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The University Press of Kentucky Inside Comedy
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University Press of Kentucky The Warner Brothers
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPrologue Manifest Destiny Incorporation, Innovation, Triumph, and Tragedy Battling Depression, Censors, and Stars Fighting Fascism, America Firsters, and the US Senate The War Years Postwar Politics, HUAC, and the Blacklist Last Gasp of Old Hollywood End of the Studio, End of the Family A New Hollywood Rises Coda Afterword Acknowledgments
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The University Press of Kentucky Strictly Dynamite
Book SynopsisIn the 1940s, Velez's popularity peaked after appearing as Carmelita Fuentes in eight Mexican Spitfire films, a series created to capitalize on Velez's well-documented fiery personality.Nicknamed "the Mexican Spitfire" by the media, Velez's personal life was as colorful as her screen persona.Table of ContentsA Note on the Text Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Acknowledgments Bibliography
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MW - Rutgers University Press 21stCentury Hollywood Movies in the Era of
Book SynopsisThey are shot on high-definition digital cameras—with computer-generated effects added in postproduction—and transmitted to theatres, websites, and video-on-demand networks worldwide. This introduces readers to these global transformations and describes the decisive roles that Hollywood is playing in determining the digital future for world cinema.Trade Review"A significant and impressive work on the cutting edge of current critical discussion on the digitization of film...the sheer scope of Dixon and Foster's knowledge is dazzling." -- Steven Shaviro * author of Post-Cinematic Affect *"The paradigm shift from analog to digital media has completely changed the way Hollywood produces and distributes its business. 21st-Century Hollywood presents a perfect snapshot of the new digital present." -- Jan-Christopher Horak * Director, UCLA Film & Television Archive *"Dixon and Foster give readers an enjoyable, informative tour through popular productions and the business models and cultures that surround and impact them. The informal prose and diverse subject matter make this volume--in contract to a great deal of film criticism--appealing to a wide-range of audiences. Recommended." * Choice *"A significant and impressive work on the cutting edge of current critical discussion on the digitization of film...the sheer scope of Dixon and Foster's knowledge is dazzling." -- Steven Shaviro * author of Post-Cinematic Affect *"The paradigm shift from analog to digital media has completely changed the way Hollywood produces and distributes its business. 21st-Century Hollywood presents a perfect snapshot of the new digital present." -- Jan-Christopher Horak * Director, UCLA Film & Television Archive *"Dixon and Foster give readers an enjoyable, informative tour through popular productions and the business models and cultures that surround and impact them. The informal prose and diverse subject matter make this volume--in contract to a great deal of film criticism--appealing to a wide-range of audiences. Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. The Digital Century2. Constructing an Audience3. The Globalization of the Moving Image4. The New Auteurs5. The Moving Image Is EverywhereBibliographyIndex
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University of Minnesota Press Cinema 2
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University of Minnesota Press Cinemas Bodily Illusions
Book Synopsis Do contemporary big-budget blockbuster films like Gravity move something in us that is fundamentally the same as what avant-garde and experimental films have done for more than a century? In a powerful challenge to mainstream film theory, Cinema’s Bodily Illusions demonstrates that this is the case. Scott C. Richmond bridges genres and periods by focusing, most palpably, on cinema’s power to evoke illusions: feeling like you’re flying through space, experiencing 3D without glasses, or even hallucinating. He argues that cinema is, first and foremost, a technology to modulate perception. He presents a theory of cinema as a proprioceptive technology: cinema becomes art by modulating viewers’ embodied sense of space. It works primarily not at the level of the intellect but at the level of the body. Richmond develops his theory through examples of direct perceptual illusion in cinema: hallucinatory flicker phenomena in Tony Conrad&rTrade Review "In laying out his theory of proprioceptive aesthetics in cinema, Cinema’s Bodily Illusions makes a boldly provocative contribution to the study of bodies, film screens, and media technology. Rescuing cinematic illusion from the perjorative sense with which modernist film scholarship disparages it, Scott C. Richmond finds a visceral (rather than cerebral) thematization of the resonance between ordinary perception and cinematic perception."—Jennifer M. Barker, author of The Tactile Eye: Touch and the Cinematic Experience "Richmond’s theory and method offers an important tool for doing some of the critical work that spectator theory cannot. Cinema’s Bodily Illusions may become an influential vein within postmodern phenomenology. It offers a critical method for understanding the aesthetic moment outside of representational blinders."—PopMatters Table of ContentsContents Introduction. Proprioceptive Aesthetics, or the Cinema 1. The Unfinished Business of Modernism: Anémic Cinéma 2. Beyond the Infinite, At Home in Finitude: 2001 3. Ecological Phenomenology: Merleau-Ponty and Gibson 4. Proprioception, the Écart: Koyaanisqatsi 5. The Body, Unbounded: Gravity 6. Aesthetics beyond the Phenomenal: The Flicker Conclusion. The Technicity of the Cinema: Apparatuses and Technics Acknowledgments Notes Index
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Beaufort Books In the Company of Legends
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis delicious account of the greatly talented and productive Kramer and Heeley's adventures, misadventures, headaches, and thrills among their illustriously famous subjects is a joy to read. The quirks and maddening eccentricities of such greatly gifted giants as Frank Sinatra, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, et al., are all here on delightfully entertaining and often startling display. In the Company of Legends is so hard to put down I ate with one hand while reading it. -- Dick CavettA treasure trove of untold stories, culled from more than thirty years of candid conversations and unguarded moments with America's brightest stars and most powerful politicians.In the Company of Legends serves up one startling revelation after another. -- John Berendt, author of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"Katharine Hepburn, Paul Newman, and former MCA/Universal Studios Chairman, Lew Wasserman, to name just a few, were known for fiercely protecting their privacy, trusting very few, especially those in media. Joan Kramer and David Heeley not only succeeded in working with them, but also developed long-term personal relationships with these and many other Hollywood legends, which is rare, almost unheard of. Over the years, they've shared fascinating and behind-the-scenes stories about so many icons they were lucky enough to know. I'm certain that the readers of this book will enjoy the many peeks behind the curtain their book reveals. -- Blair Westlake, Former Chairman of Universal Studios Television and Corporate Vice President, Media & Entertainment for Microsoft CorporationJoan Kramer and David Heeley have produced