Film as Religion argues that popular films perform a religious function in our culture. Like more formal religious institutions, films can provide us with ways to view the world and values to confront it.
Long out of print and virtually impossible to find even in the rare book market, this autobiography recalls to life one of the most eminent actors of his time. Sherlock Holmes fans will be much interested in Basil Rathbones remarks on the character with whom he has been so closely identified.
One of the leading voices in cultural studies today examines the habits of British cinema audiences in the 1930s to reveal the role that cinema played in shaping their lives.
One of the leading voices in cultural studies today examines the habits of British cinema audiences in the 1930s to reveal the role that cinema played in shaping their lives.
How the Struggle Over Censorship Created the Modern Film Industry
An intriguing look at how the American film industry imposed the rating system upon itself to control competition from films independently produced and distributed.
The 34 brief essays in this collection address a variety of topics, from film censorship and preservation to the changing structure and status of independent cinemas, and the continued importance of celebrity and stardom.
The 34 brief essays in this collection address a variety of topics, from film censorship and preservation to the changing structure and status of independent cinemas, and the continued importance of celebrity and stardom.
The very talented, intelligent, and beautiful Susan Sarandon is anything but the typical Hollywood actress. A woman for whom commitment and causes are equally important as her next starring role, Sarandon has been passionately promoting political and social change from the start of her illustrious career. This biography explores her idealism.
Here is the original story of a true original, the celebrated and internationally acclaimed director, playwright and screenwriter, Arthur Laurents. Laurents takes us into his world, peopled by the creative artists, directors, actors and personalities who came of age in the theatre and in Hollywood after WWII, including: Humphrey Bogart - Leonard ......
Post-war Cinema and Modernity explores the relationship between film and modernity in the second half of the twentieth century. It begins with essays analyzing new post-war forms of film narrative and responses to the filmic innovations of the 1960s and the question of modernism. Pasolini's landmark polemic on the cinema of poetry is a vital ......
Post-war Cinema and Modernity explores the relationship between film and modernity in the second half of the twentieth century. It begins with essays analyzing new post-war forms of film narrative and responses to the filmic innovations of the 1960s and the question of modernism. Pasolini's landmark polemic on the cinema of poetry is a vital ......
A study of the efforts of the Warner Bros film studio to promote anti-Nazi activity before the outbreak of World War II. Through a score of films produced in the 1930s and early-1940s the studio marshalled its forces to influence the American conscience and push towards intervention in the war.
How the Struggle Over Censorship Created the Modern Film Industry
An intriguing look at how the American film industry imposed the rating system upon itself to control competition from films independently produced and distributed.
This text sets out to demonstrate that a psychoanalytic point of view can enrich one's understanding and appreciation of works of art. It draws on late-1990s psychoanalytic views of the importance of fantasy in order to address the impact of psychoanalysis on the understanding of the visual arts.
This work shows that studying the interpretative methods of spectators in their historical contexts is necessary to understand the media's role in culture and in our personal lives. This approach is applied to topics such as depictions of violence and demonstrated through works like JFK.
This work shows that studying the interpretative methods of spectators in their historical contexts is necessary to understand the media's role in culture and in our personal lives. This approach is applied to topics such as depictions of violence and demonstrated through works like JFK.
The Walt Disney company is the brand name of conservative American family values, but also has a long and complex relationship with the gay and lesbian community. This text examines that relationship from the 1930s, to the 1990s Gay Nights at the Magic Kingdom.
Brief and to-the-point, this guide offers the wisdom gained from Michael Caine's 25 years in film to film actors and fans. It includes chapters on preparation, close-ups, the art of spontaneity, voice, characterization, behaviour on and off the set, working with directors and being a star.
Providing an investigation of contemporary politics, this text articulates a critical philosophical perspective with politically disposed treatments of contemporary cinema. It demonstrates what it means to think the political in terms of cinema studies and wider aesthetic contexts.
Providing an investigation of contemporary politics, this text articulates a critical philosophical perspective with politically disposed treatments of contemporary cinema. It demonstrates what it means to think the political in terms of cinema studies and wider aesthetic contexts.
During the 1930s many Americans avoided thinking about war erupting in Europe, believing it of little relevance to their own lives. This book offers a compelling historical look at Warner Bros' efforts as the only major studio to promote anti-Nazi activity before the outbreak of the Second World War.
The courtroom, like the movie theater, is an arena for the telling and interpreting of stories. Investigators piece them together, witnesses tell them, advocates retell them, and judges and juries assess their plausibility. These narratives reconstitute absent events through words, and their filming constitutes a double narrative: one important ......
They sold sin and sensation with the magic words "Uncut! Uncensored! Adults Only!" and the most happily shameless of them was the author, the emperor of "exploitation" films. This book is as much his story as it is the history of an idea that has enjoyed a rebirth.
This text sets out to demonstrate that a psychoanalytic point of view can enrich one's understanding and appreciation of works of art. It draws on late-1990s psychoanalytic views of the importance of fantasy in order to address the impact of psychoanalysis on the understanding of the visual arts.
Law and and justice are important themes in film, not only in courtroom dramas, but also in the western, the film noir, even the documentary. In the Godfather trilogy Francis Ford Coppola shows that the Mafia possesses its own strict codes, even though they are in conflict with those of the criminal justice system. In Woody Allen's Crimes and ......
Science fiction films, from the original Frankenstein and The Fly to Blade Runner and The Terminator, traditionally have been filled with aliens, spaceships, androids, cyborgs, and all sorts of robotic creatures along with their various creators. The popular appeal of these characters is undeniable, but what is the meaning of this generation of ......
Tells the story of Jerry Butler's erotic voyage from average child to sex star. This edition aims to answer the question: where will Jerry go from here?
