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book		The American West on film : myth and reality / Richard A. Maynard Rochelle Park, NJ: Hayden Book Company, 1974. Call No: 736.1 MAY Author: Maynard, Richard A. Place: Rochelle Park, NJ Publisher: Hayden Book Company PubDate: 1974 PhysDes: vii, 130 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Hayden film attitudes and issues series Subject: WESTERNS; NATIVE AMERICANS IN FILMS; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; BILLY THE KID IN FILMS; FORD, JOHN; WILD BUNCH, THE (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1969) Summary: Compares the reality of the American West with literary fiction and also its treatment in Hollywood. The last chapter deals with trends of the Western genre since 1960. Notes: "Filmography": p. 125-130. ISBN: 0810458950 More info
book		Blacks in American films : Today and yesterday / by Edward Mapp Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1972. Call No: 451-054(=9) MAP Author: Mapp, Edward Edition: c.1971 Place: Metuchen, NJ Publisher: Scarecrow Press PubDate: 1972 PhysDes: 278 p. : illus. ; 22 cm Subject: TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; BLACK CINEMA. US; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA ISBN: 0810804581 More info
book		Cinema and cultural modernity / Gill Branston Philadelphia: Open University Press, 2000. Call No: 62 BRA Author: Branston, Gill Source: US Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Open University Press PubDate: 2000 PhysDes: p. cm Series: Issues in cultural and media studies Subject: POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; MODERNISM AND THE CINEMA; AUTHORSHIP; STAR SYSTEM; AUDIENCES; GLOBALISATION; CAPITALISM AND THE CINEMA; CLASS AND THE CINEMA; WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; INTERNET AND THE CINEMA; PERCEPTION; NARRATIVE IN FILMS; GENDER AND THE CINEMA; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; STUDIO SYSTEM; GAZE IN FILMS; CONSUMERISM AND THE CINEMA; MULVEY, LAURA; THELMA & LOUISE (US, Ridley Scott, 1991) Summary: "Cinema and Cultural Modernity carves a path through the complex histories and issues of film and cinema studies and vividly explores these in their social and political contexts. It focuses on selected topics such as Hollywood's histories and how authorship, stardom and globalized blockbuster cinema, its pleasures and disappointments, might be thought out. Gill Branston outlines the need for cinema study that is both sensitive to the formal 'textiness' of films, but also less anxious about arguing for its position within broad agendas of representation. She shows how such debates and histories might connect both the very real pleasures of 'consuming' cinema with the need for a critical politics to address the persistent social and cultural inequalities of modernity." -- BOOK COVER Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 033520077X (HB); 0335200761 (PB) LON: 21519736 More info
book		Cinema of outsiders : the rise of American independent film / Emanuel Levy New York: New York University Press, c1999. Call No: 71(73) LEV Author: Levy, Emanuel, 1947 Source: US Place: New York Publisher: New York University Press PubDate: c1999 PhysDes: xiii, 601 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: INDEPENDENT FILMS. USA; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA. USA; OUTSIDERS IN FILMS; MEN IN FILMS; FILM NOIR; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; COMEDIES. USA; BLACK CINEMA. US; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; FESTIVALS. PARK CITY. SUNDANCE; ARAKI, GREGG; NUNEZ, VICTOR; BROOKS, ALBERT; SMITH, KEVIN; COEN, JOEL & ETHAN; FERRARA, ABEL; WATERS, JOHN (US); HARTLEY, HAL; HAYNES, TODD; JARMUSCH, JIM; JOST, JON; LEE, SPIKE; LINKLATER, RICHARD; LYNCH, DAVID; MAMET, DAVID; NAIR, MIRA; SAYLES, JOHN; CASSAVETES, NICK; SODERBERGH, STEVEN; SOLONDZ, TODD; SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1989); BLOOD SIMPLE (US, Joel Coen, 1984); BOYZ N THE HOOD (US, John Singleton, 1991); IN THE COMPANY OF MEN (US, Neil Labute, 1997); GAS FOOD LODGING (US, Allison Anders, 1992); PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994); RESERVOIR DOGS (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1992); MEAN