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Contemporary Hollywood cinema / edited by Steve Neale and Murray Smith London New York: Routledge, 1998.
Call No: 71(73) CONAuthor: Neale, Stephen ; Smith, Murray, 1962 Place: London New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 1998PhysDes: xxii, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: USA ; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA ; DISTRIBUTION. USA ; EXHIBITION. USA ; WIDE-SCREEN SYSTEMS ; SPECTATORSHIP ; MEN IN FILMS. USA ; MELODRAMA ; MUSIC, FILM ; SOUND TRACKS ; TELEVISION AND THE CINEMA ; FAMILY IN FILMS. USA ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; BLACK CINEMA. USA ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA ; BLOCKBUSTERS ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; CENSORSHIP. USA ; INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA ; WOMEN, FILMS FOR ; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA ; HORROR FILMS. USA ; CHILDREN, FILMS FOR ; ACTION FILMS ; AUDIENCES ; MIRAMAX FILMS ; NEW LINE CINEMA ; TIME WARNER ; VERHOEVEN, PAUL ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; HAMILTON, LINDA ; MCDORMAND, FRANCES ; ELFMAN, DANNY ; E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982) ; FARGO (US, Ethan Coen, 1996) ; BASIC INSTINCT (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1992) ; BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1992) ; BATMAN (US, Tim Burton, 1989) ; BATMAN RETURNS (US, Tim Burton, 1992) ; RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (US, Steven Spielberg, 1981) ; JURASSIC PARK (US, Steven Spielberg,, 1993) ; LION KING, THE (US, Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff, 1994) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-318) and indexISBN: 0415170095; 0415170109 (pbk.)LON: 98005952; 13736490
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Down and dirty pictures : Miramax, Sundance and the rise of independent film / Peter Biskind London: Bloomsbury, 2004.
Call No: 721.3(73) BISAuthor: Biskind, Peter Place: LondonPublisher: BloomsburyPubDate: 2004PhysDes: 24 cm ; 545 pSubject: DIRECTORS. USA ; USA ; AWARDS. ACADEMY ; INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTION ; INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA ; INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION ; INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION. USA ; DISTRIBUTION. USA ; FESTIVALS. PARK CITY. SUNDANCE ; MIRAMAX FILMS ; AFFLECK, BEN ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; ANDERS, ALLISON ; ANDERSON, PAUL THOMAS ; ANDERSON, WES ; ARAKI, GREGG ; ARONOFSKY, DARREN ; ARTETA, MIGUEL ; WEINSTEIN, BOB ; WEINSTEIN, HARVEY ; ALLEN, WOODY ; ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (US, Billy Bob Thornton, 2000) ; FABULEUX DESTIN D'AMELIE POULAIN, LE (FR/GG, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001) ; APOSTLE, THE (US, Robert Duvall, 1997) ; AMERICAN BEAUTY (US, Sam Mendes, 1999) ; RESERVOIR DOGS (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1992) Summary: In Down and Dirty Pictures, Peter Biskind tells the story of the filmmakers and the independent distributors who revitalised Hollywood in the 1990s. He follows the growth of Sundance from a regional film festival to the premier showcase of independent film that it became, showing how it succeeded almost despite Robert Redford, whose visionary plans were often thwarted by his quixotic personality. He charts the meteoric rise of the controversial Harvey Weinstein, often described as the last mogul who, with his brother Bob, left a trail of carnage in his wake, yet created an Oscar factory that is the envy of the studios. [Taken from inner jacket sleeve].ISBN: 0747565708ID2: 341
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Icons in the fire : The decline and fall of almost everybody in the British Film Industry 1984-2000 / Alexander Walker London: Orion, 2004.
Call No: 71(41) WALAuthor: Walker, Alexander Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: OrionPubDate: 2004PhysDes: xxiv, 328 p. ; colour illustrations ; 22 cmSubject: ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS (UK, Julien Temple, 1986) ; GOVERNMENT AID. UK ; ATTENBOROUGH, RICHARD ; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION ; JAMES BOND IN FILMS ; BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE ; CANNES FILM FESTIVAL ; CHANNEL FOUR ; [FOUR] 4 WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (UK, Mike Newell, 1994) ; FULL MONTY, THE (UK/US, Robert Cattaneo, 1997) ; GOLAN, MENAHEM ; GOLAN-GLOBUS PRODUCTIONS ; GLOBUS, YORAM ; GOLDCREST FILMS ; GREENAWAY, PETER ; JORDAN, NEIL ; KILLING FIELDS, THE (UK, Roland Joffe, 1984) ; LOACH, KENNETH ; MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS ; MIRAMAX FILMS ; PUTTNAM, DAVID ; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM ; WISH YOU WERE HERE (UK, David Leland, 1987) ; WOOLLEY, STEPHEN ; WORKING TITLE Summary: "FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, NOTTING HILL, THE FULL MONTY, BRIDGET JONES' DIARY - all made in Britain, all huge successes, but none financed by British money...
