With over 12,000 reviews, and spanning nearly
four millions words (over 7,000 pages), Doug Pratt’s DVDs
is the one collection of DVD reviews you need to own, written
by one of the most prolific and wide-ranging media critics
working today!
Doug Pratt is uniquely qualified to write this book. As the editor and
publisher of The DVD-Laser Disc Newsletter--the insider’s guide
to the medium--he has been reviewing laserdiscs and DVDs for
twenty-five years. He has established a reputation as the premier critic of films,
videos, and other presentations on disc.
His wealth of knowledge about the medium is unsurpassed. After
checking out Doug Pratt’s DVD you’ll know instantly whether a
disc is worth purchasing, or which version of a film to rent. Doug covers
much more than just feature films: the books include trenchant
commentary on music videos, operas, documentaries, video art, historic
television—even erotic DVDs. From A.I. to Zulu you’ll find the lowdown
here. Doug Pratt brings to this ambitious job a lot of common sense and a
rare wit.
Praise for Doug’s previous work:
“Douglas Pratt’s book is the best on the subject. He’s a movie lover
who is also an unrelenting perfectionist when reviewing the technical
qualities of discs.” - Roger Ebert
“Pratt has to watch as many as six movies a day, plus listen to every
director’s commentary and endure every behind-the-scenes documentary
and deleted scene. Needless to say, his reviews tend to drill down pretty
deep…” - Rolling Stone
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