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The big picture : re-evaluating Sylvester Stallone, the Rocky of ages in Sunday Age [Melbourne Magazine] (6/12/2015) p.20
Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS; STALLONE, SYLVESTERAuthor: Byrnes, Paul PhysDes: Clippings File ArticleSubject: STALLONE, SYLVESTER Summary: The author acknowledges the impact Sylvester Stallone has had on the Hollywood movie industry; the way action movies are now made, speed of editing and use of music. Byrnes also highlights his strength as an actor and his role as the underdog in all of his films.
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Film at the intersection of high and mass culture / Paul Coates Cambridge [England] New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Call No: 408 COAAuthor: Coates, Paul, 1953 Place: Cambridge [England] New YorkPublisher: Cambridge University PressPubDate: 1994PhysDes: xvii, 201 p. ; 24 cmSeries: Cambridge studies in filmSubject: POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; MELODRAMA ; WESTERNS ; FILM NOIR ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS ; STARS ; GENRES ; HORROR FILMS ; VOICE OVER ; MUSIC TELEVISION ; SIRK, DOUGLAS ; MARKER, CHRIS ; TARKOVSKY, ANDREI ; KIESLOWSKI, KRZYSZTOF ; FRANJU, GEORGES ; STALLONE, SYLVESTER ; VALENTINO, RUDOLPH ; LANG, FRITZ ; LEE, SPIKE ; MADONNA ; MONROE, MARILYN ; POTTER, DENNIS ; BEDROOM WINDOW, THE (US, Curtis Hanson, 1986) ; FLY, THE (US, David Cronenberg, 1986) ; JETEE, LA (FR, Chris Marker, 1963) ; MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, THE (US, John Ford, 1962) ; AUFZEICHNUNGEN ZU KLEIDERN UND STADTEN (GW, Wim Wenders, 1989) ; OUT OF THE PAST (US, Jacques Tourneur, 1947) ; ROCKY IV (US, Sylvester Stallone, 1985) ; OFFRET [SACRIFICE, THE] (SW/FR, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986) ; SEARCHERS, THE (US, John Ford, 1956) ; SINGING DETECTIVE, THE [TV] (UK, Jon Amiel, 1986) ; SOLARIS (UR, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972) ; WESELE (PL, Andrzej Wajda, 1972) ; DAY OF THE LOCUST, THE (US, John Schlesinger, 1975) ; REAR WINDOW (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-194) and indexISBN: 0521444721 (hardback)LON: 10419843
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Muscles in the movies : perfecting the art of illusion / John D. Fair and David L. Chapman Coumbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press,
Call No: 739 FAIAuthor: Fair, John D. ; Chapman, David L. Edition: 2020Place: Coumbia, MissouriPublisher: University of Missouri PressPhysDes: xvi, 466 pages : illustratedSubject: BODY IN FILMS ; BOXING FILMS ; CRABBE, BUSTER ; DOUGLAS, KIRK ; FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS ; JOHNSON, DWAYNE ; KELLY, GENE ; LANCASTER, BURT ; LEE, BRUCE ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; MIX, TOM ; OLYMPICS IN FILMS ; PAGANO, BARTOLOMEO ; HISTORICAL FILMS ; REEVES, STEVE ; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD ; SERIALS ; STALLONE, SYLVESTER ; STUNTS ; SUPERMAN IN FILMS ; TARZAN IN FILMS ; VALENTINO, RUDOLPH ; VAUDEVILLE AND THE CINEMA ; WEISSMULLER, JOHNNY ; WILLIAMS, ESTHER Summary: John Fair and David Chapman tell the story of how filmmakers use and manipulate the appearance and performances of muscular men and women to enhance the appeal of their productions. The authors show how this practice, deeply rooted in western epistemological traditions, evolved from the art of photography through magic lantern and stage shows into the motion picture industry, arguing that the sight of muscles in action induced a higher degree of viewer entertainment. From Eugen Sandow to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, muscular actors appear capable of performing the miraculous, and with the aid of stuntmen and filming contrivances, they do. By such means, muscles are used to perfect the art of illusion, inherent in movie-making from its earliest days. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9780826222152
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Projections 10 : Hollywood film-makers on film-making London: Faber, 1999.
Call No: 802 PRO v.10Author: Figgis, Michael Place: LondonPublisher: FaberPubDate: 1999PhysDes: 304 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cmSubject: FIGGIS, MIKE ; SHUE, ELISABETH ; CALLEY, JOHN ; MAZURSKY, PAUL ; ANDERSON, PAUL THOMAS ; FOSTER, JODIE ; Gibson, Mel ; ARQUETTE, ROSANNA ; SHEEDY, ALLY ; STALLONE, SYLVESTER ; BRUCKHEIMER, JERRY ; SCOTT, TONY ; ROURKE, MICKEY ; HAYEK, SALMA ; MING-NA, WEN ; KINSKI, NASTASSJA ; SHIELDS, BROOKE ; DOWNEY, ROBERT, Jr. ; KAYE, TONY ; RAFELSON, BOB ; DELPY, JULIE ; TURAN, KENNETH ; BENEIX, JEAN-JACQUES ; NEWMAN, ROBERT ; YORN, JULIE ; BERKELEY, XANDER ; LOWE, ELIZABETH ; GRAHAM, AMY ISBN: 0571193579(pbk.) : ª12.99LON: 20092428
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Screen violence / edited by Karl French London: Bloomsbury, 1996.
