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Cinematic overtures : how to read opening scenes / Annette Insdorf New York: Columbia University Press, [2017].
Call No: 632.14 INSAuthor: Annette Insdorf Place: New YorkPublisher: Columbia University PressPubDate: [2017]PhysDes: xi, 188 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cmSeries: Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures.Subject: OPENINGS OF FILMS ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; CONVERSATION, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) ; FLASHBACKS ; MONTAGE Summary: A great movie's first few minutes provide the key to the rest of the film. ..., they draw the viewer in, setting up the thematic concerns and stylistic approach that will be developed over the course of the narrative. [Some] sequences lead the viewer to trust the filmmakers. Other times, opening shots are intentionally misleading....From Joe Gillis's voice-over in Sunset Boulevard as he lies dead in a swimming pool to the hallucinatory opening of Apocalypse Now, from the stream-of-consciousness montage as found in Hiroshima, Mon Amour to the slowly unfolding beginning of Schindler's List, [the book] analyzes opening shots from a range of Hollywood as well as international films. Including dozens of frame enlargements that illustrate the strategies of opening sceneNotes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also published electronically.ISBN: 9780231182256
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Close up : great cinematic performances. Volume 1, American / edited by Murray Pomerance and Kyle Stevens UK: Edinburgh University Press, 2018.
Call No: 227.01(73) CLOPlace: UKPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPubDate: 2018Series: International film starsSubject: ACTORS ; CHARACTER ACTORS ; STARS ; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA ; WATERS, ETHEL ; DUNNE, IRENE ; GRANT, CARY ; GAYNOR, JANET ; HEPBURN, KATHARINE ; DAVIS, BETTE ; CLIFT, MONTGOMERY ; CURTIS, TONY ; SELLERS, PETER ; Stewart, James ; Lombard, Carole ; MASON, JAMES ; BURTON, RICHARD ; LEWIS, JERRY ; POITIER, SIDNEY ; HACKMAN, GENE ; ROWLANDS, GENA ; NICHOLSON, JACK ; HOFFMAN, DUSTIN ; GOULD, ELLIOTT ; PACINO, AL ; GOLDBERG, WHOOPI ; BLANCHETT, CATE ; ISAAC, OSCAR ; STEWART, KRISTEN ; CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (FR/SZ/GG/US/BE, Olivier Assayas, 2014) ; MOST VIOLENT YEAR, A (US, J. C. Chandor, 2014) ; BLUE JASMINE (US, Woody Allen, 2013) ; COLOR PURPLE, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1985) ; DONNIE BRASCO (US, Mike Newell, 1997) ; LONG GOODBYE, THE (US, Robert Altman, 1973) ; RAIN MAN (US, Barry Levinson, 1988) ; PASSENGER, THE (IT/SP/FR, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975) ; GLORIA (US, John Cassavetes, 1980) ; CONVERSATION, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) ; IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (US, Norman Jewison, 1967) ; KING OF COMEDY, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1983) ; SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, THE (UK, Martin Ritt, 1965) ; PINK PANTHER, THE (US, Blake Edwards, 1964) ; SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (US, Alexander Mackendrick, 1957) ; PLACE IN THE SUN, A (US, George Stevens, 1951) ; LOLITA (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1962) ; TO BE OR NOT TO BE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1942) ; VERTIGO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) ; LION IN WINTER, THE (UK, Anthony Harvey, 1968) ; HIS GIRL FRIDAY (US, Howard Hawks, 1940) ; AWFUL TRUTH, THE (US, Leo McCarey, 1937) ; MEMBER OF THE WEDDING (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1952) ; DANGEROUS (US, Alfred E. Green, 1935) ; SUNRISE (US, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1927) Summary: "Examines the significance of women's participation in popular genres.
Analyses what makes an acting performance excellent, through a range of examples from world cinema. What actors do on-screen is a fascination for audiences all over the world. Indeed, the cultural visibility of movie stars is so pronounced that stardom has often been regarded as intrinsic to the medium's specificity. Yet not all great cinematic performances are star turns, and so, what really makes a cinematic performance good, interesting, or important has been a neglected topic in film criticism. This two-volume set presents detailed interpretations of singular performances by several of the most compelling actors in cinema history, asking in many different and complementary ways what makes performance meaningful, how it reflects a director's style, as well as how it contributes to the development of national cinemas and cultures. Whether noting the precise ways actors shape film narrative, achieve emotional effect, or move toward political subversion, the essays in these books innovate new approaches to studying screen performance as an art form and cultural force"--Page 4 of cover.Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN: 9781474417006Contents: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Close-up: great American performances -- Chapter 1 Ethel Waters in The Member of the Wedding -- Chapter 2 Irene Dunne in The Awful Truth -- Chapter 3 Cary Grant in His Girl Friday -- Chapter 4 Janet Gaynor in Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans -- Chapter 5 Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter -- Chapter 6 Bette Davis in Dangerous -- Chapter 7 James Stewart in Vertigo -- Chapter 8 Carole Lombard in To Be or Not to Be -- Chapter 9 James Mason in Lolita -- Chapter 10 Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun -- Chapter 11 Tony Curtis in Sweet Smell of Success.