definitive documentary portraits of many of Hollywood's biggest stars. Although I have been involved in the movie business for many decades, I found these behind-the-scenes stories of movie legends enthralling and revelatory. In the Company of Legends is a must-read for those who thought there was nothing new to discover about Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Jane Fonda, and the many other well-known personalities who fill the pages of this book. -- Roger L. Mayer, Former President Turner Entertainment Co., Recipient of Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Academy Award, and long-time Executive of Metro-Goldwyn-MayerThank you, David Heeley and Joan Kramer for giving us one of the best reasons ever for curling up with a book. After their treating us to some of the best, most literate and entertaining hours of television (includingKatharine Hepburn: All About Me, Bacall onBogart, The John Garfield Story, The Adventures of Errol Flynn and numerous other TV specials) they now offer us a book I never wanted to end, chock-full of constant surprises. In the Company of Legends is a king's ransom of fascinating stories about colorful, bigger than life people we know but don't know. The big bonus is that it's a book about dazzling personalities told by people who actually knew the celebrities they write about, worked with them and, further, socialized with them, aware of the their foibles and strengths from first-hand knowledge, not heresay. That's something both rare and refreshing in books today. This one deserves a high spot on your "must read" booklist for the year. -- Robert Osborne, host of "Turner Classic Movies"I've been involved in many of Joan's and David's projects over the years and they've told me fascinating stories about the many celebrities they've worked with, shedding new light on people I thought I knew. Now they are sharing these stories publicly for the first time. Anyone who goes to the movies, the theater, and watches television will treasure this book as much as I do. -- Joanne Woodward
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Quest Books,U.S. Death at the Movies Hollywoods Guide to the
Book Synopsis"A study of the issue of death and dying and how it is treated in several films. Covers Buddhist concepts such as the Bardo and reincarnation"--
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Rizzoli International Publications Scenes from the City
Book SynopsisA revised and expanded version of this popular book on film-making locations in New YorkTrade Review“By the early 1970s, New York’s reign as a television and filmmaking capital seemed to be over. What a difference a few decades make. In Scenes From the City, James Sanders masterfully revises and expands his original book...In his chronological, lavishly illustrated backstage tour, Mr. Sanders, an architect and filmmaker himself, details how assiduously Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his predecessors wooed Hollywood...and reaped... an intangible reward: the 'power to convert the daily reality of the city into a magical transcendent realm.'" –The New York Times“…this book captures stories and images of one of the world’s most filmed and most cinematic cities – New York. The locale is presented in all its iconic glory through landmark location films, beginning from the forties to the present. Rare and unusual photographs are accompanied by the commentary of actors, directors and other filmmakers. This film history is a great reminder of the force of landscape as a character in the history of cinema.” –Malibu Times"From the cinema verite of the 1960s to softer fare, New York has provided some of film's most famous moments. 'Scenes' captures the current work of directors as diverse as Martin Scorcese and Spike Lee." -Publishers Weekly
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Orion Publishing Co Filmmakers on Film
Book SynopsisThrough a curated selection of quotations, images and interviews, Filmmakers on Film reveals what matters most to the masters. Discover how the giants of filmmaking – from Sofia Coppola to Agnès Varda – developed their distinctive visual styles, the core ideas that underpin their practice and, most importantly, what their films mean to you.
£12.99
University of Exeter Press The Beginnings Of The Cinema In England18941901
Book SynopsisDescribing in detail one of the most inventive periods in the history of English cinema, the volumes in this celebrated series are already established as classics in their field. Each volume details the highlights of a single cinematic year, including details of production, manufacturers of equipment, dealers and exhibitors. Trade Review ‘The legacy of John Barnes to the study of early cinema can hardly be overestimated.’ ‘The Beginnings of Cinema in England is a monumental work and an essential reference guide. Its availability as a paperback is especially welcome to (graduate) students as the five volumes are very complete in situating the birth of cinema within its historical context.’ (Gert Jan Harkema, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, September 2015) '. . . Essential reading . . . A labour of love that will intrigue any cineaste.' (Film Quarterly) 'Film studies for years to come will be indebted to him for having immeasurably enriched the literature on his subject.' (Quarterly Review of Film Studies) 'Perhaps it is a symptom of this change that the Barnes brothers have now found a publisher in the form of the University of Exeter Press, who have not only brought out this latest volume in style, but have re-issued volumes 2 to 4 in a uniform binding (with a promise of a totally revised volume 1 in 1998). Perhaps, at last, the British academic and archival establishments are coming to appreciate the fascination of the early cinema, a fascination that John and William Barnes have felt for over 60 years.' (Film History, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1998) 'This remarkable set of books should be in every university library in the country, and on the shelves of every film historian.' (Viewfinder, No. 32, February 1998) 'Beginnings of the Cinema in England belongs beside such founding works as Rachael Low's History of the British Film and Denis Gifford's British Film Catalogue. It is an essential work in the literature of the film.' (Film Quarterly) Table of ContentsForeword 1. Production 2. Exhibition 3. Equipment 4. French and American Subsidiaries Appendices 1. British Films of 1899 2. Amendments and Additions to Volume 3 Notes Film Index General Index
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Berklee Press Publications Complete Guide to Film Scoring 3rd Edition
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Limelight Editions GREASE BY TROPIANO STEPHENAUTHORPAPERBACK
Book SynopsisMUSIC ON FILM: GREASE
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Hollywood Collectibles
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Wizard of Oz Collectors Treasury
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd HOLLYWOOD COLLECTIBLES The Sequel
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£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Hopalong Cassidy King Of The Cowboy Merchandiser
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£23.79
The University of Michigan Press At Middle Age A Learning Guide Film Guides for
Book SynopsisThe Chinese film Rendao Zhongnian is based on Chen Rong's acclaimed novella about two women coping with the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. This edition incorporates script, vocabulary, and exercises into a single volume and includes a new section that provides a scene-by-scene description of the action using simple vocabulary.
