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Book SynopsisA spectacular and comprehensive authorized retrospective of Oscar-winning visual effects master Phil Tippett, founder and namesake of iconic Tippett Studio From Star Wars to Jurassic Park and RoboCop to Starship Troopers, special effects master Phil Tippett has brought his magic to some of the most iconic films of all time. His unparalleled career in visual effects spans more than 40 years, with two Academy Awards, one BAFTA, and two Emmys. This stunning book celebrates Tippett’s career, from early Super 8 explorations through his groundbreaking work with Industrial Light & Magic, DreamWorks, and beyond. While Tippett’s first love remains the stop-motion animation that made him a Hollywood legend, he was present at the birth of big-screen digital effects, and his genius has evolved with the times. In 1984 he founded Tippett Studio, which has come to specialize in digital effects. Packed with over a thousand behind-the-scenes photographs, Mad Dreams and Monsters includes never-before-published stories from the master himself and a veritable who’s who of visual effects luminaries—a must-have for movie fans, film students, and anyone who’s ever been captivated by movie magic.

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Book SynopsisRelive the magic of Disney’s 1991 animated classic Beauty and the Beast with this collectible tiny book featuring story art from the beloved film.One of Disney’s most celebrated animated films, Beauty and the Beast has charmed audiences for generations with its heartwarming story, endearing characters, and unforgettable soundtrack. Now fans can keep the classic tale close to their hearts with this tiny storybook retelling of the iconic film, illustrated with art and imagery pulled straight from the screen.  Part of an exciting new series of miniature storybooks based on popular Disney films, this tiny storybook is a unique collector’s item adult Disney fans will treasure for years to come. 

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Book SynopsisA definitive guide to the Star Wars' galaxy's most unusual inhabitants, with revealing features and interviews. Including material from A New Hope to Solo: A Star Wars Story, this title includes profiles the otherworldly characters from a galaxy far far away, including iconic droids such as R2-D2 and C-3PO and creatures such as Ewoks and Gungans. Fan favorite actors Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) and Warwick Davis (Wicket) discuss the saga from their unique perspectives. Packed with information and stunning images, it's a must-have for all fans of the cinema's best-loved saga.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A marvelous bombshell of a book, by one of our most formidably knowledgeable and insightful writers on film, it is filled with surprises and witty asides. Though Thomson is quick to pounce on the hypocrisies and historical omissions of some of these war movies, there is nothing compromised about his own daredevil judgments. We are in the hands of a master critic/essayist." — Phillip Lopate “Praise the gods for giving us a writer with a deep moral sense and an epigrammatic prose style who writes as exquisitely about war as he does about film. Thomson's book brims with striking observations and provocative readings of crucial films, the great and the forgotten, from All Quiet on the Western Front to Apocalypse Now to Black Hawk Down and scores more. The Fatal Alliance is an absorbing, uproarious and essential book -- about war, about film, about us. And my God, the man can write!" — Mark Danner, author of Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War and Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War

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Book SynopsisOne film out of every five made anywhere on earth comes from India. From its beginnings under colonial rule through to the heights of Bollywood , Indian Cinema has challenged social injustices such as caste, the oppression of Indian women, religious intolerance, rural poverty, and the pressures of life in the burgeoning cities. And yet, the Indian movie industry makes only about five percent of Hollywood''s annual revenue.In this Very Short Introduction Ashish Rajadhyaksha delves into the political, social, and economic factors which, over time, have shaped Indian Cinema into a fascinating counterculture. Covering everything from silent cinema through to the digital era, Rajadhyaksha examines how the industry reflects the complexity and variety of Indian society through the dramatic changes of the 20th century, and into the beginnings of the 21st. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readableTable of ContentsPREFACE

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Book SynopsisFoster Hirsch''s Dark Side of the Screen is by far the most thorough and entertaining study of the themes, visual motifs, character types, actors, directors, and films in this genre ever published. From Billy Wilder, Douglas Sirk, Robert Aldrich, and Howard Hawkes to Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski, and Paul Schrader, the noir themes of dread, paranoia, steamy sex, double-crossing women, and menacing cityscapes have held a fascination. The features that make Burt Lancaster, Joan Crawford, Robert Mitchum, and Humphrey Bogart into noir heroes and heroines are carefully detailed here, as well as those camera angles, lighting effects, and story lines that characterize Fritz Lang, Samuel Fuller, and Orson Welles as noir directors.For the current rediscovery of film noir, this comprehensive history with its list of credits to 112 outstanding films and its many illustrations will be a valuable reference and a source of inspiration for further research.Trade ReviewMartin Jackson, Cineaste "Wonderfully readable: Hirsch is clear, knowledgeable, and concise...[The Dark Side of the Screen] is a visual as well as literary pleasure." Philip French, The Observer (London) "There has been no extended work as good as Foster Hirsch's The Dark Side of the Screen, a well-written, imaginatively illustrated book that sees the brief, true heyday as between Wilder's Double Indemnity (1944) and his Sunset Boulevard (1950), but looks at the prelude and the aftermath, and sets the genre in its larger social and cultural context." Skyscraper, Spring 2009 "An important examination of what film noir is...The 264-page treatise is not a review source; rather, Hirsch's academic work delves deeply with a scholarly but not dry approach."

