Antonia quirke parents magazine

PERSONAL:

Female.

ADDRESSES:

Home—London, England.

CAREER:

Camden New Journal, Camden, England, film critic.

WRITINGS:

Jaws ("BFI Modern Classics" series), British Film Institute (London, England), 2002.

Choking on Marlon Brando (memoir), Overlook Press (New York, NY), 2007, published as Madame Depardieu and the Beautiful Strangers, Fourth Estate (London, England), 2007.

SIDELIGHTS:

Antonia Quirke is a British film critic whose obsession with films and actors began when she was a child.

Antonia quirke parents magazine

Her first book is a study of the film Jaws, a favorite. Quirke notes that this was the last Spielberg film that was not entirely under his control, and yet many feel it to be his best. She writes of the director's use of characters, the John Williams score that is much more than the "da-da, da-da" that warns of impending danger, the unique framing, and the difficulties in making the film.

Quirke does not go into great detail about the latter but instead provide