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Alien : the special effects / Don Shay and Bill Norton London: Titan Books, 1997.
Call No: 236ALI SHAAuthor: Norton, Bill ; Shay, Don Edition: First editionSource: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Titan BooksPubDate: 1997PhysDes: 144 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 21 x 23 cmSubject: SPECIAL EFFECTS ; CINEMATOGRAPHY ; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA ; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS ; COSTUME DESIGNING ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; MONSTERS IN FILMS ; COMPUTERS AND THE CINEMA ; ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) ; ALIEN 3 (US, David Fincher, 1992) ; ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986) Summary: "Discover how the amazing special effects in Alien, Aliens, and Alien3 were achieved in this inside, in-depth, look behind the scenes. All the secrets of these visually stunning and innovative blockbuster films are contained in this first, exciting, collaboration between Titan books and respected special effects magazine Cinefex. " -- BOOK BLURBNotes: "This collection comprises three articles originally published in Cinefex magazine" - t.p. versoISBN: 1852866950Contents: -- alien: creating an alien ambience by Don Shay -- aliens: this time it's war by Don Shay -- alien3: zealots and xenomorphs by Bill Norton ---
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The Alien Queen - "Aliens" : Ingenious rod puppets designed by Doug Beswick made the Alien Queen come alive in combat in Cinefantastique (October 1986) vol.16 iss.4/5 p.10, 123
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Alien zone II : the spaces of science-fiction cinema / edited by Annette Kuhn London New York: Verso, 1999.
Call No: 735.1 KUHAuthor: Kuhn, Annette Place: London New YorkPublisher: VersoPubDate: 1999PhysDes: 308 p. : ill. ; 20 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; CITIES IN FILMS ; BODY IN FILMS ; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ; UTOPIA IN FILMS ; FANS ; INTERNET AND THE CINEMA ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; RACE AND THE CINEMA ; SPECTATORSHIP ; ADAPTATIONS. WELLS, H.G. ; VAN DAMME, JEAN-CLAUDE ; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD ; CREED, BARBARA ; TRUMBULL, DOUGLAS ; JOHNNY MNEMONIC (US, Robert Longo, 1995) ; THINGS TO COME (UK, William Cameron Menzies, 1936) ; STAR WARS [...] (US, 1977-99) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; ALIEN [...] (UK/US, 1979-92) ; ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) ; ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986) ; ALIEN RESURRECTION (US, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997) ; BRAZIL (UK, Terry Gilliam, 1985) ; DEMOLITION MAN (US, Marco Brambilla, 1993) ; MAX HEADROOM [TV] (US, 1987-89) ; METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926) ; TOTAL RECALL (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1990) ; [TWO THOUSAND AND ONE] 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1968) Notes: Filmography: p. [276]-284; Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-298) and indexISBN: 1859842593 (paper); 1859847463 (cloth)LON: 20466609
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ALIENS : (US, James Cameron, 1986)
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ALIENS IN FILMS
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ALIENS IN THE ATTIC : (US/CA, John Schultz, 2009)
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ALIENS OF THE DEEP : (US, James Cameron, 2005)
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Cracks in the pedestal : ideology and gender in Hollywood / Philip Green Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, c1998.
