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Book SynopsisFully revised and updated, Archival Storytelling second edition is a timely, pragmatic look at the use of audiovisual materials available to filmmakers and scholars, from the earliest photographs of the 19th century to the work of media makers today. Whether you're a top Hollywood filmmaker or a first-time documentarian, at some point you are going to want to find, use, and license third-party materialsimages, audio, or music that you yourself did not createto use them in your work. This book explains what's involved in researching and licensing visuals and music, and exactly what media makers need to know when filming in a world crowded with rights-protected images and sounds. Filled with insights from filmmakers, archivists, and intellectual property experts, this second edition defines key terms such as copyright, fair use, public domain, and orphan works. It guides readers through the complex archival process and challenges them to become not only archival users Trade ReviewPraise for Archival Storytelling, 1st edition"The excellent new resource, Archival Storytelling, is really two books in one: a detailed how-to guide for filmmakers on the process of researching, acquiring, and clearing rights to archival materials; and a deeper exploration of the implications, ethical and creative, of using these materials to tell new stories."—Grace Lile, American Archivist (The Society of American Archivists)"Kenn Rabin and Sheila Curran Bernard have written an important book, one that will serve as the definitive text on archive-based filmmaking for years to come…I have been working with film and video archives for over twenty years, and I understand the hunger for this information in the production communities. This book delivers the information, but also reinforces why the archive-based program, done right, is a critical part of our cultural conversation. — Matthew White, Filmmaker"This book is a great resource because it surveys the entire landscape from ethical/creative considerations to fair use to changes in the digital age, and the focus is always on the importance of telling stories."— Ingrid Kopp, Shooting People"I am often asked how to work with archival materials. Now I have an easy answer: Get a copy of Archival Storytelling and read it. Everything’s there — how to use archival materials, acquire them, and most of all, how to think about them. Archival Storytelling is indispensable."— David Grubin, Filmmaker"This is it, the book that will save you thousands of dollars and untold hours of frustration. It will be the single best purchase your production company will make. Archival Storytelling clearly explains the entire process of researching, acquiring and licensing archival footage and music. Included are time-tested tips and techniques for efficiently managing the work flow and negotiating rights."— Ann Petrone, Archival Supervisor "One of the best — and most needed — texts I have seen in a while. The challenge is to keep what is a fairly technical aspect of filmmaking interesting without compromising the quality and depth of information. The authors have done an exceptional job in this regard… There is the strong sense of being in the presence of experienced filmmakers and researchers who accept that while there are standard practices, archival use and intellectual property laws, etc. are contingent fields in which each case must be assessed and dealt with on its merits."— Bruce Sheridan, Chair, Film & VideoDepartment, Columbia College"I’ve been making historical documentaries for many years, yet I learned new things from this book. This is the definitive guide for archival research for documentary filmmakers. An invaluable resource."— Mark Jonathan Harris, Filmmaker and Distinguished Professor,School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern CaliforniaPraise for Bernard’s Documentary Storytelling"An extremely useful book for those who want to know more about how to make a documentary film is Sheila Curran Bernard's comprehensive Documentary Storytelling: Creative Nonfiction on Screen… It stresses the use of narrative techniques in documentary production, provides examples of treatments, and includes interviews with a number of important filmmakers."— Bill Nichols, Introduction to Documentary, 3rd ed.With the availability of high-quality affordable cameras and editing equipment, documentary filmmakers today enjoy a freedom in shaping their films that their counterparts a decade ago couldn’t have imagined. As the new aesthetic is shaped, Sheila Curran Bernard’s brilliant and effective Documentary Storytelling … aims to guide the Errol Morrises of tomorrow with great advice and practical knowledge that every documentarian would benefit from.— BackStageWith all the buzz over blockbuster docs, Focal Press serves up a perfectly timed winner in a much-neglected area. True to the nature of the beast, the book is more about filmmaking as a whole, and how and where storytelling weaves into the overall process. It succeeds in covering every aspect without belabouring any. Not only does Bernard write from the viewpoint of an award-winning filmmaker (she’s a writer, director, and producer), but the last 100 pages include extensive interviews with a wide range of acclaimed documentarians.— Canadian Screenwriter (Writers Guild of Canada)[A] pragmatic exploration of the role of narrative in nonfiction filmmaking . . . In writing this volume Bernard demonstrates to documentarians how story can be more effectively incorporated into every level of nonfiction filmmaking from conception to development and pre-production, in the field and in the editing room. Her discussions incorporate many examples from contemporary documentaries to illustrate a variety of salient points.— Documentary (International Documentary Association)While documentaries are nonfiction, they are certainly not objective, and even the smallest choices in writing, filming, interviewing, narrating, or scoring can drastically alter the perspective of the film, and in turn, the audience. Bernard is keenly aware of the power of persuasive images, and her insistence on complexity and integrity is a consistent theme throughout the book.— The Independent (Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments CHAPTER 1 Introduction PART 1 • ABOUT ARCHIVAL MATERIALS CHAPTER 2 Still and motion picture photography: a brief history CHAPTER 3 Recorded sound: a brief history CHAPTER 4 User beware: evaluating the archival record CHAPTER 5 Evidence on film: A conversation with Rick Prelinger PART 2 • working with ARCHIVAL MATERIALS CHAPTER 6 Finding what you need CHAPTER 7 Should you hire a professional? CHAPTER 8 Organizing and ordering third-party materialsCHAPTER 9 Creative and ethical considerations CHAPTER 10 The power of eyewitness accounts: A conversation with Roberta GrossmanPART 3 • RIGHTS AND LICENSES CHAPTER 11 Introduction to rights and licenses CHAPTER 12 Public domain CHAPTER 13 Fair useCHAPTER 14 Fair dealing, moral rights, and more: A conversation with Hubert Best CHAPTER 15 Licensing visuals CHAPTER 16 Licensing music PART 4 • Additional MaterialCHAPTER 17 AfterwordAbout the authors Index

