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book		The American West in film : critical approaches to the Western / Jon Tuska Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1988. Call No: 736 TUS Author: Tuska, Jon Place: Lincoln Publisher: University of Nebraska Press PubDate: 1988 PhysDes: p. cm Subject: WESTERNS; NATIVE AMERICANS IN FILMS; WOMEN IN FILMS; HERO IN FILMS; FORD, JOHN; HAWKS, HOWARD; HATHAWAY, HENRY; MANN, ANTHONY; BOETTICHER, BUDD; Peckinpah, Sam Notes: "Bison."; Reprint. Originally published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1985. Originally published in series: Contributions to the study of popular culture; Includes index; Bibliography: p ISBN: 0803294115 (pbk.) LON: 5572169 More info
book		Gentlemen to the rescue : the heroes of the silent screen / Kalton C. Lahue South Brunswick [N.J.] London: A.S. Barnes Yoseloff, c1972. Call No: 802.27 LAH Author: Lahue, Kalton C Place: South Brunswick [N.J.] London Publisher: A.S. Barnes Yoseloff PubDate: c1972 PhysDes: 244 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm Subject: HERO IN FILMS; BARRYMORE, JOHN; CHANEY, LON; FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS; GILBERT, JOHN; NOVARRO, RAMON; ROGERS, WILL; VALENTINO, RUDOLPH; BAGGOT, KING; BARTHELMESS, RICHARD; BLACKWELL, CARLYLE; BUSHMAN, FRANCIS X.; COLMAN, RONALD; COSTELLO, MAURICE; DIX, RICHARD; FARNUM, WILLIAM; HAYAKAWA, SESSUE; HINES, JOHNNY; HOLT, JACK; HOUDINI, HARRY; LA ROCQUE, ROD; LINCOLN, ELMO; MEIGHAN, THOMAS; MORENO, ANTONIO; NOVARRO, RAMON; RAY, CHARLES; REID, WALLACE; SILLS, MILTON; WALTHALL, HENRY B.; WASHBURN, BRYANT; WILSON, BEN F. ISBN: 0498078027 LON: 470968 More info
book		Hard bodies : Hollywood masculinity in the Reagan era / Susan Jeffords New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1994. Call No: 451-01(73) JEF Author: Jeffords, Susan, 1953 Place: New Brunswick, N.J. Publisher: Rutgers University Press PubDate: 1994 PhysDes: 212 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: Reagan, Ronald; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA; MEN IN FILMS. USA; COLD WAR AND THE CINEMA. USA; COLD WAR FILMS. USA; HERO IN FILMS; FAMILY IN FILMS. USA; NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. USA; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA; BODY IN FILMS. USA; UNFORGIVEN (US, Clint Eastwood, 1992); TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991); TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984); ACCUSED, THE (US, Jonathan Kaplan, 1988); BACK TO THE FUTURE [...] (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1985-90); BATMAN (US, Tim Burton, 1989); BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (US, Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, 1991); CASUALITIES OF WAR (US, Brian De Palma, 1989); DIE HARD (US, John McTiernan, 1988); FIRST BLOOD (US, Ted Kotcheff, 1982); KINDERGARTEN COP (US, Ivan Reitman, 1990); LETHAL WEAPON [...] (US, Richard Donner, 1987-92); MISSISSIPPI BURNING (US, Alan Parker, 1988); RAMBO [...] (US, 1982-1988); ROBOCOP (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1987); TWINS (US, Ivan Reitman, 1988) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-208) and index ISBN: 0813520029; 0813520037 (pbk.) LON: 9874831 More info
subject clippings file		HERO IN FILMS Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: HERO IN FILMS More info
book		A Japanese mirror : heroes and villains of Japanese culture / Ian Buruma London: Cape, 1984. Call No: 451-013(52) BUR Author: Buruma, Ian Place: London Publisher: Cape PubDate: 1984 PhysDes: xiii, 242p, [16]p of plates : ill., ports ; 23cm Subject: HERO IN FILMS. JAPAN; VILLAINS IN FILMS. JAPAN Notes: Japanese popular culture (BNB/PRECIS); Includes index ISBN: 0224020498 : ª9.95 : CIP rev LON: bnb22402049; 2797425 More info
book		More than night : film noir in its contexts / James Naremore Berkeley: University of California Press, c1998. Call No: 734.1 NAR Author: Naremore, James Place: Berkeley Publisher: University of California Press PubDate: c1998 PhysDes: xiv, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: FILM NOIR; BLACKLISTING. USA; B-MOVIES; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS; CENSORSHIP; HERO IN FILMS; MODERNISM AND THE CINEMA; FILMS IN FILMS; DRUGS IN FILMS; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA; DETECTIVE FILMS; SOCIAL-REALISM IN FILMS; CRIMINALS IN FILMS; VIOLENCE IN FILMS; WAR VETERANS IN FILMS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS; WASHINGTON, DENZEL; ALDRICH, ROBERT; CHANDLER, RAYMOND; DUNAWAY, FAYE; MUSURACA, NICHOLAS; FRANKLIN, CARL; FRANKENHEIMER, JOHN; GREENE, GRAHAM; HAMMETT, DASHIELL; JACKSON, SAMUEL L.; LADD, ALAN; BLUE DAHLIA, THE (US, George Marshall, 1946); PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994); CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974); CROSSFIRE (US, Edward Dmytryk, 1947); DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (US, Carl Franklin, 1995); DOUBLE INDEMNITY (US, Billy Wilder, 1944); KISS ME DEADLY (US, Robert Aldrich, 1955); MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941); OUT OF THE PAST (US, Jacques Tourneur, 1947) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-318) and indexes ISBN: 0520212932 (alk. paper); 0520212940 (pbk. : alk. paper) LON: 13441055 More info
Interim book		Reality or illusion? : pre-millennial anxieties and the hero myth in Dark City, The Truman Show and The Matrix / A thesis presented by Fincina Hopgood Melbourne: University of Melbourne, 2000. Call No: 632.43 HOP Author: Hopgood, Fincina Source: AT Place: Melbourne Publisher: University of Melbourne PubDate: 2000 Subject: DARK CITY (US, Alex Proyas, 1997); TRUMAN SHOW, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1998); MATRIX, THE (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1999); HERO IN FILMS; MILLENIUM AND THE CINEMA; MEN IN FILMS; MYTH AND THE CINEMA 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
newspaper article		Short cuts : superhero takings top $110 million in The Age (26/05/2016) p.20 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; BOX OFFICE. AUSTRALIA Author: Maddox, Garry PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: COMIC STRIP CHARACTERS IN FILMS; COMIC STRIPS AND THE CINEMA; HERO IN FILMS; BOX OFFICE. AUSTRALIA Summary: Snippet on the very high box office takings in Australia for comic Superhero films in 2016 More info

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