1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
The cover of the 2nd edition, with a still from Psycho.
Author(s)	Steven Jay Schneider, general editor
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Quintessence Editions Ltd., The 1001 Before You Die series
Subject(s)	Film
Genre(s)	Non-fiction
Publisher	Cassell Illustrated
Publication date	November 13, 2003 (1st edition)
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	960 (1st edition)
ISBN	978-1844030446
OCLC Number	223768961
LC Classification	PN1998 .A16 2003

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die is a film reference book edited by Steven Jay Schneider with original essays on each film contributed by over 70 film critics. It is a part of a series designed and produced by Quintessence Editions, a London-based company, and published in English language versions by Cassell Illustrated (UK), ABC Books (the publishing division of Australian Broadcasting Corporation), and Barron's (USA). The first edition was published in 2003; the most recent edition was published in 2011. Contributors include Adrian Martin, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Richard Pena, David Stratton, and Margaret Pomeranz.

Each title is accompanied by a brief synopsis and critique, some with photographs. Presented chronologically, the 7th edition begins with Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon from 1902;^{[citation needed]} among the 21st century films included in the book are The Hurt Locker, Avatar, Fish Tank, The King's Speech, and the Coen brothers adaptation of True Grit.

The book has been popular in Australia, where it was the seventh best-selling book in the country for a week in April 2004 and was promoted alongside the presentation of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's My Favourite Film television special.

Contributors

Jason Solomons, who writes movie columns for The Observer and The Mail on Sunday, contributed the book foreword; as of the "5th anniversary" edition over 70 critics contributed essays (of up to 500 words) on the films, including:

Geoff Andrew, Linda Badley, Kathryn Bergeron, Garrett Chaffin-Quiway, Roumiana Deltcheva, Nezih Erdogan, Jean-Michel Frodon, Chris Fujiwara, Tom Gunning, Ernest Hardy, Aniko Imre, Kyung Hyun Kim, Frank Lafond, Adrian Martin, Kim Newman, Devin Orgeron, Marsha Orgeron, Richard Pena, Margaret Pomeranz, Jonathan Rosenbaum, David Stratton, Adisakdi Tantimedh, Michael Tapper, Sam Umland, Matt Venne, Ginette Vincendeau, Andy Willis, and Josephine Woll.

25 Movies You Must See Before You Die

In Australia, World Movies and SBS ran 25 Films You Must See Before You Die which selected twenty five titles from the book and ran them once a week from March 1 to August 16, 2005.

The films chosen were:

Seven Samurai (1954) The Rules of the Game (1939) Metropolis (1927) Dersu Uzala (1975) Blowup (1966) The Seventh Seal (1957) The Battleship Potemkin (1925) 8½ (1963)

Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) (1928) Kes (1969) Breathless (1960) Mon Oncle (1958) Raise the Red Lantern (1991) Modern Times (1936) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)

Solaris (1972) City of God (2002) Breaking the Waves (1996) Last Tango in Paris (1972) Nosferatu, a Symphony of Terror (1922) Umberto D. (1952) Three Colours: Blue (1993) The Battle of Algiers (1965) Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)

25 Docs You Must See Before You Die

From April 3 to September 18, 2007, the Australian World Movies channel showed 25 Docs You Must See Before You Die. Select documentaries were from the 1001 Movies book (in bold).

Triumph of the Will (1935) Grey Gardens (1975) To Be and to Have (2002) Dont Look Back [sic] (1967) I Was a Fireman (1943) In the Year of the Pig (1968) The Thin Blue Line (1988) The Last Waltz (1978)

Brother's Keeper (1992) Hoop Dreams (1994) The Man with a Movie Camera (1929) For All Mankind (1989) The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) Häxan (1922) Spellbound (2002) The Gleaners and I (2000)

Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001) When We Were Kings (1996) Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) Best Boy (1979) The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003) The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) Silverlake Life: The View from Here (1993) My Flesh and Blood (2003) Hearts and Minds (1974)

Editions

Source: WorldCat

Editions

• Schneider, Steven Jay, ed (2011). 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Quintessence Editions (4th ed.). Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational Series. pp. 960. ISBN 978-07641-6422-4. OCLC 729687278.  (cover: Black Swan - US / Inception - UK)
• Schneider, Steven Jay, ed (2010). 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Quintessence Editions (3rd updated ed.). Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational Series. pp. 960. ISBN 978-1844036806. OCLC 645677397.  (cover: Avatar)
• Schneider, Steven Jay, ed (2009). 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Quintessence Editions (3rd updated ed.). Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational Series. pp. 960. ISBN 978-1844036806. OCLC 403468162.  (cover: The Dark Knight)
• Schneider, Steven Jay, ed (2008). 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Quintessence Editions (5th Anniversary/3rd ed.). Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational Series. pp. 960. ISBN 978-0-7641-6151-3. OCLC 213305397.  (cover: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
• Schneider, Steven Jay, ed (2007). 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Quintessence Editions (Updated 2nd ed.). Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational Series. pp. 960. ISBN 978-07641-5907-7. OCLC 271666651.  (cover: Return of the Jedi)
• Schneider, Steven Jay, ed (2005). 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Quintessence Editions (2nd ed.). Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational Series. pp. 960. ISBN 978-07641-5907-7. OCLC 225055129.  (cover: The Shining)
• Schneider, Steven Jay, ed (2003). 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Quintessence Editions (1st ed.). Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational Series. pp. 960. ISBN 978-07641-5701-1. OCLC 717072823.  (cover: Psycho )
• Schneider, Steven Jay, ed (2003). 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Quintessence Editions. Sydney, NSW: ABC Books for Australian Broadcasting Corp. pp. 960. ISBN 978-07333-1315-8. OCLC 62539484.  (cover: Psycho )

See also

• 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
• 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Further reading

• Bernard Trink (20 April 2007). "As Good as They Come". Bangkok Post. p. R11. 
• Ron Rollins (30 January 2005). "Read the book then see the movies". Dayton Daily News. p. F1. 
• Abl Wild (12 November 2003). "1001 ways to give cinema new scope". The Herald. p. 13. 
• Peter Haran (23 May 2004). "The must-see movies of all time". Sunday Mail. p. 84. 

External links

• 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die from Barron's Educational Series, with A Peek Inside (ten sample essays from the book)
• Official website of the "1001 Before You Die series," from Quintessence Editions
• Trailer of every movie on the list from previewfilms.net
• Complete list of all editions' movies on the 1001 list past and present from filmsquish.com
• The 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Blog Club from filmsquish.com