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Book SynopsisIn the context of a frantic world that celebrates instantaneity and speed, a number of cinemas steeped in contemplation, silence and duration have garnered significant critical attention in recent years, thus resonating with a larger sociocultural movement whose aim is to rescue extended temporal structures from the accelerated tempo of late-capitalism. Although not part of a structured film movement, directors such as Carlos Reygadas, Tsai Ming-liang, Béla Tarr, Pedro Costa and Kelly Reichardt have been largely subsumed under the term ''slow cinema''. But what exactly is slow cinema? Is it a strictly recent phenomenon or an overarching cinematic tradition? And how exactly do slow cinemas interrelate on an aesthetic, technical and political level?Deploying the concept of slowness as an umbrella category under which filmmakers and traditions from different historical and geographical backgrounds can fruitfully converge, this innovative collection of essays interrogates and expands the frameworks that have generally informed slow cinema debates. Repositioning the term in a broader theoretical space, the book combines an array of fine-grained studies that will provide valuable insight into the notion of slowness in the cinema, while mapping out past and contemporary slow films across the globe.Table of ContentsIllustrations; Foreword, Julian Stringer; Introduction: From Slow Cinema to Slow Cinemas, Tiago De Luca and Nuno Barradas Jorge; Part I: Historicising Slow Cinema: 1: The Politics of Slowness and the Traps of Modernity, Lacia Nagib; 2: The Slow Pulse of the Era: Carl Th. Dreyer's Film Style, C. Claire Thomson; 3: The First Durational Cinema and the Real of Time, Michael Walsh; 4: The Attitude of- Smoking and Observing': Slow Film and Politics in the Cinema Of Jean-Marie Straub and -Daniele Huillet, Martin Brady; Part II: Contextualising Slow Cinema: 5: Temporal Aesthetics of Drifting: Tsai Ming-Liang and a Cinema of Slowness, Song Hwee Lim; 6: Stills and Stillness in Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Cinema, Glyn Davis; 7: Melancholia: The Long, Slow Cinema of Lav Diaz, William Brown; 8: Exhausted Drift: Austerity, Dispossession and the Politics of Slow in Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff, Elena Gorfinkel; 9: lf These Walls Could Speak: From Slowness to Stillness in the Cinema of Jia Zhangke, Cecilia Mello; Part III: Slow Cinema And Labour: 10: Wastrels of Time: Slow Cinema's Labouring Body, The Political Spectator, and the Queer, Karl Schoonover; 11: Living Daily, Working Slowly: Pedro Costa's in Vanda's Room, Nuno Barradas Jorge; 12: Working/Slow: Cinematic Style as Labour in Wang Bing's Tie Xi Qu: West Of The Tracks, Patrick Brian Smith; 13: 'Slow Sounds': Duration, Audition and Labour in Liu Jiayin's Oxhide and Oxhide II, Philippa Lovatt; Part IV: Slow Cinema and the Nonhuman: 14: It's About Time: Slow Aesthetics in Experimental Ecocinema and Nature Cam Videos, Stephanie Lam; 15: Natural Views: Animals, Contingency and Death in Carlos Reygadas's Japon and Lisandro Alonso's Los Muertos, Tiago de Luca; 16: The Sleeping Spectator: Nonhuman Aesthetics in Abbas Kiarostami's Five: Dedicated to Ozu, Justin Remes; Part V: The Ethics and Politics of Slowness: 17: Bela Tarr: The Poetics and the Politics of Fiction, Jacques Ranciere; 18: Ethics of the Landscape Shot: A.K.A Serial Killer and James Benning's Portraits of Criminals, Julian Ross; 19: Slow Cinema and the Ethics of Duration, Asbjorn Gronstad; Part VI: Beyond 'Slow Cinema': 20: Performing Evolution: Immersion, Unfolding and Lucile Hadiihalilovic's Innocence, Matilda Mroz; 21: The Slow Road to Europe: The Politics and Aesthetics of Stalled Mobility in Hermakono and Morgen, Michael Gott; 22: Crystallising the Past: Slow Heritage Cinema, Rob Stone and Paul Cooke.

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Book SynopsisCelebrate Harry Potter’s birthday (or your own—or a fellow Wizarding World fan's) with this one-of-a-kind gift set featuring the boy wizard’s birthday cake from Hagrid, that plays the immortal line “You’re a Wizard, Harry.”   Specifications: Includes figure of Rubeus Hagrid holding his iconic pink-with-green-icing birthday cake for Harry; including base, figure is 2-3/4 x 3-5/8 x 2-3/4 inches Actual audio of Hagrid: Cake plays actual audio of Rubeus Hagrid (played by Robbie Coltrane) saying the famous line “You’re a Wizard, Harry” Book included: Companion book includes movie quotes, behind-the-scenes stories, and more, complete with full-color photos Perfect Present: This is an ideal gift or self-purchase for Harry Potter fans Officially Licensed: Authentic Harry Potter collectible   R

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Book SynopsisTher book investigates contemporary women directors who put 'a poetics of horror' to new use in their work, expanding the range of gendered and racialized perspectives in the horror genre

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Book SynopsisRarely has a movie this expensive provided so many quotable lines. So wrote Roger Ebert in his review of Ghostbusters, the 1984 blockbuster that combined our paranormal fears and fascination with some of the sharpest comic minds of the day. Ghostbusters instantly resonated with audiences thanks to eye-popping special effects and crackling wit; to date, it remains the highest grossing horror comedy of all time. The film spawned an Emmy-nominated Saturday morning cartoon, a tent pole 1989 sequel, a contentious 2016 reboot, legions of merchandise, and one of the most dedicated fan bases in history. Ghostbusters also elevated its players to superstardom, something a few cast members found more daunting than the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Now, for the first time, the entire history of the slime-soaked franchise is told in A Convenient Parallel Dimension: The Ghostbusters Saga 1975-2020. The cohesion of talent during the mid-''70s comedy revolution, the seat-of-their-pants creation of the f

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Book SynopsisThe perfect companion to AMC’s six-part television series James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction, this unique book explores the history and evolution of the genre with contributions from the filmmakers who have helped bring it to lifeFor the show, James Cameron personally interviewed six of the biggest names in science fiction filmmaking—Guillermo del Toro, George Lucas, Christopher Nolan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ridley Scott, and Steven Spielberg—to get their perspectives on the importance and impact of the genre. This book reproduces the interviews in full as the greatest minds in the genre discuss key topics including alien life, time travel, outer space, dark futures, monsters, and intelligent machines. An in-depth interview with Cameron is also featured, plus essays by experts in the science fiction field on the main themes covered in the show. Illustrated with rare and previously unseen concept art from Cameron’s personal archives, plus imagery from iconic sci-fi movies, TV shows, and books, James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction offers a sweeping examination of a genre that continues to ask questions, push limits, and thrill audiences around the world.