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Screenplay: Building Story Through Character is designed to help screenwriters turn simple or intricate ideas into exciting, multidimensional film narratives with fully-realized characters. Based on Jule Selbo's unique 11-step structure for building story through characters, the book teaches budding screenwriters the skills to focus and shape their ideas, turning them into stories filled with character development, strong plot elements based on obstacles and conflicts, and multifaceted emotional arcs. Using examples and analysis from classic and contemporary films across a range of genres, from The Godfather to Guardians of the Galaxy, Selbo's Screenplay takes students inside the scriptwriting process, providing a broad overview for both beginners and seasoned writers alike. The book is rounded out with discussion questions, writing exercises, a guide to the business of screenwriting, in-depth film breakdowns, and a glossary of screenwr

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Book SynopsisUsing a performance studies lens, this book is a study of performance in the post-9/11 context of the so-called war on terror. It analyzes conventional theatre, political protest, performance art and other sites of performance to unpack the ways in which meaning has been made in the contemporary global sociopolitical environment.Trade Review' Brady's wide-ranging discussions of anti-war performance, of virtual warfare and military training, and of the Bush and Obama administrations are excellent examples of the kind of politically engaged, comparative scholarship that performance studies can offer.' Eero Lane, University of New York, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgements Bushismo Protest: Visible and Invisible War the Video Game Torture: Simulated and Real Obamania Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhy is it that in going to see plays we are also touched or moved by them, and is there more than metaphor involved in such claims? Considering these and other questions, this book examines a range of contemporary performance works in which performers and their audiences occupy a shared realm of feelings, in which the play is not always the thing.Trade Review'Welton's Feeling Theatre: Staging Sensation provides a thought-provoking overview of how the senses are fundamental to theatre experiences both in practice and appreciation - in a diversity of ways. The questioning approach and accessible tone is highly relevant to contemporary performance practice and analysis. In addition to its place within educational contexts Feeling Theatre will also be of interest to those currently engaged in professional performance practice. The author's own concern with practice, alongside the consideration of example work from a variety of performances, lends itself to the practitioner perspective in this regard. The foregrounding of 'practice-based research' with a focus on the interdisciplinary is apposite to both academic and artistic perspectives. The overriding strength of Feeling Theatre is that it deliberates on the particularly affective nature of live performance and provides a clear argument for the need to expand the sensorium of theatrical criticism beyond the audio-visual to consider the full and interactive sentience of the human body and the varied ways in which it 'makes sense' during and following a variety of theatrical events. The elision of 'feeling' (in its various modes), looking and listening foregrounds how the focus shifts within and beyond seeing and hearing and adds a sensual touch to the analysis; a writerly 'feel' that migrates between emotion, cognition and touch. In considering 'theatre's full-fleshed perceptivity' Welton breaks down each chapter to focus on specific affects ascribed to certain senses and, in so doing, explores the complex nature of perceptual experience in performance practice to examine what it is to experience 'feelingly'. The 'getting a feel for how it goes' mantra is a fundamental precept of the book and shows a sensitivity to the exchange that occurs in performance between performer and spectators; a factor that places Feeling Theatre firmly within the vital and ongoing movement in embodied thinking. ' Jo Machon, Lecturer in Theatre, Brunel University, UKTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Shows of Feeling Feeling Your Way in the Dark The Sensuousness of Silence Somewhere, Somehow Bringing the Weather Indoors Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe book presents cinematic case studies in political realism versus political idealism, demonstrating methods of viewing popular cinema as political theory. The book appreciates political myth-making in popular genres as especially practical and accessible theorizing about politics.Trade Review'In this insightful analysis, John Nelson examines the intersections of popular culture and politics. Treating film as examples of practical reasoning, Nelson explores the ways in which cinematic texts contribute to public understandings of our communal life. He analyzes film through the lenses of genre (epic, noir, satire) and political theory (with particular emphasis on realism and idealism) and concludes that cinematic myth making both reflects and defines public understanding of politics in interesting ways. Nelson's book provides important evidence that political philosophy is neither dead nor confined to the academy, but is an on-going, shared enterprise, actively engaged in by the mass public. Well-written and provocative, this book will interest students and scholars of film, popular culture, history, rhetoric, and politics.' Mary E. Stuckey, Professor, Communication and Political Science, Georgia State University, USA 'Just what do we see at the movies? Fantasy and fashion aplenty, but political theory? John Nelson's answer to this question is both surprising and compelling. Popular films teach their audiences how to think about politics pragmatically and creatively and by using the ideas, although not the terms, that have defined political philosophy. Nelson provides a detailed and systematic vocabulary for critical study of how this public art mediates political experience. This original book is sure prompt many vibrant discussions about media and politics.' Robert Hariman, Northwestern University, USA, and author of Political Style: The Artistry of Power 'In Popular Cinema as Political Theory Nelson offers a subtle formal analysis of genre, an impressive categorizing of films within his three chosen genres, combined with a series of deft readings of a wide variety of popular films. Most readers of this book will know (and love) some of the films discussed herein and many will know most, but every reader will take away from the book a deeper appreciation for how popular cinema today operates as political theory.' Samuel A. Chambers, Associate Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, USA, and Editor, Contemporary Political Theory "John Nelson's latest publication, Popular Cinema as Political Theory, explores the field of political theory through the unconventional lens of popular film and television. Nelson's work classifies the cultural artifacts studied into three areas: epics, noirs, and satires. He uses these narrative demarcations to open up the films under discussion to explore them along side classical texts and conceptions within political theory while highlighting the ways in which contemporary political myths work their way into our common cultural conversation, often unbeknownst to us as citizens. Nelson's astute analysis provides a fresh and convincing exploration of some of the most popular films of the past two decades. He also teaches the reader to be aware of what is communicated through often unexplored or unanticipated cultural avenues. This book makes a significant contribution to the field of political theory by using popular culture texts to examine classical themes and narrative conceits." Lilly J. Goren, Professor of Political Science, Carroll University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: Doing Political Theory with Popular Films: Styles in Action in Everyday Life 1. An Epic Comeback? Post-Western Politics in Film and Theory 2. Rhythms of Political Satire: Post-Modern Politics in Words, Musics, and Movies 3. Realism as a Political Style: Noir Insights 4. Noir in Paradise: Testing and Twisting Realist Politics Conclusion: Unsettling Idealism versus Realism: Perfectionism in Two Classics of Neo Noir

