Film history, theory or criticism Books
Edinburgh University Press Japanese High School Films
Book SynopsisLooks exclusively at high school films as valuable markers of contemporary Japanese culture.
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Edinburgh University Press ReFocus The Literary Films of Richard Brooks
Book SynopsisReFocus: The Literary Films of Richard Brooks highlights the accomplishments of one of postwar America?s most important and successful directors, with an emphasis on the literary aspects of his career, including his work as a screenwriter and adaptor of such modern classics as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , Lord Jim, and The Brothers Karamazov.
£23.74
Edinburgh University Press Film Style in Indonesian Cinema 19982018
Book SynopsisExamines the use of cinematography and mise en sc ne in contemporary Indonesian cinemaTrade Review"In this engrossing study of contemporary Indonesian film style, Ari Purnama probes the visual appeal and artistic power of a cinema in resurgence. Distinguished by analytical acuity and theoretical rigor, Purnama's account reveals how post-Suharto filmmakers have innovated upon past traditions, pushing Indonesian cinema to dazzling new heights of artistry." -Gary Bettinson, Author of The Sensuous Cinema of Wong Kar-wai and Editor-in-Chief of Asian Cinema.
£80.75
Edinburgh University Press Networked David Lynch
Book SynopsisThefirst multi-disciplinary reconsideration of Lynch's uvre
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Edinburgh University Press ReFocus The Films of Roberta Findlay
Book SynopsisReFocus: The Films of Roberta Findlay covers a variety of angles, using queer, feminist, historical, and close textual reading methods to grapple with the complicated and contradictory politics and meanings of this pioneering culture-worker. Chapters examine Findlay?s marketing strategies, the gender politics of her exploitation and hardcore films, 1980s horror productions, and several case studies of key individual films, in addition to a new interview with Findlay reflecting on her life and career.
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Edinburgh University Press Pop Cinema
Book SynopsisExamines how the tropes of Pop Art are expressed in film
£80.75
Edinburgh University Press Film Adaptations of Russian Classics
Book SynopsisDiscusses film adaptations of Russian classics since the 1960s
£23.74
Globe Pequot Press Four Scores and Seven Reels Ago
Book SynopsisSince the early days of the movie industry, filmmakers have created visions of what the presidency of the United States is like. Several have been biographical studies of famous individuals who have served, such as Lincoln, Kennedy, and Nixon. Many movies have also displayed fictional presidents, in roles big and small, in dramatic tales that displayed them at their bestand sometimes even at their worst.Four Scores and Seven Reels Ago: The U.S. Presidency Through Hollywood, Real and Unreal examines the ways Hollywood has portrayed the presidency over the years. Pop culture expert Dale Sherman examines famous presidents and their movies, detailing historical information for each and how or if the filmmakers and artists came close to telling the real story. But let us not forget the many imagined examples of presidents that have appeared in movies and television, as well: presidents have battled aliens, fought monsters, and have even been caught on the wrong side of the law.
£22.50
Globe Pequot Press With Great Power
Book SynopsisThis is the Golden Age of comic-book blockbusters. Since his introduction in August 1962, Spider-Man''s pop culture reach has extended from comic books and clothing to video games, toys, and television shows. His strongest impact, however, is in the feature-film realm, where eight different Spider-Man movies collectively boast more than $7.2 billion in worldwide tickets sold. If Hollywood had a superhero throne, Spider-Man would be sitting on it. Of the five highest-grossing film franchises in Hollywood history, Spider-Man now plays a pivotal role in three: the Marvel Cinematic Universe; the four-film Avengers franchise; and the Spider-Man series. This ranks the character ahead of James Bond, the Transformers, every on-screen Batman, and Peter Jackson''s complete Tolkien series in Hollywood''s box-office hierarchy. Marvel''s wall-crawler has come a long way since his earliest days, but his cinematic journey has yet to be documented. Unusual, since Spider-Man
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Globe Pequot Press The Way We Were
Book SynopsisThe Way We Were is the definitive inside story of a landmark movie and its troubled making. Starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford, this iconic movie won multiple Academy Awards, but its success followed a variety of financial challenges, creative disputes, and the demands of the passionate individuals who fought to bring it into the world.With mingled reverence and wry humor, best-selling author Tom Santopietro embarks on an investigation to decode the enduring power of the movie. He analyzes the mysterious chemistry between Streisand and Redford, showing how their talents combined for an enthralling, once-in-a-lifetime blend that is cited in television shows and feature films to this day. Filled with first-hand accounts by actors, film historians, and members of the creative team, The Way We Were is the ultimate fiftieth anniversary account of a beloved movie that has remained an emotional touchstone for generations.