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Book SynopsisWritings on people and places, theater and film, in a portfolio of essays and photographs informing Wes Anderson's film Asteroid City. Featuring 8 newly commissioned pieces alongside more than 20 classic essays from the likes of François Truffaut and Jonas Mekas, DO NOT DETONATE explores key influences on celebrated director Wes Anderson's new film Asteroid City. Together they form a detailed, captivating portrait of the mid-century film world and the enduring myths of the American West. Contents: A Conversation Between Wes Anderson and Jake Perlin A Life excerpt - Elia Kazan The Celluloid Brassière - Andy Logan Rainy Day - Lillian Ross The Outskirts: Other Men's Women - Gina Telaroli The Petrified Forest - Jorge Luis Borges Ace in the Hole: Noir in Broad Daylight - Molly Haskell What Makes a Sad Heart Sing: Some Came Running - Michael Koresky One False Start, Never Wear the Same Dress Twice - Durga Chew-Bose Maigret at the Coroner's excerpt - Georges Simenon Sunbelt Noir: Desert Fury - Imogen Sara Smith The Voyage Down and Out: Inferno - Kent Jones Bad Day Near The River's Edge - Nicolas Saada Watching Fail Safe at the End of the World - K. Austin Collins Black Desert, White Desert - Serge Toubiana Marilyn Monroe and the Loveless World - Jonas Mekas Beyond the Stars - Jeremy Bernstein Coming: Nashville - Pauline Kael Coming Around the Mountain: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Matt Zoller Seitz Selections from Close Encounters of the Third Kind Diary - Bob Balaban Introduction to Small Change: A Film Novel - François Truffaut By The Time I Get to Phoenix - Thora Siemsen My Guy - Hilton Als Wild to the Wild - Sam Shepard

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Book SynopsisLIMITED FIRST EDITION contains red foil gilded page edges, foil cover elements, and a black satin ribbon marker. As featured in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, MovieMaker, SYFY, Fangoria, SFX, Mental Floss, Total Film, and more! How did a low-budget British movie about Londoners battling zombies in a pub become a beloved global pop culture phenomenon? You've Got Red on You details the previously untold story of 2004's Shaun of the Dead, the hilarious, terrifying horror-comedy whose fan base continues to grow and grow. After consulting dozens of the people involved in the creation of the film, author Clark Collis reveals how a group of friends overcame seemingly insurmountable odds to make a movie that would take bites out of both the UK and the US box office before ascending to the status of bona fide comedy classic. Featuring in-depth interviews with director Edgar Wright, producer Nira Park, and cast members Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Bill Nighy, Lucy Davis, and Coldplay singer Chris Martin, the book also boasts a treasure trove of storyboards, rare behind-the-scenes photos, and commentary from famous fans of the movie, including filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth, Walking Dead executive producer Greg Nicotero, and World War Z author Max Brooks. As Pegg's zombie-fighting hero Shaun would say, "How's that for a slice of fried gold?"Trade Review"Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and more offer unique insights into the making of their 2004 zombie comedy classic, Shaun of the Dead. The 424-page book traces the film's story, from late-night pub conversations about surviving the zombie apocalypse to an unexpected hit at Comic-Con 2004." - Rolling Stone "A sharply written, thorough, and loving tribute to a modern-day cinema classic." - Kirkus, starred review "You've Got Red on You is a must-buy." - Fangoria "Witty and deeply researched. What a wonderful, fun, fascinating read." - MovieMaker "An exemplary movie retrospective, one which combines an astonishing amount of research with a real flair for storytelling. 5/5 stars." - SFX "Just *look* at Clark Collis's stunning book on the making of Shaun Of The Dead. The red metallic page edging, the cover art, the inside... it's a thing of beauty. In other words: how's that for a slice of fried gold?" - Ali Plumb, BBC Radio 1 "...almost 20 years later, Shaun of the Dead is a cult classic. Director Edgar Wright and actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost inform the bulk of the narrative with hilarious remembrances; Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth, and the late George A. Romero are quoted here too...resulting in a work [that will be] wildly entertaining to horror buffs." - Library Journal, starred review "A really entertaining read and, if you're a fan of the film, very illuminating on the struggles to not only get it made, but also to have the film be taken seriously. If you've ever wanted to make a movie, you'll learn a lot in You've Got Red on You." - director Edgar Wright "So many relationships grow and expand over the course of Collis' book that readers will find themselves falling in love with Shaun of the Dead - to say nothing of Wright, Pegg, and Frost - all over again, twenty years on. 4/4 stars." - Starburst "[You've Got Red on You] gives unparalleled access to near everyone involved with the movie, plus sketches, script drafts, storyboards, and BTS photos aplenty." - Total Film"Like a slap of a cricket bat to the face, Clark Collis's terrific new book, You've Got Red on You, takes us on a deep dive into the making of Edgar Wright's classic horror/comedy Shaun of the Dead. It's a fantastic view into the effort, heartache and exultation of the filmmaker's struggle to create a groundbreaking and gore-drenched film. Three thumbs up!" - director/writer/producer Don Coscarelli (Phantasm) "The intricately rendered and definitive story behind the creation of Edgar Wright's cinematic rom-zom-com tour-de-gore's that is Shaun of the Dead, recounted with affection by the one and only Clark Collis." - director Corin Hardy (The Nun) "If you are an Edgar Wright fan, especially if you are a Shaun of the Dead fan, check out Entertainment Weekly scribe Clark Collis' exhaustive (but not exhausting) new book, which takes you deep to the heart of everything Shaun! A fascinating deep dive into one of the best horror comedies of all time." - director Mick Garris (Stephen King's The Stand / Tales from the Crypt) "Exhaustively researched and brimming with funny, fascinating stories I didn't know, this book is must read, not just for hardcore fans, but for anyone who's interested in the creative process." - author Melissa Maerz (Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused) "Rejoice Shaun of the Dead and film fans! You've Got Red on You is an in-depth, thoroughly enjoyable, and inspiring story of the making of the classic film. Collis expertly weaves interviews from cast and crew with other first hand accounts, starting before line one of the screenplay was written. I inhaled this book with a smile on my face. Now let's head down to the Winchester for a pint." - author Paul Tremblay (A Head Full of Ghosts / The Cabin at the End of the World) "I was a huge fan of Shaun of the Dead. It was my favourite movie of that year. Their jokes were like perfectly placed time bombs." - Quentin Tarantino "We didn't ever really want to parody zombie movies. We wanted to make a zombie movie." - actor Simon Pegg "There were zombies getting off with each other. There were loads of zombie relationships. Two zombies got together on the pool table." - producer Nira Park "I heard it was a romantic-comedy with zombies, and I was like, well, that sounds sh*t." - actor Rafe SpallTable of ContentsPrologue Chapter 1: Origins of the Dead Chapter 2: Best Friends of the Dead Chapter 3: Script of the Dead Chapter 4: Money of the Dead Chapter 5: Cast and Crew (and Zombies) of the Dead Chapter 6: Shoot of the Dead Chapter 7: Pub of the Dead Chapter 8: Return of the Shoot of the Dead Chapter 9: Release of the Dead Chapter 10: Release of the Dead 2 Chapter 11: Cornettos of the Dead Epilogue