£29.10
University of Michigan Press Under the Bridge A Study Guide for the Film Film
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Academy Chicago Publishers Crying at Movies
Book SynopsisA memoir in which the author shows us how the pivotal points of his life have been enmeshed with movie moments. It presents a humorous appreciation of the distinctions between movie scenes and life's realities.
£14.36
Chicago Review Press Much Ado About Keanu
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The Movie Musical
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Random House USA Inc Sleeping with Strangers
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Flatiron Books The Future Was Now
Book SynopsisHollywood boldly went where it hadn't gone before and Nashawaty chronicles the journeys. Los Angeles Times (Books You Need To Read This Summer)Written with a fan's enthusiasm . . . An important inflection point in Hollywood filmmaking. New York Times (Nonfiction Books to Read This Summer)In the summer of 1982, eight science fiction films were released within six weeks of one another. E.T., Tron, Star Trek: Wrath of Khan, Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, The Thing, and Mad Max: The Road Warrior changed the careers of some of Hollywood''s now biggest namesaltering the art of movie-making to this day.In The Future Was Now, Chris Nashawaty recounts the riotous genesis of these films, featuring an all-star cast of Hollywood luminaries and gadflies alike: Steven Spielberg, at the height of his powers, conceives E.T. as an unlikely family tale, and quietly takes over the troubled production of
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McGraw-Hill Companies Looseleaf for American CinemaAmerican Culture
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McGraw-Hill Companies Looseleaf for the Art of Watching Films
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£144.38
McGraw-Hill Companies Loose Leaf for Film Art An Introduction
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Student Workbook for KesslerMcDonalds When Words
Book SynopsisApply what you are learning in the text with this workbook featuring thirty-six exercises that provide opportunities to practice key grammar concepts outlined in the text and will help you develop the skills you need to become a successful writer.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Women Who Kill
Book SynopsisWomen Who Kill explores several lines of inquiry: the female murderer as a figure that destabilizes order; the tension between criminal and victim; the relationship between crime and expression (or the lack thereof); and the paradox whereby a crime can be both an act of destruction and a creative assertion of agency. In doing so, the contributors assess the influence of feminist, queer and gender studies on mainstream television and cinema, notably in the genres (film noir, horror, melodrama) that have received the most critical attention from this perspective. They also analyse the politics of representation by considering these works of fiction in their contexts and addressing some of the ambiguities raised by postfeminism.The book is structured in three parts: Neo-femmes Fatales; Action Babes and Monstrous Women. Films and series examined include White Men Are Cracking Up (1994); Hit & Miss (2012); Gone Girl (2014); Terminator (1984); The WalkinTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Introduction, Angela Smith and Claire Nally Introduction, Cristelle Maury and David Roche Part I Neo-Femmes Fatales Chapter 1 The Femme Fatale of the 1990s Erotic Thriller: A Post-feminist Killer?, Delphine Letort Chapter 2 The African Femme Fatale: Re-Appropriation of a Mythical Figure in White Men Are Cracking Up (Ngozi Onwurah, 1994), Emilie Herbert Chapter 3 Transwoman Who Kills: Hit & Miss (Sky Atlantic, 2012), Isabelle Schmitt-Pitiot Chapter 4 Genre and Gender in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, 2014), Christophe Gelly Chapter 5 Textbook Femme Fatale, De-eroticised Neo-noir Heroine or Post-Feminist Woman Who Kills? Genre Trouble in Gone Girl (David Fincher, 2014), Cristelle Maury Part II Action Babes Chapter 6 From Sarah Connor 2.0 to Sarah Connor 3.0: Women Who Kill in the Terminator Franchise, Marianne Kac-Vergne Chapter 7 Girls against Women: Contrasting Female Violence in Contemporary Young Adult Dystopias, Adrienne Boutang Chapter 8 Motherhood, Domesticity and Nurturing in the Post-Apocalyptic World: Negotiating Femininity in The Walking Dead (AMC, 2010-), Marta Suarez Chapter 9 An Audience Studies Approach to Tarantino’s Violent Heroines in Kill Bill (2003-2004) and Death Proof (2007), Connor Winterton Chapter 10 Licensed to Kill? Arming and Disarming Female Killers in Action Film and Parody in Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015) and Spy (Paul Feig, 2015), Elizabeth Mullen Part III Monstrous Women Chapter 11 The Women Who Killed Too Many: Contagion (Steven Soderbergh, 2011) and Female Virality, Julia Echeverría Chapter 12 Black Female Empowerment, Intersectionality and the Ganja character in Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (Spike Lee, 2014), Hélène Charlery Chapter 13 Monstrous Feminists? Witches, Murder, and Avatars of (Post-)feminism in American Horror Story: Coven (FX, 2013-2014), Mikaël Toulza Chapter 14 Furies and Female Empowerment: The Sword and the Pen in Byzantium (Neil Jordan, 2012) and Crimson Peak (Guillermo del Toro, 2015), Carolina Abello Onofre and Christophe Chambost Chapter 15 Masculine Cultures of Technology and the Robotic Female Avenger in Ex Machina (Alex Garland, 2015), Samantha Lindop Chapter 16 “You’re a Dangerous Girl”: Beauty and Violence in The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016), Janice Loreck Chapter 17 Evidence of Cruel Optimism - Nick Broomfield’s Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003), Rosie White Afterword Women Who Kill after #MeToo, David Roche and Cristelle Maury Contributors Index
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Hitlers Last Chance
Book SynopsisThe story behind one of the last propaganda films made and shown in the Third Reich.
£24.77
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Real Bogie and Bacall
Book SynopsisIt was the Hollywood romance that warmed hearts and thrilled audiences, but the path to true love was littered with alcoholism, abandonment and bitter disappointments. Humphrey Bogart had crawled up the hard way, leaving behind a childhood without affection for a life as the idol of millions. Bogie's road to stardom had been long and tough, forging a superstar who hated being in the spotlight as much as he loved being in the bar. With three marriages to his name and a reputation as one of the hardest drinkers in Hollywood, happiness was always fleeting. Lauren Bacall grew up in New York as the apple of her hard-working mother's eye, dreaming of a life in the limelight. Modelling by day and tearing tickets at night, when she was summoned to Hollywood to make a screentest, young Betty Bacall grabbed it with both hands. There she was reborn as the vampish Lauren Bacall, a teenage nobody who would make her debut in _To Have and Have Not_ opposite the quintessential Hollywood tough guy,
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd A Guide to Movie Based Video Games 19822000
Book SynopsisExplore two decades of licensed video games based on blockbuster movies.
