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book		China into film : frames of reference in contemporary Chinese cinema London: Reaktion, 1999. Call No: 71(51) SIL Author: Silbergeld, Jerome Place: London Publisher: Reaktion PubDate: 1999 PhysDes: 352 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm Subject: CITY OF SADNESS, A [; ALLEGORY IN FILMS; WOMEN IN FILMS. CHINA; MELODRAMA. CHINA; CHEN, KAIGE; XIE, JIN; ZHANG, YIMOU; QIU JU DA GUANSI (CC/HK, Zhang Yimou, 1992); HIBISCUS TOWN [FU RONG ZHEN] (CC, Xie Jin, 1987); HUANG TUDI (CC, Chen Kaige, 1985); HONG GAOLIANG (CC, Zhang Yimou, 1988); QINGCHUN JI (CC, Zhang Nuanxin, 1986); LUN HUI (CC, Huang Jianxin, 1989); BAWANG BIEJI (HK, Chen Kaige, 1993); HEI PAO SHI JIAN (CC, Huang Jianxin, 1986); BLACK CANNON INCIDENT, THE (CC, Huang Jianxin, 1986); DA YUE BING (CC, Chen Kaige, 1986); HAIZI WANG (CC, Chen Kaige, 1988); JU DOU (CC/JA, Zhang Yimou, 1990); DAHONG DENGLONG GAOGAO GUA (CC/HK/TZ, Zhang Yimou, 1991) ISBN: 1861890508(pbk.) LON: 20259534 20259534 More info
book		Making meaning : inference and rhetoric in the interpretation of cinema / David Bordwell Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1989. Call No: 62 BOR Author: Bordwell, David, 1947 Place: Cambridge, Mass. Publisher: Harvard University Press PubDate: 1989 PhysDes: xvi, 334 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Series: Harvard film studies Subject: ALLEGORY IN FILMS; AVANT-GARDE FILMS; SEMANTICS; MODERNISM AND THE CINEMA; CRITICISM; METHODOLOGY OF FILM CRITICISM; PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA; STRUCTURALISM; BELLOUR, RAYMOND; DOUCHET, JEAN; MICHELSON, ANNETTE; SARRIS, ANDREW; YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (US, John Ford, 1939); PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-328) ISBN: 067454336X (pbk.); 0674543351 (alk. paper) LON: 6253502 More info
book		Narrative mortality : death, closure, and new wave cinemas / Catherine Russell Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1995. Call No: 747.19 RUS Author: Russell, Catherine, 1959 Place: Minneapolis Publisher: University of Minnesota Press PubDate: 1995 PhysDes: vii, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: NOUVELLE VAGUE; NARRATIVE IN FILMS; DEATH IN FILMS; ALLEGORY IN FILMS; MELODRAMA; LANG, FRITZ; Wenders, Wim; OSHIMA, NAGISA; GODARD, JEAN-LUC; ALTMAN, ROBERT; BENJAMIN, WALTER; LYNCH, DAVID; Peckinpah, Sam; PENN, ARTHUR; RAY, NICHOLAS; MEPRIS, LE (FR/IT, Jean-Luc Godrad, 1963); BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967); WILD BUNCH, THE (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1969); STAND DER DINGE, DER (GW/US/PO, Wim Wenders, 1982); PIERROT LE FOU (FR/IT, Jean-Luc Godard, 1965); NASHVILLE (US, Robert Altman, 1975); NICK'S MOVIE (GW/US, Nicholas Ray & Wim Wenders, 1979); SEISUN ZANKOKU MONOGATARI (JA, Nagisa Oshima, 1960); SHONEN (JA, Nagisa Oshima, 1969); BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (US, Fritz Lang, 1956) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-262) and index ISBN: 0816624852 (hbk. : acid-free paper); 0816624860 (pbk. : acid-free paper) LON: 10942855 More info
book		Religion in film / edited by John R. May and Michael Bird Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c1982. Call No: 45:2 MAY Author: Bird, Michael (Michael S.), 1941; May, John R Edition: 1st ed Place: Knoxville Publisher: University of Tennessee Press PubDate: c1982 PhysDes: xviii, 257 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: RELIGION AND THE CINEMA; RELIGIOUS FILMS; DEVIL IN FILMS; CENSORSHIP; ALLEGORY IN FILMS; ALTMAN, ROBERT; BERGMAN, INGMAR; BRESSON, ROBERT; BUNUEL, LUIS; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; Fellini, Federico; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; JUTRA, CLAUDE; KUBRICK, STANLEY; Peckinpah, Sam; RUSSELL, KEN; TRUFFAUT, FRANCOIS; WERTMULLER, LINA; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979); COOL HAND LUKE (US, Stuart Rosenberg, 1967); DOLCE VITA, LA (FR/IT, Federico Fellini, 1960); EXORCIST, THE (US, William Friedkin, 1973); NASHVILLE (US, Robert Altman, 1975); NOTTI DI CABIRIA, LE (IT, Federico Fellini, 1957); QUINTET (US, Robert Altman, 1979); SJUNDE INSEGLET, DET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 242-244 ISBN: 0870493523 LON: 2165498 More info
book		Screening the sacred : religion, myth, and ideology in popular American film / edited by Joel W. Martin, Conrad E. Ostwalt, Jr Boulder: Westview Press, c1995. Call No: 45:2 SCR Author: Ostwalt, Conrad Eugene, 1959; Martin, Joel W., 1956 Place: Boulder Publisher: Westview Press PubDate: c1995 PhysDes: x, 193 p. ; 24 cm Subject: MYTH AND THE CINEMA. USA; RELIGION AND THE CINEMA. USA; IDEOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA; DISASTERS IN FILMS; ALLEGORY IN FILMS; WOMEN IN FILMS; HERO IN FILMS; RACIAL ISSUES AND THE CINEMA; ALIENS IN FILMS; VIETNAM WAR IN FILMS; NINE 1/2 WEEKS (US, Adrian Lyne, 1986); PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960); BLOOD SIMPLE (US, Joel Coen, 1984); PLATOON (US, Oliver Stone, 1986); STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977); ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979); ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986); ROCKY (US, John G. Avildsen, 1976); IRONWEED (US, Hector Babenco, 1987); BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-182) and index ISBN: 0813388295 (alk. paper); 0813388309 (pbk. : alk. paper) LON: 11259176 More info

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