The book shows moderate/heavy wear from normal use. This book is in

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12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. 4th Printing. Pale green covers are somewhat age-discolored, otherwise very good. No markings.

12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. 4th Printing. Pale green covers are somewhat age-discolored, otherwise very good. No markings.

PAPERBACK, BOTTOM CORNER CURLED otherwise book looks more new than used. 1217.

PAPERBACK, BOTTOM CORNER CURLED otherwise book looks more new than used. 1217.

London. 2002. British Film Institute. Reprinted Paperback Edition. Very Good

London. 2002. British Film Institute. Reprinted Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0851703003. BFI Film Classics. 96 pages. paperback. keywords: Film. DESCRIPTION-‘The Wizard of Oz was my very first literary influence, ' writes Salman Rushdie in his account of the great MGM children's classic. At the age of ten he had written a story, ‘Over the Rainbow', about a colourful fantasy world. But for Rushdie The Wizard of Oz is more than a children's film, and more than a fantasy. It's a story ‘whose driving force is the inadequacy of adults', in which the weakness of grown-ups forces children to take control of their own destinies'. And Rushdie rejects the conventional view that its fantasy of escape from reality ends with a comforting return to home, sweet home. On the contrary, it is a film which speaks to the exile. The Wizard of Oz shows that imagination can become reality, that there is no such place like home, or rather that the only home is the one we make for ourselves. Rushdie's brilliant insights into a film more often seen than written about are rounded off with a typically scintillating new short story, ‘At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers', about the day when Dorothy's red shoes are knocked down for $15, 000 at a sale of MGM props. inventory #34864.

Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 69 p. Contains: Illustrations. BFI Film Classics.

Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 69 p. Contains: Illustrations. BFI Film Classics.

Very Good+ in wraps. Owner personalization inked on FEP. Light creasing on rear panel bottom corner.; BFI Film Classics; 69 pages.

Very Good+ in wraps. Owner personalization inked on FEP. Light creasing on rear panel bottom corner.; BFI Film Classics; 69 pages.