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Call No: 410(73) GOE
Author: Goetz, Kevin
Edition: 2022
Place: New York
Publisher: Simon Element
PubDate: 2021
PhysDes: 225 pages
Subject: AUDIENCE RESEARCH. USA; AUDIENCES. USA; COCKTAIL (US, Roger Donaldson, 1988); FORREST GUMP (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1994); PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (US, Oren Peli, 2007); TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997); WAR OF THE ROSES, THE (US, Danny DeVito, 1989)
Summary: Discover the fascinating and secretive process of audience testing of Hollywood movies through these firsthand stories from famous filmmakers, studio heads, and stars. Audience-ology takes you to one of the most unknown places in Hollywood—a place where famous directors are reduced to tears and multi-millionaire actors to fits of rage. A place where dreams are made and fortunes are lost. From “the best in the business” (Sacha Baron Cohen), this book is the chronicle of how real people have written and rewritten America’s cinematic masterpieces by showing up, watching a rough cut of a new film, and giving their unfettered opinions so that directors and studios can salvage their blunders, or better yet, turn their movies into all-time classics. Each chapter informs an aspect or two of the test-screening process and then, through behind-the-scenes stories, illustrates how that particular aspect was carried out. Nicknamed “the doctor of audience-ology,” Kevin Goetz shares how he helped filmmakers and movie execs confront the misses and how he recommended ways to fix the blockbusters, as well as first-hand accounts from Ron Howard, Cameron Crowe, Ed Zwick, Renny Harlin, Jason Blum, and other Hollywood luminaries who brought you such films as La La Land, Chicago, Titanic, Wedding Crashers, Jaws, and Forrest Gump. Audience-ology explores one of the most important (and most underrated) steps in the filmmaking process with enough humor, drama, and surprise to entertain those with only a spectator’s interest in film, offering us a new look at movie history. -- publisher's web site
ISBN: 9781982186678

Call No: 45:93 MCG
Author: McGee, Patrick
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
PubDate: 2012
PhysDes: 209 p. ; 22 cm
Subject: HISTORICAL FILMS; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA; HISTORY OF CINEMA; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA; THEORY; AUSTRALIA (UK/AT/US, Baz Luhrmann, 2008); INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (US/G, Quentin Tarantino, 2009); GANGS OF NEW YORK (GG/IT/US, Martin Scorsese, 2002); TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997)
Summary: "In his latest book, Patrick McGee argues for the political and social significance of mass culture through the interpretation of four recent big-budget movies: Titanic, Gangs of New York, Australia, and Inglourious Basterds. Through philosophical and historical contextualization, he reveals the logic of what appears on the screen, a logic that shows how these films both represent and distort the historical record in order to articulate a truth that challenges conventional history as a discipline. Counterdisciplinary in its method, this exciting work asserts that no movie can ever be reduced to the absolutely authentic or the absolutely inauthentic." -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9780230116511
Contents: -- acknowledgments -- Introduction: truth, history, and counterdisciplinary practices in film studies -- 1: Terrible beauties: messianic time and the image of social redemption in James Cameron's Titanic. -- 2: Infinite history: Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York and the production of the inexistent -- 3: "No dreaming, no story, nothing": Baz Luhrmann's Australia, the cinematic common, and postcolonial discourse-- Conclusion: the glorious truth about inglorious history in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious basterds -- works cited -- index --

Call No: 226.4 STR
Author: Street, Sarah
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: Wallflower
PubDate: 2001
PhysDes: 112 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Series: Short Cuts
Subject: COSTUMES; FASHION AND THE CINEMA; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997); MATRIX, THE (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1999); TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, THE (US, Anthony Minghella, 1999); WONDERLAND (UK, Michael Winterbottom, 1999); DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985)
Summary: Presents an overview of the literature on film costume, together with a series of detailed case studies which highlight how costume relates in fundamental ways to the study of film narrative and mise-en-scene, in some cases constituting a language of its own. In particular the book foregrounds the related issues of adaptation and embodiment in a variety of different genres and films.
Notes: Glossary: p.105-108 Bibliography: p.109-112
ISBN: 1903364183 (pbk.)

Author: Crogan, Patrick
PhysDes: Article; Illustration(s)
Subject: TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997)
Summary: Crogan discusses "Titanic" as an example of Hypergenre and 'New Sincerity' genre.