STREETS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1973) Summary: "Cinema of Outsiders is the first and only comprehensive chronicle of contemporary independent movies from the late 1970s up to the present. From the hip, audacious early works of maverick David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, and Spike Lee, to the contemporary Oscar-winning success of indie dynamos, such as the Coen brothers (Fargo), Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), and Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade), Levy describes in a lucid and accessible manner the innovation and diversity of American indies in theme, sensibility, and style."--BOOK JACKET Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-571) and index ISBN: 0814751237 (alk. paper) LON: 20253533 More info
Old collection book		The complete films of William S. Hart : a pictorial record / Diane Kaiser Koszarski New York: Dover Publications, c1980. Call No: 81HAR KOS Author: Koszarski, Diane Kaiser Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Dover Publications PubDate: c1980 PhysDes: xxiv, 151 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Subject: WESTERNS; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; HART, WILLIAM S. ISBN: 0486238636 Language: English More info
journal article		The drover's wives and camp culture : Baz Luhrmann's preposterous national epic in Studies in Australasian cinema (2010) vol.4 iss.2 p.131-143 Author: Jayamanne, Laleen PhysDes: Article Subject: AESTHETICS; CAMP; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; HISTORICAL FILMS. AUSTRALIA; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; LUHRMANN, BAZ; AUSTRALIA (UK/AT/US, Baz Luhrmann, 2008) Summary: Article framing 'Australia' through texture of image and mode of acting, elaborating on the compositional features of the image and positing the mode of acting is a variant of burlesque performance. More info
Old collection book		The dumb blonde stereotype : documentation for classroom material / by Richard Dyer London: BFI Education, Call No: 53 DYE Author: Dyer, Richard Place: London Publisher: BFI Education PhysDes: 71 p. ; 29 cm. + 10 strips of transparences Subject: TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; EDUCATION AND THE CINEMA; TEACHING MATERIALS; WOMEN IN FILMS Notes: spinal binding; Includes index. backcover loose More info
book		Focus on Chaplin / Donald W. McCaffrey New Jersey: Prentice Hall, [1971]. Call No: 81CHA MCC Author: McCaffrey, Donald W. (ed.) Source: US Place: New Jersey Publisher: Prentice Hall PubDate: [1971] PhysDes: 174 p. : ill. ; 21 cm Series: Film Focus Subject: TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; SENNETT, MACK; KID, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1921); GOLD RUSH, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1925); GENERAL, THE (US, Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman, 1927); CIRCUS, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1928); CITY LIGHTS (US, Charles Chaplin, 1931); MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936); GREAT DICTATOR, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1940); MONSIEUR VERDOUX (US, Charles Chaplin, 1947); LIMELIGHT (US, Charles Chaplin, 1952) ISBN: 131282077 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 Contents: Introduction - Donald W. McCaffrey -- CAREER -- A brief overall view - John Montgomery -- Creating the role of Dr. Body in Casey's Court Circus - Charlie Chaplin -- Acting-directing apprenticeship with Mack Sennett - Charlie Chaplin -- WORKING METHOD -- Development of the comic story and the Tramp character - Charlie Chaplin -- What people laugh at - Charlie Chaplin -- Max Linder's and Elsie Codd's views on the working method - Louis Delluc -- A rejection of the talkies - Charlie Chaplin -- ESSAYS -- The art of Charlie Chaplin - Minnie Maddern Fiske -- Is the Charlie Chaplin vogue passing? - Harcourt Farmer -- Everybody's Language - Winston Churchill -- A reaction to the praise given to Chaplin's artistry - George Jean Nathan -- An evaulation of Chaplin's silent comedy films, 1916-36 - Donald W. McCaffrey -- REVIEWS -- Impressions of two early comedy films - Louis Delluc -- An early detailed account of the action in The Pawnshop - Gilbert Seldes -- The Kid - Francis Hackett -- The Pilgrim - Robert E. Sherwood -- With the bunk left out - Charles W. Wood -- The idea in The Gold Rush: a study of Chaplin's use of the comic technique of pathos-humor - Timothy J. Lyons -- A comparison of The Gold Rush and The General - Gerald Mast -- The Circus - Alexander Bakshy -- City Lights and Modern Times: skirmishes with romance, pathos, and social significance - Donald W. McCaffrey -- The Great Dictator - Herman G. Weinberg -- Monsieur Verdoux - Roger Manvell -- The lineage of Limelight - Walter Kerr More info
