema itself and the audience watching the film.
It’s about the unique vibe of different cities with their varied array of bars, cafés, restaurants and art museums.
And it’s about the feeling of freedom that comes from wandering a city’s streets before or after seeing a film.
REVIEW:
Silver Screen Cities Tokyo and London by David Kintore is the authors journal in a way of his visits to different cinemas between Tokyo and London.
The book is broken down into sections based on the film the author was seeing during the cinema visit with titles such as Sherlock Holmes and Invictus. Each section not only gives a general review of the film but also of the experience of the cinema itself and the local culture culminating in an overall review of the experience of the outing as a whole.
The book itself is not intended to be read start to finish but rather the reader can select the sections they want to read and for myself I opted to read about films I had seen myself such as Sherlock Holmes, The Hangover, and Skyfall. I really enjoyed that each film the author wrote about wasn’t just about the films and it took me back to all my own cinema visits, the films I saw, where I ate before or afterwards, the people I went with or met while there. The author has created a great journal that everyone can enjoy learning about his own experiences as well as being reminded of their own.
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