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Call No: 736.1 BUS
Author: Buscombe, Edward
CorpAuthor: BFI
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: British Film Institute
PubDate: 2006
PhysDes: 248 p. : 17 cm
Series: BFI Screen Guides
Subject: WESTERNS; NATIVE AMERICANS IN FILMS; GENRES; BUSCOMBE, EDWARD; ANTONIO DAS MORTES (BL, Glauber Rocha, 1969); BEGUILED, THE (US, Don Siegel, 1971); BIG SKY, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1952); BROKEN ARROW (US, Delmer Daves, 1950); BULLET FOR THE GENERAL, A (IT, Damiano Damiani, 1966); BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (US, George Roy Hill, 1969); CALAMITY JANE (US, David Butler, 1953); COWBOY (US, Delmer Davies, 1958); DANCES WITH WOLVES (US, Kevin Costner, 1990); DEAD MAN (US, Jim Jarmusch, 1995); DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (US, George Marshall, 1939); DODGE CITY (US, Michael Curtiz, 1939); DUEL IN THE SUN (US, King Vidor, 1946); PER UN PUGNO DI DOLLARI (IT/SP/GW, Sergio Leone, 1964); PER QUALCHE DOLLARO IN PIU (IT/SP/GW, Sergio Leone, 1965); FORT APACHE (US, John Ford, 1948); BUONO, IL BRUTTO, IL CATTIVO, IL (IT, Sergio Leone, 1966); GO WEST (US, Buster Keaton, 1925); GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, THE (US, Edwin S. Porter, 1903); GREY FOX, THE (CN, Philip Borsos, 1982); HANGING TREE, THE (US, Delmer Daves, 1958); HEAVEN'S GATE (US, Michael Cimino, 1980); HIGH NOON (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1952); HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (US, Clint Eastwood, 1973); IRON HORSE, THE (UK, John Ford, 1924); JOHNNY GUITAR (US, Nicholas Ray, 1954); LAST OF THE MOHICANS, THE (US, Michael Mann, 1992); LAST WAGON, THE (US, Delmer Daves, 1956); LITTLE BIG MAN (US, Arthur Penn, 1970); LONG RIDERS, THE (US, Walter Hill, 1980); MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE (UK, John Sturges, 1960); MAN FROM LARAMIE, THE (US, Anthony Mann, 1955); MAN OF THE WEST (US, Anthony Mann, 1958); MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, THE (US, John Ford, 1962); MCCABE AND MRS MILLER (US, Robert Altman, 1971); MISSOURI BREAKS, THE (US, Arthur Penn, 1976); MONTE WALSH (US, William A. Fraker, 1970); MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (US, John Ford, 1946); C`ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST (IT/FR, Sergio Leone, 1968); ONE-EYED JACKS (US, Marlon Brando, 1961); OPEN RANGE (US, Kevin Costner, 2003); OUTLAW JOSEY WALES, THE (US, Clint Eastwood, 1976); PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1973); PURSUED (US, Raoul Walsh, 1947); RAMROD (US, Andre de Toth, 1947); RANCHO NOTORIOUS (US, Fritz Lang, 1952); RED RIVER (US, Howard Hawks, 1948); RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1962); RIO BRAVO (US, Howard Hawks, 1959); SEARCHERS, THE (US, John Ford, 1956); SHANE (US, George Stevens, 1953); SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (US, John Ford, 1949); SHOOTING, THE (US, Monte Hellman, 1966); SHOOTIST, THE (US, Donald Siegel, 1976); STAGECOACH (US, John Ford, 1939); SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF (US, Burt Kennedy, 1969); FA TALAI JONE (TH, Wisit Sasanatieng, 2000); TWO RODE TOGETHER (US, John Ford, 1961); ULZANA'S RAID (US, Robert Aldrich, 1972); UNFORGIVEN (US, Clint Eastwood, 1992); VIVA MARIA (US, Louis Malle, 1965); WILD BUNCH, THE (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1969); DAVES, DELMER; WAYNE, JOHN; Stewart, James; EASTWOOD, CLINT; FORD, JOHN
Summary: The Western is one of Hollywood cinema’s most potent and enduring genres, bound up with America’s understanding of itself as a frontier nation. Edward Buscombe provides an illuminating guide to a hundred key films of the genre, from Broken Arrow to The Wild Bunch by way of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, A Fistful of Dollars, The Magnificent Seven and The Searchers. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, major credits, and a commentary on the film’s significance, together with its production and exhibition history. Edward Buscombe’s introduction to the volume discusses the criteria for selecting a mere hundred essential Westerns out of the thousands that have been made since the birth of cinema. He considers the relative weight to be attached to the acknowledged great directors of the genre, such as John Ford and Sam Peckinpah, and to lesser known but significant figures such as Delmer Daves. He takes stock of the contribution of the great Western stars, including John Wayne, James Stewart and Clint Eastwood. And he argues for a selection that takes into account Westerns of the silent era, B-Westerns and singing cowboys, and those Westerns made outside America. [Taken from back cover.]
ISBN: 1844571122