Chapter 12 Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther -- Chapter 13 Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold -- Chapter 14 Jerry Lewis in The King of Comedy -- Chapter 15 Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night -- Chapter 16 Gene Hackman in The Conversation -- Chapter 17 Gena Rowlands in Gloria -- Chapter 18 Jack Nicholson in The Passenger -- Chapter 19 Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man -- Chapter 20 Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye -- Chapter 21 Al Pacino in Donnie Brasco -- Chapter 22 Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple -- Chapter 23 Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine -- Chapter 24 Oscar Isaac in A Most Violent Year -- Chapter 25 Kristen Stewart in Clouds of Sils Maria -- Index.ID2: 362
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The conversation in The Postscript (Spring/Summer 1987) vol.6 iss.3 p.13-30
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CONVERSATION, THE : (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
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CONVERSATION THE : Final Draft [1972].
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Detours and lost highways : a map of neo-noir / Foster Hirsch New York: Limelight Editions, [1999].
Call No: 734.1 HIRAuthor: Hirsch, Foster Edition: [1st Limelight ed.]Place: New YorkPublisher: Limelight EditionsPubDate: [1999]PhysDes: 398 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: FILM NOIR ; FEMME FATALE ; FILM NOIR. FRANCE ; FULLER, SAMUEL ; CHANDLER, RAYMOND ; Wenders, Wim ; WOOLRICH, CORNELL ; Tarantino, Quentin ; FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (US, Robert Rodriquez, 1996) ; CRISS CROSS (US, Robert Siodmak, 1948) ; GETAWAY, THE (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1972) ; USUAL SUSPECTS, THE (US, Bryan Singer, 1995) ; L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (US, Curtis Hanson, 1997) ; LAST SEDUCTION, THE (US, John Dahl, 1994) ; NATURAL BORN KILLERS (US, Oliver Stone, 1994) ; TIREZ SUR LE PIANISTE (FR, Francois Truffaut, 1960) ; AGAINST ALL ODDS (US, Taylor Hackford, 1984) ; BETRAYED (US, Constantin Costa-Gavras, 1988) ; BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986) ; BOYZ N THE HOOD (US, John Singleton, 1991) ; CAPE FEAR (US, J. Lee Thompson, 1961) ; CAPE FEAR (US, Martin Scorsese, 1991) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; CONVERSATION, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) ; DEATH WISH (US, Michael Winner, 1974) Notes: SEE REPAIRS; Filmography: p. 329-377; Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-327) and indexISBN: 0879102888Order Received: 2000LON: 20214725
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Film scheduling, Film budgeting workbook / Ralph S. Singleton Beverly Hills, Calif.: Lone Eagle Pub., c1989.
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Politics and cinema / Andrew Sarris New York: Columbia University Press, 1978.
Call No: 45:32 SARAuthor: Sarris, Andrew Place: New YorkPublisher: Columbia University PressPubDate: 1978PhysDes: 215 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: POLITICS AND THE CINEMA ; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA ; VIOLENCE IN FILMS ; PORNOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA ; CENSORSHIP ; SEMIOLOGY ; AVANT-GARDE FILMS ; MONROE, MARILYN ; MAILER, NORMAN ; FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS ; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI ; SONTAG, SUSAN ; PROMISED LANDS (FR, Susan Sontag, 1974) ; MON ONCLE ANTOINE (CN, Claude Jutra, 1971) ; SACCO E VANZETTI (IT/FR, Giuliano Montaldo, 1971) ; MATTEI AFFAIR, THE [CASO MATTEI, IL] (IT, Francesco Rosi, 1972) ; DOG DAY AFTERNOON (US, Sidney Lumet, 1975) ; FRONT, THE (US, Martin Ritt, 1976) ; LENNY (US, Bob Fosse, 1974) ; CASO DOS IRMAOS NAVES, O (BL, Luiz Sergio Person, 1967) ; SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE (US, George Roy Hill, 1972) ; MAN, THE (US, Joseph Sargent, 1972) ; CANDIDATE, THE (US, Michael Ritchie, 1972) ; GODFATHER, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) ; CONVERSATION, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) ; ASSASSINATION OF TROTSKY, THE (UK/FR/IT, Joseph Losey, 1972) ; ETAT DE SIEGE (FR/IT/GW, Constantin Costa-Gavras, 1973) ; SORROW AND THE PITY, THE [CHAGRIN ET LA PITIE, LE] (FR/GW/SZ, Marcel Ophuls, 1969) ; HEARTS AND MINDS (US, Peter Davis, 1974) Notes: Includes indexISBN: 0231040342LON: 1221130
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