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Book SynopsisPopular Spanish Film Under Franco is the first book of its kind to analyze cinematic comedy during the initial two decades of Francisco Franco's dictatorship. Its cultural studies approach - combining Gramsci, de Certeau and Bakhtin - interrogates the ambiguous nature of subversion and challenges common assumptions concerning post-war Spanish film.Trade Review'Steven Marsh offers a thoughtful analysis of Spanish comedy during Francoism that makes us better understand the role of resistance played by popular culture...This is a stimulating book that paves the way for further research on comedy in the ideological arena.' - David Rodr?guez-Solás, Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural StudiesTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Comedy and the Weakening of the State Tactics and Thresholds in Edgar Neville's Life on a Thread (1945) Metropolitan Masquerades: The Destabilization of Madrid in the Neville Trilogy Populism, the National-Popular and the Politics of Luis García Berlanga: Welcome Mister Marshall! (1952) Humor and Hegemony: Berlanga, the State and the Family in Plácido (1961) and The Executioner (1963) 'Making Do' or the Logic of the Ersatz Economy in the Spanish Films of Marco Ferreri The Pueblo Travestied in Fernando Fernán Gómez's The Strange Journey (1964) Conclusion: Gila's Telephone Notes Bibliography Filmography Index

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Book SynopsisSince the 1950s Eric Rohmer has been one of the major presences in French cinema as critic and director. This book is a sophisticated engagement with his work in which Keith Tester argues that Rohmer is not the naIve realist he is often claimed to be. Instead, his films are revealed as a sustained exercise in Catholic theology.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction The Period Films: Tragedies and Miracles The Occasional Films: Scenes of the Ordinary Miracle Moral Tales: Grace and Circumstance Comedies and Proverbs: Dislocation and Love Tales of the Four Seasons: Atmosphere and Faith References Index