Call No: 626:396 GREAuthor: Green, Philip, 1932 Place: AmherstPublisher: University of Massachusetts PressPubDate: c1998PhysDes: viii, 262 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: GENDER AND THE CINEMA.USA ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; FILM NOIR. USA ; CREED, BARBARA ; MULVEY, LAURA ; STONE, SHARON ; ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986) ; BASIC INSTINCT (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1992) ; FATAL ATTRACTION (US, Adrian Lyne, 1987) ; FURNESS, DEBORRA-LEE ; GILDA (US, Charles Vidor, 1946) ; IMPULSE (US, Sandra Locke, 1990) ; LAST SEDUCTION, THE (US, John Dahl, 1994) ; MS. 45 (US, Abel Ferrara, 1981) ; NORMA RAE (US, Martin Ritt, 1979) ; STILTE ROND CHRISTINE M., DE (NE, Marleen Gorris, 1982) ; RIVER WILD, THE (US, Curtis Hanson, 1994) ; SHAME (AT, Steve Jodrell, 1988) ; SHAME [TV] (US, 1992) ; SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG (US, Melvin Van Peebles, 1971) ; THELMA & LOUISE (US, Ridley Scott, 1991) ; VANISHING, THE (US, George Sluizer, 1993) ; SPOORLOOS (NE/FR, George Sluizer, 1988) Summary: Distinguishing his own neo-Marxist approach from that of other media scholars, Philip Green pursues two interrelated themes. In the first part of the book, he looks at the strategies Hollywood has employed to deflect or absorb the ideological challenges posed by the feminist critique of contemporary American society. He demonstrates the ways in which mainstream movies and television programs, no matter how unconventional or "subversive" they may appear, produce and reproduce familiar images of sexuality and gender identity. In the second part, Green highlights instances in which reproduction of the dominant ideology is less successful by examining several recent cinematic genres - the female action movie, the rape-revenge cycle, and the new film noir - that portray the real ambiguities of a social order in upheaval; As a male consumer of the cultural commodities being discussed, the author offers a perspective on American films and television different from that of most other feminist criticsNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-248) and indexISBN: 1558491198 (cloth : alk. paper); 1558491201 (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 13262384ID2: 290
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David Thomson on the Alien quartet London: Bloomsbury, 1998.
Call No: 79ALI THOAuthor: Thomson, David, 1941 Place: LondonPublisher: BloomsburyPubDate: 1998PhysDes: 194 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cmSeries: Bloomsbury movie guide ; no. 4Subject: ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) ; ALIEN 3 (US, David Fincher, 1992) ; ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986) ; ALIEN RESURRECTION (US, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography : p. [179]-180ISBN: 0747538034 (pbk) : ª10.99LON: abn99070075; 14530152
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The dread of difference : gender and the horror film / edited by Barry Keith Grant Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996.
Call No: 735.2 DREAuthor: Grant, Barry Keith, 1947 Edition: 1st edPlace: AustinPublisher: University of Texas PressPubDate: 1996PhysDes: xv, 456 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSeries: Texas film studies seriesSubject: HORROR FILMS ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; SLASHER FILMS ; DRACULA IN FILMS ; ARGENTO, DARIO ; CRONENBERG, DAVID ; ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) ; ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986) ; ALIEN 3 (US, David Fincher, 1992) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, Tom Savini, 1990) ; CARRIE (US, Brian De Palma, 1976) ; CAT PEOPLE (US, Jacques Tourneur, 1942) ; CAT PEOPLE (US, Paul Schrader, 1982) ; BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE (US, James Whale, 1935) ; KING KONG (US, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933) ; STEPFATHER, THE (US, Joseph Ruben, 1986) ; LEVRES ROUGES, LES (BE/FR/GW, Harry Kumel, 1971) ; FATAL ATTRACTION (US, Adrian Lyne, 1987) ; ROSEMARY'S BABY (US, Roman Polanski, 1968) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-438) and indexISBN: 0292727941 (pbk : alk. paper); 0292727933 (hc : alk. paper)LON: 12195767
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Film and TV reviews : Space incorporated in Cinema papers (November 1986) iss.60 p.44-45
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James Cameron : interviews / edited by Brent Dunham Jackson: University of Mississippi, 2012.
