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Film/literature/heritage : a sight and sound reader / edited by Ginette Vincendeau London: British Film Institute, 2001.
Call No: 753 FILAuthor: Vincendeau, Ginette, 1948 CorpAuthor: British Film InstitutePlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2001PhysDes: 284p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: ADAPTATIONS ; ADAPTATIONS. DICKENS, CHARLES ; ADAPTATIONS. JAMES, HENRY ; ADAPTATIONS. LEONARD, ELMORE ; ADAPTATIONS. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM ; ADAPTATIONS. THOMPSON, JIM ; HISTORICAL FILMS ; LITERATURE AND THE CINEMA ; ARMSTRONG, GILLIAN ; BASS, RON ; TARANTINO, QUENTIN ; AGE OF INNOCENCE, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1993) ; AMERICAN PSYCHO (US, Mary Harron, 1999) ; BEACH, THE (US, Danny Boyle, 1999) ; BELLE EPOQUE (SP/PO/FR, Fernando Trueba, 1992) ; BOSSU, LE (FR/IT/GG, Philippe de Broca, 1997) ; BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1992) ; CARRINGTON (UK/FR, Christopher Hampton, 1995) ; COMO AGUA PARA CHOCOLATE (MX, Alfonso Arau, 1992) ; CRASH (CN, David Cronenberg, 1996) ; CYRANO DE BERGERAC (FR, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1990) ; DEAD AGAIN (US, Kenneth Branagh, 1991) ; EDWARD II (UK, Derek Jarman, 1991) ; ELIZABETH (UK, Shekhar Kapur, 1998) ; END OF THE AFFAIR, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1999) ; GERMINAL (FR, Claude Berri, 1993) ; GRIFTERS, THE (US, Stephen Frears, 1990) ; HOWARDS END (UK, James Ivory, 1992) ; JACKIE BROWN (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1997) ; INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (US, Neil Jordan, 1994) ; L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (US, Curtis Hanson, 1997) ; LITTLE WOMEN (US, Gillian Armstrong, 1994) ; LOLITA (US, Adrian Lyne, 1997) ; MADAME BOVARY (FR, Claude Chabrol, 1991) ; MADNESS OF KING GEORGE, THE (US, Nicholas Hytner, 1994) ; MAESTRO DE ESGRIMA, EL (SP, Pedro Olea, 1992) ; MANSFIELD PARK (UK/US, Patricia Rozema, 1999) ; MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN (US, Kenneth Branagh, 1994) ; MASK OF ZORRO (US, Martin Campbell, 1998) ; MISERABLES, LES (FR, Claude Lelouch, 1995) ; MRS BROWN (UK, John Madden, 1997) ; MRS DALLOWAY (US, Marleen Gorris, 1997) ; NAKED LUNCH (CN/UK, David Cronenberg, 1991) ; ORLANDO (UK/RU/FR/NE, Sally Potter, 1992) ; OUT OF SIGHT (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1998) ; PORTRAIT OF A LADY, THE (UK/US, Jane Campion, 1996) ; PROSPERO'S BOOKS (UK/FR, Peter Greenaway, 1991) ; REINE MARGOT, LA (FR/GG/IT, Patrice Chereau, 1994) ; REMAINS OF THE DAY, THE (UK/US, James Ivory, 1993) ; RIDICULE (FR, Patrice Leconte, 1996) ; SECRET GARDEN, THE (US, Agnieszka Holland, 1993) ; SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (US, Ang Lee, 1995) ; SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (UK, John Madden, 1998) ; SHORT CUTS (US, Robert Altman, 1993) ; TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, THE (US, Anthony Minghella, 1999) ; TEA WITH MUSSOLINI (IT, Franco Zeffirelli, 1997) ; THIS WORLD, THEN THE FIREWORKS (US, Michael Oblowitz, 1997) ; THREE MUSKETEERS, THE (US, Stephen Herek, 1993) ; TITUS (US, Julie Taymor, 1999) ; TRAINSPOTTING (UK, Danny Boyle, 1996) ; WILDE (UK/US/JA/GG, Brian Gilbert, 1997) ; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO + JULIET (US, Baz Luhrmann, 1996) Summary: "Period costume dramas are major box office commodities, exploiting the lucrative gap between the blockbuster and art film with their mixture of rich visuals, popular sensibility and literary association. But 'heritage cinema' is all too often discussed from literary (not cinematic) perspectives, and criticism of the films has long been overshadowed by the question of a film's fidelity to the original text. This volume of essays, reviews, and interviews seeks to redress this imbalance, by examining the often antagonistic relationship between literature and film - presenting both sides of the argument about whether heritage cinema's elaborate aesthetics owe more to nostalgia than to historical accuracy. In her challenging introduction to the volume, Ginette Vincendeau sketches the terms of the debate, arguing that the genre is an important, but often critically neglected, form of popular cinema. Film/Literature/Heritage, the latest in a series of 'Sight and Sound Readers', embraces a wide range of literary adaptation, from William Shakespeare to William Burroughs, covering films from Orlando to LA Confidential, and directors from Martin Scorcese to Peter Greenaway." - BOOK BLURBISBN: 0851708420; 0851708412(pbk.) : ¦13.99LON: 22285912
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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE : (US, Neil Jordan, 1994)
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Neil Jordan / Maria Pramaggiore Urbana: University of Illinois, c2008.
