From Library Journal
Part of this slim volume consists of acerbic commentaries, written from 1931 to 1955, on films, filmmakers, and even other film writers. Footnotes explain Borges's allusions and clarify the liberties he sometimes took with his quotes. There is a discussion of his presumed stylistic influence on French New Wave cinema and on more recent directors such as Nicholas Roeg. A final portion deals with the films actually based on the Argentinian's own writings, the most famous being Bertolucci's The Spider's Stratagem. Of interest primarily because of Borges's literary stature. Roy Liebman, California State Univ. Lib., Los Angeles
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