book		The Hollywood cage / Charles Hamblett New York: Hart Publishing Company, 1969. Call No: 46(794) HAM Author: Hamblett, Charles Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Hart Publishing Company PubDate: 1969 PhysDes: 435 p. : ill., ports ; 24 cm Series: Includes index Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; WARNER BROS.; ANDERSON, ERNIE; ARMSTRONG, LOUIS; BACALL, LAUREN; BARRYMORE, JOHN; BOGART, HUMPHREY; BRANDO, MARLON; BURTON, RICHARD; CLIFT, MONTGOMERY; DAVIS, SAMMY, Jr.; DEAN, JAMES; FLYNN, ERROL; GABLE, CLARK; HATHAWAY, HENRY; HUSTON, JOHN; LOREN, SOPHIA; MONROE, MARILYN; MILLER, ARTHUR; NOVAK, KIM; PECK, GREGORY; PONTI, CARLO; SENNETT, MACK; SINATRA, FRANK; TAYLOR, ELIZABETH; THALBERG, IRVING; WARNER, JACK L.; WAYNE, JOHN; WOOD, NATALIE; WOODWARD, JOANNE Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		Humor in Middle Eastern cinema / edited by Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman Detroit: Wayne State University Press, c2014. Call No: 732(5-011) HUM Author: Revi, Gayatri (ed.); Rahman, Najat (ed.) Source: US Place: Detroit Publisher: Wayne State University Press PubDate: c2014 PhysDes: 282 pages ; 23 cm Series: Contemporary approaches to film and media Subject: AFGHANISTAN; ARAB COUNTRIES; AUDIENCE RECEPTION; BOLLYWOOD; CENSORSHIP; COMEDIES. MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES; CULTURAL IMPERIALISM. US; EGYPT; HUMOUR IN FILMS; INDIA; IRAN; IRAQ; ISRAEL; IRONY IN FILMS; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; PALESTINE; POLITICAL FILMS; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS; SATIRE IN FILMS; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; PAKISTAN; CHAHINE, YOUSSEF; DHOUIB, MONCEF; KIAROSTAMI, ABBAS; ZARHIN, SHEMI; AMERIKALI (TU, Serif Gören, 1993); BAD MA RA KHAHAD BORD (IR/FR, Abbas Kiarostami, 1999); DIVINE INTERVENTION (FR/MR/G/PA, Elia Suleiman, 2002); ALEXANDRIA... WHY? [ISKANDARIYA....LEEH?] (UA/AE, Youssef Chahine, 1978); ALEXANDRIA... WHY? [ISKANDARIYA....LEEH?] (UA/AE, Youssef Chahine, 1978); TELE ARRIVE, LA (TI, Moncef Dhouib, 2006); TERE BIN LADEN (II, Abhishek Sharma, 2010); TV IS COMING, THE (TI, Moncef Dhouib, 2006) Summary: "While Middle Eastern culture does not tend to be associated with laughter and levity in the global imagination, humor—often satirical—has long been a staple of mainstream Arabic film. In Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema, editors Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman shed light on this tradition, as well as humor and laughter motivated by other intent—including parody, irony, the absurd, burlesque, and dark comedy. Contributors trace the proliferation of humor in contemporary Middle Eastern cinema in the works of individual directors and from the perspectives of genre, national cinemas, and diasporic cinema. Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema explores what humor theorists have identified as an “emancipatory,” “liberatory,” even “revolutionary” function to humor. Among the questions contributors ask are: How does Middle Eastern cinema and media highlight the stakes and place of humor in art and in life? What is its relation to the political? Can humor in cinematic art be emancipatory? What are its limits for its intervention or transformation? Contributors examine the region’s masterful auteurs, such as Abbas Kiarostami, Youssef Chahine, and Elia Suleiman and cover a range of cinematic settings, including Egypt, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. They also trace diasporic issues in the distinctive cinema of India and Pakistan. This insightful collection will introduce readers to a variety of contemporary Middle