Call No: 81JOR PRAAuthor: Pramaggiore, Neil Source: USPlace: UrbanaPublisher: University of IllinoisPubDate: c2008PhysDes: x, 200 p. : ill. ; 21 cmSeries: Contemporary Film DirectorsSubject: JORDAN, NEIL ; COMPANY OF WOLVES, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1984) ; INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (US, Neil Jordan, 1994) ; HIGH SPIRITS (UK/US, Neil Jordan, 1988) ; MICHAEL COLLINS (UK/US, Neil Jordan, 1996) ; MONA LISA (UK, Neil Jordan, 1986) ; ANGEL [DANNY BOY] (IE/UK, Neil Jordan, 1982) ; CRYING GAME, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1992) ; BUTCHER BOY, THE (US, Neil Jordan, 1997) ; IN DREAMS (US, Neil Jordan, 1999) ; BREAKFAST ON PLUTO (IE/UK, Neil Jordan, 2005) ; WE'RE NO ANGELS (US, Neil Jordan, 1989) ; END OF THE AFFAIR, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1999) ; GOOD THIEF, THE (FR/UK/IE, Neil Jordan, 2002) Summary: " Best known for his enormously successful independent film The Crying Game, Irish director Neil Jordan has made sixteen feature films since 1982. Even after achieving commercial success and critical acclaim with such films as Interview with the Vampire and The Butcher Boy, Jordan remains a curiously elusive figure in the era of the celebrity filmmaker. Maria Pramaggiore addresses this conundrum by examining Jordan's distinctive style across a surprisingly broad range of genres and production contexts, including horror and gangster films, Irish-themed movies, and Hollywood remakes. Despite the striking diversity of Jordan's films, the director consistently returns to gothic themes of loss, violence, and madness. In her sophisticated examination of Mona Lisa, Michael Collins, and The Good Thief, Pramaggiore shows how Jordan presents these dark narratives with a uniquely Irish and postmodern sense of irony. This illuminating analysis of one of the cinema's most important artists will be of keen interest to movie enthusiasts as well as students and scholars of contemporary film" -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Formerly CIP; Includes filmography: p. [167]-177; Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-195) and indexISBN: 9780252075308Contents: Neil Jordan's Postmodern Gothic -- Monster Movies: The Company of Wolves and Interview with the Vampire -- Ghosts of the Nation: High Spirits and Michael Collins -- Gothic Cycles: Popular Music in Mona Lisa, Angel, and The Crying Game -- Dream Lovers, Dream Mothers: The Miracle, The Butcher Boy, In Dreams, and Breakfast on Pluto -- Doubles, Remakes, and Repetition: We're No Angels, The End of the Affair, "Not I," and The Good Thief -- Interview with Neil Jordan.