Call No: 736.11
Author: Grant, Kevin
Edition: August 2013
Place: Godalming, Surrey
Publisher: FAB Press
PubDate: May 2011
PhysDes: 480 pages : illustrated ; 26 cm
Subject: WESTERNS. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; WESTERNS. ITALY; LEONE, SERGIO; NERO, FRANCO; BIG GUNDOWN, THE [RESA DEI CONTI, LA] (IT/SP, Sergio Sollima, 1966); BLINDMAN (US/IT, Ferdinando Baldi, 1972); BULLET FOR THE GENERAL, A (IT, Damiano Damiani, 1966); CORBUCCI, SERGIO; EASTWOOD, CLINT; FULCI, LUCIO; HILL, TERENCE; SPENCER, BUD; VAN CLEEF, LEE
Summary: The success of Sergio Leone's 'Dollars' trilogy in the '60s sparked a gold rush, as a legion of European film-makers - many of them sharing the get-rich-quick mentality of Leone's mercenary anti-heroes - followed the master's lead to create some of the wildest Westerns ever made. Cynical and stylish, bloody and baroque, Euro-westerns replaced straight-shooting sheriffs and courageous cowboys with amoral adventurers, whose murderous methods would shock the heroes of Hollywood Westerns. These films became box-office sensations around the world, and their influence can still be felt today. Any Gun Can Play puts the phenomenon into perspective, exploring the films' wider reaches, their recurrent themes, characters, quirks and motifs. It examines Euro-westerns in relation to their American ancestors and the mechanics of the Italian popular film industry, and spotlights the unsung actors, directors and other artists who subverted the 'code' of the Western and dragged it into the modern age. Based on years of research backed up by interviews with many of the genre's leading lights, including actors Franco Nero, Giuliano Gemma and Gianni Garko, writer Sergio Donati, and directors Sergio Sollima and Giuliano Carnimeo, Any Gun Can Play will satisfy both connoisseurs and the curious. Complete with a foreword by Euro-Western legend Franco Nero, this stunningly illustrated reference guide takes aim at the lingering notion that the genre has little to offer beyond the 'Dollars' films and a fistful of others, exposing the full, vibrant history of the Euro-western. -- publisher's web site
Notes: Foreword by Franco Nero
ISBN: 9781903254615

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PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: BULLET (US, Julien Temple, 1997 [prod. 1994])

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Subject: BULLET FOR THE GENERAL, A (IT, Damiano Damiani, 1966)

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Subject: BULLET IN THE HEAD, A (CN, Attila Bertalan, 1990)

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Subject: BULLET ON A WIRE (US, Jim Sikora, 1998)

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Subject: BULLET PROOF AND BLIND (AT, Paul Healy, 1994)

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PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: BULLET TRAIN (US/JP, David Leitch, 2022)

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PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: BULLET VANISHES, THE (C/HK, Lo Chi-Leung, 2012)

Call No: 71(51) CHI
Author: Berry, Chris
CorpAuthor: BFI
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: British Film Institute
PubDate: 2003
PhysDes: viii, 216 p.. ill.. 24 cm.
Subject: CITY OF SADNESS, A [; HEI PAO SHI JIAN (CC, Huang Jianxin, 1986); BLACK CANNON INCIDENT, THE (CC, Huang Jianxin, 1986); TOU-PEN NU-HAI (HK, Ann Hui, 1982); BOAT PEOPLE (HK, Ann Hui, 1982); BULLET IN THE HEAD, A (CN, Attila Bertalan, 1990); SINNUI YAUMAN (HK, Ching Siu Tung, 1987); CHINESE GHOST STORY, A (HK, Ching Siu Tung, 1987); CHUNGKING EXPRESS [CHONGQING SENLIN] (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 1994); CHUNGKING EXPRESS [CHONGQING SENLIN] (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 1994); WO HU ZANG LONG (HK, Ang Lee, 2000); ERMO (HK/CC, Zhou Xiaowen, 1994); WAN ZHONG (CC, Wu Ziniu, 1989); FLOATING LIFE (AT, Clara Law, 1996); HIBISCUS TOWN [FU RONG ZHEN] (CC, Xie Jin, 1987); IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE [FA YEUNG NIN WA] (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 2000); YI GE DOU BU NENG SHAO (C, Zhang Yimou, 1999); TONG NIEN WANG SHI (TZ, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1986); HSIA NU (TZ, King Hu [pseud. of Hu Chin-Chuan], 1969); AIQING WANSUI (TZ, Tsai Ming-Liang, 1994); HSI YEN (TZ, Ang Lee, 1993); HUANG TUDI (CC, Chen Kaige, 1985); YI YI (JA/TZ, Edward Yang, 2000); CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (HK, Ang Lee, 2000)
Summary: "As Chinese films have stormed the international cinema, they have stimulated a wide range of vigorous debate and insightful scholarship. 'Chinese Films in Focus: 25 New Takes' consists of 25 fresh and original readings of individual Chinese films. Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other parts of the diaspora are all included and historical coverage ranges from the 1930s to the present." [Taken from the back cover]
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 0851709869. v. pbk.
ID2: 150