Call No: 45:179 SCRAuthor: French, Karl Place: LondonPublisher: BloomsburyPubDate: 1996PhysDes: vi, 250 p. ; 21 cmSubject: VIOLENCE IN FILMS ; VIOLENCE ON TV ; SERIAL KILLERS IN FILMS ; CENSORSHIP ; DELINQUENTS IN FILMS ; CHILDREN, EFFECTS OF FILM ON ; WATERS, JOHN (US) ; MCCALLION, JAMES ; STONE, OLIVER ; EASTWOOD, CLINT ; GRISHAM, JOHN ; AMIS, MARTIN ; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD ; STALLONE, SYLVESTER ; CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1971) ; CHILD'S PLAY [...] (US, 1988-1991) ISBN: 0747525498LON: abn96397172; 12886978
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Screening the male : exploring masculinities in Hollywood cinema / edited by Steven Cohan and Ina Rae Hark London New York: Routledge, 1993.
Call No: 451-01 SCRAuthor: Cohan, Steven ; Hark, Ina Rae Place: London New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 1993PhysDes: x, 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: MEN IN FILMS ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; MUSICALS ; ACTION FILMS ; HORROR FILMS ; VALENTINO, RUDOLPH ; STALLONE, SYLVESTER ; WHITE HEAT (US, Raoul Walsh, 1949) ; PLAY MISTY FOR ME (US, Clint Eastwood, 1971) ; SPARTACUS (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1960) Summary: "Screening the Male challenges the traditional understanding of the male's position in Hollywood cinema. Gathering together thirteen original essays by scholars in the US, UK, and Australia, as well as Steve Neale's ground-breaking article on the male spectacle, this collection looks beyong the seemingly unassailable monolithic understanding of the 'masculine' which has previously dominiated most film criticism.
Ranging from Valentino to Schwarzeneeger, from the musical to the horror film. from close readings to 'queer' readings, the essays all differ in their critical method and historical focus. But whatever their specific interest, each essay holds a strong concern with issues that film studies has repeatedly linked to the feminine without considering how they relate as well to the masculine: spectacle, masochism, passivity, masquerade and, most of all, the body as it signifies gendered, racial, class and generational differences." -- BOOK COVERNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexesISBN: 0415077583; 0415077591 (pbk.)LON: 92005815; 8965703
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Stallone! : a hero's story / Jeff Rovin Sevenoaks: New English Library, 1987.
Call No: 81STA ROVAuthor: Rovin, Jeff Source: UKPlace: SevenoaksPublisher: New English LibraryPubDate: 1987PhysDes: 254 p., [8] p. of plates : ports. ; 18cmSubject: STALLONE, SYLVESTER ; ROCKY BALBOA ; FIRST BLOOD (US, Ted Kotcheff, 1982) ; RAMBO III (US, Peter MacDonald, 1988) ; BEVERLY HILLS COP (US, Martin Brest, 1984) ISBN: 0450409384Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; PERSONALITY MICROFILM COLLECTIONPhysDes: ClippingsSubject: STALLONE, SYLVESTER
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Stars in our eyes : the star phenomenon in the contemporary era / Edited by Angela Ndalianis and Charlotte Henry London: Praeger Publishers, 2002.
Call No: 465.1 STAAuthor: Henry, Charlotte ; Ndalianis, Angela Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Praeger PublishersPubDate: 2002PhysDes: xviii, 185p. : illus. : 24cm.Subject: ACTORS ; ANIMATION ; CELEBRITIES IN FILMS ; COMPUTER GAMES ; DE NIRO, ROBERT ; HOPPER, DENNIS ; Peckinpah, Sam ; PRINCESS OF WALES, DIANA ; REEVES, KEANU ; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD ; STALLONE, SYLVESTER ; ROCKY (US, John G. Avildsen, 1976) Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index.ISBN: 0275974804
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Who killed Hollywood? : - and put the tarnish on tinseltown / Peter Bart Los Angeles, CA: Renaissance Books, c1999.
Call No: 210.31(73) BARAuthor: Bart, Peter Edition: 1st edSource: USPlace: Los Angeles, CAPublisher: Renaissance BooksPubDate: c1999PhysDes: 399 p. ; 24 cmSubject: INDUSTRY, FILM. USA ; DIRECTORS. USA ; PRODUCERS. USA ; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA ; ACTORS ; BASS, RON ; BEATTY, WARREN ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; COSTNER, KEVIN ; EISNER, MICHAEL ; Gibson, Mel ; GODFATHER [...], THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972-) ; KATZENBERG, JEFFREY ; NICHOLS, MIKE ; NICHOLSON, JACK ; OVITZ, MIKE ; POLANSKI, ROMAN ; REDFORD, ROBERT ; RIFKIN, ARNOLD ; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; STALLONE, SYLVESTER ; WILDER, BILLY Summary: "Who killed hollywood? is a passionate love/hate letter to the film industry. In it, Peter Bart pulls together his best columns from Variety and GQ. He groups them, juxtaposes them, and interprets them, outlining in detail the history and inner workings of Hollywood. This could only be done by someone powerful enough to phone any star or head of studio and have his calls taken on the first ring. In story after story, Bart shows how the major studios haver diverted thie energies away from production of the shrewdly crafted pictures that once made the industry powerful. There isn't, for example, much range or innovation in the movies of salable objects- natural disasters, aliens, dinosaurs, ghosts, monsters, or any combination thereof. All are subjects easily parlayed into theme-park environments, action figures, video games, and clothing lines. Similarly, since Jaws twenty years ago, there's been a very short list of acceptable settings. The 1998 Academy Award nominations for best picture all went to films set in Elizabethian times or during World War II. A few years ago it looked as though Pulp Fiction and other independent films were going to save showbiz. Now independent producers like Miramax and New Line have been acquired by the conglomerates. Who and what will resurrect Hollywood? Peter Bart has the answers." - BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes indexISBN: 1580631169LON: 21362029
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