Variety's The Movie That Changed My Life : 120 Notables Pick the Films that Made a Difference (For Better or For Worse)
Robert Hofler is an editor at Variety. His articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, the Washington Post, and Premiere magazine. He lives in Los Angeles.
Skyscraper, Spring 2009 "Hofler compiles engaging glimpses into the minds of sports stars, politicians, humorists, directors, musicians, journalists, writers, and other VIPs, finding out what motion pictures have had an impact, negative or positive, on their lives, their hopes, even their nightmares...What makes this collection of anecdotes, insights, and impressions so readable is the unexpected choices...Easy to skim through...Encapsulates what movies mean to everyone, celebrity or not, without belaboring the point, and recognizes all sorts of people, from opera directors to quarterbacks, can be disturbed, uplifted or transformed by the silver screen." Curled Up with a Good Book "If you are a movie addict, this book will ring your chimes. The best thing about it is that it reaches across so many genres, age groups, vintages, and viewpoints...It's nicely organized and spiced with many photos to remind us of the monumental films and the stellar actors of the past 70 years...[It's] the kind of book you can carry around and thumb through at random-great reading for the doctor's office or a weekend getaway."
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