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book		Hauntings : popular film and American culture, 1990-1992 / Joseph Natoli Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994. Call No: 409(73) NAT Author: Natoli, Joseph, 1943 Place: Albany Publisher: State University of New York Press PubDate: 1994 PhysDes: xi, 238 p. ; 24 cm Series: SUNY series in postmodern culture Subject: SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA. USA; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA; NATIVE AMERICANS IN FILMS; ROBIN HOOD IN FILMS; KING, RODNEY; PHOENIX, RIVER; STONE, OLIVER; CAPE FEAR (US, J. Lee Thompson, 1961); CAPE FEAR (US, Martin Scorsese, 1991); BASIC INSTINCT (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1992); PRINCE OF TIDES, THE (US, Barbra Streisand, 1991); HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, THE (US, Curtis Hanson, 1991); OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY (US, Norman Jewison, 1991); ROBIN HOOD : PRINCE OF THIEVES (US, Kevin Reynolds, 1991); GRAND CANYON (US, Lawrence Kasdan, 1991); GODFATHER [...], THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972-); BIS ANS ENDE DER WELT (GG/FR/AT, Wim Wenders, 1991); SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (US, Jonathan Demme, 1991); MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (US, Gus Van Sant, 1991); WALL STREET (US, Oliver Stone, 1987); UNFORGIVEN (US, Clint Eastwood, 1992); DO THE RIGHT THING (US, Spike Lee, 1989); BOB ROBERTS (US, Tim Robbins, 1992) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-238) ISBN: 0791421546 (pbk. : acid-free paper); 0791421538 (acid-free paper) LON: 10867366 More info
book		Hollywood goes to war : how politics, profits and propaganda shaped World War II movies / Clayton R. Koppes and Gregory D. Black London: I.B. Tauris, 1987. Call No: 45:355 KOP Author: Koppes, Clayton R. and Black, Gregory D. Place: London Publisher: I.B. Tauris PubDate: 1987 PhysDes: x, 374 p. [16] p. of plates ; 23 cm Subject: POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; CENSORSHIP. USA; IDEOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA; WORLD WAR II AND THE CINEMA; WORLD WAR II FILMS. USA; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA Notes: bibliography, contains index ISBN: 1850430748 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		Hollywood vs. America : popular culture and the war on traditional values / Michael Medved New York, NY [Grand Rapids, Mich.]: HarperCollins Zondervan, 1992. Call No: 409.1(73) MED Author: Medved, Michael Edition: 1st ed Source: US Place: New York, NY [Grand Rapids, Mich.] Publisher: HarperCollins Zondervan PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: xiii, 386 p. ; 25 cm Subject: POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; CENSORSHIP. USA; JEWS AND THE CINEMA. USA; FAMILY IN FILMS. USA; MARRIAGE IN FILMS. USA; RELIGION AND THE CINEMA. USA; VIOLENCE IN FILMS. USA; COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, THE (NE/FR, Peter Greenaway, 1989); LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, THE (US/CN, Martin Scorsese, 1988) Summary: "Why does popular culture seem so consistently hostile to the values most Americans hold dear? Why does the entertainment industry attack religion, glorify brutality, undermine the family, and deride patriotism? In this explosive book, one of the nation's best known film critics examines how Hollywood has broken faith with its public, creating movies, television, and popular music that exacerbates every serious social problem we face, from teenage pregnancies to violence in the streets." [Taken from book jacket] Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-370) and index ISBN: 006016882X LON: 92052604; 9162681 More info
book		Maximum movies - pulp fictions : film culture and the worlds of Samuel Fuller, Mickey Spillane, and Jim Thompson / Peter Stanfield New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2011. Call No: 408 STA Author: Stanfield, Peter Source: US Place: New Brunswick, N.J. Publisher: Rutgers University Press PubDate: 2011 PhysDes: xiii, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: ADAPTATIONS. THOMPSON, JIM; ADAPTATIONS. SPILLANE, MICKEY; FULLER, SAMUEL; EXPLOITATION FILMS; CULT FILMS; BEST FILMS; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; THEORY; AESTHETICS; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; FILM CULTURE; GODARD, JEAN-LUC; FARBER, MANNY; KISS ME DEADLY (US, Robert Aldrich, 1955) Summary: A study on pulp movies (such as Kiss me Deadly, Shock Corridor, Fixed Bayonets!, I Walked with a Zombie, The Lineup, Terror in a Texas Town, Ride Lonesome) impacted upon and influenced the critics, cinephiles, and filmmakers of the day (people such as Jean-Luc Godard, Manny Farber, Lawerence Alloway, Paulene Kael). The critics 'championed the cause of these movies and incited the cultural guardians of the day by attacking a rigorously policed canon of tasteful, rareified, and ossified art objects. Against the legitimate and in the defense of the illegitimate, in an insolent and unruly manner, these critics agitated for the recognition of lurid sensational crime stories. War pictures, fast-paced Westerns, thillers, and gangster melodramas were claimed as examples of the true, the real, and the authentic in contemporary culture - the foundation upon which modern film studies sits.' - taken from Back Cover ISBN: 9780813550626 Contents: Introduction : yours till the boys come home -- Position papers : in defense of pulp movies -- A genealogy of pulp : Black mask to Mickey Spillane -- A world of small insanities : the critical reception of Kiss me deadly -- American primitive : Samuel Fuller's pulp politics -- Authenticating pulp : Jim Thompson adaptations and neo-noir -- Conclusion : hiding out in cinemas More info
book		Movies and mass culture / edited and with an introduction by John Belton New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996. Call No: 408.1(73) MOV Author: Belton, John Place: New Brunswick, NJ Publisher: Rutgers University Press PubDate: 1996 PhysDes: viii, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Series: Rutgers depth of field series Subject: NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. USA; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; FILM NOIR. USA; FAMILY IN FILMS. USA; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA. USA; CONSUMERISM IN FILMS. USA; FASHION AND THE CINEMA. USA; NOSTALGIA IN FILMS. USA; POPULISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK; BERKELEY, BUSBY; Lombard, Carole; DAMES (US, Ray Enright, 1934); E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982); BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915); BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-269) and index ISBN: 0813522277 (cloth : alk. paper); 0813522285 (pbk.) LON: 11604013 More info
book		Ticket to paradise : American movie theaters and how we had fun / John Margolies and Emily Gwathmey ; prologue by Harold Ramis Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. Call No: 38 MAR Author: Margolies, John; Gwathmey, Emily Source: US Place: Boston Publisher: Little, Brown and Company PubDate: 1991 PhysDes: 142 p. : col. ill. ; 26 x 28 cm Subject: CINEMA BUILDINGS. USA; CINEMAS. USA; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA Summary: History of the movie theatres of USA Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-141) and index ISBN: 0821218298 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		The wow climax : tracing the emotional impact of popular culture / Henry Jenkins New York, N.Y: New York University Press, 2007. Call No: 412.3 (04) JEN Author: Jenkins, Henry Source: US Place: New York, N.Y Publisher: New York University Press PubDate: 2007 PhysDes: 285p. ;23cm Subject: POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; POPULAR CULTURE AND TV. USA Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 9780814742839 More info

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