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PhysDes: Article
Subject: INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; NIGHT SHIFT (US, Ron Howard, 1982); CONAN THE BARBARIAN (US, John Milius, 1982); DRIVE-IN CINEMAS; PALIN, MICHAEL
Summary: Film news from across Australia

Call No: 451-01 OBR
Author: O'Brien, Daniel
Source: UK/US
Place: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
PubDate: 2014
PhysDes: vii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject: MASCULINITY IN FILMS; MEN IN FILMS; BODY IN FILMS; HEROS IN FILMS; MYTH AND THE CINEMA; ACTION FILMS; HISTORICAL FILMS; JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (UK/US, Don Chaffey, 1963); [THREE HUNDRED] 300 (US, Zach Snyder, 2006); CONAN THE BARBARIAN (US, John Milius, 1982); XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS [TV] (US, 1995-)
Summary: "The cinema has often showcased the muscular male body, most notably in genres invoking classical Greco-Roman culture, whether peplum, epic or sword-and-sorcery. This book reassesses the classically-inflected action film as a significant cinematic form, often marginalized in media studies, that transcends such reductive labels as camp or kitsch. The focus is on the depiction of heroic masculinity, often characterized as reactionary or fascist, yet far more varied and contradictory, especially in relation to femininity and non-whiteness. These diverse representations of masculinity offer a major contribution to debates on maleness within and beyond academia that has been largely unexplored. In particular, Hercules in his many incarnations is one of the most important mythopoetic figures, on a par with King Arthur, Robin Hood, Tarzan and James Bond, informing popular cultural interpretations of manliness and the exaggerated male form"-- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index
ISBN: 9781137384706
Contents: -- Introduction -- Part I: men as men should be 1. Hercules Unchained ; 2. Hercules Reformed ; 3. Hercules Diminished ; 4. Hercules Rebooted ; 5. I'm Spartacus! -- Part II: taming the women with love or death -- 6. The Loves of Hercules ; 7. The Temptress from Beyond ; 8. Fight Like a Man -- Part III: this thing of darkness 9. White Man's Burden? ; 10. Doom's Children ; 11. This is Sparta! ; Coda -- Bibliography --Index --

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: CONAN THE BARBARIAN (US, John Milius, 1982)

Call No: 740 ELL
Author: Elley, Derek
Place: London Boston
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul
PubDate: 1984
PhysDes: xv, 223 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm
Series: Cinema and society
Subject: EPIC FILMS; FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, THE (US, Anthony Mann, 1964); SOLOMAN AND SHEBA (US, King Vidor, 1959); SPARTACUS (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1960); BEN HUR (US, William Wyler, 1959); CONAN THE BARBARIAN (US, John Milius, 1982)
Notes: Includes indexes; Filmography: p. 167-204; Bibliography: p. 205-206
ISBN: 0710096569; 0710099932 (pbk.)
LON: 2663515

PhysDes: Article
Subject: TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; PIRATE MOVIE, THE (AT, Ken Annakin, 1982); CHRISTIANE F [CHRISTIANE F: WIR KINDER VOM BAHNHOF ZOO] (GW, Ulrich Edel, 1981); I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES (US, Herbert Ross, 1982); MODERN PROBLEMS (US, Ken Shapiro, 1981); VISITING HOURS (CN, Jean-Claude Lord, 1981); SIX PACK (US, Daniel Petrie, 1982); CONAN THE BARBARIAN (US, John Milius, 1982); AUTHOR! AUTHOR! (US, Arthur Hiller, 1982); VERDICT, THE (US, Sidney Lumet, 1982); MONSIGNOR (US, Frank Perry, 1982); KING OF COMEDY, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1983); TOUGH ENOUGH (US, Richard Fleischer, 1983); ENTITY, THE (US, Sidney J. Furie, 1982)
Summary: List of current, coming, and completed Fox films.

Author: Wilson, Paul
PhysDes: Article
Subject: CONAN THE BARBARIAN (US, John Milius, 1982)

PhysDes: Article
Subject: CONAN THE BARBARIAN (US, John Milius, 1982)
Summary: Ill

PhysDes: Article
Subject: CONAN THE BARBARIAN (US, John Milius, 1982)
Summary: Interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger on his role in "Conan the Barbarian"

PhysDes: Article
Subject: CONAN THE BARBARIAN (US, John Milius, 1982)