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Book SynopsisDiscover films that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when filmmakers take tradition and rip it up.  FilmQuake introduces 50 movies that shook the cinematic world, telling the fascinating stories behind their creation, reception and legacy. From unbelievable developments in technology (Citizen Kane, 1941) to feminist triumphs (Wanda, 1970); films that kickstarted New Queer Cinema (Paris is Burning, 1990) to others that challenged lawmakers (A Short Film About Killing, 1988) – FilmQuake presents the movies that questioned boundaries, challenged the status quo and made shockwaves we are still feeling today. From film's first innovators, people like the Lumière brothers, whose short film of a train arriving was reported to have terrified audiences Trade Review “Smith’s selections are often startling and surprising…” -- Christopher Schobert * The Film Stage *Table of ContentsIntroductionTHE SHOCK OF THE NEW: 1895–1929The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station: Auguste and Louis Lumière Women in FilmThe Birth of a Nation: D.W. GriffithWithin Our Gates: Oscar MicheauxNosferatu: F.W. Murnau German Expressionism Nanook of the North: Robert FlahertyBattleship Potemkin: Sergei Eisenstein Soviet CinemaThe Passion of Joan of Arc: Carl Theodor Dreyer Sound in FilmA WORLD IN FLUX: 1930–1959The Golden Age: Luis Buñuel Avant-Garde CinemaL’Atalante: Jean VigoTriumph of the Will: Leni Riefenstahl Propaganda on FilmThe Great Dictator: Charles ChaplinCitizen Kane: Orson Welles Auteur CinemaRome, Open City: Roberto Rossellini Italian NeorealismRashomon: Akira KurosawaPather Panchali: Satyajit RayThe Seventh Seal: Ingmar Bergman Art Film The Rise of AnimationSome Like It Hot: Billy WilderBREAKING ALL THE RULES: 1960–1979Breathless: Jean-Luc Goddard The French New WavePsycho: Alfred Hitchcock New Adventures in HorrorVictim: Basil DeardenCleo from 5 to 7: Agnès VardaThe Battle of Algiers: Gillo PontecorvoBonnie and Clyde: Arthur Penn New Hollywood2001: A Space Odyssey: Stanley KubrickWanda: Barbara Loden Feminist FilmSweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss: Melvin Van Peebles Black Cinema in the USTouki Bouki: Djibril Diop Mambéty Cinema of TransgressionJeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles: Chantal AkermanJaws: Steven SpielbergApocalypse Now: Francis Ford Coppola Developments in SoundINDEPENDENCE AND INDUSTRY: 1980–1999Fitzcarraldo: Werner Herzog An Epic CinemaShoah: Claude LanzmannThe Thin Blue Line: Errol MorrisA Short Film About Killing: Krzysztof Kieślowski Changing the WorldDo the Right Thing: Spike LeeParis is Burning: Jennie Livingston New Queer CinemaDaughters of the Dust: Julie DashTerminator 2: Judgment Day: James CameronReservoir Dogs: Quentin Tarantino US Indie CinemaChungking Express: Wong Kar-wai Cinema in Hong Kong, China Recent New WavesLa Haine: Mathieu KassovitzThe Blair Witch Project: Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez Recent HorrorTHE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN: 2000–PRESENTRussian Ark: Aleksandr Sokurov Cinema and Time Digital CinemaBrokeback Mountain: Ang LeeUnited 93: Paul Greengrass Cinema Post-9/11Tangerine: Sean BakerGet Out: Jordan Peele Film and Black Lives Matter Change for the FutureAtlantics: Mati DiopFor Sama: Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts Citizen JournalismParasite: Bong Joon-Ho Glossary Further Reading Picture Credits Index

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Book SynopsisThis remarkable journey through the Hammer vault includes props, annotated script pages, unused poster artwork, production designs, rare promotional material and private correspondence. Hundreds of rare and previously unseen stills help to create a rich souvenir of Hammer's legacy, from the X certificate classics of the 1950s to the studio's latest productions. This new updated edition includes an extra chapter covering the years 2010.Trade Review"Hearn probably could've killed my parents and I'd still have to tell you how awesome this book is." - Topless Robot"Five Out of Five." - SciFi Mafia"This is a truly comprehensive handbook to beat all handbooks on all things Hammer. If you love horror, you’ll really love this book." - Ain't It Cool News"Hammer's great legacy is captured in beautiful, vivid detail as never before seen..." - Comics Cavern"A treasure trove of goodies..." - Movies.com"An absolute must for fans of classic horror." - Twitch Film"The Count of coffee table books and a lavishly, lovingly compiled edition that is essential for all the hounds of Hammer." - Cool Ass Cinema"The Hammer Vault will definitely satisfy your blood lust for information on the legendary house of horror." - Cool and Collected"Bursting at the seams with tons of newly released material... the perfect coffee table book for Hammer enthusiasts." - Shock Til You Drop"There is a real wealth of material here, all of it valuable, all of it agleam." - Flixist"A tantalizing overview of Hammer Films." - Blog Critics"...a beautifully presented, truly fascinating work." - Eat Sleep Live Film"... a book that cult film fans will be dying for." - Film School Rejects"A fascinating and informative read." - Movie Morlocks"...this is wonderful publication, not just for lover of all things Hammer, but for any lover of film." -Attack from Planet B"As high as my expectations were going in, The Hammer Vault easily trumped them. As a visual document of the studio that defined horror cinema throughout the 1950s and ’60s, it’s remarkable." - High Def Digest"It is an enjoyable overview of the company’s history, but is by no means exhaustive. The real value of this books is in the images rather than the text." - The Writers Journey