Eastern cinema that has attracted little critical notice. Scholars of cinema and media studies as well as Middle Eastern cultural history will appreciate this introduction to a complex and fascinating cinema." -- GOOGLE BOOKS Notes: Contains bibliography and filmography -- contains index -- contains list of contributors ISBN: 9780814339374 Contents: Introduction / Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman -- Humor, loss, and the possibility for politics in recent Palestinian cinema / Najat Rahman -- Strategies of subversion in Ben Ali's Tunisia: allegory and satire in Moncef Dhouib's TV Is Coming / Robert Lang -- Satiric traversals in the comedy of Mehran Modiri: space, irony, and national allegory on Iranian television / Cyrus Ali Zargar -- Ethnic humor, stereotypes, and cultural power in Israeli cinema / Elise Burton -- The laughter of Youssef Chahine / Najat Rahman -- Comedic meditations: war and genre in The Outcasts / Somy Kim -- Humor and the cinematic sublime in Kiarostami's The Wind Will Carry Us / Gayatri Devi -- America the oppressively funny: humor and anti-americanisms in modern Turkish cinema / Perin Gurel -- Laughter across borders: the case of the Bollywood film Tere Bin Laden / Mara Matta More info
book		Image and representation : key concepts in media studies / Nick Lacey New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. Call No: 451 LAC Author: Lacey, Nick, 1961 Place: New York Publisher: St. Martin's Press PubDate: 1998 PhysDes: x, 256 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; SEMIOLOGY; NEWS PROGRAMMES. UK; WESTERNS; PROPAGANDA FILMS; REALISM IN FILMS; DOCUMENTARY FILMS; MAI '68 (FRANCE); SHERMAN, CINDY; DYER, RICHARD; BLUE STEEL (US, Kathryn Bigelow, 1989) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-251) and index ISBN: 031221202X (hbk. : alk. paper); 0312212038 (pbk. : alk. paper) Order Received: 2000 Order Type: Donation LON: 13463631 More info
book		The image of librarians in cinema 1917-1999 Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company Inc., 2005. Call No: 757-0 TEV Author: Ray Tevis & Brenda Tevis Place: Jefferson, North Carolina, and London Publisher: McFarland & Company Inc. PubDate: 2005 PhysDes: 25 cm ; 230 pp. Subject: CAREERS IN FILMS; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; WOMEN IN FILMS; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SOUND PERIOD Summary: The onscreen image of the librarian has changed little through the century. A silent 1921 film set the precedent for two female librarian characters: a dowdy spinster wears glasses and a bun hairstyle, and an attractive young woman is overworked and underpaid. Silent films did, however, give a variety of characteristics to librarians, showing them at work on many different tasks, and featuring them in a range of dramatic, romantic, and comedic situations. The sound era (during which librarians appeared in more than 200 films) frequently exaggerated these characteristics and situations, strongly influencing the general image of librarians. This monograph (with filmographies at the back) analyzes the stereotypical image of librarians, male and female, in primarily American and British motion pictures from 1917 through 1999. The work briefly describes each film, offers critical commentary, and then examines its librarian character, from socioeconomic conditions and motivations to personal attributes (clothing, hair, age) and romantic entanglements to common props and plots. [Taken from back cover.] ISBN: 0786421509 More info
book		In darkest Hollywood : exploring the jungles of cinema's South Africa / Peter Davis Randburg: Ravan, 1996. Call No: 71(68) DAV Author: Davis, Peter Source: SA Place: Randburg Publisher: Ravan PubDate: 1996 PhysDes: viii, 214 p., [6 p.] plates ; 22 cm Subject: INDUSTRY, FILM. SOUTH AFRICA; RACIAL ISSUES IN FILMS; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS ISBN: 0869754432 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