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Book SynopsisLasting Starsexamines the issue of stardom and longevity and investigates the many reasons for the persistence or disappearance of different star personas. Through a selection of chapters that look at issues such as inappropriate ageing, national identity and physical characteristics, this book will be the first volume to consider in depth and breadth the factors that affect the longevity of film stardom. The range of stars includes popular stars who are approached from fresh angles (Brando, Loren), less popular stars whose lower-profiles than their peers may be surprising (Taylor, Shearer) and stars whose national identity is integral to their perception as they age (Riva, Bachchan, Pavor). There are stars from the beginning of Hollywood (Valentino, Reid) to the present day (Jolie), and those who made uneasy transitions between countries (Mason), ages (Ringwald) and industrial eras (Keaton). The book examines the range of factors that affect how star images endure, including approprTable of ContentsAcknowledgements.- List of Illustrations.- Foreword by Sue Harris.- Introduction.- Section 1: Lasting Stardom.- 1. Aparna Sharma, 'From Angry Young Men to Brand Bachchan — Extra-cinematic Strategies that make India’s lasting Super-Star’.- 2. Antonella Palmieri, ‘Sophia Loren and the Healing Power of Female Italian Ethnicity in Grumpier Old Men’.- 3. Gabor Gergely, ‘Cutting a Dash in Interwar Hungry: The Enduring Stardom of Pál Jávor’.- 4. Julie Lobalzo Wright, ‘From Boy N the Hood to Hollywood Mogul: Ice Cube’s Lasting Stardom in Contemporary Hollywood’.- Section 2: Faded Stardom.- 5. Lies Lanckman, ‘The Queen’s Household: Norma Shearer, Stardom and Domesticity’.- 6. Gillian Kelly, ‘Robert Taylor: The “Lost” Star With the Long Career’.- 7. Lucy Bolton, ‘Melanie Griffith: Wild Child and Working Woman’.- Section 3: Ageing.- 8. Fiona Handyside, ‘The Ageing Stars of European Art-House Cinema: Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva in Amour’.- 9. Paul Flaig, ‘The Great Stoneface Ruined: From The Buster Keaton Story to Film’.- 10. Adrian Garvey, ‘Masculinity and Ageing in the Films of James Mason’.- Section 4: Posthumous Stardom.- 11. Lisa Bode, ‘The Afterlives of Rudolph Valentino and Wallace Reid in the 1920s and 1930s’.- 12. Hannah Graves, ‘Beyond the Bounds of Criticism: Preserving Spencer Tracy as a Liberal Hero’.- 13. Lisa Patti, ‘Everybody’s All-American: The Posthumous Rebranding of Marlon Brando’.- Section 5: Characters, Series and Types.- 14. Claire Mortimer, ‘Mrs. John Bull: The Later Life Stardom of Margaret Rutherford’.- 15. Japp Verheul, ‘¬¬This Never Happened to the Other Fellow: The Fluctuating Stardom of James Bond and George Lazenby’.- 16. Frances Smith, ‘Don’t You Forget About Me: Molly Ringwald, Nostalgia and Teen Girl Stardom’.- 17. Glen Donnar, ‘Redundancy and Ageing: Sylvester Stallone’s Enduring Action Star Image’.- Section 6: Reflections Beyond the Screen.- 18. Linda Marchant, ‘Still Famous: Fixing the Star Image of Diana Dors in the Photography of Cornel Lucas’.- 19. Joshua Gulam, ‘From Action Babe to Mature Actress: The Place of Humanitarianism in Angelina Jolie’s Lasting Screen Career’.- 20. Dorothy Wai-sim Lau, ‘Rearticulating Bruce Lee and his “Hip-Hop Fury” in Fan Made Videos’.- List of Contributors.- Index