£25.50
Globe Pequot Press Top Five
Book SynopsisThe movie High Fidelity is sacred ground for music lovers and cinephiles alike. The story of Rob Gordon and his coterie of vinyl snobs made it cool to let your geek flag fly and embrace your irrational enthusiasm. In Top Five, journalist Andrew Buss offers a rollicking oral history of the making of the film and its continued influence on popular culture.Usually, when a book that is as universally praised as Nick Hornby's original novel, a film adaptation is a tricky thing. Top Five examines the difficulties that went into making it: although the book was set in London, the screenwriting team (which included star John Cusack) adapted it to fit their shared Chicago upbringing and to reflect their own experiences. As faithful as they remained to the book, the little tweaks allowed the material to feel authentic to the artists telling it. Despite the feeling that this might be an Americanized dilution of the source material, those doubts quickly subsided when fans of the book saw
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Globe Pequot Press I See Dead People
Book SynopsisWell before the twist had become M. Night Shyamalan's cinematic calling card and spoiler alerts were de rigueur for online movie reviews, there was The Sixth Sense. Written and directed by Shyamalan, who had been working on the script since he was 25, the 1999 film was a landmark in on-screen storytelling and the evolution of the horror and supernatural thriller genres. With a cast that included Bruce Willis, Mischa Barton, Toni Collette, Donnie Wahlberg, and Haley Joel Osment, it earned six Oscar nominations and made Shyamalan a household name overnight, launching a career that would include such movies as Signs, Unbreakable, The Visit, Split, and Old.In I See Dead People, entertainment journalist Mackenzie Nichols weaves together interviews with Shyamalan, the movie's stars, crew members, and others into an oral history of how an iconic movie was made. The Sixth Sense was primarily filmed in the soon-to-be-demolished Philadelphia Convention Center, in which cast and crew ex
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Globe Pequot Press Marlon Brando
Book SynopsisOver the last eighty years, Marlon Brando has become such an object of fascination, buried under so many accreted layers of mythos and half-truth, that it is all but impossible to see the man behind the icon. As we approach the centennial of this undisputed American legend, Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel is a revelatory biography that tells its story the same way the man himself approached a role: from the inside.Author, journalist, and pop culture authority Burt Kearns digs deep into the unexplored aspects of Brando's career, interests, and singular personality, revealing how his roles on stage and screen, combined with his wild and restless personal life, helped to transform popular culture and society writ large. His influence was both broad and deep. Brando's intense approach to acting technique was emulated by his contemporaries as well as generations of actors who followed, from Nicholson and DeNiro to DiCaprio and Gosling. But his legacy extends far beyond acting. His
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Globe Pequot Press Breaking the Code
Book SynopsisBREAKING THE CODE: OTTO PREMINGER VERSUS HOLLYWOD'S CENSORS: PLUS: CODE BLUE, A PLAY BY ARNIE REISMAN & NAT SEGALOFF
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Globe Pequot Press Double Solitaire
Book SynopsisBefore Herzog and Kinski, before Simon and Garfunkel, there was Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. Despite their shared nickname, writer-producer Charles Brackett and writer-director Billy Wilder were not, in fact, the happiest couple in Hollywood. Actually, they disliked each other intensely, even as they collaborated on some of the most iconic films of Hollywood's Golden Age, including Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, and A Foreign Affair.Just how two men who found each other so irritating could together make such enduring contributions to cinematic history is the subject of Double Solitaire, a joint biography of a fascinating and explosive creative collaboration. In the course of making their mark on genres ranging from film noir to the screwball comedy, they achieved an almost inexplicable alchemy that highlights the paradoxical nature of shared genius. Author Donald Brackettwhose grandfather was Charles Brackett's cousindelves into family lore, corre
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers A City Full of Hawks
Book SynopsisA CITY FULL OF HAWKS: ON THE WATERFRONT SEVENTY YEARS LATER, STILL THE GREAT CONTENDER
£22.50
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Blazing Saddles Meets Young Frankenstein
Book SynopsisBLAZING SADDLES MEETS YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN: HTE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE YEAR OF MEL BROOKS
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers The Taking of New York City
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£25.50
Globe Pequot Press James Bond and the Sixties Spy Craze
Book SynopsisJAMES BOND AND THE SIXTIES SPY CRAZE
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers You Cant Kill the Boogeyman
£21.25
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers I AM MCLOVIN
Book SynopsisWhen Superbad was released on August 17th in 2007, it proved itself to be a massive success right out of the gate, especially for those in the film's target millennial demographic. The film wound up dominating at the box office, bringing in $170 million dollars worldwide, against a $20 million dollar budget. It also launched the careers of Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Emma Stone, Bill Hader, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Seth Rogen whose careers are all thriving to this day. It further proved that Judd Apatow is now one of the most successful film producers of his generation, bringing the world hit after hit.Superbad remains, to this day, a beloved comedy film for millennials who grew up with it. This is because, unlike other comedies of that era, it embraced the awkwardness of the characters, particularly with someone like Michael Cera. Unlike the cartoonish representations of an 80s comedy like Revenge of the Nerds, Superbad presented itself with a depth to the characters that enabled millennials (and other generations) to bond with the movie in a more meaningful way.Full of interviews with people like Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Emma Stone, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Martha MacIssac, Judd Apatow, Bill Hader, Greg Motolla, Evan Goldberg, and Shauna Robertson, I Am McLovin is a comprehensive guide to the movie that changed a generation.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Jimmy
Book SynopsisAlthough he died at a heartbreakingly young age and appeared in only a handful of movies, James Dean revolutionized American manhood. As a celebrity and icon, he melded vulnerability with determination, sensitivity with strength, in a way that offered a bracing andfor somethreatening new vision of masculinity. His massive influence and the fascination he has always inspired are inseparable from his identity as a queer man whose complex sexuality shattered the norms of midcentury American society. (When asked whether he was a homosexual, he reportedly said, I'm certainly not going through life with one hand tied behind my back.)Today, even though it is widely accepted that Dean was gay or bisexual, the story of his life and personal character continue to be colored by the prejudices of an earlier era and the work of often unscrupulous biographers and journalists. Drawing on exhaustive new research (including more than four hundred previously secret pages of Dean's personal and business records),Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Deanis a revelatory reassessment of the man and his legacy. Free from sensationalismbut unafraid to confront the difficult facts of Dean's lifeit deploys modern insights into sexual diversity to transform our understanding of James Dean's story, and the stories of boys and men like him.