Interim book		Journeys of desire : European actors in Hollywood / a critical companion / Alastair Phillips and Ginette Vincendeau (eds) London: British Film Institute, 2006. Call No: 802.27(4) JOU CorpAuthor: BFI Source: UK Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2006 PhysDes: 512 p. ; 25 cm Subject: ACTORS; ACTORS. FRANCE; GLOBALISATION; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; EXTRAS; STUDIOS, FILM. USA; CHEVALIER, MAURICE; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; JEWS AND THE CINEMA. USA; NAZIS IN FILMS; GABIN, JEAN; ACTORS. UK; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS Summary: Journeys of Desire offers for the first time a comprehensive critical guide to European Actors in American film, bringing together 15 overview chapters and a-z entries on over 900 individuals in one accessible and scholarly volume. Since the early days of the US film industry, European actors have consistently been a major force in Hollywood. Screen idols such as Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Antonio Banderas, as well as scores of more modest players, have profoundly shaped ‘American’ cinema. They have also contributed to the propagation of European types and stereotypes such as the ‘Russian’ and Nordic queens played by Garbo and Dietrich, the French Roues popularized by Chevalier, the fiery Latinos depicted by Banderas and the British arch-villain played by Steven Berkoff, Anthony Hopkins and Tim Roth. Films such as Casablanca (1942), Gigi (1958), Green Card (1990) and Vanilla Sky (2001), among many others, would not be the same without them. Contributions from a team of 70 international experts provide ground-breaking case studies of prominent individuals and phenomena associated with the émigrés, such as the retired Russian officers who played crowds in silent films, the stereotyping of European actresses in ‘bad women’ roles, and the ultimate irony of Jewish actors playing Nazis. Individual entries chart the careers and performances of the European actors – from Victoria Abril to Mai Zetterling – who appeared in American movies. [Taken from back cover]. ISBN: 1844571246 More info
book		The matter of images : essays on representations / Richard Dyer London New York: Routledge, 1993. Call No: 451-0 DYE Author: Dyer, Richard Place: London New York Publisher: Routledge PubDate: 1993 PhysDes: ix, 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS; MEN IN FILMS; FILM NOIR; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS; RACIAL ISSUES AND THE CINEMA; PAPILLON (US, Franklin J. Schaffner, 1973); PASSAGE TO INDIA, A (US/UK, David Lean, 1984); GILDA (US, Charles Vidor, 1946); JEZEBEL (US, William Wyler, 1938); SIMBA (UK, Brian Desmond Hurst, 1955); NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968); VICTIM (UK, Basil Dearden, 1961) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0415057183; 0415057191 (pbk.) LON: 9732647 More info
book		Movie acting, the film reader / edited by Pamela Robertson Wojcik New York: Routledge, 2004. Call No: 227 WOJ Place: New York Publisher: Routledge PubDate: 2004 PhysDes: viii, 240 p. ; 24 cm. Series: In focus Subject: ACTING; ACTORS STUDIO METHOD; CHARACTER ACTORS; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; GISH, LILLIAN; TRUE HEART SUSIE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1919); ON THE WATERFRONT (US, Elia Kazan, 1954); DEAN, JAMES; POITIER, SIDNEY; MOOREHEAD, AGNES; WATERS, ETHEL; DANDRIDGE, DOROTHY Summary: A colelction of classic essays and recent scholarly articles about acting. A look at the history of screen acting and types of acting methods with some reference to specific actors and their styles. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 0415310245 More info
book		On the waterfront : BFI film classics / Leo Braudy London, UK: British Film Institute, London, 2005. Call No: 79ONT BRA Author: Braudy, Leo Edition: 1st ed Source: UK Place: London, UK Publisher: British Film Institute, London PubDate: 2005 PhysDes: 88p ; 18.5 cm + b&w ill. Series: BFI Film Classics Subject: SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA. USA; CLASS AND THE CINEMA; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA; WORKING CLASS IN FILMS. USA; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; PRODUCTION. USA; FINANCING. USA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABOUR; FINANCING; LABOUR ISSUES IN FILMS; HUMAN RELATIONS IN FILMS; RELIGION IN FILMS; KAZAN, ELIA; BRANDO, MARLON; SAINT, EVA