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New vampire cinema / Ken Gelder London: British Film Institute ; Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Call No: 735.23 GELAuthor: Gelder, Ken Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: British Film Institute ; Palgrave MacmillanPubDate: 2012PhysDes: ix, 155 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmSubject: DRACULA IN FILMS ; HORROR FILMS ; REMAKES ; VAMPIRE FILMS ; BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1992) ; SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (UK/US, E. Elias Merhige, 2000) ; BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (US, Fran Rubel Kuzui, 1992) ; INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (US, Neil Jordan, 1994) ; QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, THE (US/AT, Michael Rymer, 2002) ; LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (SW, Tomas Alfredson, 2008) ; LAT DEN RATTE KOMMA IN (SW, Tomas Alfredson, 2008) ; LET ME IN (UK/US, Matt Reeves, 2010) ; NIGHT WATCH, THE (RU, Timur Bekmanbetov, 2004) ; DAY WATCH (RU, Timur Bekmambeton, 2006) ; DNEVNOY DOZOR (RU, Timur Bekmambeton, 2006) ; IRMA VEP (FR, Oliver Assayas, 1996) ; VAMPIRE HUNTER D. (JA, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, 2000) ; BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE (CN, Micahel Storey, 1998) ; THIRST (SK, Park Chan-wook, 2009) ; BAKJWI (SK, Park Chan-wook, 2009) ; NADJA (US, Michael Almereyda, 1994) ; ADDICTION, THE (US, Abel Ferrara, 1995) ; HABIT (US, Larry Fessenden, 1996) ; VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN (US, Wes Craven, 1995) ; TWILIGHT (US, Catherine Hardwicke, 2008) ; ECLIPSE: TWILIGHT 3 (US, David Slade, 2010) ; CRONOS (MX, Guillermo del Toro, 1993) ; FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (US, Robert Rodriquez, 1996) ; BLADE (US, Stephen Norrington, 1998) ; BLADE II (US, Guillermo Del Toro, 2002) ; BLADE: TRINITY (US, David S. Goyer, 2004) ; UNDERWORLD (US, Len Wiseman, 2003) ; UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION (US, Len Wiseman, 2005) ; PERFECT CREATURE (NZ/UK, Glenn Standring, 2006) ; DAYBREAKERS (US, Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig, 2008) Summary: "New Vampire Cinema lifts the coffin lid on forty vampire films, from 1992 to the present day, charting the evolution of a genre that is, rather like its subject, at once exhausted and vibrant, inauthentic and 'original', insubstantial and self-sustaining. Ken Gelder's fascinating study begins by looking at Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula and Fran Rubel Kuzui's Buffy the Vampire Slayer - films that seemed for a moment to take vampire cinema in completely opposite directions. New Vampire Cinema then examines what happened afterwards, across a remarkable range of reiterations of the vampire that take it far beyond its original Transylvanian setting: the suburbs of Sweden (Let the Right One In), the forests of North America (the Twilight films), New York City (Nadja, The Addiction), Mexico (Cronos, From Dusk Till Dawn), Japan (Blood: The Last Vampire, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust), South Korea (Thirst), New Zealand (Perfect Creature), Australia (Daybreakers), and elsewhere. In a series of exhilarating readings, Gelder determines what is at stake when the cinematic vampire and the modern world are made to encounter one another - where the new, the remake and the sequel find the vampire struggling to survive the past, the present and, in some cases, the distant future." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9781844574407
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Philosophy goes to the movies : an introduction to philosophy / Christopher Falzon London: Routledge, 2002.
Call No: 626 FALAuthor: Falzon, Christopher Edition: third editionPlace: LondonPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2002PhysDes: 330p. : illustrations ; 24 cmSubject: PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; THEORY ; FOUCAULT, MICHEL ; A NOUS, LA LIBERTE! (FR, Rene Clair, 1931) ; ADDICTION, THE (US, Abel Ferrara, 1995) ; AGNES OF GOD (US, Norman Jewison, 1985) ; AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD [AGUIRRE, DER ZORN GOTTES] (GW, Werner Herzog, 1972) ; ALIEN RESURRECTION (US, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997) ; ALL OF ME (US, Carl Reiner, 1984) ; ALPHAVILLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) ; AMADEUS (US, Milos Forman, 1984) ; AMATEUR (US, Hal Hartley, 1994) ; ANGEL HEART (US, Alan Parker, 1987) ; ANTZ (US, Eric Darnell, Lawrence Guterman & Tim Johnson II, 1998) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; BASIC INSTINCT (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1992) ; BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA (US, Mike Judge, 1996) ; BEDAZZLED (US, Stanely Donen, 1967) ; BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (UK/US, Spike Jonze, 1999) ; BEING THERE (US, Hal Ashby, 1979) ; BIG (US, Penny Marshall, 1988) ; BIG