£999.99
Random House USA Inc So You Want to Be a Producer
Book SynopsisFew jobs in Hollywood are as shrouded in mystery as the role of the producer. What does it take to be a producer, how does one get started, and what on earth does one actually do? In So You Want to Be a Producer Lawrence Turman, the producer of more than forty films, including The Graduate, The River Wild, Short Circuit, and American History X, and Endowed Chair of the famed Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California, answers these questions and many more.Examining all the nuts and bolts of production, such as raising money and securing permissions, finding a story and developing a script, choosing a director, hiring actors, and marketing your project, So You Want to Be a Producer is a must-have resource packed with insider information and first-hand advice from top Hollywood producers, writers, and directors, offering invaluable help for beginners and professionals alike. Including a comprehensive case study of Turman’s film The Graduate, this complete guide to the movie industry’s most influential movers and shakers brims with useful tips and contains all the information you need to take your project from idea to the big screen.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd It Happened One Night
Book SynopsisA movie that swept the 1934 Academy Awards and captivated Depression-era America, It Happened One Night challenged the ways Americans imagined marriage, romance, gender, and class difference. This book examines key scenes and formal features of It Happened One Night , and explores its lasting importance in film history and in cultural studies.Trade Review"Filled with clearly explained theory, it is an exemplary guide for film students and teachers. Its shrewd reading of the film empowers the text; the meticulous research and subtle analysis is sophisticated enough for high level readers yet accessible enough for those new to the field. ... This book is not just for lovers of Capra, Gable, or even 'old films'—the concepts of gender, class, stardom, and censorship developed in this text are pertinent for any film buff." (M/C Reviews, April 2010)Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1.Rules and Unruliness: Screwball Comedy and the Road Movie. 2. The Production Code and the Wall of Jericho. 3. Contexts: Capra, Class, and Depression-Era America. 4. Stardom: Gable and Colbert
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Hollywood Speaks Out
Book SynopsisHollywood Speaks Out explores that rare Hollywood feature that dared to tackle red-hot, social issues whilst American society was gripped by the convulsion and controversy they generated. Explores why Hollywood has always been risk-adverse, and how most feature flms deal with controversial issues long after the controversy is past Organized around such important issues as poverty, racism, sexism, war, anti-Semitism, and homophobia Discusses the relevance and the impact of feature films from Modern Times to WALL-E Table of ContentsList of Figures. Foreword. Introduction. 1 Overview But who will come to see it? 2 War Hell for whom? 3 Anti-Semitism Some of my best friends . . .. 4 Prison and Justice Systems Not separate but unequal. 5 Labor–Management Whose side are you on? 6 Poverty Anyone can play. 7 Racism Recipe for superiority. 8 Politics The good and the bad. 9 Homophobia Who's a bigot? 10 Technology Can we beat the machine? 11 Sexism Protecting old boys' egos. 12 Hide or Seek Other genres: Will Hollywood shut up or speak up? Selected Readings. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Fall of the Roman Empire
Book SynopsisThe essays collected in this book present the first comprehensive appreciation of The Fall of the Roman Empire from historical, historiographical, and cinematic perspectives. The book also provides the principal classical sources on the period. It is a companion to Gladiator: Film and History (Blackwell, 2004) and Spartacus: Film and History (Blackwell, 2007) and completes a triad of scholarly studies on Hollywood's greatest films about Roman history. A critical re-evaluation of the 1964 epic film The Fall of the Roman Empire, directed by Anthony Mann, from historical, film-historical, and contemporary points of view Presents a collection of scholarly essays and classical sources on the period of Roman history that ancient and modern historians have considered to be the turning point toward the eventual fall of Rome Contains a short essay by director Anthony Mann Includes a map of the Roman Empire and film stills, Trade Review"Useful perspectives and controversial points of discussion." (Scholia Reviews, 2009) “A comprehensive treatment of an underappreciated film from a variety of critical perspectives” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2010) “After reading the book, I reviewed The Fall of the Roman Empire, this time better informed about the director, the history (Roman and cinematic), the political and social issues of the day, details about production, comparison with contemporary and later films, and much more. Viewing the film from this expansive vantage point made for a rich experience.” (Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, July 2011)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Notes on Contributors ix Editor's Preface xii 1. A Critical Appreciation of The Fall of the Roman Empire 1Martin M. Winkler 2. History, Ancient and Modern, in The Fall of the Roman Empire 51Allen M. Ward 3. Marcus Aurelius: The Empire Over Himself 89Diskin Clay 4. Was Commodus Really That Bad? 102Eleonora Cavallini 5. East and West in The Fall of the Roman Empire 117Jan Willem Drijvers 6. Empire Demolition 130Anthony Mann 7. Excerpts from the American Souvenir Program of The Fall of the Roman Empire 136 1. A Prologue by Will Durant 137 2. The Roman Forum: In Ruins Today . . . and Re-Created 139 3. An Epilogue 143 8. Edward Gibbon and The Fall of the Roman Empire 145Martin M. Winkler 9. Fact, Fiction, and the Feeling of History 174Martin M. Winkler 10. Peace and Power in The Fall of the Roman Empire 225Ward W. Briggs, Jr. 11. The Politics of The Fall of the Roman Empire 241Peter W. Rose 12. Excerpts from Edward Gibbon 262 1. Marcus Aurelius and His Time 262 2. The Auction of the Empire 266 The Chief Ancient Sources on Marcus Aurelius 271 1. Cassius Dio 271 2. The Augustan History: Marcus Antoninus the Philosopher 282 3. Herodian 298 Chronology: The Roman Empire at the Time of Marcus Aurelius 302 Bibliography 305 Index 327