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Book SynopsisGeoffrey Macnab writes regularly on film for The Independent. He is also a senior correspondent at Screen International. His books include Dennis Davidson: A Life in Cinema (2020), Stairways to Heaven: Rebuilding the British Film Industry (I.B. Tauris, 2018), Ingmar Bergman: The Life and Films of the Last Great European Director (I.B. Tauris 2009), Delivering Dreams: A Century of British Film Distribution (I.B. Tauris 2015), The Making of Taxi Driver, Searching for Stars: Stardom and Screen Acting in British Cinema (I.B. Tauris 2000), Screen Epiphanies (BFI Publishing 2009) and J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry(1993). He lives in London, UK.Trade ReviewThis collection succeeds admirably in providing profiles of many individuals who are ‘generally overlooked in conventional histories of British cinema’, thereby making a very useful contribution to that history, illuminating some of its obscurities but also its complexity and variety. * Journal of British Cinema and Television *I grew up devouring books about the business and the people who work in it. They opened my eyes to so many moving parts of the industry and I have always found the career journeys of filmmakers and studio pioneers, VFX wizards, props masters, distributors and publicists as extraordinary as the films they have brought to the big screen. The British Film Industry in 25 Careers is a must-read for anyone planning to work in this industry, revealing the risk-taking decisions, business and creative instincts, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion for film of so many of my heroes and peers. The UK film industry has much to offer the next generation coming into the business and as documentary specialist distributor Andy Whittaker aptly quotes Mancunian broadcaster and music pioneer Tony Wilson in the book, 'We are on this planet for 50 to 100 years - so just do things. Don't let barriers get in your way'. * Ben Roberts, BFI Chief Executive *Geoffrey Macnab’s book is enlightening about many figures we don’t know about who are working in or have worked in cinema. I found the chapter about Betty Box particularly enriching, a trailblazing woman who got equal pay with men from the Rank Organisation in 1954. Read and be amazed! * Jeremy Thomas, film producer, founder and chairman of Recorded Picture Company *Table of ContentsForeword by Andy Leyshon, Chief Executive, Film Distributors Association Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Michael Balcon 2. Richard Attenborough 3. David Puttnam 4. Betty Box 5. John Maxwell 6. Muriel Box 7. Efe Cakarel 8. Mickey Pugh 9. Isaac Julien 10. Adrienne Fancey 11. Poppa Day 12. Alma Reville 13. Val Guest 14. Liz Wrenn 15. Karel Reisz 16. Constance Smith 17. Anthony MInghella 18. Hanif Kureishi 19. Julian Fellowes 20. Eve Gabereau 21. Andy Whittaker 22. Maxine Leonard 23. Amma Asante 24. Julian Richards 25. Tim Webber Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative study finds that, through his unique representation of violence, Argentine director Pablo Trapero has established himself as one of the 21st century's distinctly political filmmakers. By examining the broad concept of violence and how it is represented on-screen, Douglas Mulliken identifies and analyzes the ways in which Trapero utilizes violence, particularly Žižek's concept of objective violence, as a means through which to mediate the politicalThrough a focus on several previously under-studied elements of Trapero's films, Mulliken highlights the ways in which the director's work represents present-day concerns about social inequalities and injustice in neoliberal Argentina on-screen. Finally, he examines how Trapero combines aspects of Argentina's long tradition of political film with elements of Nuevo Cine Argentino to create a unique political voice.Trade ReviewPablo Trapero and the Politics of Violence is the first serious examination of the oeuvre of one of Argentina most important contemporary filmmakers. The author offers meticulous analyzes of Trapero’s films that cohere around the topic of violence, providing an exploration of Argentine culture that is both timely and well-conceived. -- Carolina Rocha, Southern Illinois University Ewardsville, USATable of ContentsIntroduction A History of Violence A Hauntology of Violence The Changing Nature of Political Film Neoliberalism and Ideology A Cyclical Career Part I: The Individual and the State 1. Neoliberalism, Violence, and the New Argentina 1.1 The Violence of Neoliberalism From Objective to Subjective Violence Masculinity in Crisis 1.2 Mundo Grúa The Precariat on Screen Physical and Emotional Estrangement 1.3 Carancho What is Shown, What is Not Resistance and the Middle Class Margani v. Darín Response to Violence 2. Repression, Ideology, and the Manipulation of Power 2.1 Theories of Power 2.2 El Bonaerense El Conurbano “La Bonaerense” Police Repressive State Apparatus Zapa 2.3 Elefante Blanco Ciudad Oculta and the Catholic Church Authority and the Legacy of Mugica State Violence and Death Part II: Violence and the Family 3. The Violence of the Arborescent Family 3.1 Theories of the Family Family and Control Family as Source of Violence 3.2 Familia Rodante The Potent Symbolism of the Family The Family as a Locus of Retention Discipline and Rebellion 3.3 El Clan Adult Paranoiacs, Child Neurotics The Violence of the Family 4. The Rhizome as Alternative Family Model 4.1 Rhizomes and the becoming-family Prison: Arborescent or Rhizomatic? The State of Exception 4.2 Nacido y Criado Desaparecidos Homo Sacer and the State of Exception Patagonia and Rhizomes 4.3 Leonera Prison and Prison Films Rhizomatic Families Conclusion Appendix: Interview with Pablo Trapero

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Book SynopsisGhost in the Well is the first study to provide a full history of the horror genre in Japanese cinema, from the silent era to Classical period movies such as Nakagawa Nobuo's Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan (1959) to the contemporary global popularity of J-horror pictures like the Ring and Ju-on franchises. Michael Crandol draws on a wide range of Japanese language sources, including magazines, posters and interviews with directors such as Kurosawa Kiyoshi, to consider the development of kaiki eiga, the Japanese phrase meaning weird or bizarre films that most closely corresponds to Western understandings of horror. He traces the origins of kaika eiga in Japanese kabuki theatre and traditions of the monstrous feminine, showing how these traditional forms were combined with the style and conventions of Hollywood horror to produce an aesthetic that was both transnational and peculiarly Japanese.Ghost in the Well sheds new light on one of Japanese ciTrade ReviewAn engrossing, insightful celebration of Japan’s rich horror-film history, a saga shaped by war, military occupation, time-honored tales, and innovative artists who remain largely unknown abroad. * Cineaste *Crandol’s research is firmly grounded in meticulous citation of relevant Japanese-language sources. * Monumenta Nipponica *Moving beyond the usual suspects of internationally acclaimed turn-of-the-millennium J-horror flicks, Michael Crandol’s groundbreaking study of the transnational history of the horror film in Japan plunges us into the very bowels of the kitschy, wonderfully creepy, sometimes terrifying, always thrilling realm of the perennially popular Japanese “cinema of the strange.” -- Adam L. Kern, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USAA welcome challenge to the prevailing notion that genres such as supernatural horror should only be understood in Western terms. -- Jasper Sharp, Independent scholar, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Kaiki eiga: Naming the Classic Japanese Horror Film 2. Ghost Cat vs Samurai: Prewar Kaiki Cinema 3. The Dead Sleep Unwell: Censorship and the Postwar Return of Kaiki 4. Uncanny Invasions and Osore Incarnate: Shintoho Studios and Nakagawa Nobuo 5. Back from the Dead: The Kaiki Legacy of J-horror Afterword: …The End? Index

