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book		Cinema of obsession : erotic fixation and love gone wrong in the movies / written by Dominique Mainon and James Ursini New York: Limelight Editions, 2007. Call No: 747.6 MAI Author: Mainon, Dominique; Ursini, James Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Limelight Editions PubDate: 2007 PhysDes: xv, 392 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: GAZE IN FILMS; LOVE IN FILMS; SEX IN FILMS; ROMANTIC FILMS Summary: "Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct, The Killers, Wild at Heart, Last Tango in Paris, Vertigo - the names alone evoke dark images of peverse passion and erotic fixation, heartbreak, deception, and love gone terribly wrong. In Cinema of Obsession, noted film scribes Dominique Mainon and James Ursini tackle stories of love and its many dark permutations - the male domination of Phantom of the Opera and The Collector, the star-crossed love stories of Romeo and Juliet and Bonnie and Clyde, the violent female obsession of Mulholland Drive and Fatal Attraction - all of these and dozens more are discussed in depth, analyzed, and dissected. In addition to plot description, character analysis, and commentary, Mainon and Ursini offer psychological profiles of cinema's most infamous and tortured characters. No stone is left unturned in this, the first-ever comprehensive guide to the twisted side of romantic cinema. " -- BOOK BLURB Notes: Includes filmography: p. 367-387; Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-389) and index ISBN: 9780879103477 Contents: -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Inverted Desire and Obsessive Love -- 1. Obsessive Love in the Cinema: The Seminal Films -- 2. Amour Fou: Postwar Sexual/Romantic Implosion -- 3. Love on the Run: The Fugitive Couple -- 4. A Voyeur's Tale: The Male Gaze -- 5. The Tables Turned: The Female Gaze -- Appendix: The Literary, Philosophical, and Psychological Roots of Obsession and Mad Love -- Filmography -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of titles -- More info
book		David Lean and his films / by Alain Silver and James Ursini, foreword by Robert Wise Los Angeles: Silman-James Press, 1992. Call No: 81LEA SIL Author: Silver, Alain; Ursini, James; Wise, Robert (foreword) Edition: 1st Silman-James Press edition 1992 Source: US Place: Los Angeles Publisher: Silman-James Press PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: 294 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: Lean, David; IN WHICH WE SERVE (UK, David Lean and Noel Coward, 1942); THIS HAPPY BREED (UK, David Lean, 1944); BLITHE SPIRIT (UK, David Lean, 1945); BRIEF ENCOUNTER (UK, David Lean, 1945); GREAT EXPECTATIONS (UK, David Lean, 1946); OLIVER TWIST (UK, David Lean, 1948); MADELEINE (UK, David Lean, 1950); BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER (UK, David Lean, 1952); SOUND BARRIER, THE (UK, David Lean, 1952); HOBSON'S CHOICE (UK, David Lean, 1954); PASSIONATE FRIENDS, THE (UK, David Lean, 1949); SUMMER MADNESS (UK/US, David Lean, 1955); SUMMERTIME (UK/US, David Lean, 1955); BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (UK/US, David Lean, 1957); LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (UK, David Lean, 1962); DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (US, David Lean, 1965); RYAN'S DAUGHTER (UK, David Lean, 1970); PASSAGE TO INDIA, A (US/UK, David Lean, 1984) Summary: "Updated and extensively revised, this first American edition of David Lean and His Films offers the reader an in-depth analysis, discussion, and critique of Lean's directorial output. In their film-by-film accounting of his work, authors Silver and Ursini uncover the themes and concerns that have been sustained throughout Lean's career." -- BOOK BLURB Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-285) and index; Filmography: p. [241]-266 ISBN: 1879505002 Contents: -- acknowledgements -- foreword -- introduction -- 1: the early films: in which we serve (1942); this happy breed (1944); blithe spirit (1945) -- 2: brief encounter (1945) -- 3: the Dickens adaptations: great expectations (1946) and oliver twist (1948) -- 4: madeleine (1950) -- 5: the sound barrier (1952) -- 6: hobson's choice (1954) -- 7: the passionate friends (1949) and summer madness (1955) -- 8: the bridge on the river kwai (1957) -- 9: lawrence of arabia (1962) -- 10: doctor zhivago (1965) -- 11: ryan's daughter (1970) -- 12: a passage to india (1984) -- a personal afterword -- biography -- filmography -- footnotes -- selected bibliography -- index -- More info
book		The fabulous life & times of Preston Sturges : an American dreamer New York: Curtis Books, [c1973]. Call No: 81STU URS Author: Ursini, James Place: New York Publisher: Curtis Books PubDate: [c1973] PhysDes: 240 p. illus. 18 cm Subject: STURGES, PRESTON Notes: On spine: Preston Sturges; Bibliography: p. 211-215; "Filmography": p. 217-240 LON: 74168260; 329428 More info
book		Film noir reader / edited by Alain Silver and James Ursini New York: Limelight Editions, 1996. Call No: 734 FIL Author: Silver, Alain, 1947; Ursini, James Edition: 1st Limelight ed Place: New York Publisher: Limelight Editions PubDate: 1996 PhysDes: x, 343 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: FILM NOIR; FEMME FATALE; MANN, ANTHONY; ANGEL FACE (US, Otto Preminger, 1952); KILLERS, THE (US, Robert Siodmak, 1946); PHANTOM LADY (US, Robert Siodmak, 1944); NIGHT AND THE CITY (US, Jules Dassin, 1950); KISS ME DEADLY (US, Robert Aldrich, 1955); LONG GOODBYE, THE (US, Robert Altman, 1973); HICKEY AND BOGGS (US, Robert Culp, 1972) Notes: Includes bibliographical references; Film noir ISBN: 0879101970 LON: 12195770 More info
book		Film noir reader 2 / edited by Alain Silver & James Ursini New York: Limelight Editions, 1999. Call No: 734 FIL Author: Silver, Alain, 1947; Ursini, James Edition: 1st Limelight ed. July 1999 Place: New York Publisher: Limelight Editions PubDate: 1999 PhysDes: x, 346 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm Subject: FILM NOIR; POLICE FILMS; OPENINGS OF FILMS; JAZZ IN FILMS; FILM NOIR. UK; FEMME FATALE; WOMEN IN FILMS; WOOLRICH, CORNELL; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; FULLER, SAMUEL; POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, THE (US, Bob Rafaelson, 1981); POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, THE (US, Tay Garnett, 1946); FILE ON THELMA JORDON, THE (US, Robert Siodmak, 1949); PUSHOVER (US, Richard Quine, 1954); BIG HEAT, THE (US, Fritz Lang, 1953); KISS ME DEADLY (US, Robert Aldrich, 1955); DOUBLE INDEMNITY (US, Billy Wilder, 1944) Notes: Includes bibliographical references LON: 21222408 More info

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