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Whither Quo Vadis
Book SynopsisWhither Quo Vadis? offers an engaging account of how the Roman world and its history are represented in film and the way in which the different adaptations reflect the shifting historical situations and ideological concerns of their own times. Explores five surviving film adaptations Guazzoni''s of 1912; D'Annunzio/Jacoby of 1925; Mervyn LeRoy''s of 1951; the Italian TV mini-series of 1985 by Franco Rossi; and Kawalerowicz's 2001 Polish version Examines how these different versions interpret, select from, and modify the novel and the ancient sources on which it is based Offers an exceptionally clear view of how films have presented ancient Rome and how modern conditions determine its reception Looks at rare and archival material which has not previously received close scholarly attention Trade Review"Recommended [to] all readers." (CHOICE, March 2010) “There is much to admire in this book. It has a clear focus and a good set of questions. It knows its way round the five films and around the classical sources, and is prepared to look at broader issues in relation to the close reading of the films.” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, March 2009)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments x 1 Novel and Film 1 2 Adapting the Narrative 16 Sienkiewicz’s Novel: Adapting the Story 16 Focalizers, Judgments, and Petronius 22 Petronius as Focal Character 28 Seeing and Mapping Rome 42 3 Gender and Ethnicity 55 Marcus and Lygia 55 Petronius and Eunice 57 Pomponia 61 Gender Roles in Public and Private Life 63 Ethnicity and Gender Roles in the 1985 Version 70 Adaptations in the 2001 Version 80 4 Political Institutions, Political Subtexts 88 Political Implications of the Silent Versions 91 Fascists and Communists: The 1951 and 2001 Films 94 The Complex Allusions of the 1985 Miniseries 97 Foreign Policy in the Films 116 The Military in the 1951 Version 118 The Arrival of Galba 124 5 The Roman People 139 6 Religion and Religious Authority in Quo Vadis? 173 Paganism 173 Judaism 178 Christianity: Ritual, Theology, and Confl ict in Sienkiewicz’s Novel 185 Transmitting a Tradition: Sermons in Novel and Film 188 The Representation of the Scriptures 190 Radicals: Crispus 194 Mainstream Christianity: Peter and Paul 200 Conclusion 211 7 Conclusions 219 8 Exkursus: Chilo’s Mother 223 A Peculiarity of the German Translations of Quo Vadis? 223 Description of the Films 227 Synopsis of the Novel and the Film Versions of Quo Vadis 230 References 266 Index of Ancient Sources 275 Index of Personal Names 279 Index of Things and Places 285
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Magnolia
Book SynopsisThere are certain films and shows that resonate with audiences everywhere they generate discussion and debate about everything from gender, class, citizenship and race, to consumerism and social identity. This new 'teachable canon' of film and television introduces students to alternative classics that range from silent film to CSI.Table of ContentsList of Figures. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 Magnolia at the Millennium: Historical and Social Contexts. 2 Through the Viewfi nder of a Cinematic "Son": Reflexivity, Intertextuality, and "Smart Cinema". 3 An Aesthetics of Contradiction: Cinematic Style and Televisuality. 4 Sound and Voice: De-Centering Meaning. 5 Redemption and Re-Mediation: Framing the Deathbed. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Searching for New Frontiers
Book SynopsisSearching For New Frontiers offers film students and general readers a survey of popular movies of the 1960s. The author explores the most important modes of filmmaking in times that were at once hopeful, exhilarating, and daunting. The text combines discussion of American social and political history and Hollywood industry changes with analysis of some of the era's most expressive movies. The book covers significant genres and evolving thematic trends, highlighting a variety of movies that confronted the era's major social issues. It notes the stylistic confluence and exchanges between three forms: the traditional studio movie based on the combination of stars and genres, low-budget exploitation movies, and the international art cinema. As the author reveals, this complex period of American filmmaking was neither random nor the product of unique talents working in a vacuum. The filmmakers met head-on with an evolving American social conscience to create a Hollywood ciTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction: Changing Times 1 Part I Postwar Hollywood and a Changing America 13 1 Hollywood, Hitchcock, and the Postwar Era 15 “The Vital Center” … Cannot Hold 17 Postwar Film Production and Exhibition 21 New Looks at Mothers, Genres, and Style 26 2 Domestic Relations, 1953–1967: Bachelor Pads, Nervous Dads, and Marriages on the Rocks 39 Bachelor Pads 41 Nervous Dads (and Moms) 58 Marriages on the Rocks 66 Welcoming The Graduate 71 3 Negotiating the Civil Rights Movement: Message Movies, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the Rise of Sidney Poitier 83 It’s a Sin 85 An American Story 94 Poitier, ’67 99 Part II The New Hollywood, Vietnam, and the Schism 111 Weekend 113 4 Art Cinema and Counter]Culture: Dr. Strangelove, A Hard Day’s Night, Blow Up, Bonnie and Clyde, and General Ripper Exceeds His Authority 118 Meet the Beatles (and the New European Cinema) 125 Quiet Enigma in Swinging London 129 “We Rob Banks” 137 Coda: “Battleship Potemkin Calling the Searchers” 146 5 Nowhere to Run: One-Eyed Jacks, The Man who Shot Liberty Valance, A Fistful of Dollars, and The Wild Bunch 153 The Frontier Myth and the Classical Western 155 California – or Maybe Oregon 158 “Who Was Tom Doniphon?” 162 No Name, Sudden Impact 169 “Those Days Are Closing Fast” 175 Destroying and Saving the Village 181 6 The War: From The Longest Day to The Green Berets 191 “The Good War” Refought and Rethought 192 Unconventional Warfare 201 Art of War 208 The Only War We’ve Got 211 7 Far Out:2001: A Space Odyssey and Easy Rider 225 Beyond the Infinite 226 Marketing and Reception 237 From Hell’s Angels to Easy Riders 239 They Blew It, But … 248 Afterword 259 Bibliography 265 Index 275
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Abrams Letters from Hollywood