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Book SynopsisWhat began with Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' landmark graphic novel, Watchmen (1987) is no longer a single story, but rather a cross-platform, multi-media franchise, including a role-playing game and video game, a motion comic, a Zack Snyder movie, and a series of comic book prequels and sequels, as well as a prestige HBO TV series. Will Brooker explores the way that Watchmen expanded over time from the mid-1980s to the present day, drawing on theories of adaptation, intertextuality and deconstruction to argue that each addition subtly changes our understanding of the original. Does it matter whether these adaptations are faithful'? Can they ever be, as they cross over into another medium? How does each version enter a dialogue with the others? And as Damon Lindelof's series ran parallel to an entirely distinct comic book Watchmen sequel, Doomsday Clock, how do readers and viewers make sense of these conflicting narratives? Can we relate the unstable, shiftTrade ReviewAlthough there has certainly been a great deal of critical ink spilled fawning over Watchmen over the years, Brooker broadens our understanding of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark series by examining the network of texts that contribute to the Watchmen matrix, revealing new insights, inspirations and intertexts that expose the beating heart that pumps through the veins and capillaries of one of the most feted and celebrated texts of Western popular culture. It is, quite simply, the best book I’ve encountered on the topic. -- William Proctor, Bournemouth University, UKA masterful study of all-things-Watchmen, from Moore and Gibbons’s original tale to its sequels, prequels, adaptations and parodies. From comics to cinema to television to games and beyond, Brooker’s expert insights guide us through the enduring relevance of Watchmen across eras, platforms and media. -- Blair Davis, DePaul University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction 1.1986-1988: Watchmen the Graphic Novel and the Role-playing Game 2.2008-2009: Watchmen the Motion Comic, the Movie and the Video Game 3.2012-2015: Before Watchmen and Pax Americana 4.2017-2019: Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt, Doomsday Clock and HBO’s Watchmen Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor over half a century, organizations and individuals promoting ex-gay, conversion and/ or reparative therapy have pushed the tenet that a person may be able to, and should, alter their sexual orientation. Their so-called treatments or therapies have taken various forms over the decades, ranging from medical (including psychiatric or psychological) rehabilitation approaches, to counselling, and religious healing.Gay Conversion Practices in Memoir, Film and Fiction provides an in-depth exploration of the disturbing phenomenon of gay conversion therapy' and its fictional and autobiographical representations across a broad range of films and books such as But I'm a Cheerleader! (1999), This is What Love in Action Looks Like (2011) and Boy Erased (2018). In doing so, the volume emphasizes the powerful role the arts and media play in communicating stories around conversion practices. Approaching the timely and urgent subject from an interdisciplinary

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Book SynopsisHas a global queer popular culture emerged at the expense of local queer artists? In this book, Helton Levy argues that global queer culture is indebted to specific, local references that artists carry from their early experiences in life, which then become homogenized by contemporary media markets. The assumption that queer publics live and consume only through a global set of references, including gay parades and rainbow flags, for example, erases many personal complexities.Levy revisits media characters that have caught the attention of the broader public such as Calamity Jane (1953), the Daffyd Thomas character from the BBC comedy Little Britain (2003-2007), Brazilian drag queen Pabblo Vittar, French singer Christine and the Queens, and the Italian-Egyptian rapper Mahmood and argues that they have gradually blended in the public''s perception. This has often obscured the individual struggles faced by these characters, such as immigration, homophobia, pove

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth exploration of the evolving landscape of Bollywood cinema in response to recent socio-political changes in India, including a surge in sectarian violence and the ascent of Hindutva, or Hindu nationalism, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s leadership. Through a comprehensive analysis of prominent filmmakers and actors like Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Kangana Ranaut, Akshay Kumar, and Anupam Kher, Ajay Gehlawat investigates the extent to which their recent works align with key tenets of the Hindutva movement. He scrutinizes the growing influence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on film production, manifesting in collaborations covering diverse themes, from Modi''s Clean India initiative to the nation''s space exploration endeavors and grand historical epics such as Padmaavat (2018) and Manikarnika (2019) that seek to reshape Indian history in line with Hindutva ideology.Gehlawat goes on to dissect smaller budget film