Walker's previous volumes, HOLLYWOOD ENGLAND and NATIONAL HEROES, covered the period until 1984. This final volume tells the inside story right up to date of why a nation that produces actors of the calibre of Kenneth Branagh, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Robert Carlyle, Kate Winslet and directors such as Anthony Minghella, Sam Mendes, Stephen Frears, Neil Jordan, Peter Greenaway, Ken Loach and Guy Ritchie cannot sustain a native film industry.
Walker's revelations on the iniquities of National Lottery funding of movies - over £200m to date and hardly a profitable film among those so far produced - have been headline news. Walker relates the extraordinary events of the past two decades years through the individuals, the companies and the studios." -- from book jacket (abridged)Notes: Includes introduction by Joseph Connelly, includes preface and indexISBN: 0752856103Donation: Bruce HodsdonContents: Before the title: The Chinese butterfly -- 1. Alive and kicking -- 2. Self-congratulatory trumpet flourish -- 3. Cannon a go-go -- 4. The Coca-cola kid -- 5. Cannon self-destructs -- 6. Talents at work -- 7. From the depths -- 8. Contemporary and traditional -- 9. Independant struggles -- 10. Talking film finance -- 11. Just one film -- 12. Lottery promise -- 13. No rank revival -- 14. Hit the screen running -- 15. Fool's gold -- 16. Thrown away - 17. Ends and beginnings
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Movie wars : how Hollywood and the media conspire to limit what films we can see / by Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago: A Capella, 2000.
Call No: 409 ROSAuthor: Rosenbaum, Jonathan Place: ChicagoPublisher: A CapellaPubDate: 2000PhysDes: v, 234 p. ; 24 cmSubject: DISTRIBUTION ; EXHIBITION ; GLOBALISATION ; AUDIENCES ; American Film Institute ; FESTIVALS ; AUDIENCE RECEPTION ; FESTIVALS. CANNES ; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE CINEMA. US ; MIRAMAX FILMS ; BEST FILMS ; BEST FILMS. US ; CRITICISM ; PERIODICALS, FILM ; WELLES, ORSON ; DANTE, JOE ; BRESSON, ROBERT ; EBERT, ROGER ; WEINSTEIN, HARVEY ; KIAROSTAMI, ABBAS ; MASLIN, JANET ; SMALL SOLDIERS (US, Joe Dante, 1998) ; MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, THE (US, Orson Welles, 1942) ; STARSHIP TROOPERS (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1997) ; STAR WARS : EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE (US, George Lucas, 1999) ; TOUCH OF EVIL (US, Orson Welles, 1958) Notes: Includes indexISBN: 1556524064LON: 21468355
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Spike, Mike, slackers & dykes : a guided tour across a decade of American independent cinema / John Pierson with the conversational collaboration of Kevin Smith London: Faber and Faber, 1996, c1995.
Call No: 210.2(73) PIEAuthor: Pierson, John Place: LondonPublisher: Faber and FaberPubDate: 1996, c1995PhysDes: 374 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports ; 24 cmSubject: INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA ; INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION. USA ; FESTIVALS. PARK CITY. SUNDANCE ; WARNER BROS. ; MIRAMAX FILMS ; SMITH, KEVIN ; WEISS, ROB ; MOORE, MICHAEL ; TROCHE, ROSE ; TURNER, GUINEVERE ; LEE, SPIKE ; LINKLATER, RICHARD ; BORDEN, LIZZIE ; Pierson, John ; GOMEZ, NICK ; JARMUSCH, JIM ; MORRIS, ERROL ; AMONGST FRIENDS (US, Rob Weiss, 1993) ; ANNA (US, Yurek Bogayevicz, 1987) ; CLERKS (US, Kevin Smith, 1994) ; MALLRATS (US, Kevin Smith, 1995) ; GO FISH (US, Rose Troche, 1994) ; PARTING GLANCES (US, Bill Sherwood, 1986) ; STRANGER THAN PARADISE (US/GW, Jim Jarmusch, 1984) ; WORKING GIRLS (US, Lizzie Borden, 1986) ; ROGER AND ME (US, Michael Moore, 1989) ; SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT (US, Spike Lee, 1986) ; HOOP DREAMS (US, Steve James, 1994) ; SLACKER (US, Richard Linklater, 1990) ; THIN BLUE LINE, THE (US, Errol Morris, 1988) Notes: First published in the USA in 1995 by Hyperion/Miramax; Includes indexISBN: 0571179142 (pbk.)LON: 13149590
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