£22.50
Globe Pequot Press Zeppo
Book SynopsisZeppo was the Marx Brother who didn't want to go into the family business. A juvenile delinquent in his teen years, before joining his brothers on stage, Zeppo balanced two careers: auto mechanic and petty criminal. Even after getting dragged into the world of entertainmentfor sixteen years, he did his familial duty as as a vaudeville, Broadway, and movie starhe finally made his escape from the Four Marx Brothers, making failed attempts to find steady work in real estate, screenwriting, and the restaurant business. It was only after Zeppo hit it big as a Hollywood talent agent, representing stars like Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, and Lana Turner, that his fortunes took a turn. He bred racehorses, owned a manufacturing plant, became a citrus rancher, a commercial fisherman, and an inventor with several patents. He was, in short, a complex character, and his own family never quite figured him out.Zeppo: The Reluctant Marx Brother gives a lively account of this checkered li
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Hal Leonard Corporation Godzilla FAQ
Book SynopsisHe is the Lizard King ä well the King of the Monsters ä he can do anything. Since he first romped onto the silver screen in 1954 no other character in all of international cinema has been as beloved by American audiences as Godzilla. Despite the modern film industry''s affinity for franchises and cinematic universes he remains one of its most enduring and popular characters with a total of twenty-eight motion pictures (not even including two American reboots!) under his massive belt. From his home base in Japan where the legendary Toho Pictures first put him on the map Godzilla has gone on to become an international phenomenon a pop culture avatar a movie monster unrivaled in both size and appeal. The latest installment in Applause Theatre and Cinema Books'' FAQ series Brian Soloman''s ÊGodzilla FAQÊ is a broad and varied exploration of the monumental fire-breathing radioactive lizard that has roared his way into our hearts over a sixty-year reign of terror. By pairing a coll
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Limelight Editions Film Noir Light and Shadow
Book SynopsisDespite a glut of black and white filters the digital revolution in videography has all but abandoned the art science beauty and power of cinematic lighting that literally illuminated the Golden Age of motion pictures. ÊFilm Noir Light and ShadowÊ explores an era before CGI ä a time when every photon mattered and the lighting of a set served a grander purpose than simply rendering its subjects visible. Edited by Alain Silver and James Ursini the duo behind numerous critically acclaimed studies of other aspects of noir this anthology presents a series of essays that examine the visual style of the filmmakers of cinema''s classic period. Some focus on individual pictures or directors; others discuss elements of style or sub-groups of movies within the movement. All are sharply focused on what makes the noir phenomenon unique in American ä and global ä cinematic history. Aside from highlighting the innovative work of its editors and their late colleague Robert Porfirio ÊFilm Noir L
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Animation
Book Synopsis100 historical and contemporary texts give a detailed insight into the last 150 years of animation studies in this seminal, four-volume reference work on the field. Beginning with the many definitions, or lack thereof, of animation, the set delves into the nature of animation production, explores how we can establish greater space within animation discourse for the consideration of broadcast and interactive animation, and gives a greater contextual understanding of the field of animation studies. Key themes are Authorship', Genre', Identity Politics', and Spectatorship', and the set is ordered in such a way that avoids imposing an overly simplistic chronological framework, thereby allowing debates that have developed over years (and even decades) to stand side by side. Each volume is separately introduced and the essays structured into coherent sections on specific themes
£660.25
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc South Korean Film
Book SynopsisThis three-volume reference collection represents three distinct phases in the development of South Korean national cinema. It foregrounds how epochal characteristics inform the way in which the national cinema represents the penetrating thematic concern of auteur-ship, genre, spectatorship, gender, and nation, as well as the way in which these themes find expression in distinct visual styles and forms. The pack reveals the emphasis in current research on the central themes of gender and nation and on the stylistic and representational strategies that articulate those paired themes in South Korean national cinema. This is an essential addition to libraries and a major scholarly resource for researchers involved in the study of South Korean film.