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Book Synopsis40 artists, filmmakers, illustrators and fans produce original art for a tribute to the sci-fi horror masterpiece Alien to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the film. An artistic tribute to the sci-fi horror masterpiece Alien. 40 artists, filmmakers, and fans have been invited to contribute a piece of original art to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Alien in 2019. Pieces range from alternative posters to gothic interpretations of key scenes. Sketches, process pieces, and interview text accompany each new and unique nightmare. In addition to cover artist Dane Hallett-an Alien: Covenant concept artist-the contributors include Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve, Sam Hudecki, and Tanya Lapointe; Star Wars concept artist and creature designer Terryl Whitlatch; and Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, and Jon Wilcox.Trade Review“Nothing short of superb and every artist deserves to be spotlighted. The bottom line here is, if you are an Alien fan, there is no debating that you need to own this visual feast for the eyes” - Dead Entertainment“A must for Alien fans the world over; a coffee table book worthy of the Nostromo rec room” - Adventures in Poor Taste“A vivid artistic tribute to the cinematic gem that still haunts our dreams” - SYFYA great mix of contributors... [This] is the coffee table book for the ultimate Alien fan” - Borg.com“I’m utterly blown away by some of these pieces... One of the coolest coffee table books I’ve had the pleasure of owning” - This Week in Geek "A stunning and beautiful compilation" - Boyce McClain's Collectors' Corner“A stunning collection of artwork” - The Film Stage ‘Whether you’re a fan of Alien, or just amazing fan art, this book is a fantastic look at how the movie franchise inspired artists’ - Fangirl Nation

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Book SynopsisFrom its first publication in 1992, Men, Women, and Chain Saws has offered a groundbreaking perspective on the creativity and influence of horror cinema since the mid-1970s. Investigating the popularity of the low-budget tradition, Carol Clover looks in particular at slasher, occult, and rape-revenge films. Although such movies have been traditionaTrade Review"[A] brilliant analysis of gender and its disturbances in modern horror films... Bubbling away beneath Clover's multi-faceted readings of slasher, occult, and rape-revenge films is the question of what the viewer gets out of them... [She] argues that most horror films are obsessed with feminism, playing out plots which climax with an image of (masculinized) female power and offering visual pleasures which are organized not around a mastering gaze, but around a more radical "victim-identified' look."--Linda Ruth Williams, Sight and Sound "Carol Clover's compelling [book] challenges simplistic assumptions about the relationship between gender and culture... She suggests that the "low tradition' in horror movies possesses positive subversive potential, a space to explore gender ambiguity and transgress traditional boundaries of masculinity and femininity."--Andrea Walsh, The Boston Globe "Clover makes a convincing case for studying the pulp-pop excesses of 'exploitation' horror as a reflection of our psychic times."--Misha Berson, San Francisco Chronicle "Clover actually bothers (as few have done before) to go into the theaters, to sit with the horror fans, and to watch how they respond to what appears on screen."--Wendy Lesser, Washington Post "In her reading of both particular horror films and of film and gender theory, Clover does what every cultural critic hopes to: she calls into question our habits of seeing."--Ramona Naddaff, Artforum "Clover, takes the most extreme genre, horror flicks, seriously. There is no condescension in this significant and probing discussion of psychology and sexuality and their role in lurid fantasy."--Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer "Fascinating, Clover has shown how the allegedly naive makers of crude films have done something more schooled directors have difficulty doing - creating females with whom male veiwers are quite prepared to identify with on the most profound levels"--The Modern Review "It's easy to see why this book is considered such a landmark in film analysis."--Rod Lott, Flick AttackTable of ContentsPreface to the Princeton Classics Edition ix Acknowledgements xv Introduction: Carrie and the Boys 3 Chapter 1 Her Body, Himself 21 Chapter 2 Opening Up 65 Chapter 3 Getting Even 114 Chapter 4 The Eye of Horror 166 Afterword 231 Films Cited 237 Works Cited 243 Index 255

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Book SynopsisDoes it take faith to be a Jedi? Are droids capable of thought? Should Jar Jar Binks be held responsible for the rise of the Empire? Presenting entirely new essays, no aspect of the myth and magic of George Lucas's creation is left philosophically unexamined in The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy. The editors of the original Star Wars and Philosophy strike back in this Ultimate volume that encompasses the complete Star Wars universe Presents the most far-reaching examination of the philosophy behind Star Wars includes coverage of the entire film catalogue to date as well as the Expanded Universe of novels, comics, television series, games and toys Provides serious explorations into the deeper meaning of George Lucas's philosophically rich creation Topics explored include the moral code of bounty-hunter favourite Boba Fett, Stoicism and the Jedi Order, the nature of the Dark Side, Anakin and Achilles in a nTable of ContentsAcknowledgments: Legacy of the Force ix Introduction: “The Circle is Now Complete” 1 I The Philosophical Menace 5 1 The Platonic Paradox of Darth Plagueis: How Could a Sith Lord Be Wise? 7Terrance MacMullan 2 “You Are Asking Me to Be Rational”: Stoic Philosophy and the Jedi Order 20Matt Hummel 3 The Jedi Knights of Faith: Anakin, Luke, and Søren (Kierkegaard) 31William A. Lindenmuth 4 Anakin and Achilles: Scars of Nihilism 42Don Adams 5 Dark Times: The End of the Republic and the Beginning of Chinese Philosophy 53Kevin S. Decker II Attack of the Morals 65 6 Chasing Kevin Smith: Was It Immoral for the Rebel Alliance to Destroy Death Star II? 67Charles C. Camosy 7 The Ballad of Boba Fett: Mercenary Agency and Amoralism in War 79David LaRocca 8 How Guilty is Jar Jar Binks? 90Nicolas Michaud 9 “Know the Dark Side”: A Theodicy of the Force 100Jason T. Eberl III Revenge of the Alliance 115 10 “Like My Father before Me”: Loss and Redemption of Fatherhood in Star Wars 117Charles Taliaferro and Annika Beck 11 The Friends of a Jedi: Friendship, Family, and Civic Duty in a Galaxy at War 127Greg Littmann 12 Light Side, Dark Side, and Switching Sides: Loyalty and Betrayal in Star Wars 136Daniel Malloy 13 Guardians and Tyrants in the Republics of Star Wars and Plato 148Adam Barkman and Kyle Alkema IV A New Hermeneutic 159 14 Pregnant Padme and Slave Leia: ´ Star Wars’ Female Role Models 161Cole Bowman 15 Docile Bodies and a Viscous Force: Fear of the Flesh in Return of the Jedi 172Jennifer L. McMahon 16 Of Battle Droids and Zillo Beasts: Moral Status in the Star Wars Galaxy 183James M. Okapal V Metaphysics Strikes Back 193 17 Why the Force Must Have a Dark Side 195George A. Dunn 18 What is It Like to Be a Jedi? A Life in the Force 208Marek McGann 19 “Never Tell Me the Odds”: An Inquiry Concerning Jedi Understanding 219Andrew Zimmerman Jones VI Return of the Non-Human 229 20 Mindless Philosophers and Overweight Globs of Grease: Are Droids Capable of Thought? 231Dan Burkett 21 Can Chewie Speak? Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Language 240Rhiannon Grant and Myfanwy Reynolds 22 Can the Zillo Beast Strike Back? Cloning, De-extinction, and the Species Problem 250Leonard Finkelman VII The Fandom Awakens 261 23 “In That Time . . . ” in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Epic Myth-Understandings and Myth-Appropriation in Star Wars 263John Thompson 24 Star Wars, Emotions, and the Paradox of Fiction 274Lance Belluomini 25 The Mind of Blue Snaggletooth: The Intentional Stance, Vintage Star Wars Action Figures, and the Origins of Religion 287Dennis Knepp 26 Gospel, Gossip, and Ghent: How Should We Understand the New Star Wars? 296Roy T. Cook and Nathan Kellen Contributors: Troopers of the 501st Legion 308 Index 317