Call No: 81CAM JAMAuthor: Dunham, Brent Source: USPlace: JacksonPublisher: University of MississippiPubDate: 2012PhysDes: xxxix, 219 p. ; 23 cmSeries: Conversations with filmmakers seriesSubject: 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 BLURBNotes: Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Includes filmographyISBN: 9781617031328Donation: Donated by Senses of Cinema, 2013Contents: -- 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 --
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James Cameron's "Aliens" : A direct hit, and a worthy successor to the original. James Cameron is unsurpassed in visualising SF in Cinefantastique (October 1986) vol.16 iss.4/5 p.6-11, 123
Author: Doherty, Thomas PhysDes: ArticleSubject: ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986) Summary: A glowing review of James Cameron's efforts in "Aliens". Doherty particularly praises Cameron's ability to visualise speculative fiction but places the success of the film on Ripley's characterisation and Sigourney Weaver's performanceNotes: Review. - illus.
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LUIS AND THE ALIENS : (GG/ LU/ DK, Christoph Lauenstein/ Wolfgang Lauenstein/ Sean McCormack, 2018)
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Monsters in the machine : science fiction film and the militarization of America after World War II / Steffen Hantke Jackson [Mississippi]: University Press of Mississippi, 2016.
Call No: 735.1(73) HANAuthor: Hantke, Steffen Source: USPlace: Jackson [Mississippi]Publisher: University Press of MississippiPubDate: 2016PhysDes: 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; MONSTERS IN FILMS ; ALIENS IN FILMS ; NUCLEAR WARFARE IN FILMS ; COLD WAR AND THE CINEMA Summary: "With admirable scope and lucidity, Monsters in the Machine insightfully analyzes sci-fi films of the postwar period to expose the cultural politics and political ethos of an era dominated by the aura of World War II and the nuclear shadow it cast over Henry Luce's 'American Century'. Providing rich touchstones for the major tensions and contradictions that informed the groteque mechanisms of the Cold War, Monsters in the Machine should be required for any course on American Cold War culture." -- ALAN NADELNotes: Includes bibliographical references, notes, and indexISBN: 9781496805652Donation: donated by Senses of CinemaContents: Acknowedgments -- Introduction: A bright new future, with monsters -- Chapter One: Military stock footage -- Chapter Two: Veterans -- Chapter Three: The Southwest -- Chapter Four: Decolonization -- Conclusion: The long shadow of the Fifties -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
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MONSTERS VS ALIENS : (US, Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon, 2009)
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The philosophy of tv noir / edited by Steven M. Sanders and Aeon J. Skoble Lexington, KN: University of Kentucky Press, c2008.
Call No: 734.1 PHIAuthor: Sanders, Steven M. ; Skoble, Aeon J. Place: Lexington, KNPublisher: University of Kentucky PressPubDate: c2008PhysDes: viiii, 272 p. ; 24 cmSeries: the philosophy of popular culureSubject: AESTHETICS ; ALIENS IN FILMS ; CHARACTERIZATION IN FILMS ; ETHICS AND TV ; FILM NOIR ; RELIGION AND TV ; CARTER, CHRIS ; FOUCAULT, MICHEL ; GREENE, GRAHAM ; BIG SLEEP, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1946) ; CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION [TV] (US/CA, 2000-) ; DARK CITY (US, Alex Proyas, 1997) ; D.O.A. (US, Ruldolph Mate, 1950) ; DOUBLE INDEMNITY (US, Billy Wilder, 1944) ; FUGITIVE, THE (US, Andrew Davis, 1993) ; HE WALKS BY NIGHT (US, Alfred Werker, 1948) ; LEVIATHAN (US/IT, George Pan Cosmatos, 1989) ; NAKED CITY [TV] (US, 1958-1963) ; X-FILES, THE [TV] (US, 1993-) Summary: Film noir reflects the fatalistic themes and visual style of hard-boiled novelists and many emigre filmmakers in 1940s and 1950s America, emphasizing crime, alienation, and moral ambiguity. In The Philosophy of TV Noir, Steven M. Sanders and Aeon J. Skoble argue that the legacy of film noir classics such as The Maltese Falcon, Kiss Me Deadly, and The Big Sleep is also found in episodic television from the mid-1950s to the present. In this first-of-its-kind collection, contributors from philosophy, film studies, and literature raise fundamental questions about the human predicament, giving this unique volume its moral resonance and demonstrating why television noir deserves our attention." "With this focus on the philosophical dimensions of crime, espionage, and science fiction series, The Philosophy of TV Noir draws out the full implications of film noir and establishes TV noir as an art form in its own right."--BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9780813124490Contents: Dragnet, film noir, and postwar realism / R. Barton Palmer -- Naked city: the relativist turn in TV noir / Robert E. Fitzgibbons -- John Drake in Greeneland: noir themes in Secret agent / Sander Lee -- Action and integrity in The fugitive / Aeon J. Skoble -- Noir et blanc in color: existentialism and Miami vice / Steven M. Sanders -- 24 and the existential man of revolt / Jennifer L. McMahon -- Carniva`le knowledge: give me that old-time noir religion / Eric Bronson -- The Sopranos, film noir, and nihilism / Kevin L. Stoehr -- CSI and the art of forensic detection / Deborah Knight, George McKnight -- Detection and the logic of abduction in The X-files / Jerold J. Abrams, Elizabeth Cooke -- Kingdom of darkness: autonomy and conspiracy in The X-files and Millennium / Michael Valdez Moses -- The prisoner and self-imprisonment / Shai Biderman, William J. Devlin -- Twin Peaks, noir, and open interpretation / Jason Holt.
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Science fiction gold : film classics of the 50s / by Dennis Saleh ; foreword by Ray Harryhausen New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979.
Call No: 735.1 "195" SALAuthor: Saleh, Dennis Edition: 1st edSource: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: McGraw-HillPubDate: 1979PhysDes: 191 p. : ill. ; 28 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; SCIENCE IN FILMS ; ALIENS IN FILLMS ; ROBOTS IN FILMS ; SPACE TRAVEL IN FILMS ; TECHNOLOGY IN FILMS ; UTOPIA IN FILMS ; THING, THE (US, Christian Nyby, 1951) ; DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE (US, Robert Wise, 1951) ; IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (US, Jack Arnold, 1953) ; INVADERS FROM MARS (US, Tobe Hooper, 1986) ; THEM! (US, Gordon Douglas, 1954) ; CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (US, Jack Arnold, 1954) ; FORBIDDEN PLANET (US, Fred McLeod Wilcox, 1956) ; INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (US, Don Siegel, 1956) Summary: 14 classics films from the 50s with their stories, commentary, and credits. All films are science fiction films, which include invasions, mutations, radiations. (taken from back cover)ISBN: 0070544670
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Screening the sacred : religion, myth, and ideology in popular American film / edited by Joel W. Martin, Conrad E. Ostwalt, Jr Boulder: Westview Press, c1995.
Call No: 45:2 SCRAuthor: Ostwalt, Conrad Eugene, 1959 ; Martin, Joel W., 1956 Place: BoulderPublisher: Westview PressPubDate: c1995PhysDes: x, 193 p. ; 24 cmSubject: MYTH AND THE CINEMA. USA ; RELIGION AND THE CINEMA. USA ; IDEOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; DISASTERS IN FILMS ; ALLEGORY IN FILMS ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; HERO IN FILMS ; RACE AND THE CINEMA ; ALIENS IN FILLMS ; VIETNAM WAR IN FILMS ; NINE 1/2 WEEKS (US, Adrian Lyne, 1986) ; PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) ; BLOOD SIMPLE (US, Joel Coen, 1984) ; PLATOON (US, Oliver Stone, 1986) ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ; ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) ; ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986) ; ROCKY (US, John G. Avildsen, 1976) ; IRONWEED (US, Hector Babenco, 1987) ; BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-182) and indexISBN: 0813388295 (alk. paper); 0813388309 (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 11259176
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SHIRLEY THOMPSON VERSUS THE ALIENS : (AT, Jim Sharman, 1971)
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Special effects - "Aliens" : Work by the L.A. Effects Group looks state-of-the-art, so why were they fired? in Cinefantastique (October 1986) vol.16 iss.4/5 p.8-9, 122-123
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