£498.75
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Im Not a Film Star
Book SynopsisThe first collection dedicated to David Bowie''s acting career shows that his film characterisations and performance styles shift and reform as decoratively as his musical personas. Though he was described as the most influential pop artist of the 20th century, whose work became synonymous with mask, mystery, sexual excess and ch-ch-ch-changing genres, Bowie also applied his genius to the craft of acting.Bowie's considerable filmography is systematically examined in 12 scholarly essays that include tributes to Bowie''s performance craft in other media forms. Classic films such as The Prestige and Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, cult hits Labyrinth and The Man Who Fell To Earth, as well as lesser-known roles in The Image, Christiane F. and Broadway hit The Elephant Man are viewed, not simply through the lens of Bowie's mega-stardom, but as the work of a serious actor with inimitable talent. This compelling analysis celebrates the risk-takiTrade ReviewA lively, welcome and often surprising addition to our knowledge of the mercurial David Bowie and his place in popular culture. This is a wide-ranging and significant stimulus to Bowie studies. * Rodney Hall, Former Distinguished Visiting Professor at Victoria University, Australia, and author of Captivity Captive (1988) *I’m Not a Film Star: David Bowie as Actor succeeds in being not only scholarly, thorough and enlightening, but also highly readable. Whilst it covers perhaps the least explored facet of Bowie’s career, the authors weave in-depth analyses across his entire film (and stage) career intertwined with his better known (other) work and life. Bowie was an artist who resisted being pigeonholed concerning what it was to be one, and this book follows, thereby shedding new light on his whole oeuvre. I wish the research had been published when we were developing the exhibition David Bowie is. * Victoria Broackes, Director, London Design Biennale, UK, and co-curator of David Bowie is (2013-2016) *The rich and engaging essays Dixon and Black have collected in I’m Not a Film Star treat everything from Bowie’s cameos, short films, and videos to his notable starring performances. Together, they teach us that Bowie was more than a rock star dabbling in the movies. Rather, he chose his roles carefully and made thoughtful decisions about acting styles as he rethought his relation to realist acting and Brechtian ideas of gestural performance. The range of approaches represented here, including celebrity studies, close analysis of individual scenes, and performance theory, matches the diversity of Bowie’s work in film. * Glenn Hendler, Professor of English and American Studies, Fordham University, USA, and author of David Bowie's Diamond Dogs (Bloomsbury 2020) *Table of ContentsList of Contributor Bios List of Figures Acknowledgements Preface Shelton Waldrep, University of Southern Maine, USA Introduction Ian Dixon (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) and Brendan Black (Independent Scholar, Australia) 1. Ziggy Stardust, Direct Cinema and the Multi-modal Performance of Gesamtkunstwerk Lisa Perrot (University of Waikato, New Zealand) 2. David Bowie Is…Actor, Star and Character: Entangled Agencies in The Man Who Fell To Earth Dene October (University of the Arts, London, UK) 3. The Posed and the Unposed: Inhabited Clowns and Grotesques in Bowie’s Scary Monsters and The Elephant Man Amedeo d’Adamo (American Film Institute, USA) 4. Consuming Bowie: Christiane F’ and the Transgressive Allure of Anglo-American Pop Culture in Cold-War West Berlin Susanne Hillman (San Diego State University, USA) 5. Gesturing Dust: Sensing David Bowie’s Performance in Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Sean Redmond (Deakin University, Australia) 6. The Hunger’s deathly shadow: The sweet annihilation of David Bowie, NYC, circa. 1980-83 Mitch Goodwin (University of Melbourne, Australia) 7. ‘Who Can I Be Now?’: Codpieces, carnival and the blurring of identity in Labyrinth Brendan Black (Independent Scholar, Australia) 8. Bowie as Actor/Bowie as Icon: Authenticity versus Iconography in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ Ian Dixon (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) 9. The Surveillant Power of the (A)Temporal Cameo In Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) Tyne Daile Sumner (The University of Melbourne, Australia) 10. Loving the Alienation: Bowie, Basquiat, Brecht Glenn D’Cruz (Deakin University, Australia) 11. Performative Emotional Symbolism and Stylistic Gesture in Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige Toija Cinque (Deakin University, Australia) 12. ‘Just Like the Films’: Lazarus and Cinematic Melancholia Denis Flannery (University of Leeds, UK) Filmography/Discography Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Being There and the Evolution of a Screenplay
