The Crazy Mirror by Raymond Durgnat

Introduction

The history of English literature is filled with books and other reading material that is not only worth reading, but also causes the writer to get an important and essential position in the literary world. It should be noted that there are a large number of books and reading material produced each year, but only a few of them gain the status of master pieces and thus are succeed in getting the position of being the work of art. The Crazy Mirror: Hollywood Comedy and the American Image, written by Raymond Durgnat, is counted among one of the most essential and significant books from the history of movies, which includes all the essential elements and points of being an outstanding and excellent movie review. The following paragraphs would highlight the essential features of the book, and also present the idea regarding nature of the book, flow of the material as well as the organization of comments and views presented in the book:

Summary of the The Crazy Mirror: Hollywood Comedy and the American Image

Raymond Durnat's The Crazy Mirror: Hollywood Comedy and the American Image can be described one of the very few books that keep the reader engaged till the very end, and thus gain the status of being extra ordinarily popular as well as captivating. The book under discussion mainly deals with the theme of nostalgia as well as film criticism. It should be noted that despite being one of the most significant and important sector of entertainment, film industry has not gained the deserving amount of attention and concentration that it requires, and in addition, the history of film industry is also significantly ignored and overlooked since the beginning of times. It is due to the same reason that only a small portion of literature ...