100 clásicos del cine del siglo xx

by Jürgen Müller (Editor)

Take a journey through the makers and shapers of celluloid history. From horror to romance, noir to slapstick, adventure to tragedy, western to new wave, this selection gathers the greats of 20th century cinema into one indispensable guide to movie gold. The collection is arranged chronologically and in an extra-handy format. Film entries include a synopsis, cast/crew listings, technical information, actor/director bios, trivia, and lists of awards, as well as film stills, production photos, and the original poster for each film. From Metropolis to Modem Times, A Clockwork Orange to Bunuel's The Young and the Damned, from the blockbusters to lesser-known masterpieces, thumb through and transform a quiet evening into an unforgettable screen encounter.

Genres: Film, Nonfiction, Art, History, Media Tie In, Collections

832 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Jürgen Müller ist ein deutscher Kunsthistoriker.

Müller holds the chair of Early Modern and Modern Art History at the Technical University of Dresden. He studied art history at the universities of Bochum, Münster, Pisa, Paris and Amsterdam, and has worked as an art critic and curated numerous exhibitions. He is also the editor of TASCHEN’s movies by decade series.

Reviews

[Thomas Merzlak]

No female directors included at all. Cleo From 5 to 7, Beau Travail, One Sings- the Other Doesn’t, The Virgin Suicides, etc. would’ve been worthy inclusions. The near dismissal of Birth of a Nation’s racism is also frustrating.

A few other noticeable omissions:
Roman Holiday
12 Angry Men
Network
GoodFellas
Eraserhead
The Godfather: Part II
Rushmore
The Big Lebowski
Fargo
Toy Story
Do the Right Thing
The Shining
Videodrome
Alien
All the President’s Men
Dog Day Afternoon
The Apartment
Seconds
Throne of Blood
Rear Window
The Wizard of Oz
A Trip to the Moon
8 1/2
Rome, Open City
The Decalogue
Berlin Alexanderplatz

The selection presented is quite good, though. I was pleased to see the inclusion of Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie, as well as 400 Blows, La Dolce Vita, Pierrot Le Fou, Chungking Express, etc. It’s a good mix of the IMDb-top-250 kind of films and less well-known movies.

[German · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me pareció una buena selección de películas, aunque considerando que solo son 100 incluyen algunas que bien podrían ser sustituidas como Face/Off de John Woo. Sin embargo, cuenta con datos muy interesantes, buenas fotos y un formato ágil. También hay algunas películas que no conocía, por lo cual fue interesante conocer sus recomendaciones.

[Edward Correa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muy buen catálogo de grandes películas. Ayuda mucho cuando se quiere identificar las películas "viejas" que deben ser imperdibles para todo amante del cine, pero cuando se acerca a los 80s y 90s la selección de las mismas tiene faltantes que no se deberían de pasar por alto: Reservoir Dogs, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Unforgiven, E.T., Indiana Jones y algunas otras.

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[Svetoslav Petrov · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some ommissions, but it's inrvitable. Still a good starter's guide to great 20th centuty cinema.

[Sander van der Heide · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Title: I don’t get the title, 100 all-time favorite movies. Of whom? Of the film critics? Of the editor? Of the filmmakers? Of the public? There is no introduction why this book was made and why these specific 100 films were being selected. Of course there are a lot of really good movies missing (The Big Lebowski, Alien, E.T., The Nightmare before Christma) and also some of these movies are disputable as an all-time favorite. But if I had known the context of the ones chosen, it would have made more sense to me

Layout: I hate this format Taschen is using for their cheaper issues. As far as I know, this is the only format available, but 832 pages in such a small size is problematic to open up completely without ruining the book itself. I can imagine this wasn’t a fun job for the layout department, only presenting the main credits on one page and the movie post on the one next to it, makes sense. But after that, the way the text and images are mangles together is utter chaos. The still from the films were cropped in such a horrible manner, it’s a disgrace to the cineast who composed the original shots. A bigger size would have made it much easier to present the movies in a more respectable way and better looking.

The content: The facts and description of the movies vary a lot in quality. They are written by around 20 film critics, historians, journalists and professors from different countries. Some are spot on and with fun facts why the movie is made as it is or why it had a huge impact on the film making industry. Others are just descriptions on the story and some historical facts. There is no connection between them at all. That could have been a main reason to create a book like this. So now it’s just 100 tip, which could have been presented in a whole other way (online playlist, a bucketlist app, a podcast series).

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good collection of noteworthy movies. The book is attractively assembled. As would be expected you can quibble with the selections but on balance they are a strong collection- with the exception that many of the later titles reviewed seem weak. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon instead of the Matrix? Faceoff instead of Fargo? American Beauty instead of Unforgiving? Really!? Not sure what the method for selecting was as some movies are pretty obscure, others very pop, and others are very artsy. Good balance of European and foreign movies- perhaps even an overrepresentation.
With only a few exceptions the movies reviewed are pretty gloomy. reflecting the left wing cinema priorities over the last 60 years- no fault of the reviewers as the industry produces mostly these movies. Most movies mock the "bourgeoise" and shallow western ways- especially the American and European movies starting in the 1950's and continuing into the 1990's . The reviewers seem to mostly avoid pandering to the woke crowd but occasionally they slip- as when they attribute Scarface's message as a reaction to Reagans "neo-liberal economic practices" (though knowing Oliver Stone- it is probably an accurate statement) or the bizarre statement in the Blade Runner review that "whites are are housed in forbidding, monolithic skyscrapers". Several of the movies were made by self admitted communists- which seems OK with the reviewers. Nonetheless, good synopsis of mostly good and important movies.

[Liselotte · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought I watched a lot of old movies but boy do I have some more to watch! What I personally liked a lot was that the movies weren't just from the US, but from other places, even my home country of the Netherlands.
A downside for me was how heavy it was on the 'adult' department in the later years. I understand that people love shocking movies, but personally, I don't want to see too many naked people in my movies and wow I saw too many in the book, let alone when I watch these movies...

A fun book to have if you watch a lot of movies and want to see how many you've watched or have some ideas on what to watch next.

[Sara Alonso Martín · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pesar de haber hecho una selección buena (no excelente ya que alguna de la década de los 90 sobran), ha obviado grandes obras maestras de directores europeos (Bergman, De Sica, Visconti) y grandes clásicos americanos (si saco la lista, no termino nunca) que han marcado géneros: ¿Quién teme a Virginia Woolf?, Jezabel, Las uvas de la ira, La ley del silencio, El león en invierno, Beckett, La heredera, La gata sobre el tejado de zinc y un larguísimo etcétera.

Ayuda a conocer a lo mejor alguna película desconocida y los análisis no son más profundos para entender la repercusión de esa película. Eso sí, ayuda a que uno se genere su conciencia crítica.

[Jorge Sáez · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐️5⭐️

Al igual que me pasó con Retratos de Jazz de Murakami, que era un libro que había que escuchar, este libro no solo hay que leerlo, hay que verlo. Ha sido una experiencia increíble que todo cinéfilo debería tener. El contexto que da sobre la historia del cine en el siglo XX es espectacular y me ha servido, en muchos casos, para ser más consciente del cine contemporáneo. Es una joya indispensable para cualquiera que le guste el cine y un regalo fantástico para cualquier cinéfilo en ciernes.

[Lottie · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5