SLEEP, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1946) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BLAISE PASCAL (IT, Roberto Rossellini, 1972) ; BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986) ; BOB ROBERTS (US, Tim Robbins, 1992) ; BRAZIL ; BREAKER MORANT (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1980) ; A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) ; BREATHLESS (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) ; CABARET (US, Bob Fosse, 1972) ; CASABLANCA (US, Michael Curtiz, 1942) ; CASPER (US, Brad Silberling, 1995) ; CHANCES ARE (US, Emile Ardolino, 1989) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; CINEMA PLUS ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1971) ; COLOSSUS: FORBIN PROJECT (US, Joseph Sargent, 1970) ; CONFORMIST, THE [CONFORMISTA, IL] (IT/FR, Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) ; COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, THE (NE/FR, Peter Greenaway, 1989) ; CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (US, Woody Allen, 1989) ; CRIMES OF PASSION (US, Ken Russell, 1984) ; CRUCIBLE, THE (US, Nicholas Hytner, 1996) ; CRYING GAME, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1992) ; DANGEROUS LIAISONS (US, Stephen Frears, 1988) ; DARK CITY (US, Alex Proyas, 1997) ; DARK STAR (US, John Carpenter, 1974) ; DEAD AGAIN (US, Kenneth Branagh, 1991) ; DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1976) ; DRACULA (US, Tod Browning, 1931) ; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969) ; EDUCATING RITA (UK, Lewis Gilbert, 1983) ; ELEPHANT MAN, THE (US, David Lynch, 1980) ; ENEMY OF THE STATE (US, Tony Scott, 1998) ; JEDER FUR SICH UND GOTT GEGEN ALLE (GW, Werner Herzog, 1974) ; FACE/OFF (US, John Woo [pseud. of Wu Yusen], 1997) ; FAHRENHEIT 451 (UK, Francois Truffaut, 1966) ; FATAL ATTRACTION (US, Adrian Lyne, 1987) ; [FIVE] 5 EASY PIECES (US, Bob Rafelson, 1970) ; FLY, THE (US, David Cronenberg, 1986) ; FORTRESS (AT/US, Stuart Gordon, 1993) ; FRANKENSTEIN (US, James Whale, 1931) ; FRIGHTENERS, THE (NZ/US, Peter Jackson, 1996) ; FULL METAL JACKET (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1987) ; GATTACA (US, Andrew Niccol, 1997) ; GHOST (US, Jerry Zucker, 1990) ; GHOSTS... OF THE CIVIL DEAD (AT, John Hillcoat, 1988) ; GROUNDHOG DAY (US, Harold Ramis, 1993) ; HANDMAID'S TALE, THE (US/GW, Volker Schlondorff, 1990) ; HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (US, Woody Allen, 1986) ; HE SAID, SHE SAID (US, Ken Kwapis and Marisa Silver, 1991) ; HIGH HOPES (UK, Mike Leigh, 1988) ; HIGH NOON (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1952) ; HILARY AND JACKIE (UK, Anand Tucker, 1998) ; MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (UK, Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1974) ; IF... (UK, Lindsay Anderson, 1968) ; INHERIT THE WIND (US, Stanley Kramer, 1960) ; INTERIORS (US, Woody Allen, 1978) ; INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (US, Neil Jordan, 1994) ; INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (US, Don Siegel, 1956) ; ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, THE (US, Erle C. Kenton, 1932) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (US, Stanley Kramer, 1961) ; JURASSIC PARK (US, Steven Spielberg,, 1993) ; KOYAANISQATSI (US, Godfrey Reggio, 1982) ; LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD (UK, Kenneth Loach, 1994) ; ULTIMA CENA, LA (CU, Tomas Gutierrez Alea, 1976) ; MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN (UK, Terry Jones, 1979) ; LOVE AND DEATH (US, Woody Allen, 1975) ; M (G, Fritz Lang, 1931) ; MAD MAX (AT, George Miller, 1979) ; MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941) ; MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (US, John Frankenheimer, 1962) ; MATEWAN (US, John Sayles, 1987) ; MATRIX, THE (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1999) ; MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE (UK, Terry Jones, 1983) ; MEPHISTO (HU/GW, Istvan Szabo, 1981) ; METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926) ; MISSION, THE (UK, Roland Joffe, 1986) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; MON ONCLE (FR/IT, Jacques Tati, 1958) ; MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (UK, Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1974) ; MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS [TV] (UK, 1969-1974) ; MY FAIR LADY (US, George Cukor, 1964) ; NAME OF THE ROSE, THE [NAME DER ROSE, DER] (GW/IT/FR, Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1986) ; NORMA RAE (US, Martin Ritt, 1979) ; NUTTY PROFESSOR, THE (US, Jerry Lewis, 1963) ; O LUCKY MAN! (UK, Lindsay Anderson, 1973) ; OKTIABR [OCTOBER] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, 1928) ; OLIVIER, OLIVIER (FR, Agnieszka Holland, 1992) ; ON THE BEACH (US, Stanley Kramer, 1959) ; ON THE WATERFRONT (US, Elia Kazan, 1954) ; ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (US, Milos Forman, 1975) ; PEOPLE VS LARRY FLYNT, THE (US, Milos Forman, 1996) ; PLAYER, THE (US, Robert Altman, 1992) ; PLAYTIME (FR, Jacques Tati, 1967) ; PRINCESS