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is, quite simply, one of the finest books I’ve ever read about Hollywood. * Leonard Maltin *
£36.21
Thorndike Press, a Cengage Group Desi Arnaz
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Temple University Press,U.S. Sync
Book SynopsisDetails the profound historical appeal of films, video, and digital works emphasizing synchronized musicality and gestureTrade Review“James Tobias’s groundbreaking book offers erudite and thoughtful conversations on sound theory, music computation, and theories of spectatorship. Sync cobbles together a discontinuous history of musicality in the hands of cinematic practitioners from Sergei Eisenstein’s rhythmic montage, through Steina Vasulka’s feminist eco-ethics, to John Cameron Mitchell’s performative aesthetics. What emerges is a sonic genealogy building on fragments of counter-traditions. A deeply passionate work, Sync is an outstanding contribution to the fields of cinema studies and sound theory”—Bhaskar Sarkar, Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition"Sync offers a much needed and thoroughly radical revision of debates around synchronization, opening up a range of different audiovisual modalities to political analysis, and breaking the stranglehold that existing forms of political discourse have had on discussions of sound–image relations. The author's key move has been to employ the notion of synch (sic) to address not only the relationships between sound and image in audiovisual media but also those between text and audience, focusing primarily on the experience of reception....[T]he approach adopted by Tobias is highly original.... [T]here is much to recommend this book which, in providing new perspectives on the political dimensions of audiovisuality, repays the close attention it demands." —ScreenTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgments1 Ciphers of Hieroglyphic Time2 Eisenstein's Gesture: Breaking Down Alexander Nevsky3 For Love of Music: Oskar Fischinger's Modal, Musical Diagram4 Hanns Eisler's Dialectical Stream: Sync, Dissonance, and the Devil5 Black Relationship: Improvising a Black Pacific6 Melos, Telos, and Me: Transpositions of Identity in the Rock Musical7 Stylistics of Hieroglyphic TimeNotesIndex
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Eastern European Cinemas
Book SynopsisA Companion to Eastern European Cinemas showcases twenty-five essays written by established and emerging film scholars that trace the history of Eastern European cinemas and offer an up-to-date assessment of post-socialist film cultures.Trade Review"Imre’s volume will doubtlessly prove to be an indispensible resource for scholars and educators alike, and one can only hope that the marvelous scholarship that abounds in the space of this volume will inspire further research into the cinema of the 'other' Europe." (Film International, 5 December 2013) "This is an extremely scholarly work which will be welcomed by dedicated students of Eastern European cinema and those seeking detailed source material on pre and post-Cold War East European cinema." (Reference Reviews, 1 October 2013) "Challenges outdated modes of examination, revealing Eastern European cinema's connection to European, transnational, and global media productions ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 July 2013)Table of ContentsNotes on the Editor and Contributors viii Foreword xv Dina Iordanova 1 Introduction: Eastern European Cinema From No End to the End (As We Know It) 1 Anikó Imre Part I New Theoretical and Critical Frameworks 23 2 Body Horror and Post-Socialist Cinema: György Pálfi’s Taxidermia 25 Steven Shaviro 3 El perro negro : Transnational Readings of Database Documentaries from Spain 41 Marsha Kinder 4 Did Somebody Say Communism in the Classroom? or The Value of Analyzing Totality in Recent Serbian Cinema 63 Zoran Samardzija 5 Laughing into an Abyss: Cinema and Balkanization 77 Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli 6 Jewish Identities and Generational Perspectives 101 Catherine Portuges 7 Aftereffects of 1989: Corneliu Porumboiu’s 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006) and Romanian Cinema 125 Alice Bardan 8 Cinema Beyond Borders: Slovenian Cinema in a World Context 148 Meta Mazaj and Shekhar Deshpande Part II Historical and Spatial Redefinitions 167 9 Center and Periphery, or How Karel Vachek Formed a New Government 169 Alice Lovejoy 10 The Polish Black Series Documentary and the British Free Cinema Movement 183 Bjørn Sørenssen 11 Socialists in Outer Space: East German Film’s Venusian Adventure 201 Stefan Soldovieri 12 Red Shift: New Albanian Cinema and its Dialogue with the Old 224 Bruce Williams 13 National Space, (Trans)National Cinema: Estonian Film in the 1960s 244 Eva Näripea 14 For the Peace, For a New Man, For a Better World! Italian Leftist Culture and Czechoslovak Cinema, 1945–1968 265 Francesco Pitassio Part III Aesthetic (Re)visions 289 15 The Impossible Polish New Wave and its Accursed Émigré Auteurs: Borowczyk, Polañski, Skolimowski, and ¯u³awski 291 Michael Goddard 16 Documentary and Industrial Decline in Hungary: The “Ózd Series” of Tamás Almási 311 John Cunningham 17 Investigating the Past, Envisioning the Future: An Exploration of Post-1991 Latvian Documentary 325 Maruta Z. Vitols 18 Eastern European Historical Epics: Genre Cinema and the Visualization of a Heroic National Past 344 Nikolina Dobreva 19 Nation, Gender, and History in Latvian Genre Cinema 366 Irina Novikova 20 A Comparative Study: Rein Raamat’s Big Tõll and Priit Pärn’s Luncheon on the Grass 385 Andreas Trossek 21 The Yugoslav Black Wave: The History and Poetics of Polemical Cinema in the 1960s and 1970s in Yugoslavia 403 Greg De Cuir, Jr . Part IV Industries and Institutions 425 22 Follow the Money – Financing Contemporary Cinema in Romania 427 Ioana Uricaru 23 An Alternative Model of Film Production: Film Units in Poland after World War Two 453 Dorota Ostrowska 24 The Hussite Heritage Film: A Dream for all Czech Seasons 466 Petra Hanáková 25 International Co-productions as Productions of Heterotopias 483 Ewa Mazierska 26 East is East? New Turkish Cinema and Eastern Europe 504 Melis Behlil Index 518
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Contemporary French Cinema