MARIE; MILLER, ARTHUR; BERNSTEIN, LEONARD; SCHULBERG, BUDD; SPIEGEL, SAM; MALDEN, KARL; STEIGER, ROD; STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (US, Elia Kazan, 1951); GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (US, Elia Kazan, 1947); TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, A (US, Elia Kazan, 1945); BABY DOLL (US, Elia Kazan, 1956) Summary: With director Elia Kazan’s death in 2003 and actor Marlon Brando’s in 2004, a reappraisal of this classic film is timely and necessary. In this definitive study, Leo Braudy tells the complicated story of the film’s production. He revisits the facts behind the controversy of Kazan’s infamous ‘naming of names’ during the McCarthy communist trials of the 1950s. But above all this is an analysis of the enduring appeal of On the Waterfront: the method inspired acting, the music and cinematography, the use of authentic locations and its powerfully symbolic depiction of post-war American values. [Taken from back cover]. Notes: includes film credits ISBN: 184457072X More info
book		Screening the past : memory and nostalgia in cinema / Pam Cook London ; New York: Routledge, 2005. Call No: 409.1 COO Author: Cook, Pam Source: UK Place: London ; New York Publisher: Routledge PubDate: 2005 PhysDes: xiii, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: HISTORY AND THE CINEMA; NOSTALGIA IN FILMS; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GENDER AND THE CINEMA; MEN IN FILMS; WOMEN IN FILMS; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; SEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; MELODRAMA; WESTERNS; SCORSESE, MARTIN; BIGELOW, KATHRYN; HAYNES, TODD; WONG KAR WAI; AGE OF INNOCENCE, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1993); GOLD DIGGERS, THE (US, Sally Potter, 1983); LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, THE (US/CN, Martin Scorsese, 1988); MILDRED PIERCE (US, Michael Curtiz, 1945); RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980); MANDY (UK, Alexander Mackendrick, 1952); DANCE WITH A STRANGER (UK, Mike Newell, 1985) Summary: Exploring film culture's obsession with the past through analyses of a wide range of films, from Mildred Pierce and Brief Encounter to Raging Bull and Dance With a Stranger. Examines current debates about the role of cinema in mediating history through memory and nostalgia through a discussion of In the Mood for Love and Far From Heaven, with the suggestion that many films use strategies of memory to challenge established ideas of history, and the traditional role of historians."--BOOK JACKET Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index (pp. 241-46) ISBN: 0415183758 (pbk. : alk. paper) Contents: Introduction: the past today -- Rethinking nostalgia: In the mood for love and Far from heaven -- Duplicity in Mildred Pierce -- Women and the Western -- The pleasures and perils of exploitation films -- Melodrama and the women's picture -- Mandy: daughter of transition -- Memory in British cinema: brief encounters -- Stars and politics -- The gold diggers -- No fixed address: the women's picture from Outrage to Blue Steel -- Masculinity in crisis? -- The last temptation of Christ -- Scorsese's masquerade -- The age of innocence -- Fashion and sexual display in 1950s Hollywood -- Replicating the past: memory and history in Dance with a stranger -- Fictions of identity: style, mimicry, and gender in the films of Kathryn Bigelow. More info
book		Selling pictures : a teaching pack about representation and stereotyping / devised and produced by BFI Education London: BFI Education, 0198-?]. Call No: 451BAZ CorpAuthor: British Film Institute. Education Dept Place: London Publisher: BFI Education PubDate: 0198-?] PhysDes: 42 slides, col., photosheets 1 and 2, broadsheet, teachers' booklet, students' booklet ; in plastic folder Subject: MEN IN FILMS; WOMEN IN FILMS; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS Summary: The pack examines the construction of audiences and how they are addressed, and the commercial. The concept of stereotyping is introduced, with examples of gender stereotyping Notes: Students' booklet entitled: The companies you keep LON: abn84090813; 3170586 More info
subject clippings file		TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS More info

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