by José Luis Garci · NOTORIOUS EDICIONES S.L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788418181818
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«The Best? Devaneos sobre la mejor película de la historia» is the essay by José Luis Garci, published by Notorious Ediciones in paperback and in Spanish.
José Luis Garci asks whether «Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles» deserves to be the best movie of all time, as claimed by Sight & Sound magazine. The author reviews other notable works from lists of previous decades and reflects on the meaning of these canons and the evolution of cinematic taste.
Published in 2024, it consists of 300 pages and belongs to the «Fuera de colección» series from Notorious Ediciones.
Aimed at film enthusiasts and those who follow debates about canons and lists of great movies.
José Luis García Muñoz, known professionally as José Luis Garci, is a Spanish film director, producer, critic, TV presenter, screenwriter and author. One of the most influential film personalities in the history of film in Spain, he earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award for Begin the Beguine (1982). Four of his films, including also Sesión continua (1984), Asignatura aprobada (1987) and El abuelo (1998), have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, more than any other Spanish director. His films are characterized for his classical style and the underlying sentimentality of their plots.