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Book SynopsisAn impressive list of authors examine how abjection can be discussed in relation to a host of different subjects, including marginality and gender.Trade Review'The exploration of the implications of abjection: being abject, positioning as abject, for the visual and performing arts defines for this collection a double relevance. It adds to the study of abjection; it adds also to the analysis of a range of artistic practices.... most of the chapters will themselves become significant in their areas while the whole performs an enlivening re-engagement and expansion of abjection as a term in contemporary cultural analysis.'Griselda Pollock -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: Approaching abjection - Rina Arya and Nicholas Chare1. Art, abjection and bare life - John Lechte2. A lesbian, feminist and Canadian perspective: queering abjection - Jayne Wark3. Manet's Abject Surrealism - Nicholas Chare4. Juan Davila's abject after-image - Rex Butler and A. D. S. Donaldson5. Animals, art, abjection - Barbara Creed and Jeanette Hoorn 6. The fragmented body as an index of abjection - Rina Arya7. Skin, body, self: the question of the abject in the work of Francis Bacon - Ernst van Alphen 8. Abjection, melancholia and ambiguity in the works of Catherine Bell - Estelle Barrett9. Corpus Delicti - Kerstin Mey10. Art is on the way: from the abject opening of underworld to the shitty ending of oblivion - Calvin Thomas11. Base materials: performing the abject object - Daniel WattIndex

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Book SynopsisScience fiction has hosted some of the greatest minds and most innovative thinkers in human history. From H.G. Wells to Octavia Butler, Star Trek to Star Wars, in books, on television, and at the movies, science fiction has shaped our future, pushed the limits of human imagination, and guided us within ourselves to examine universal truths of life. In this smartly curated book, author Guy P. Harrison collects 1,001 of the most influential and transformative quotations spanning four centuries of sci-fi, such as:Better to make a good future than predict a bad one.?Isaac Asimov, Prelude to Foundation, 1988 novelHope clouds observation.?Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965 novelNo amount of money ever bought a second of time.?Avengers: Endgame, 2019 film, written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeelyWhether you are a Dr. Who superfan, a diehard sci-fi reader, or an outer space film buffor are simply curious about the cosmosDamn You, Entropy! is an essential addition to every science fiction fan's library.

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Book SynopsisDavid Pirie is a screenwriter, film producer, film critic, and novelist. A former Film Editor of Time Out, Pirie has written for publications including Sight and Sound, Monthly Film Bulletin, The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph. As a screenwriter, Pirie has achieved a reputation for his noirish original thrillers, classic adaptations and period gothic pieces including the hit ITV series Murderland starring Robbie Coltrane (2009). Pirie was nominated for a BAFTA for his adaptation of Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White (BBC, 1997), and in 2018 he co-executive produced the BBC's five hour production of the same novel, starring Jessie Buckley. Pirie is the creator of the Murder Rooms novels and BBC TV dramas. His work for TV and film includes the New York TV Festival award-winning Rainy Day Women (1984); Element of Doubt (1996), Natural Lies (1992); Ashenden (1991), and Black Easter (1995) and he also worked (uncredited) on the screenplay for Lars von Trier's Oscar-nominated Breaking the Waves (1996).

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Book SynopsisBlumhouse Productions is the first book that systematically examines the corpus of Blumhouse’s cinematic output. Individual chapters written by emerging and established scholars consider thematic trends across Blumhouse films, such as the use of found footage, haunted bodies/haunted houses, and toxic masculinity. Blumhouse’s business strategies and funding model are considered – including the company’s high-profile franchises Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge, Happy Death Day, and Halloween – alongside such key standalone films as Get Out and Black Christmas, and nonhorror films like BlackKklansman. Taken together, the chapters provide a thorough primer for one of the most significant drivers behind the contemporary resurgence of horror cinema.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Blumhouse at the Box Office, 2009-2018 ‘Those Things You See Through’: Get Out, Signifyin’, and Hollywood’s Commodification of African American Independent Cinema Haunted Bodies, Haunted Houses Gothixity: Evoking the Gothic through New Forms of Toxic Masculinity Space Invaders: Aliens and Recessionary Anxieties in Dark Skies The (Blum)House Found Footage Horror Built Insidious Patterns: An Integrative Analysis of Blumhouse’s Most Important Franchise The Purge: Violence and Religion as Toxic Cocktail Happy Death Day: Beyond the Neoslasher Cycle Haunted Networks: Transparency and Exposure in Unfriended and Unfriended: Dark Web Blumhouse’s Halloween (2018) the Shifting Ethos of Slasher Remakes ‘Disobedient Women’ and Malicious Men: A Comparative Assessment of the Politics of Black Christmas (1974) and (2019) What Lies Behind the White Hood: Looking at Horror Through a Realistic Lens Through Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Moving well beyond generic pronouncements and ‘rules’, Billy Mernit’s specific, well-tested exercises guide writers to create real, personal, credible characters and plots that speak to the romantic in all of us.” — Linda Venis, Director, UCLA Extension Writers' Program Mernit’s screenwriting knowledge shines through this highly readable volume. This is no “formula” book but an essential guide to finding your own voice. — Denver Rocky Mountain News “Insightful, thorough, and easy to use, this step-by-step guide expertly balances the craft and the art of writing the romantic comedy. Billy Mernit really knows his stuff, and after reading this book, you will too.” — Stephen Mazur, co-writer of Liar, Liar and The Little Rascals “Writing the Romantic Comedy is so much fun to read it could pop a champagne cork.” — Alexa Junge, writer/producer of Friends