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Book SynopsisUncovers the life and work of a key figure in British cinema, Adrian BrunelTrade Review"A welcome addition to the growing scholarship on late silent British cinema. Josephine Botting's meticulous archival research and expert synthesis of sources does full justice to Adrian Brunel's career. Botting challenges received wisdoms about this period of British cinema and demonstrates how Brunel navigated a shifting industrial and economic landscape." -James Chapman, University of Leicester

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Book SynopsisExamines the purpose that place serves in films

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Book SynopsisUtilises women's independent cinema to explore Simone de Beauvoir's notion of ambiguity in film experience

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Book SynopsisUtilises women's independent cinema to explore Simone de Beauvoir's notion of ambiguity in film experience

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Book SynopsisExamines the film practice of the Chilean-French filmmaker and artist Alejandro Jodorowsky

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Book SynopsisExplores British director Steve McQueen's diverse output, from video installations to independent cinema to Hollywood to the BBC

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Book SynopsisA history and analysis of how films have figured in TV programming in the UK and the role that British television services have played in changing the nature of film entertainment

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Book SynopsisApproaches 21st-century Westerns with a specific focus on genre and gender.

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Book SynopsisExamines the affective response to rape-revenge films, and how this response can be harnessed to work through complex questions about rape

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Book Synopsis''I''m lucky to have an inexhaustible appetite for life. I''ve had many amazing adventures in Hollywood and beyond, but some stories I have only ever shared with my friends. After all, you''ve got to have a bit of mystery, so I hide a knowing smile behind my shoulder pads. Until now! So, read on for the tales I tell my friends . . .''In her new book, Dame Joan Collins returns in dazzling form to share the most memorable moments from her eclectic and vibrant life, in and out of the limelight. Taking us on an incredible journey from her early years as a young star in the golden era of Hollywood to stamping her stilettos in Dynasty; from the glittering heights of St Tropez to the busy Oscars season in LA over the years.Joan writes movingly about her grief and adventures with her sister Jackie, delving deeper into the ups and downs of love and relationships, and her happiness with husband Percy. Filled with a cast of household names, including the laTrade Review'Expect entertaining excerpts of encounters with a cast including the late Queen Elizabeth II, Diana Princess of Wales, Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty, as well as a raw and honest account of the grief that encountered [Joan] after losing her sister, Jackie' - Red Magazine

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Book SynopsisCult Cinema: an Introduction presents the first in-depth academic examination of all aspects of the field of cult cinema, including audiences, genres, and theoretical perspectives. Represents the first exhaustive introduction to cult cinema Offers a scholarly treatment of a hotly contested topic at the center of current academic debate Covers audience reactions, aesthetics, genres, theories of cult cinema, as well as historical insights into the topic Table of ContentsList of Figures. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I Receptions and Debates. 1 Cult Reception Contexts. 2 The Cult Cinema Marketplace. 3 Prestige, Awards, and Festivals. 4 Censorship and Criticism. 5 Fandom and Subculture. 6 The Cult Auteur. 7 Cult Stardom. 8 Camp and Paracinema. 9 Transgression and Freakery. 10 Gender and Sexuality. 11 Transnationalism and Orientalism. 12 Religion and Utopia. Part II Themes and Genres. 13 Exploitation and B Movies. 14 Underground and Avant-garde Cinema. 15 Cult Cinema and Drugs. 16 Cult Cinema and Music. 17 Classical Hollywood Cults. 18 Cult Horror Cinema. 19 Cult Science Fiction Cinema. 20 Cult Blockbusters. 21 Intertextuality and Irony. 22 Meta-cult. Filmography. References. Credits and Sources. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating behind-the-scenes look at movie math shows how fun and illuminating equations can be.Trade ReviewWritten in a breezy, humorous style. If you like math and movies and are looking for a fun read, check it out. -- David Joyner MAA Reviews [A] thorough and entertaining survey... This behind-the-scenes look at movie math shows how fun and illuminating equations can be. Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin Math Goes to the Movies is a wonderful read. -- Richard J. Wilders MAA Reviews Movie and television aficionados who have a mathematics background will enjoy this book. Choice Math Goes to the Movies comes packed with math and film insights alike, and is recommended for a wide audience. Midwest Book Review Not only is it very easy to read, it is also a pleasure, owing to the authors' warm humour. I heartily recommend this book to any mathematician who is interested in the way that their discipline and its practitioners are presented to the wider cinema-going public. -- Christopher Hollings Mathematics Today This is an entertaining grab bag of mathematical and movie titbits that will delight mathematically minded movie buffs. -- Robyn Arianrhod Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society Math Goes to the Movies abounds in mathematical tidbits that even the most observant filmgoer might have never noticed or at least might not have remembered. The Math IntelligencerTable of ContentsPrefacePart I: Movies1. Good Math Hunting2. The Clever Hand Behind A Beautiful Mind3. Escalante Stands and Delivers4. The Annotated Pi Files5. Nitpicking in Mathmagic Land6. Escape from the Cube7. The Incredible Shrinking Room8. Murder in the Hot House9. A Word problem for Die Hards10. 7x13=2811. One Mirror Has two Faces, Two Mirrors Have...12. It's My Turn for Some Serious MathematicsPart II: Mathematics13. Beautiful Math, or Better off Dead14. Pythagroas and Fermat at the Movies15. Survival in the Fourth Dimension16. To Infinity, and Beyond!17. Problem Corner18. Money-Back Bloopers19. The Funny FilesPart III: Lists20. People Lists21. Topics ListsMovie Index