Book SynopsisA Companion to Contemporary French Cinema presents a comprehensive collection of original essays addressing all aspects of French cinema from 1990 to the present day.Trade Review"The Companion is divided into five parts with 27 chapters or essays, newly written, from different hands. The academics involved are from the UK, the USA, New Zealand and nearly half from France. There is a list of all the films cited in the volume (18 pages) and an extensive bibliography (24 pages), as well as an index." (Reference Reviews 2016)Table of ContentsList of Contributors xii Acknowledgments xviii Editorial Practice xx Introduction: Contemporary French Cinema – Continuity and Change in a Global Context 1Alistair Fox, with Michel Marie, Raphaëlle Moine, and Hilary Radner Contexts: Institutional, Political, Cultural, and Economic 4 Characteristics of Contemporary French Cinema 4 Thematic Preoccupations 7 Trends, Developments, and the Future of French Cinema 10 Part I Economic, Institutional, and Political Contexts 15 1 The Political Economy of French Cinema: Attendance and Movie Theaters 17Laurent Creton Changing Patterns of Cinema Attendance 20 Cinematic Production and Its Outcomes 23 The Competitiveness of French Cinema and Market Share 25 Concentration and Diversity 30 The Transformation of the Pool of Theaters 32 The Future of Cinematic Theaters 35 2 “Do We Have the Right to Exist?” French Cinema, Culture, and World Trade 45Jonathan Buchsbaum France 49 Europe: Television Without Frontiers 51 Cultural Exception: GATT 56 Cultural Diversity: MAI/UNESCO 62 3 Historicizing Contemporary French Blockbusters 74Charlie Michael A Tentative Typology 75 “Cultural Diversity” or Cultural Crisis? 77 The Second Lang Plan (1989–1993) 79 The Maturation of a “Forced Marriage” 82 StudioCanal in the Crosshairs 84 A New Oligopoly? 87 4 Moving Between Screens: Television and Cinema in France, 1990–2010 96Guillaume Soulez The Role of Television in the Financing of Cinema 97 Arte as a Stimulus and Sponsor of the New Cinema 98 A Cinema of Collections 98 Realism and Television 100 The Revival of Documentary 101 Films/Telefilms: A Play of Mirrors 103 “Television Films” and Cinema Formatting 104 From Comic Television to Comedy in Cinemas 106 Cinema and Televised Series 109 5 Contemporary Political Cinema 117Martin O’Shaughnessy Taking Stock: Working-Class Histories and the Exit from Fordism 118 Outsiders and Victims, Ethics and Politics 125 Political Effectiveness 131 New Departures? 133 6 Diasporic and Postcolonial Cinema in France from the 1990s to the Present 136Will Higbee Auteur-led Productions and the “Return” of the Political in Diasporic and Postcolonial Cinema Since the 1990s 139 From Margins to the Mainstream: Postcolonial Comedy and the Mainstreaming of Maghrebi-French Filmmakers in the 2000s 144 Memorializing Colonial History: From Neo-Colonial to “Counter-Heritage” Cinema 148 Return Narratives in Diasporic Cinema of the 2000s 153 Beyond Ethnicity? Reconfiguring Difference in Diasporic Cinema 154 Part II Auteurs and Auteurism 161 7 The Veterans of the New Wave, Their Heirs, and Contemporary French Cinema 163Michel Marie The Extraordinary Fecundity of the Veterans of the New Wave 163 The Quartet of Founding Members: Chabrol, Rohmer, Rivette, Godard 166 The “Left Bank” of the New Wave 173 A Problematical Legacy 177 Epilogue: The Enduring Influence of Bresson and Pialat 181 8 Was There a Young French Cinema? 184Jacqueline Nacache To What Does the Term “Young French Cinema” Refer? 185 The Arrival of the New Cinema 187 The Counter-Attack of Positif 190 Maturity and Defining Parameters 192 New Appraisals, New Perspectives 195 Consensus and Uncertainties 197 What Remains of the Young French Cinema? 198 9 Auteurism, Personal Cinema, and the Fémis Generation: The Case of François Ozon 205Alistair Fox Characteristics of Auteur Cinema 206 Categories of Auteur Directors 207 Auteurist Styles 208 Cinephilia and Its Influence 209 The Personal Dimension 210 The Functions of Personal Cinema 213 François Ozon: A Case Study 216 Symbolic Figuration and Ozon’s Personal Myth 217 The Common Denominator of the Cinéma d’Auteur 225 Part III Genres, Cycles, and Cinematic Forms 231 10 Contemporary French Comedy as Social Laboratory 233Raphaëlle Moine Popular, Local, and Starved of Affection 236 Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis, a Popular French Comedy 239 Comic Misadventures of Masculinity 243 The Emergence of Auteur Comedy 245 The Ambivalence of Auteur Comedy: Variations on Personal Relationships and Middle-Class Navel-Gazing 247 11 Between Tradition and Innovation: French Crime Films During the 2000s 256Thomas Pillard The Paradoxes of the American-style Thriller: Desire for a Globalized Cinema and Rejection of the “New Europe” 257 The Invention of a New Type of Transnational Crime Film 258 The “Last Combatant”: Defending French Identity in the Context of Globalization 260 The Ideological Conservatism and Pessimism of the “Old-style” Film Noir: Cinematic Nostalgia and Suffering Men 262 The Perils of Modern Capitalism and Supermodernity in the Social Crime Film: Between Documentary and (Masculine) Tragedy 266 12 Contemporary French Horror Cinema: From Absence to Embodied Presence 275Guy Austin The Place of Genre in French Cinema 276 French Horror since 2000 277 Horror and the Body 279 Historicizing Horror 280 The Cutting Edge of Horror Spectatorship 284 13 The Historical Film and Contemporary French Cinema: Representing the Past in the Present 289Hilary Radner Genre, the Historical Film, and Historical Thinking 290 The New History Film 292 From Heritage Film to Biopic 293 The Historical Film: Moving into the Twenty-First Century 295 Sensationalism: The Spectacle of History 297 The Age of Individual Moral Choice 301 Collective Memory and Twentieth-Century History 302 The Biopic and the Cult of the Individual 305 14 Major Stars, the Heritage Film, and Patrimonial Values in Contemporary French Cinema 314Gwénaëlle Le Gras French Heritage Stars: Trends and Parameters 315 Responding to the Contemporary Sense of Crisis 319 Bridging the Gap between Auteur Cinema and Commercial Cinema 322 A Reaction to the Disappearance of the Classical Star System 324 Countering the Supremacy of Hollywood 325 The Younger Generation and the Uncertain Future of the Heritage Solution 328 15 French Animated Cinema, 1990 to Present 333Richard Neupert Michel Ocelot’s Model for Feature Film Production 334 Toward a “New Wave” of French Animation 340 French Animation: 2011–2012 346 16 Contemporary French Documentary: A Renaissance, 1992–2012 356Alison J. Murray Levine What is a Documentary? 