Book SynopsisBeing There and the Evolution of a Screenplay provides an insightful look at the drafting of one of Hollywood history's greatest scripts. Being There (1979) is generally considered the final film in Hal Ashby's triumphant 1970s career, which included the likes of Harold and Maude (1971) and Shampoo (1975). The film also showcases Peter Sellers's last great performance. In 2005, the Writers Guild of America included Being There on its list of 101 Best Scripts.Being There and the Evolution of a Screenplay features three versions of the script: an early draft by Jerzy Kosinski, based on his 1970 novel; a second by long-time Ashby collaborator and Oscar-winner Robert C. Jones, which makes substantial changes to Kosinki's; and a final draft written by Jones with Ashby's assistance, which makes further structural and narrative changes. Additionally, the book features facsimile pages from one of Kosinski''s copy of the scripts that include handwrittenTrade ReviewIn this bold and ambitious work, Hunter demonstrates with great clarity the collaborative nature of the screenwriting process through an examination of one of the most celebrated screenplays of the 20th Century, Being There. Meticulously dissecting its scenes, analyzing its dialogue and showing how and why they evolved through the contribution of key creative agents over the course of several years, Being There and the Evolution of a Screenplay provides the reader with a rare opportunity to understand the creative process at the heart of Hollywood cinema. A must-read for screenwriting students! * Yannis Tzioumakis, co-editor of The Hollywood Renaissance (2018) *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Screenplay Introduction Being There draft by Jerzy Kosinski 3. Screenplay Introduction Being There first draft by Robert C. Jones 4. Screenplay Introduction Being There final draft by Robert C. Jones, with Hal Ashby 5. Appendix I: 'Walking on Water' Sequence Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Pop Stars on Film
Book SynopsisPop stars have provided audiences with performative moments that have become ingrained in popular consciousness. They are a lens through which deeper understandings about race, gender, politics, history and the artistic process can be understood. When combined with the most affective of mediums cinema, the combination can be both thrilling and alarming.From the relatively early days of cinema, figures from the world of popular music have made forays into acting and contributed cameo appearances. From Little Richard and Kylie Minogue to Nick Cave and Tom Waits, Pop Stars On Film: Popular Culture in a Global Market offers a collection of essays on some of the most influential international performances from a diverse range of cultural icons. The book considers industry shifts, access and diversity, but also the notion of cultural appropriation, audience appeal, marketing and demographics. Perhaps most importantly, the publication will look at what happens when cultures colTrade ReviewPop stars appearing in movies will frequently draw on their own, slightly unreal, public persona. But there is also dandyism, naivety and shape-shifting at play when a pop star switches from one discipline to the other, things that stage actors can’t necessarily bring to film. Here is a book that gives equal weight to David Bowie’s careers as musician and actor, and is all the more readable and fascinating for it. * Bob Stanley, author of Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Notes on contributors Introduction Kirsty Fairclough and Jason Wood 1 The boy can’t help it: Little Richard’s disruption and re-construction of black male screen performativity Tom Attah 2 There Always Gonna Be Queens on The Rag: Madonna and Queer Intertextuality Sarah Perks 3 Prince’s Fashion During the Batman Era: Symbols, Silhouettes, and the Return of Purple Karen Turman 4 Meet the Long-Lost Phillip Jefferies’: The Elusive Cinema of David Bowie James King 5 Where the popular meets the esoteric: Videodrome and Holy Motors Ellen Smith 6 Translating Personas: French Singers on Film Andrew Willis 7 Adam Ant, John Lydon, Jordan: Punk Stars on Film Rachel Hayward 8 From the Street to the Dancefloor: Political Imaginings of the Pop Star in Popular Indian Cinema Omar Ahmed 9 ...singing “Trouble of the World” in Imitation of Life Benjamin Halligan 10 Cinema, Jazz, and Representation Daniel Graham 11 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Behind the Mask Jason Wood 12 Reframing Time and Space in Dogs in Space Kristy Matheson
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Realist Film Theory and Bicycle Thieves
Book SynopsisThe Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. Realist Film Theory and Bicycle Thieves offers a concise introduction to realist film theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Vittorio De Sica's 1948 Italian neo realist masterpiece Bicycle Thieves. Hilary Neroni explores the original realist film theorists from the 1940s: André Bazin, Siegfried Kracauer, and Cesare Zavattini, among others. But rather than seeing realist film theory as simply a theory of the past to be moved beyond, the book argues that the prevalence of realism in many different forms within practice and theory suggests the importance of updating this original realist film theory with an understanding of realism that would sustain its viability. ThTrade ReviewNeroni’s Realist Film Theory and Bicycle Thieves brilliantly distils the conceptual moves and political stakes of Neorealism, while making an original and compelling case for the contemporary revitalization of realist film theory. By emphasizing realism’s dependence on mediation, Neroni eloquently argues for the radical power of the realist form to reveal the ways in which our reality is structured. Her novel reading of Bicycle Thieves powerfully demonstrates how filmic realism’s vital relationship to melodrama enables viewers to forge new relationships to the social order. * Jennifer Friedlander, Edgar E. and Elizabeth S. Pankey Professor of Media Studies, Pomona College, USA, and author of Real Deceptions: The Contemporary Reinvention of Realism (2017) *Grounded in traditional theorists of realism such as Bazin and Kracauer, Neroni’s book takes a welcome and unexpected turn, adroitly charting the rise of a postwar Italian neorealism in which melodrama (of all genres!) was deployed to impugn the ideological structures through which individuals understood and experienced the world around them. Neroni’s indispensable close reading of Bicycle Thieves combines history, theory, and semiotic analysis to