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Book SynopsisThe first academic book to explore indie music and indie music cultures on screenTrade Review"Jamie Sexton's wonderful new book brings together American indie cinema and indie music, demonstrating in great detail and in a compelling manner the highly complex and creative ways the two have intersected. Also providing some fascinating case studies, Freak Scenes will no doubt prove to be a major work in the field of American independent cinema studies!" -Yannis Tzioumakis, University of Liverpool

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Book SynopsisIn its heyday from the 1950s until the 1980s Italian horror cinema was characterised by an excess of gore and often-incoherent plot-lines. This collection brings together a range of contributions aimed at a new understanding of the genre, investigating the work of its most representative directors and the role it has played within popular culture.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Preferisco l'inferno: Early Italian horror cinema, Russ Hunter Chapter 2: Domestic Films Made for Export: Modes of Production of the 1960s Italian Horror Film, Francesco Di Chiara Chapter 3: The 1980s Italian horror cinema of imitation: the good, the ugly and the sequel, Stefano Baschiera Chapter 4: Knowing the unknown beyond: 'Italianate' and 'Italian' horror cinema in the twenty-first century, Johnny Walker Chapter 5: Bavaesque: The Making of Mario Bava as Italian horror auteur, Peter Hutchings Chapter 6: The Argento Syndrome: Aesthetics of Horror, Marcia Landy Chapter 7: Scrap Metal, Stains, Clogged Drains: Argento's Refuse and Its Refusals, Karl Schoonover Chapter 8: The Giallo/Slasher Landscape: Ecologia del delitto, Friday the 13th, and Subtractive Spectatorship, Adam Lowenstein Chapter 9: Kings of Terror, Geniuses of Crime: giallo cinema and fumetti neri, Leon Hunt Chapter 10: Political Memory in the Italian Hinterland: Locating the 'Rural Giallo', Austin Fisher Chapter 11: The Horror of Progressive Rock: Goblin and Horror Soundtracks, Craig Hatch Chapter 12: 'The Only Monsters Here Are the Filmmakers': Animal Cruelty and Death in Italian Cannibal Films, Mark Bernard Chapter 13: Italian Horror cinema and Italian Film Journals of the 1970s, Paolo Noto

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Book SynopsisThis volume examines how the political, economic and social changes of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood and how it responded to them.

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Book SynopsisComprehensively surveys the vampire as a cultural phenomenon.

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Book SynopsisEstablishes resonance as a critical and conceptual paradigm for film analysis bringing together, for the first time, the work of three of the leading figures in European film: Agnes Varda, Michael Haneke and Jean-Luc Nancy.

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Book SynopsisExplores the intertwining of the ethical with the sociopolitical across a range of screen media in different contexts internationally.

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Book SynopsisThe first English-language book to cover Danish cinema from the 1890s to the present day.

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Book SynopsisRepresents the first comprehensive reconstruction of Italian women's film cultures of the 1960s and '70s.

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Book SynopsisConsiders the challenges of historical audience research in the field of screen studies.

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Book SynopsisOffers contemporary context of Britain as a deeply divided society as reflected in film.

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Book SynopsisA new critical perspective on the female auteur that considers her place in the avant-garde tradition of provocationTrade Review"Through incisive studies of Lucile Had ihalilovi?, Claire Denis and Jennifer Kent, amongst others, Loreck demonstrates that women filmmakers are responsible for the most provocative, transgressive and affective art cinema in the twenty-first century. A must-read for those interested in women filmmakers, art cinema, and the gendering of film authorship." -Alison Peirse, University of Leeds

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Book SynopsisExplores extremity in films and it's ethical, theoretical and film-philosophical implicationsTrade Review"Proposing a refreshingly precise new framework for thinking about transgressive art cinema, Oliver Kenny's compelling book offers an important intervention into debates surrounding extreme, pornographic, and contentious filmmaking. Paying equal attention to aspects of form, reception, and theory, it promises to revitalise scholarship on transgression in twenty-first-century art cinema." -Tina Kendall, Anglia Ruskin University

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