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Camera and action
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Elaine M. Bapis |
"This study examines changes in the American film industry, audiences, and feature films during 1965-1975. With transformations in production codes, adjustments in national narratives, a rise in inde… |
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The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media
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Gwyn Symonds |
"The topic of violence in the media has been very widely covered. Countless studies and research projects have been conducted, most of which argue its negative effects on society. Gwyn Symonds takes … |
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From Caligari to Hitler
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Siegfried Kracauer |
From the back cover:
"The thesis of this unusually interesting book is that the German films of the twenties were filled with premonitions of the German totalitarianism of the thirties: that Hitl… |
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No Country for Old Men
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Lynnea Chapman King |
In 2005, Cormac McCarthy's novel, No Country for Old Men, was published to wide acclaim, and in 2007, Ethan and Joel Coen brought their adaptation of McCarthy's novel to the screen. The film earned p… |
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Film
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Anita Ganeri |
From Woody Allen to Roberto Rossellini, from Schindlers List to Goldfinger everything you ever wanted to know about film but were afraid to askA comprehensive, fun to browse, and easy-to-use guide to… |
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Anime and the art of adaptation
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Dani Cavallaro |
"This book evaluates three core facets of anime adaptation--how anime adaptations contribute to their original sources in stylistic, aesthetic, and psychological terms; how specific features of anime… |
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The 21st century superhero
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Richard J. Gray,Betty Kaklamanidou |
"These ten critical essays explore the phenomenon of the superhero film in the 21st century through the lens of numerous academic disciplines, and cover topics such as the role of globalization in th… |
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Rape-revenge films
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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas |
"Only on rare occasions has the rape-revenge movie transcended what is assumed to be its exploitative nature and moved into the mainstream. This overview reassesses that viewpoint by exploring a vari… |
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Conspiracy films
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Barna William Donovan |
"For many years, conspiracy theories have been among the most popular story elements in Hollywood films. According to the "conspiracy culture," Government, Big Business, the Church, even aliens are c… |
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Film and the end of empire
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Lee Grieveson |
"In these two volumes of original essays, scholars from around the world address the history of British colonial cinema stretching from the emergence of cinema at the height of imperalism, to moments… |
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In glorious technicolor
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Francine Stock |
1 volume ; 24 cm |
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The politics of age and disability in contemporary Spanish film
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Matthew J. Marr |
"The Politics of Age and Disability in Contemporary Spanish Film examines the onscreen construction of adolescent, elderly, and disabled subjects in Spanish cinema from 1992 to the present. Applying … |
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Three documentary filmmakers
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William Rothman |
"Film study has tended to treat documentary as a marginal form, but as the essays in Three Documentary Filmmakers demonstrate, the films of Jean Rouch, Ross McElwee, and Errol Morris call for, and re… |
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The documentary
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Belinda Smaill |
"An exploration of the role of emotion and affect in contemporary documentary film, arguing that analysis of the sociality of the emotions is integral to advancing our understanding of the formulatio… |
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John Huston
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Tony Tracy,Roddy Flynn |
"Fresh analyses of films are included along with insightful studies of Huston's oft-overlooked literary adaptations. Also evaluated are Huston's controversial World War II documentary, and two a clef… |
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Seduced by Mrs. Robinson
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Beverly Gray |
"An exploration of The Graduate's influence on filmmaking and how the movie both reflected and changed a generation's views of sex, work, and marriage"-- |
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The making of Casablanca
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Aljean Harmetz |
"Critically acclaimed when published in 1992 as Round Up the Usual Suspects, The Making of Casablanca offers the ultimate insider's look at the politics and personalities behind the most celebrated m… |
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Mad as hell
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Dave Itzkoff |
""I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Those words, spoken by an unhinged anchorman named Howard Beale, "the mad prophet of the airwaves," took America by storm in 1976, when Net… |
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The films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan
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Suranjan Ganguly |
"The first comprehensive study of the feature films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan, India's most distinguished contemporary filmmaker"-- |
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Citizen Kane
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Harlan Lebo |
"With the approach of the 75th anniversary of Citizen Kane in May 2016, Harlan Lebo has written the full story of Orson Welles' masterpiece film. The book will explore: --Welles' meteoric rise to sta… |
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