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: FEMME DE CHAMBRE DU TITANIC, LA (SP/FR/IT, Bigas Luna, 1997)

Call No: 738.1 BRE
Author: Brerton, Pat
Source: UK
Place: Bristol, UK
Publisher: Intellect Books
PubDate: 2004
PhysDes: 270 p. ; 24 cm
Subject: NATURE IN FILMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN FILMS; WESTERNS; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS; ROAD MOVIES; CONSPIRACY FILMS; ANDROMEDA STRAIN, THE (US, Robert Wise, 1971); ALIEN RESURRECTION (US, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997); BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982); DANCES WITH WOLVES (US, Kevin Costner, 1990); EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper,1969); INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, THE (US, Jack Arnold, 1957); JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975); LAST OF THE MOHICANS, THE (US, Michael Mann, 1992); MEN IN BLACK (US, Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997); SOYLENT GREEN (US, Richard Fleischer, 1973); TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991); THELMA & LOUISE (US, Ridley Scott, 1991); TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997); YEARLING, THE (US, Clarence Brown, 1947)
Summary: "Hollywood Utopia applies a range of interdisciplinary strategies to trace the evolution of ecological representations in Hollywood film from 1950s to the present. Popular science fiction, westerns, nature and road movies are extensively analysed while privileging ecological moments of sublime expression often dramatized in the closing moments of these films. "
Notes: Bibliography: p. 241-267 Filmography: p. 9-10
ISBN: 1841501174
Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2009

Call No: 71(417) MCL
Author: McLoone, Martin
CorpAuthor: British Film Institute
Place: London
Publisher: British Film Institute
PubDate: 2000
PhysDes: 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE CINEMA. REPUBLIC OF IRELAND; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS; BUTCHER BOY, THE (US, Neil Jordan, 1997); POLITICAL FILMS; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA; FLAHERTY, ROBERT; HUSH-A-BYE-BABY (UK, Margo Hakin, 1990); IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (IE/UK/US, Jim Sheridan, 1993); JORDAN, NEIL; MAEVE (UK/IE, Pat Murphy & John Davies, 1981); MAN OF ARAN (UK, Robert Flaherty, 1934); NOTHING PERSONAL (UK/IE, Thaddeus O'Sullivan, 1995); OUR BOYS (IE, Cathal Black, 1981); PATRIOT GAMES (US, Philip Noyce, 1992); QUIET MAN, THE (US/IR, John Ford, 1952); SHERIDAN, JIM; THIS IS MY FATHER (US, Paul Quinn, 1998); TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 0851707920(cased) : ¦45.00; 0851707939(pbk.) : ¦14.99; 0851707920; 0851707939 (pbk.); 0851707920 (cased); 0851707939 (pbk.); 0851707920 (cased) : ¦45.00; 0851707939 (pbk.) : ¦14.99
LON: 21663034 21663034

Call No: 81CAM JAM
Author: Dunham, Brent
Source: US
Place: Jackson
Publisher: University of Mississippi
PubDate: 2012
PhysDes: xxxix, 219 p. ; 23 cm
Series: Conversations with filmmakers series
Subject: CAMERON, JAMES; TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984); ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986); TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997); AVATAR (US, James Cameron, 2009)
Summary: "James Cameron (b.1954) is lauded as one of the most successful and innovative filmmakers of the the last thirty years. His films often break records, both in their massive budgets and in their box-office earnings. They include such hits as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Titanic, and Avatar. Part scientist, part dramatist, Cameron combines these two qualities into inventive and captivating films that often push the boundaries of special effects to accomodate his imagination. James Cameron: Interviews chronicles the writer-director's rise through the Hollywood system, highlighted by his "can-do" attitude and his insatiable drive to make the best film possible. As a young boy growing up in Canada, Cameron imagined himself an astronaut, a deep-sea explorer, a science fiction writer, or a filmmaker. Transplanted to southern California, he would go on to realize many of those boyhood fantasies. This collection of interviews provides glimpses of the filmmaker as he advances from Roger Corman's underling to "king of the world." The interviews are drawn from a number of sources including TV appearances and blog conversations, which have never been published in print. Spanning more than twenty years, this collection constructs a concise and thorough examination of James Cameron, a filmmaker who has almost single-handedly ushered Hollywood into the twenty-first century." -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Includes filmography
ISBN: 9781617031328
Donation: Donated by Senses of Cinema, 2013
Contents: -- introduction -- chronology -- filmography -- How to direct a terminator / Thomas McKelvey Cleaver/1984 -- The 1984 movie revue: James Cameron interviewed by David Chute / David Chute/1985 -- Writer-director shows the special effect energy can radiate / JoAnn Rhetts/1986 -- Aliens: an out of this world communication with director James Cameron / Victor Wells/1986 -- James Cameron takes a plunge / Alan Jones/1989 -- James Cameron takes a second plunge / Alan Jones/1989 -- Aliens: James Cameron interview / Nigel Floyd/1992 -- The hero's journey / Syd Field/1992 -- Approaching the sequel / Syd Field/1992 -- Iron Jim / John H. Richardson/1994 -- Rich and strange / Ray Greene/1995 -- 20,000 leagues under the sea: the movie director as Captain Nemo / Bill Moseley/1998 -- A drive of Titanic proportions : academy of achievement/1999 -- The final frontier / Anne Thompson/2000 -- James Cameron: The second coming / Jenny Cooney Carrillo/2002 -- Sound of silence / John Reading/2002 -- James Cameron / Adrian Wootton/2003 -- My Titanic obsession / James Rampton/2005 -- King of all he surveys / James Rampton/2006 -- James Cameron: a life in pictures / Francine Stock/2009 -- James Cameron / Tavis Smiley/2009 -- James Cameron Interview: Avatar Blu-Ray, also talks Titanic 3D and Avatar 2 / Sara Wyland/2010 -- James Cameron interview! talks Avatar re-release, sequels, 3D conversions, and working with Del Toro / Jim Dorey/2010 -- index --

Author: Murdoch, Blake
PhysDes: Article; Statistics
Subject: BOX OFFICE. AUSTRALIA; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997)
Summary: MPDAA reports record growth in Australian box office for 1998 but poor year for Australian films. Includes top ten earners in Australia in 1998, with Titanic holding no.1 position.