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Book Synopsis A fascinating exploration and celebration of the life and work of the coolest man in Hollywood, Samuel L. Jackson—from his star-making turns in the films of Spike Lee and Quentin Tarantino to his ubiquitous roles in the Star Wars and Marvel franchises, not to mention the cult favorite Snakes on a Plane.Samuel L. Jackson’s embodiment of cool isn’t just inspirational—it’s important. Bad Motherfucker lays out how his attitude intersects with his identity as a Black man, why being cool matters in the modern world, and how Jackson can guide us through the current cultural moment in which everyone is losing their cool. Edwards details Jackson’s fascinating personal history, from stuttering bookworm to gunrunning revolutionary to freebasing addict to A-list movie star.Drawing on original reporting and interviews, the book explores not only the major events of Jackson’s life but also his obsessions: golf, kung fu movies, profanity. Bad Motherfuckerfeatures a delectable filmography of Jackson’s movies—140 and counting!—and also includes new movie posters for many of Jackson’s greatest roles, reimagined by dozens of gifted artists and designers. The book provides a must-read road map through the vast territory of his on-screen career and more: a vivid portrait of Samuel L. Jackson’s essential self, as well as practical instructions, by example, for how to live and work and be.

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Book SynopsisMark O''Connell didn''t want to be Luke Skywalker, He wanted to be one of the mop-haired kids on the Star Wars toy commercials. And he would have done it had his parents had better pine furniture and a condo in California. Star Wars, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Superman didn''t just change cinema they made lasting highways into our childhoods, toy boxes and video stores like never before. In Watching Skies, O''Connell pilots a gilded X-Wing flight through that shared universe of bedroom remakes of Return of the Jedi, close encounters with Christopher Reeve, sticker album swaps, the trauma of losing an entire Stars Wars figure collection and honeymooning on Amity Island. From the author of Catching Bullets Memoirs of a Bond Fan, Watching Skies is a timely hologram from all our memory systems. It is about how George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, a shark, two motherships, some gremlins, ghostbustersTrade ReviewMark O’Connell brings alive those wonderfully heady days when American cinema was young again – exploding with the fun, colour and imagination that illuminated our own frozen shores and fired the imaginations of children – and grown up children – everywhere. So take your mashed potato Devils Tower to the lost city of Tanis – via Krypton and, of course, a galaxy far, far away – and indulge in this fantastic personal account of one of the greatest chapters in movie history. An unmitigated delight. -- MARK GATISS (SHERLOCK, DOCTOR WHO)“Love the era of Jaws, Star Wars and Ghostbusters? This book is for you. Remember Look-In, CHiPS and the Why Don’t You gang sitting awkwardly on hay bales? This book is so for you.” ★★★★ -- TOTAL FILMWe rather liked Mark O’Connell’s Bond-fan memoir Catching Bullets. Watching Skies does much the same for the likes of Star Wars, Close Encounters and E.T. reminiscing about toys, videos, sticker album swaps and so on. -- SFXI thought I was the only person obsessed with every single thing written in this book, but fortunately for the rest of us Mark O’Connell is too. This is the ideal Christmas gift, even if you’re browsing at Easter. -- MARK MILLAR (X MEN, KINGSMAN, MILLARWORLD)“Wrapped around a beautifully evocative cover, reminiscent of many Close Encounters of the Third Kind promotional images, O’Connell is deft with his words, bringing back old memories in technicolour that remind us (those of us old enough to remember anyway) just what it was that got us so invested, especially British kids raised on a diet of Doctor Who and ‘60s re-runs… There’s never been a more perfect storm in pop culture, and O’Connell encapsulates this beautifully in a book that is a love letter to the era, and a reminder of just how lucky we were to have lived through it. ” ★★★★★★★★ -- STARBURST“It’s a wonderful rallying point for the Star Wars generation, a book dripping with nostalgia for a genuine golden age of movies. And Superman IV.” -- SFX“Watching Skies is a book full of joy, admiration and respect. It manages to both be an insightful, fascinating analysis of one of the most interesting points in American cinema and culture of the 20th century while at the same time feeling at times almost like a personalised diary, a stroll through the life and memories of a burgeoning cinephile and geek. For anyone who grew up in this era, with all its unique quirks (particularly as a Brit) and trends, Watching Skies will feel like you’ve been transported back to the era of Spandau Ballet, the Test Card Girl shutting you down at night, and E.T phoning home. Embrace it.” ★★★★ -- SET THE TAPE“O’Connell brings readers to a prequel… a prelude of enviable and commendable prose typifying the importance the films of Lucas and Spielberg held on a generation… Watching Skies is another love letter to the cinema of the Seventies/Eighties, written with O’Connell’s excellent command of the English language. He writes with wit and repartee, even managing to connect Bond to Superman through the means of another writer, Tom Mankiewicz, who O’Connell highlights is “the master of cutting to the chase, affording tight exposition to otherwise sprawling capers and the barbed retort.” -- WE ARE CULT“Mark O’Connell – whose first book, Catching Bullets, described his life as a James Bond superfan – revisits the other films and stories that so obsessed him during his childhood… tracing their impact not just on himself but on a whole generation of space-lovers and cinema-goers” -- RADIO TIMES“This book is a finely researched and highly informative examination of Spielberg, Lucas and their associated projects. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on Poltergeist, and despite film legend to the contrary, O’ Connell puts forward a very convincing argument that the film is as much Tobe Hooper’s as it is Spielberg’s… Balancing the biography and film criticism with ease, Watching Skies is a warm, witty and insightful love letter to all the lonely imaginative kids out there who brought the Forest Moon of Endor to life in their back gardens; built a lightsaber out of tape and toilet rolls, and looked up at the moon hoping to catch a glimpse of Elliot and E.T riding a flying BMX into the night.” 5/5 -- GEEK SYNDICATE"I couldn't put it down. It invoked feelings of nostalgia in me that I thought were long since buried. It's easily the most enjoyable book I've read in the last maybe five or even ten years." -- FILM '89“Mark’s writing about his growing up with these films has given me the insight I was missing, the ability to share this childhood experience through someone else’s eyes, and I’m ever so thankful for that!” -- BEAR WORLD MAGAZINE“But what made me a lifelong fan of Mark and his wonderfully magical book down 1980s movie memory lane is that Mark gave me… the feeling of belonging.” -- MOVIES OVER THE RAINBOW“This book is a terrific look at growing up geeky, with touchstones familiar to those of us of a certain age who grew up with the original Star Wars, Spielberg movies– you know. The good stuff. O’Connell encapsulates the joy of encountering all that stuff at an innocent age, and better yet, makes the case for its effect on him (and our generation) as we grew up into bigger kids. It’s poignant, but also joyful. It’s a cathartic look at a crazily creative time, and the author does a deep dive into the heart of geekiness.” -- REVOLUTION SF

