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8 [EIGHT] : (FR, Jane Campion, 2008)
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8 [EIGHT] MILE : (US, Curtis Hanson, 2002)
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8 [HUIT] FEMMES : (FR, Francois Ozon, 2001)
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Cinematic canines : Dogs and their work in the fiction film / Edited by Adrienne L. McLean New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2014.
Call No: 738.66 CINAuthor: McLean, Adrienne L. (ed.) Place: New Brunswick, N.J.Publisher: Rutgers University PressPubDate: 2014PhysDes: x, 272 p. ; 24 cm ;Subject: DOGS IN MOTION PICTURES ; LASSIE COME HOME (US, Fred M. Willcox, 1943) ; BABE (AT, Chris Noonan, 1995) ; BABE: PIG IN THE CITY (AT, George Miller, 1998) ; THING, THE (US, John Carpenter, 1982) ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; RED DOG (AT, Kriv Stenders, 2011) ; [EIGHT] 8 BELOW (US, Frank Marshall, 2006) ; SOUTH AFRICA ; ANTARCTICA Summary: Dogs have been part of motion pictures since the movies began. They have been featured onscreen in various capacities, from any number of “man’s best friends” (Rin Tin Tin, Asta, Toto, Lassie, Benji, Uggie, and many, many more) to the psychotic Cujo. The contributors to Cinematic Canines take a close look at Hollywood films and beyond in order to show that the popularity of dogs on the screen cannot be separated from their increasing presence in our lives over the past century.
The representation and visualization of dogs in cinema, as of other animals, has influenced our understanding of what dogs “should” do and be, for us and with us. Adrienne L. McLean expertly shepherds these original essays into a coherent look at “real” dogs in live-action narrative films, from the stars and featured players to the character and supporting actors to those pooches that assumed bit parts or performed as extras. Who were those dogs, how were they trained, what were they made to do, how did they participate as characters in a fictional universe? These are a just a few of the many questions that she and the outstanding group of scholars in this book have addressed.
Often dogs are anthropomorphized in movies in ways that enable them to reason, sympathize, understand and even talk; and our shaping of dogs into furry humans has had profound effects on the lives of dogs off the screen. Certain breeds of dog have risen in popularity following their appearance in commercial film, often to the detriment of the dogs themselves, who rarely correspond to their idealized screen versions. In essence, the contributors in Cinematic Canines help us think about and understand the meanings of the many canines that appear in the movies and, in turn, we want to know more about those dogs due in no small part to the power of the movies themselves. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9780813563558Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Wonder Dogs / Adrienne L. McLean -- Answering a Growl: Roscoe Arbuckle’s Talented Canine Co-Star, Luke / Joanna E. Rapf -- The Dogs Who Saved Hollywood: Strongheart and Rin Tin Tin / Kathryn Fuller-Seeley and Jeremy Groskopf -- Asta the Screwball Dog: Hollywood’s Canine Sidekick / Sara Ross and James Castonguay -- Promoting Lassie: The Animal Star and Constructions of “Ideal” American Heroism / Kelly Wolf -- Dogs at War: Military Dogs in Film / Aaron Skabelund -- Loaded Dogs: Dogs, Domesticity, and “the Wild” in Australian Cinema / Jane O’Sullivan -- Bullies and Curs: Overlords and Underdogs in South African Cinema / Giuliana Lund -- Things from Another World: Dogs, Aliens, and Antarctic Cinema / Elizabeth Leane and Guinevere Narraway -- Hitchcock’s Canine Uncanny / Murray Pomerance -- The Dog at the Side of the Shot: Incongruous Dog (Canisfamiliaris) Behavior in Film / Alexandra Horowitz -- Afterword: Dogs at the Digital Divide / Adrienne L. McLean -- Works Cited -- Notes on Contributors -- Index
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[EIGHT] 8 HEADS IN A DUFFEL BAG : (US, Tom Schulman, 1997)
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[EIGHT] 8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE : (US, Hal Ashby, 1986)
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[EIGHT] 8 SECONDS : (UK, John G. Avildsen, 1994)
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EIGHT BALL : [TV] (AT, Ray Argall, 1991)
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Eight Ball : Interim Fourth Draft [1991].
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EIGHT BELOW : (US, Frank Marshall, 2006)
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EIGHT HEADS IN A DUFFEL BAG : US/UK, Tom Schulman, 1997
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EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS : (US, Ellory Elkayem, 2002)
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EIGHT MEN OUT : (US, John Sayles, 1988)
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EIGHT MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT: A PORTRAIT OF DR. HELEN CALDICOTT : (US, Mary Benjamin, 1981)
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Eight women / an enchanted comic mystery by Francois Ozon / adapted from a play by Robert Thomas [2002].
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John Sayles / by David R. Shumway Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c2012.
Call No: 81SAY SHUAuthor: Shumway, David R. Source: USPlace: UrbanaPublisher: University of Illinois PressPubDate: c2012PhysDes: 182 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cmSeries: Contemporary film directorsSubject: FILM ; CRITICISM ; REALISM IN FILMS ; SAYLES, JOHN ; RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN (US, John Sayles, 1980) ; LIANNA (US, John Sayles, 1983) ; BABY IT'S YOU (US, John Sayles, 1983) ; BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET, THE (US, John Sayles, 1984) ; MATEWAN (US, John Sayles, 1987) ; [EIGHT] 8 MEN OUT (US, John Sayles, 1988) ; CITY OF HOPE (US, John Sayles, 1991) ; PASSION FISH (US, John Sayles, 1992) ; LONE STAR (US, John Sayles, 1996) ; MEN WITH GUNS (US, John Sayles, 1997) ; LIMBO (US, John Sayles, 1999) ; CASA DE LOS BABYS (US/MX, John Sayles, 2003) ; SILVER CITY (US, John Sayles, 2004) ; HONEYDRIPPER (US, John Sayles, 2007) Summary: "In this study, David R. Shumway examines the defining characteristic of Sayle's cinema: its realism. Positing the filmmaker as a critical realist, Shumway explores Sayle's attention to narrative in critically acclaimed and popular films such as Matewan, Eight Men Out, Passion Fish and Lone Star. The study also details the conditions under which Sayle's films have been produced, distributed, and exhibited, affecting the way in which these films have been understood and appreciated. In the process, Shumway presents Sayles as a teacher who tells historically accurate stories that invite audiences to consider the human world they all inhabit." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographical references, filmography and indexISBN: 9780252078569Contents: -- acknowledgments -- John Sayles: critical realist -- John Sayles: independent -- John Sayles: realist -- Beginnings: return of the Secaucus seven -- Establishing a career -- Lianna and Baby it's you -- The brother from another planet and Springsteen videos -- Matewan -- Eight Men out -- Place and melodrama: city of hope and passion fish -- Stories -- Lone star -- Men with guns -- Limbo -- Millennial ZSayles -- Casa de los babys -- Silver city -- Honeydripper -- interviews with John Sayles -- filmography -- bibliography -- index --
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