Call No: 721.303.311 STR
Author: Stinger, Julian (ed.)
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: Routledge
PubDate: 2003
PhysDes: 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: BLOCKBUSTERS; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; INDUSTRY, FILM. NEW ZEALAND; INDUSTRY, FILM. CHINA; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. KOREA; INDUSTRY, FILM. ARGENTINA; AWARDS. ACADEMY; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; CAMERON, JAMES; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975); JAZZ SINGER, THE (US, Alan Crosland, 1927); TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (US, Cecil B. DeMille, 1956); TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991); TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997); CONTACT (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1997); FUGITIVE, THE (US, Andrew Davis, 1993); ONCE WERE WARRIORS (NZ, Lee Tamahori, 1994); STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977)
Summary: Big-budget, spectacular films designed to appeal to a mass audience: is this what – or all – blockbusters are? Movie Blockbuster brings together leading film scholars to consider this most high-profile and culturally significant genre. Drawing on a range of critical perspectives, the book traces how and why the ‘even movie’ has played such a large role in popular imagination, tracing a path from the spectacles of the silent era to the effects-laden mega-hits of the digital age.
ISBN: 0415256097

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Publicity; Clippings
Subject: RAISE THE TITANIC (US, Jerry Jameson, 1980)

Call No: 62:61[741.5] TRE
Author: Trembles, Rick
Source: UK
Place: Surrey
Publisher: FAB Press
PubDate: 2004
PhysDes: 191 p. : 24 cm
Subject: CRITICISM; CARTOONS; COMIC STRIPS AND THE CINEMA; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997); POSSESSION (FR/GW, Andrzej Zulawski, 1981); NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (US, Charles Laughton, 1955); URBAN LEGEND (US, Jamie Blanks, 1998); BIG CHILL, THE (US, Lawrence Kasdan, 1983)
Summary: From the pages of free weekly The Montreal Mirror comes the best of Rick Trembles’ distinctive hybrid film-review/column/comic strip Motion Picture Purgatory! A novel new form of film criticism, the medium of sequential art lends itself well to the dissection of motion pictures; frequently resembling storyboards, plotline trajectories are diagrammatically tracked via elaborate cross-sections and aerial views with an obsessive attention to detail! Trembles has developed a worldwide reputation over the years distributing his own comix and appearing in a variety of anthologies including Robert Crumb’s Weirdo, Fantagraphics’ Pictopia and Danny Hellman’s Legal Action Comix! [Taken from back cover.]
ISBN: 1903254302

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; DIGITAL CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings; Press kit
Subject: TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997)

Call No: 79TIT TIT
Author: Studlar, Gaylyn; Sandler, Kevin S., 1969
Place: New Brunswick, NJ
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
PubDate: 1999
PhysDes: p. cm
Subject: TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 081352668X (cloth : alk. paper); 0813526698 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LON: 14341223

Call No: 79TIT LUB
Author: Lubin, David M
Place: London
Publisher: British Film Institute
PubDate: 1999
PhysDes: 142 p. : ill., ports. ; 19 cm
Series: BFI modern classics
Subject: TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997)
ISBN: 0851707602 (pbk.) : ¦10.99; 0851707602(pbk.) : ¦10.99
LON: 21337839

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: TITANIC TOWN (UK, Roger Michell, 1998)

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: TITANIC [TV] (US/CN/HU/UK, Jon Jones, 2012)

Call No: 632.43 VOG
Author: Vogler, Christopher, 1949
Edition: 2nd rev. ed
Place: London
Publisher: Pan
PubDate: 1998
PhysDes: xxiii,326 p. ; 22 cm
Subject: SCRIPTWRITING; MYTH AND THE CINEMA; BEVERLY HILLS COP (US, Martin Brest, 1984); FULL MONTY, THE (UK/US, Robert Cattaneo, 1997); LION KING, THE (US, Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff, 1994); OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, AN (US, Taylor Hackford, 1982); PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994); ROMANCING THE STONE (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1984); COMEDIES; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977); TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997); WIZARD OF OZ, THE (US, Victor Fleming, 1939)
Notes: This ed. originally published: London: Boxtree, 1996; Bibliography: p302. - Includes index
ISBN: 0330375911(pbk.) : ª14.99
LON: 14527333