TY - BOOK AU - Thomson,David TI - The big screen: the story of the movies and what they did to us SN - 9780374191894 AV - PN1993.5.U6 T463 2012 U1 - 791.43/0973 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Farrar, Straus and Giroux KW - Motion pictures KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - History KW - sears N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-551) and index N2 - Explores movies and media across time, and asks about the role of movies in modern life, from imitations of life to culture changing, as escapes from everyday reality and its responsibilities, or as guides on how to live ER -