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Bursting with glossy stills and archival material, film historian and photographer Mark A. Vieira's Into The Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950 offers an unprecedented portal into Hollywood's golden era of cynicism. A systematic study of noir, this gorgeous coffee table tome fills a significant gap in scholarship on the genre." --MovieMaker

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Book SynopsisAdd a bit of 'as you wish' to your home with an officially licensed, deluxe poster set featuring the iconic characters and quotable lines of The Princess Bride.This officially licensed, deluxe poster book features 12 unique 8 X 10' removable art prints celebrating the beloved film. Fans will find images of treasured characters paired with their favorite lines, including: Inigo Montoya and 'You keep using that word.' Westley and 'As you wish.' Vizzini and 'Inconceivable!' And more! Ready for framing or washi-taping to your walls, these posters offer fans of the cult-classic the perfect way to show off their love of Princess Buttercup, the Dread Pirate Roberts, and the kingdom of Florin.© The Princess Bride Ltd.  All Rights Reserved.  Based on the original book The Princess Bride by William Goldman.

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Book SynopsisBased on the Turner Classic Movies series, TCM Underground is the movie-lover's guide to 50 of the most campy, kitschy, shocking, and weirdly wonderful cult films you need to see.In the pages of this book, you'll explore this unique order of films—primarily from the 1960s, '70s, and '80s—with insightful reviews, behind-the-scenes stories, subgenre sidebars, and full-color and black-and-white photography throughout. Go along for the ride with new takes on crime films, including The Honeymoon Killers and The Harder They Come. Witness one-of-a-kind horror in Bill Gunn's landmark vampire film Ganja and Hess and Nobuhiko Obayashi’s infamous and indescribable Hausu. Absorb the boundary-pushing documentary-style trilogy The Decline of Western Civilization, which throws you into indelible moments in the punk and metal music scenes. And marvel at pure '80s oddities like Mac and M

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Book SynopsisEddie Muller—host of TCM's Noir Alley, one of the world's leading authorities on film noir, and cocktail connoisseur—takes film buffs and drinks enthusiasts alike on a spirited tour through the 'dark city' of film noir in this stylish book packed with equal parts great cocktail recipes and noir lore. Eddie Muller's Noir Bar pairs carefully curated classic cocktails and modern noir-inspired libations with behind-the-scenes anecdotes and insights on 50 film noir favorites. Some of the cocktails are drawn directly from the films: If you've seen In a Lonely Place and wondered what’s in a “Horse’s Neck”—now you’ll know. If you’re watching Pickup on South Street you’ll find out what its director, Sam Fuller, actually drank off-screen. Didn’t know that Nightmare Alley’s Joan Blondell inspired a cocktail? It may become a new favorite. Meanwhile, Rita Hayworth is toasted with a 'Sailor Beware,' an original concoction which, like the film that inspired it (The Lady From Shanghai), is unique, complex, and packs a wallop. ​Featuring dozens of movie stills, poster art, behind-the-scenes imagery, and stunning cocktail photography, Noir Bar is both a stylish and exciting excursion through classic cinema’s most popular genre.

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Book SynopsisThis revised and expanded edition of Eddie Muller's Dark City is a film noir lover's bible, taking readers on a tour of the urban landscape of the grim and gritty genre in a definitive, highly illustrated volume. Named by The Hollywood Reporter one of the '100 Greatest Film Books of All Time!'Dark City expands with new chapters and a fresh collection of restored photos that illustrate the mythic landscape of the imagination. It's a place where the men and women who created film noir often find themselves dangling from the same sinister heights as the silver-screen avatars to whom they gave life. Eddie Muller, host of Turner Classic Movies' Noir Alley, takes readers on a spellbinding trip through treacherous terrain: Hollywood in the post-World War II years, where art, politics, scandal, style -- and brilliant craftsmanship -- produced a new approach to moviemaking, and a new type of cultural mythology.

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Book SynopsisExplores translation as a means of self-expression and social networking in transnational settings on YouTube.

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Book SynopsisThe first scholarly work to focus on the work of American director and producer, Susan SeidelmanTrade Review"This ground breaking collection on the work of under recognized film and television director Susan Seidelman illustrates both difficulties and the potentialities of centralizing women's desires, voices, and perspectives. By looking broadly at Seidelman's oeuvre, this book deftly categorizes and contextualizes the contributions she has made to the feminist media archive." -Suzanne Leonard, Simmons University

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Book SynopsisExamines the 1990s growth of art film exhibition, consumption, and cinephilia within South Korean cinema

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Book SynopsisExamines representations of the Holocaust, Holocaust survivors and their descendants in animated documentaries

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Book SynopsisExplores British cinematic representations of masculinity.Trade Review"With this analysis of masculinity in British cinema at the turn of the century, Godfrey is both wide ranging and sharply focused, considering the representations of British men from lad culture to the margins, and in relation to fatherhood, class, race and violence. Godfrey goes deep into meaningful filmic examples, setting them at the intersections of neoliberalism and postfeminism, and within the industrial context of British cinema in a particularly fruitful period when it challenged and reinvented masculine archetypes.? This feminist intervention is a compelling analysis of British men in postfeminist movies, and a significant contribution to the understanding of contemporary discourses of intersectional masculinity." -Lucy Bolton, Queen Mary University of London

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Book SynopsisExplores the work and legacy of feminist documentary filmmaker, Habiba Djahnine.

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