Call No: 10647
Author: Zahlten, Alexander
Edition: 2017
Place: Durham; London
Publisher: Duke University Press
PubDate: 2017
PhysDes: 308 pages : illustrated ; 23 cm
Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Subject: JAPAN; EROTIC FILMS. ASIA; KURAIMUHANTA IKARI NO JUDAN [CRIMEHUNTER - BULLET OF FURY] (JA, Toshimichi Okawa, 1989); KUROI YUKI [BLACK SNOW] (JA, Tetsuji Takechi, 1965); KINJI FUKASAKU; TAKECHI TETSUJI; WAKAMATSU, KOJI
Summary: In The End of Japanese Cinema Alexander Zahlten moves film theory beyond the confines of film itself, attending to the emergence of new kinds of aesthetics, politics, temporalities, and understandings of film and media. He traces the evolution of a new media ecology through deep historical analyses of the Japanese film industry from the 1960s to the 2000s. Zahlten focuses on three popular industrial genres: Pink Film (independently distributed softcore pornographic films), Kadokawa (big-budget productions as part of a transmedia strategy), and V-Cinema (direct-to-video films). He examines the conditions of these films' production to demonstrate how the media industry itself becomes part of the politics of the media text and to highlight the complex negotiation between media and politics, culture, and identity in Japan. Zahlten points to a different history of film, one in which a once-powerful film industry transformed into becoming only one component within a complex media-mix ecology. In so doing, Zahlten opens new paths for uncovering similar broad processes in other large media societies. -- publisher's web site
ISBN: 9780822369448
Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Establishing Pink Film -- 2. Pink Times and Pink Spaces -- 3. Kadokawa Film -- 4. The Radicalization of Kadokawa Film -- 5. V-Cinema -- 6. Subgenres: Violence, Finances, Sex, and True Accounts -- Conclusion: Present Histories -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call No: 736.35(512.317) LOG
Author: Logan, Bey
Place: London
Publisher: Titan Books
PubDate: 1995
PhysDes: 191 p. ; ill. (some col.) ; 28cm
Subject: ACTION FILMS. HONG KONG; WOMEN IN FILMS. HONG KONG; CHAN, JACKIE; WOO, JOHN [pseud. of Wu Yusen]; CHOW, YUN-FAT; LEE, BRUCE; LAU KAR LEUNG; HUNG, SAMO; CHENG PEI PEI; ROTHROCK, CYNTHIA; PENN, KIM MAREE; CRAWFORD, SOPHIA; ACES GO PLACES (HK, Tsang Chi Wai, 1982); ARMOUR OF GOD, THE [; JINGCHA GUSHI (HK, Jackie Chan [pseud. of Cheng Long], 1985); [BIG BOSS, THE] (HK, Lo Wei, 1971); [FIST OF FURY] (HK, Lo Wei, 1972); LASHOU SHENTAN (HK, John Woo [pseud. of Wu Yusen], 1992); SINNUI YAUMAN (HK, Ching Siu Tung, 1987); CHINESE GHOST STORY, A (HK, Ching Siu Tung, 1987); [CITY ON FIRE] (HK, Ringo (Ling-Tung) Lam, 1987); [DRUNKEN MASTER, THE] (HK, Yuen Woo-Ping, 1978); [EASTERN CONDORS] (HK, Samo Hung, 1987); [PEDICAB DRIVER] (HK, Samo Hung, 1990); ENTER THE DRAGON (US/HK, Robert Clouse, 1973); WAY OF THE DRAGON, THE (HK, Bruce Lee, 1973); YINGXIONG BENSE (HK, John Woo [pseud. of Wu Yusen], 1986); [BULLET IN THE HEAD] (HK, John Woo [pseud. of Wu Yusen], 1990); DIEXUE SHUANG XIONG (HK, John Woo [pseud. of Wu Yusen], 1989)
Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 188
ISBN: 1852865407 (pbk)
LON: 11245180

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PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: LAST BULLET (AT, Michael Pattinson, 1995)

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Subject: NIKUDAN (JP, Kihachi Okamoto, 1968); HUMAN BULLET, THE (JP, Kihachi Okamoto, 1968)

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Subject: NUMBER ONE WITH A BULLET (US, Jack Smight, 1987)

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Subject: SILVER BULLET (US, Daniel Attias, 1985)

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Subject: TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS, BITE THE BULLET (US, James Gaffney & Martin Lucas & Jonathan Miller, 1981)