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Author: Ryan, Tom
PhysDes: Article
Subject: BLACK WIDOW (US, Bob Rafelson, 1987)
Summary: Review

Call No: 81SIR RYA
Author: Ryan, Tom
Source: US
Place: Jackson, Mississippi
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
PubDate: [2019]
PhysDes: 309 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject: FILM; GERMANY; CRITICISM; DIRECTORS; SIRK, DOUGLAS; ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (US, Douglas Sirk, 1955); WRITTEN ON THE WIND (US, Douglas Sirk, 1956); IMITATION OF LIFE (US, Douglas Sirk, 1959)
Summary: "Best known for powerful 1950s melodramas like All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind, The Tarnished Angels, and Imitation of Life, Douglas Sirk (1897-1987) brought to all his work a distinctive style that led to his reputation as one of twentieth-century film's great directors. Sirk worked in Europe during the 1930s, mainly for Germany's UFA studios, and then in America in the 1940s and '50s. The Films of Douglas Sirk: Exquisite Ironies and Magnificent Obsessions provides an overview of his entire career, including Sirk's work on musicals, comedies, thrillers, war movies, and westerns. One of the great ironists of the cinema, Sirk believed rules were there to be broken. Whether defying the decrees of Nazi authorities trying to turn film into propaganda or arguing with studios that insisted characters' problems should always be solved and that endings should always restore order, what Sirk called "emergency exits" for audiences, Sirk always fought for his vision. Offering fresh insights into all of the director's films and situating them in the culture of their times, critic Tom Ryan also incorporates extensive interview material drawn from a variety of sources, including his own conversations with the director. Furthermore, his enlightening study undertakes a detailed reconsideration of the generally overlooked novels and plays that served as sources for Sirk's films, as well as providing a critical survey of previous Sirk commentary, from the time of the director's "rediscovery" in the late 1960s up to the present day." -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Filmography: pages 257-265.
ISBN: 9781496822376
Contents: Chapter One: Detlef Sierck in Europe -- Chapter Two: American Beginnings: The European Legacy -- Chapter Three: In the Shadows: Sirk and the Noir Inclination -- Chapter Four: The Uncomfortable Comedies -- Chapter Five: Sirk and God: 'The Pure Ambiguity of Experience' -- Chapter Six: Pastoral Yearnings: Sirk and the Musical -- Chapter Seven: Hollywood, Rock Hudson, and the Idea of the Hero -- Chapter Eight: Sirk, the Family Melodrama, and the Production Code -- Chapter Nine: Sirk and John M. Stahl: Adaptations and Remakes -- Chapter Ten: Out of the Past -- Chapter Eleven: Into the Future: Sirk's Legacy.

Call No: 81SCH FRE
Author: Ryan, Tom (ed.)
Source: US
Place: Jackson
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
PubDate: c2017
PhysDes: xxxvi, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series: Conversations with filmmakers series
Subject: FILM; AUSTRALIA; SCHEPISI, FRED; DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1976); BARBAROSA (US, Fred Schepisi, 1982); EVIL ANGELS (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1988); LAST ORDERS (UK, Fred Schepisi, 2001); IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY (US, Fred Schepisi, 2003)
Summary: In the New Yorker, Stephen Schiff has described Fred Schepisi (b. 1939) as "probably the least-known great director working in the mainstream American cinema--a master storyteller with a serenely muscular style that can make more flamboyant moviemakers look coarse and overweening." Schepisi's launch in Australia during the country's film renaissance of the 1970s and his ongoing international work have rightfully earned him a reputation as an actors' director. But he has also become a skillful stylist, forging his own way as he works alongside a talented team of collaborators. This volume includes twenty interviews with Schepisi and two with longtime collaborators, cinematographer Ian Baker and composer Paul Grabowsky. The interviews trace the filmmaker's career from his beginnings in advertising, through his two early Australian features--The Devil's Playground and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith--to his subsequent work in the United States and beyond on films as various as Plenty, Roxanne, A Cry in the Dark, The Russia House, Six Degrees of Separation, Empire Falls, Last Orders, and Eye of the Storm. Schepisi's films are diverse thematically and visually. In what is effectively a master class on film direction, Schepisi discusses his creative choices and his work with actors and collaborators behind the scenes. In the process, he provides a goldmine of insights into his films, his filmmaking style, and what makes him tick as an artist." -- BOOK BACK COVER
Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index; Includes filmography; Also published electronically
ISBN: 9781496811479
Contents: -- foreword by Gillian Armstrong -- introduction -- chronology -- filmology -- Fred Schepisi / Sue Mathews (1984) -- Devil's playground: an interview with Fred Schepisi / Brian McFarlane ( 2015) -- Playboy interview: Fred Schepisi / Rennie Ellis (1982) -- Fred Schepisi: the Australian director talks about his new controversial film, Barbarosa / Michael Sragow (1982) -- Altered states in The great white north / James Verniere (1983) -- Fred Schepisi: taking Hollywood by drizzle / David Edelstein (1984) -- Man of plenty / Brent Lewis (1985) -- Man of plenty / David Stratton (1986) -- Dialogue on film: Fred Schepisi / American film (1987) -- The making of Evil angels: director Fred Schepisi talks about private moments, public realities and dingoes / Philippa Hawker (1988) -- The man Meryl Streep trusts / Rennie Ellis (1989) -- Fred Schepisi / Peter Malone (1998) -- Fred Schepisi: pushing the boundaries / Scott Murray (1990) -- A cinematic gallant / Stephen Schiff (1993) -- Last orders: an interview with Fred Schepisi / Cynthia Fuchs ( 2001) -- Fred Schepisi on last orders / Tom Ryan (2001) -- Fred Schepisi on It runs in the family / Tom Ryan (2003) -- Shooting dialogue as action: an interview with Fred Schepisi / Fincina Hopgood ( 2011) -- All against one and one against all: Fred Schepisi's outsiders / Dan Callahan (2014) -- Fred Schepisi on making movies, "what I'm most interested in 'always" is the humanity of the piece" / Tom Ryan ( 2015) -- appendicies -- planning and problem solving : an interview with Ian Baker / Tom Ryan (2016) -- key notes: an interview with Paul Grabowsky / Tom Ryan (2016) -- additional resources -- index --