make clear how neorealist figures such as De Sica, Zavattini, and Visconti weaponized melodrama to expose and ultimately fracture the mediation of the social order, inspiring generations of filmmakers to follow. * Hugh S. Manon, Associate Professor of Screen Studies, Clark University, USA *Hilary Neroni’s new book is a refreshing and original reevaluation of reality, realism, and realist cinema with a range and scope that is both exhilarating and expansive. Lucidly written and theoretically rigorous—a significant accomplishment in itself—the book offers readers the history of realist theory in film as well as contemporary engagements with realism in global cinema. A must read for both beginner and advanced students and scholars of cinema. * Gautam Basu Thakur, Associate Professor and Director of Critical Theory, Boise State University, USA *Table of ContentsDedication Introduction 1. Realist Film Theory 2. Realist Film Theory and Bicycle Thieves Conclusion Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Indigeneity in Latin American Cinema
Book SynopsisIndigeneity in Latin American Cinema explores how contemporary films (2000-2020) participate in the evolution and circulation of images and sounds that in many ways define how indigenous communities are imagined, at a local, regional and global scale. The volume reviews the diversity of portrayals from a chronological, geopolitical, linguistic, epistemic-ontological, transnational and intersectional, paradigm-changing and self-representational perspective, allocating one chapter to each theme. The corpus of this study consists of 68 fictional features directed by non-indigenous filmmakers, 31 cinematic works produced by indigenous directors/communities, and 22 Cine Regional (Regional Cinema) films. The book also draws upon a significant number of engravings, drawings, paintings, photographs and films, produced between 1493 and 2000, as primary sources for the historical review of the visual representations of indigeneity. Through content and close (textual) analysis, inteTrade ReviewThis is an essential and highly original text that sharpens our understanding of the representation of indigeneity across Latin American cinema. It takes a much-needed interdisciplinary and decolonizing approach that disrupts older paradigms and reveals a richly diverse treatment of indigenous communities in film. * Sarah Barrow, Professor of Film and Media, University of East Anglia, UK *Indigeneity in Latin American Cinema is a tour de force; this book takes a bold approach to examining how contemporary indigenous representation in Latin American cinema has been subject to racist and othering practices through what Gonzalez Rodriguez convincingly calls “histrionic indigeneity” as these films circulate through international film festivals and other Global South-North trajectories. This frank look at contemporary practices is a must read for any scholars interested in the ways in which indigenous visual culture and the cinema has been imagined historically to the present day. * Tamara L. Falicov, author of Latin American Film Industries and the Cinematic Tango: Contemporary Argentine Film *This book succeeds in going beyond the traditional approach in studying the Amerindian in global northern visual culture. In fact, anyone interested in the colonial heritage of the Americas should take careful note of the author’s conclusions. * Arij Ouweneel, former professor of Amerindian Studies Utrecht University and the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and author of Resilient Memories: Amerindian Cognitive Schemas in Latin American Art (2018) *Gonzalez Rodriguez goes beyond traditional paradigms to offer an original, decolonizing approach yielding many provocative new cultural insights. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Diagrams List of Figures List of Tables Basis: Introduction Indigeneity: Conceptualization, Perception and Representation Syntonic versus Histrionic Indigeneity 1. Mimesis: Circulation of Ideas and Images Figment, Art and Fabrication Cinema and Indigeneity 2. Metropolis: Production of Audiovisual Cultural Artefacts Mexico and Central America South America 3. Lexis: Portrayals of Linguistic Topologies Accented Inclusion and Vocative Framing (In)discernible Sounds and Authenticity 4. Emphasis: Embodiment of Indigeneity Nature-Technology Nexus as an Ontological Genre Ethnicity, Senses and Knowledge 5. Axis: Identities and Global Imaginaries Intersectional Paradigms Arrayed Figures 6. Catalysis: Paradigms and Disruption (In)visibility and Representation (Re)drawn Blueprint 7. Wääjx äp: Epistemic and Ontological Repositioning The Cybernetics of Self-Representation Screen(ed)/(ing) Intimacy and Clusivity Synopsis / Conclusion References Bibliography Filmography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc The Lost Decade
Book SynopsisProvides an analysis of Hollywood from a fresh viewpoint that shows the careers of Robert Altman, Francis Coppola, William Friedkin, and others in the 1980s as far from conforming to a monolithic pattern of decline, but rather as diverse and complex responses to political and industrial changes. The 1980s are routinely seen as the era of the blockbuster and of Reaganite entertainment,' whereas the dominant view of late 1960s and early 1970s American film history is that of a Hollywood Renaissance', a relatively brief window of artistry based around a select group of directors. Yet key directors associated with the Renaissance period remained active throughout the 1980s and their work has been obscured or dismissed by a narrow, singular model of American film history. This book deals with industrial contexts that conditioned these directors' ability to work creatively, but it is also very much about the analysis of individual films, bringing to light a range of unheralded work, from