BRIDE, THE (US, Rob Reiner, 1987) ; PURA FORMALITA, UNA (IT/FR, Guiseppe Tornatore, 1994) ; STILTE ROND CHRISTINE M., DE (NE, Marleen Gorris, 1982) ; QUIZ SHOW (US, Robert Redford, 1994) ; RAIN (US, Louis Milestone, 1932) ; RAIN MAN (US, Barry Levinson, 1988) ; RAPTURE, THE (US, Michael Tolkin, 1991) ; RASHOMON (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1950) ; REAR WINDOW (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) ; REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (US, Nicholas Ray, 1955) ; RETOUR DE MARTIN GUERRE, LE (FR, Daniel Vigne, 1982) ; ROBOCOP (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1987) ; ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (UK, Tom Stoppard, 1990) ; SALT OF THE EARTH (US, Herbert J. Biberman, 1954) ; SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (US, Steven Spielberg, 1998) ; SCHINDLER'S LIST (US, Steven Spielberg, 1993) ; SEA OF LOVE (US, Harold Becker, 1989) ; SEVEN [SE7EN] (US, David Fincher, 1995) ; SJUNDE INSEGLET, DET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957) ; SHOCKER (US, Wes Craven, 1989) ; SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (US, Jonathan Demme, 1991) ; SIMON DEL DESIERTO (MX, Luis Bunuel, 1965) ; SLEEPER (US, Woody Allen, 1973) ; SOPHIE'S CHOICE (US, Alan J. Pakula, 1982) ; STAGE FRIGHT (UK, Alfred Hitchcock, 1950) ; STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (US, Nicholas Meyer, 1982) ; STAR TREK ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ; SUTURE (US, Scott McGehee & David Siegel, 1993) ; SWITCH (US, Blake Edwards, 1991) ; TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) ; TESTAMENT DU DOCTEUR CORDELIER, LE (FR, Jean Renoir, 1961) ; THINGS TO COME (UK, William Cameron Menzies, 1936) ; TROIS COULEURS: BLEU (FR, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993) ; THREE FACES OF EVE (US, Nunnally Johnson, 1957) ; TOTAL RECALL (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1990) ; TRUMAN SHOW, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1998) ; USUAL SUSPECTS, THE (US, Bryan Singer, 1995) ; VICE VERSA (US, Brian Gilbert, 1988) ; JUNGFRUKALLAN (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1960) ; WAG THE DOG (US, Barry Levinson, 1997) ; WALL STREET (US, Oliver Stone, 1987) ; WILD ONE, THE (US, Laslo Benedek, 1953) ; WITTGENSTEIN (UK, Derek Jarman, 1993) ; YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (US, Fritz Lang, 1937) Summary: Now emulated in several competing publications, but still unsurpassed in clarity and insight, Philosophy Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Philosophy, Third Edition builds on the approach that made the two earlier editions so successful. Drawing on many popular and some lesser known films from around the world, Christopher Falzon introduces students to key areas in philosophy, like: Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, The Theory of Knowledge, The Self and Personal Identity, Critical Thinking.
Perfect for beginners, this book guides the reader through philosophy using illuminating cinematic works, like Avatar, Inception, Fight Club, Wings of Desire, Run Lola Run, A Clockwork Orange, Blade Runner, Dirty Harry and many other films.
The fully revised and updated Third Edition features: an expanded introduction that provides a new discussion of the relationship between film and philosophy; new material on notable philosophers such as Aristotle, Merleau-Ponty and Rawls; and coverage of new topics like virtue ethics and what Socrates offers for critical thinking. An updated glossary, references and bibliography, and a filmography, are also included in the Third Edition. -- publisher's web siteNotes: Includes glossaryISBN: 9780415538169Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- 1 - Plato’s Picture Show - the theory of knowledge -- 2 - All of Me - the self and personal identity -- 3 - Crimes and Misdemeanors - moral philosophy -- 4 - Antz - social and political philosophy -- 5 - Modern Times - society, science, and technology -- 6 - The Holy Grail - critical thinking -- Further Reading -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index
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The Vampire Companion : The Official Guide to Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles / Katherine Ramsland
Anne Rice London: Little Brown & Co., 1994.
Call No: 735.23 RAMAuthor: Ramsland, Katherine
Rice, Anne Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Little Brown & Co.PubDate: 1994PhysDes: 507 p. ; ill. ; 24 cmSubject: VAMPIRE FILMS ; DRACULA IN FILMS ; INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (US, Neil Jordan, 1994) ; QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, THE (US/AT, Michael Rymer, 2002) Summary: Written with the full co-operation of Anne Rice. Exploration, appreciation & interpretation of all the characters & events, names & places, symbols & themes in the four volumes of The Vampire Chronicles.Notes: Includes bibliography pp. 505-507; Includes maps pp. 495-504ISBN: 0-316-90901-7
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