357 The Market for French Documentary: A Deceptive Renaissance? 359 Recent French Documentaries: People, Subjects, Forms 361 Webdocs and the Future of Documentary 370 Part IV Gender and Sexuality 377 17 Pitiful Men, Instrumental Women: The Reconfiguration of Masculine Domination in Contemporary Popular French Cinema 379Geneviève Sellier At the Top of the Box Office, a Gendered Asymmetry 380 1994: Women Become Visible, But at What Price? 382 2010: The Diversity of the Masculine, the Archaism of the Feminine 386 18 French Women Directors Since the 1990s: Trends, New Developments, and Challenges 399Brigitte Rollet Women’s Access to Filmmaking in France: Old and New Trends 400 Agnès Varda and The New Wave 402 The Generation of 1968 403 The Fémis Generation 406 Generation 2000 408 An(other) French Exception? Auteur Cinema / Popular Cinema 408 “New” Genres: Rom-Com 410 Queens of Comedy: The “Millionnaires” of the 2000 s 411 First Films: And After? 412 19 Modes of Masculinity in Contemporary French Cinema 419Tim Palmer Creating/ive Masculinity: The Artistic Agency of Emmanuel Mouret and Romain Duris 421 In the Wilderness: Atavistic Masculinity and the Cinéma du corps 424 The Refracted Man: Representations of Masculinity in Films by Women 429 20 Hors milieu: Queer and Beyond 439Nick Rees-Roberts Visible 442 Invisible 445 Relational 448 Cruising and Disorientation 450 Male Space 453 21 Sexually Explicit French Cinema: Genre, Gender, and Sex 461Kelley Conway Romance (Catherine Breillat, 1999) 465 Baise-moi (Virginie Despentes and Carolie Trinh Thi, 2000) 470 Choses secrètes ( Jean-Claude Brisseau, 2002) 474 Part V Continuities and Emerging Trends 481 22 Booking Passages: Adventures in Adaptation in Recent French Cinema 483T. Jefferson Kline Adaptations of Historical Novels 484 Adaptations of Foreign Novels 491 Adaptations of Recent Best-Selling French Novels 497 23 The Return of Theatricality in French Cinema of the 1990s: A New Imbrication of Comedy and Melodrama 507Marguerite Chabrol The Theatrical “Revival” 507 Context, Successes, Strategies: The Spectacular 508 Value Judgments: The Mingling of Categories 510 A Typology of Theatrical Films: Continuities and Innovations 512 The Place of the Spectator: Identification and Detachment 516 On “Pop” Cinema 517 Stereotypes and Performance 520 An American Approach? 524 24 Soundscapes of Loss: Songs in Contemporary French Cinema 527Phil Powrie The Contemporary Musical 528 Songs in Contemporary Non-Musical Films: Theoretical and Methodological Issues 530 French-Language Songs 532 English-Language Songs 535 The Final Song in French 539 25 From the Margins to the Center: French Stardom and Ethnicity 547Ginette Vincendeau Globalization and Diversity in Twenty-First Century French Stardom 547 Ethnic Casting: From the Margins to the Center 551 The “Trojan Horse” of Comedy 556 Trans-Ethnic to Color-Blind Casting: Erasure or Integration? 560 The Power of Global Celebrity Culture 565 26 An Invention with a Future: French Cinema After the End of Cinema 570Martine Beugnet Vintage Cinema 571 Only the Cinema 573 Animation Retro-Style 577 Twilight Visions 580 27 The Amateur in Cinema, in France, Since 1990: Definitions, Issues, and Trends 590Roger Odin Familial Space: The End of the Family Film 591 The Space of “Amateur Cinema” 594 The Space of “Different” Cinema 597 Amateur Cinema Recognized at Last: The Space of the Document 601 The Space of Everyday Communication: Beyond “Cinema,” the Language of Images and Sounds 606 List of Contemporary French Films Since 1990 Cited in this volume 612 Bibliography 631 Index 655
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Chronicle Books Star Wars Super Graphic
Book SynopsisGraphic design guru Tim Leong presents Star Wars trivia in an all-new way—through playful pie charts, bar graphs, and other data-driven infographics. From a Venn diagram of Yoda''s idiosyncrasies to an organizational chart of the Empire to a line graph of Grand Moff Tarkin''s management decisions, Star Wars Super Graphic shines a new light on the much-adored universe. Equal parts playful and informative, this visual love letter to the vast Star Wars universe will enchant fans of all ages.© and TM Lucasfilm Ltd. Used Under Authorization
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Chronicle Books Star Wars Women of the Galaxy Notebook Collection
Book SynopsisThis inspiring trio of notebooks celebrates three iconic heroes of the Star Wars galaxy: Leia Organa, Rey, and Ahsoka Tano. Each notebook features lightly ruled interiors with notable quotes from each character, along with bonus artwork on the inside and back covers.© and TM Lucasfilm Ltd. Used Under AuthorizationTrade Review"This inspiring trio of notebooks celebrates three iconic heroes of the STAR WARS galaxy: Leia Organa, Rey, and Ahsoka Tano. Each notebook features lightly ruled interiors with notable quotes from each character, along with bonus artwork on the inside and back covers." -- Star Wars Aficionado"Each notebook contains high-quality lined paper, artwork from the book on the front, back, and inside front covers, and notable quotations from the characters at the bottom of some pages. This would be a great additional gift to go alongside the main book or could be gifted separately for a teacher or colleague this holiday season." -- Geek Mom
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Union Square & Co. The Way of Wednesday
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DK The Movie Book
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[The Big Ideas Simply Explained books] are beautifully illustrated with shadow-like cartoons that break down even the most difficult concepts so they are easier to grasp. These step-by-step diagrams are an incredibly clever learning device to include, especially for visual learners." — Examiner.com"Clever and engaging" — Booklist"Perfect coffee table fodder for your home theater." — Uncrate.com"[A] great refresher for films you haven't seen in a while and an even better resource for populating your watchlist with shows you may have missed." — GeekDad"Richly illustrated." — Parade.com"A fine introduction for budding film buffs." — School Library Journal"A wonderful contribution to film history collections." — Voice of Youth Advocates
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