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Manchester University Press British Rural Landscapes on Film
Book SynopsisThis volume offers insights into how rural areas of Britain have been represented on film, from the silent era through both world wars and on into the twenty-first century. It is the first book to deal exclusively with representations of the British countryside on film. The contributors demonstrate that the countryside has provided Britain and its constituent nations and regions with a dense range of spaces in which cultural identities have been and continue to be worked through. Overall, the book demonstrates that British cinema provides numerous examples of how national identity and the identity of the countryside have been constructed through filmic representation, and how British rural films can help us to understand the relationship between the cultural identities of specific areas of Britain and the landscapes they inhabit.Trade Review‘This is a useful work ... Newland's Introduction valuably locates the debates about landscape in film within a social and cultural context. He gives an interesting account of the contributions of art history and cultural geography to the issue in hand, and makes a large (and in my view justifiable) claim that cinema has a privileged role in prefiguring social expectations of rural space. Essentially, film mines the available fields of topography and iconography and recycles them in a palatable form. To be sure, this edited volume, like all of its kind, has some internal contradictions because of the plural authorship. But what is gained is variety and richness of texture ... overall, this is a very stimulating book and one which rewards re-reading.’Sue Harper, The Journal of British Cinema and Television. ‘This fine collection of essays and interviews investigates the modes and significance of British rural landscape on screen within the history of British national cinema. It sets out to challenge heritage cinema’s representational paradigm of treating landscape as mere spectacle, and focuses instead on films in which the notion of the rural incorporates the depiction of the interconnectedness of land and its inhabitants […] The book may serve as an excellent introduction to the topic for students, as well as a source of new ideas and some refreshingly new perspectives for the initiated expert.’Erzsébet Stróbl, Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 48, No. 2 (Winter 2018) -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: approaching British rural landscapes on film - Paul Newland1 Silent landscapes: rural settings, national identity and British silent cinema - Andrew Higson 2 British landscapes in pre-Second World War film publicity - Paul Moody3 Rural imagery in Second World War British cinema - Tom Ryall4 'An unlimited field for experiment': Britain's stereoscopic landscapes - Keith M. Johnston 5 The figure (and disfigurement) in the landscape: The Go-Between's picturesque - Mark Broughton6 'Here is Wales, there England': contested borders and blurred boundaries in On the Black Hill - Kate Woodward7 Where the land meets the sea: liminality, identity and rural landscape in contemporary Scottish cinema - Duncan Petrie8 Fantasy, fallacy and allusion: reconceptualising British landscapes through the lens of children's cinema - Suzanne Speidel9 Picturesque, pastoral and dirty: uncivilised topographies in Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights - Stella Hockenhull10 Folk horror and the contemporary cult of British rural landscape: the case of Blood on Satan's Claw - Paul Newland11 sleep furiously: interview with Gideon Koppel - Paul Newland12 Film and the repossession of rural space: interview with Patrick Keiller - Paul NewlandIndex
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Rowman & Littlefield Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the
Book SynopsisA fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, the Best Picture winners, and the box-office contenders.In Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards, John Dorney, Jessica Regan, and Tom Salinsky provide a captivating decade-by-decade exploration of the Oscars. For each decade, they examine the making of classic films, trends and innovations in cinema, behind-the-scenes scandals at the awards ceremony, and who won and why. Twenty films are reviewed in-depth, alongside ten detailed “making-of” accounts and capsule reviews of every single Best Picture winner in history. In addition, each Best Picture winner is carefully scrutinized to answer the ultimate question: “Did the Academy get it right?” Full of wonderful stories, cogent analysis, and fascinating insights, Best Pick is a witty and enthralling look at the people, politics, movies, and trends that have shaped our cinematic world.
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Bloomsbury Academic Bringing Song and Dance to the Screen
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Arsenal Pulp Press Trash: A Queer Film Classic
Book SynopsisFocusses on Trash, the most accomplished film produced for Andy Warhol by Director Paul Morrissey.
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Arsenal Pulp Press L.a. Plays Itself / Boys In The Sand: A Queer
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Arsenal Pulp Press I've Heard The Mermaids Singing: A Queer Film
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Arsenal Pulp Press Forbidden Love: A Queer Film Classic
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Arsenal Pulp Press Scorpio Rising: A Queer Film Classic
Book SynopsisThe final title in the Queer Film Classics series, on Kenneth Anger's remarkable 1963 film about a gay biker gang.
