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He was the editorinchief of american film magazine from 1981 to 1986, and the executive editor of premiere from 1986 to 1996. Seeing is believing is a provocative, shrewd, witty look at the hollywood fifties movies we all love or love to hate and the thousand subtle ways they reflect the political tensions of the decade peter biskind, former executive editor of premiere, is one of our most astute cultural critics here he concentrates on the films everybody saw but nobody really looked at classseeing is believing is a. Seeing is believing is a provocative, shrewd and witty look at the hollywood fifties movies we all love or love to hate and the thousand subtle ways they. Peter biskind is the former executive editor of premiere and former editor in chief of american film. Peter biskind edited the bestselling my lunches with orson, a collection of conversations with orson welles, and is author of numerous bestsellers, including easy riders, raging bulls and down and dirty pictures, as well as his seminal work on films of the fifties, seeing is believing.
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