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; COMEDIANS
Author: Ryan, Tom
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: APATOW, JUDD; COMEDIANS
Summary: Very positive review of the book SICK IN THE HEAD: CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIFE AND COMEDY, written by noted comedy film/tv writer/director/producer Judd Apatow. The book includes 38 interviews of many leading US comedians

Author: Ryan, Tom
PhysDes: Article
Subject: FORD, JOHN; OBITUARIES
Summary: Obituary for John Ford.

Author: Ryan, Tom
PhysDes: Article
Subject: WRONG MAN, THE (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1957); HITCHCOCK, ALFRED
Summary: Retrospective review of Hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; MADAME BOVARY (GG/BL/US, Sophie Barthes, 2015)
Author: Ryan, Tom
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: MADAME BOVARY (GG/BL/US, Sophie Barthes, 2015)
Summary: Review

Author: Ryan, Tom
PhysDes: Article
Subject: FESTIVALS. MELBOURNE; RYAN, TOM; BOUCHER, LE (FR/IT, Claude Chabrol, 1970); SCARECROW (US, Jerry Schatzberg, 1973); VALLEE, LA (FR, Barbet Schroeder, 1972); TRASH (US, Paul Morrissey, 1970)
Summary: Tom Ryan's reflection on the films screened at the 1973 Melbourne International FIlm Festival.

Author: Ryan, Tom
PhysDes: Article
Subject: MAD MAX (AT, George Miller, 1979)
Summary: Interview. George Miller talks with Tom Ryan about his concepts and ideas for his films which include Mad Max (trilogy) and the Witches of Eastwick.

Author: Ryan, Tom
PhysDes: Article
Subject: MAD MAX II (AT, George Miller, 1981)
Summary: Interview. George Miller talks with Tom Ryan about his concepts and ideas for his films which include Mad Max (trilogy) and The Witches of Eastwick

Author: Ryan, Tom
PhysDes: Article
Subject: MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (AT, George Miller & George Ogilvie, 1985)
Summary: Geroge Miller talks with Tom Ryan about his concepts and ideas for his films which include Mad Max (trilogy) and the Witches of Eastwick.

Author: Ryan, Tom
PhysDes: Article; Illustration(s)
Subject: METHODOLOGY OF FILM CRITICISM; CRITICS. AUSTRALIA
Summary: The author reflects on the processes of writing film and television reviews, with particular focus on editorial negotiation and compromise.

Author: Ryan, Tom
PhysDes: Article
Subject: SEX IN FILMS; GET TO KNOW YOUR RABBIT (US, Brian De Palma, 1972); AUDIENCE RECEPTION. AUSTRALIA
Summary: Tom Ryan discusses the success of BEDROOM MAZURKA- which has continuously run in Melbourne for over a year- and the failing of the similair-Genred GET TO KNOW YOUR RABBIT.

Author: Ryan, Tom
PhysDes: Article
Subject: PAKULA, ALAN J.; KLUTE (US, Alan J. Pakula, 1971); STERILE CUCKOO, THE (US, ALAN J. PAKULA, 1969; CHARACTERIZATION IN FILMS
Summary: Tom Ryan's response to Alan J. Pakula's two films THE STERILE CUCKOO, and KLUTE, with particular focus on character formation, development, and representation.