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A Cappella Books James Dean: The Mutant King: A Biography
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Ivan R Dee, Inc I'll Have What She's Having: Behind the Scenes of
Book SynopsisWhile film genres go in and out of style, the romantic comedy endures—from year to year and generation to generation. Endlessly adaptable, the romantic comedy form has thrived since the invention of film as a medium of entertainment, touching on universal predicaments: meeting for the first time, the battle of the sexes, and the bumpy course of true love. These films celebrate lovers who play and improvise together, no matter how nutty or at what great odds they may appear. As Eugene Pallette mutters in My Man Godfrey (1936), "All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people." Daniel Kimmel's book about romantic comedy is like watching a truly funny movie with a knowledgeable friend.Trade ReviewYou may think you know everything about the great romantic comedies of Hollywood, but unless you've read this book you're wrong. Dan Kimmel puts it all in one place with scholarly diligence, an ear for gossip and great dialogue, and a sheer love of the movies. A treat for neophytes and hardcore cineastes alike, not to mention a handy guide for in-home night viewing. -- Ty Burr, author of The Best Old Movies for Families * The Boston Globe *Tony Curtis said romantic moments with Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot were like 'kissing Hitler' and Hector Elizondo was paid out of Garry Marshall's pocket for Pretty Woman because Disney balked at paying him top dollar for a small role. One of the surprises of this entertaining behind-the-scenes look at romantic comedies is how miserable everyone was. Comedy is hard, love is worse. * New York Post *This collection of self-contained essays about films, ranging from Adam's Rib to Annie Hall is full of behind-the-scenes details on the making of the movies. It's almost like being there. * Chicago Tribune *
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Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Dial 'M' for Mother: A Freudian Hitchcock
Book SynopsisWhile many works on Hitchcock either openly reject psychoanalysis or utilize it only casually or peripherally, Dial 'M' for Mother: A Freudian Hitchcock is the first book-length study to consistently and systematically apply a Freudian psychoanalytic approach to a number of Hitchcock's major films (Shadow of a Doubt, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie, Frenzy). Central to this book is the author's analysis of a 'mother complex' that informs not only the major male and female characters of these and other Hitchcock films but their plot, formal structure, and visual, cinematic artistry as well. According to the author, the genius of Hitchcock is inseparable from the director's unrelenting adherence to the 'darker side' of our unconscious fears and fascinations, and in its unwillingness to veil this exploration of the Freudian Unconscious with Hollywood's and society's denial of such truths.
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Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Dreamscapes in Italian Cinema
Book SynopsisDreamscapes in Italian Cinema explores different representations of dreams, visions, hallucinations, and hypnagogic states in Italian film culture, covering the works of some of the most significant auteurs in the history of Italian cinema (Fellini, Pasolini, Moretti, Bellocchio, among others). Dreams are discussed both in a filmic context, considering the diegetic and formal techniques employed to construct and represent them, and as allegories or metaphors in a broader cultural, political, and social sense (the film industry itself as the proverbial dream factory, and dreams as hopes, aspirations or altogether parallel universes, for example). The book covers works released over different decades and spanning multiple genres (drama, gothic film, horror, comedy), and it is intended to shed light on a topic that is as suggestive as it is insufficiently studied.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Francesco Pascuzzi, Bryan Cracchiolo 1. Dreamed Cinema, Cinematic Dreams: Dreamscape, Neurosis and Desire in Federico Fellini’s 8½ Avishek Parui 2. The Uncanny and Mannequins: The Dream-Like Qualities of Two Italian Gothic Films, Il mulino delle donne di pietra and Lisa e il diavolo Fernando Pagnoni, Amy M. Davis 3. Massimo Fagioli’s Influence and Psychoanalysis in Marco Bellocchio’s Il diavolo in corpo Alessandro De Stefanis 4. The Visionary Realism of Marco Bellocchio’s Buongiorno, note Francesco Rabissi 5. The Ironic Oneiric: Nanni Moretti and the Cinematic Challenges of the 1970s Axel Andersson 6. Life Is But a Dream: Reveries, Nightmares and Other Worlds in the Films of Nanni Moretti Eleanor Andrews 7. Sublimation, Myth and the Work of Dreams: Radical Nostalgia and Melancholic Attachment in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Edipo Re Linda Belau 8. The Cinedream in Pasolini and Cassavetes Anthony Cristiano 9. Gradivae and Nymphs: Walking Women in the Dreamscapes of Italian Cinema Maurizia Natali 10. Dreams, Nightmares, and Hallucinations in Francesca Comencini’s Cinema Letizia Bellocchio 11. The Nightmarish in Dario Argento’s Mother Trilogy: Spatial Oddities and Family Ties Sandra Waters List of Contributors Index
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ECW Press,Canada The Mother Of All Degrassi: A Memoir
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ECW Press It Cant Rain All the Time
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University of Regina Press Bloodied Bodies Bloody Landscapes
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