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Camera politica : the politics and ideology of contemporary Hollywood film / by Michael Ryan and Douglas Kellner Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1988.
Call No: 409(73) RYACopy Management: Copy 1; Copy 2Author: Ryan, Michael, 1951 ; Kellner, Douglas, 1943 Place: Bloomington, Ind.Publisher: Indiana University PressPubDate: 1988PhysDes: xiii, 328 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: HOLLYWOOD ; DISASTERS IN FILMS. USA ; SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS. USA ; WORKING CLASS IN FILMS. USA ; BLACKS IN FILMS. USA ; SOUTH IN FILMS. USA ; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA ; BUDDY FILMS. USA ; FAMILY IN FILMS. USA ; VIETNAM WAR IN FILMS ; HORROR FILMS. USA ; VIETNAM WAR FILMS ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA ; FANTASY FILMS. USA ; UTOPIA IN FILMS. USA ; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; CONSPIRACY FILMS. USA ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; BORDEN, LIZZIE ; CIMINO, MICHAEL ; Peckinpah, Sam ; Reagan, Ronald ; ROMERO, GEORGE ; SCORSESE, MARTIN ; HOOPER, TOBE ; FRIEDKIN, WILLIAM ; BROOKS, JAMES L. ; DE PALMA, BRIAN ; LUCAS, GEORGE ; KUBRICK, STANLEY ; MILIUS, JOHN ; PAKULA, ALAN J. ; SCOTT, RIDLEY ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ; CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (US, Mike Nichols, 1971) ; CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977) ; DEATH WISH (US, Michael Winner, 1974) ; DEER HUNTER, THE (US, Michael Cimino, 1978) ; DRESSED TO KILL (US, Brian De Palma, 1980) ; E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982) ; FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (US, William Friedkin, 1971) ; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975) ; TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (US, James L. Brooks, 1983) ; UNDER FIRE (US, Roger Spottiswoode, 1983) ; SHINING, THE (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1980) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985) ; DIRTY HARRY (US, Don Siegel, 1971) ; GODFATHER, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) ; KLUTE (US, Alan J. Pakula, 1971) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 321-324ISBN: 0253313341LON: 5193671
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Costume and cinema : dress codes in popular Film / Sarah Street London: Wallflower, 2001.
Call No: 226.4 STRAuthor: Street, Sarah Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: WallflowerPubDate: 2001PhysDes: 112 p. : ill. ; 20 cmSeries: Short CutsSubject: COSTUMES ; FASHION AND THE CINEMA ; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997) ; MATRIX, THE (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1999) ; TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, THE (US, Anthony Minghella, 1999) ; WONDERLAND (UK, Michael Winterbottom, 1999) ; DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985) Summary: Presents an overview of the literature on film costume, together with a series of detailed case studies which highlight how costume relates in fundamental ways to the study of film narrative and mise-en-scene, in some cases constituting a language of its own. In particular the book foregrounds the related issues of adaptation and embodiment in a variety of different genres and films.Notes: Glossary: p.105-108
Bibliography: p.109-112ISBN: 1903364183 (pbk.)
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Desperately seeking susan : the novel / by Susan Dworkin ; based on the screenplay by Leora Barish London: Arrow Books, 1985.
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'Desperately seeking Susan'? in Filmnews (Aug 1985) vol.15 iss.6 p.17
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Desperately seeking Susan in Cinema Papers (Sep 1985) vol.53 p.68-72
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DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN : US, Susan Seidelman, 1985
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Film as social practice / Graeme Turner London New York: Routledge, 1988.
Call No: 408 TURAuthor: Turner, Graeme Place: London New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 1988PhysDes: xv, 187 p. : ill. ; 20 cmSeries: Studies in communicationSubject: POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; INDUSTRY, FILM ; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA ; AUTEUR THEORY ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; STARS ; SPECTATORSHIP ; AUDIENCES ; AUSTRALIA ; IDEOLOGY AND THE CINEMA ; BAZIN, ANDRE ; WRIGHT, WILL ; BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (US, George Roy Hill, 1969) ; DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985) ; METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926) Summary: “Explores the feature film as entertainment, as narrative, and as cultural event. Graeme Turner discusses the major theoretical issues surrounding the history of film production and film studies, using them to examine the cultural function of film and its place in our popular culture. This updated third edition includes: discussion of classical and popular contemporary films, updated and expanded discussion of debates surrounding film narrative and arguments revised throughout to take into account recent developments in film and cultural theory and changing cinematic trends.” [Taken from back cover]Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 180-184ISBN: 0415007348; 0415007356 (pbk.)LON: 5742606
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Film genre reader II / edited by Barry Keith Grant Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995.
Call No: 64GEN FILAuthor: Grant, Barry Keith, 1947 Edition: 1st edPlace: AustinPublisher: University of Texas PressPubDate: 1995PhysDes: viii, 581 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: GENRES ; WESTERNS ; GANGSTER FILMS ; FILM NOIR ; DISASTER FILMS ; EPIC FILMS ; HORROR FILMS ; MELODRAMA ; COMEDIES ; TRANSVESTISM ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; VIETNAM WAR FILMS ; MUSICALS ; BLACKS IN FILMS ; CANADA ; AUTEUR THEORY ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; DETECTIVE FILMS ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; HISTORICAL FILMS ; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; PORNOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA ; PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; SEMIOLOGY ; STRUCTURALISM ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; MICHEAUX, OSCAR ; CRONENBERG, DAVID ; FORD, JOHN ; PENN, ARTHUR ; SIRK, DOUGLAS ; CAVELL, STANLEY ; CHANDLER, RAYMOND ; FRYE, NORTHROP ; MINNELLI, VINCENTE ; TODOROV, TZVETAN ; ZOO LA NUIT, UN (CN, Jean-Cluade Lauzon, 1987) ; SOME LIKE IT HOT (US, Billy Wilder, 1959) ; SHADOW OF A DOUBT (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1943) ; BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY, THE (US, Charles Walters, 1949) ; YENTL (US, Barbara Streisand, 1983) ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (US, John Ford, 1946) ; STAGECOACH (US, John Ford, 1939) ; SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (US, Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952) ; THING, THE (US, Christian Nyby, 1951) ; [TWENTY] 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (US, Nathan Juran, 1957) ; VICTOR VICTORIA (UK, Blake Edwards, 1982) ; WRITTEN ON THE WIND (US, Douglas Sirk, 1956) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; FLY, THE (US, David Cronenberg, 1986) ; DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-559) and indexISBN: 0292727771 (cloth : alk. paper); 029272778X (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 11563059
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Storytelling in the new Hollywood : understanding classical narrative technique / Kristin Thompson Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999.
Call No: 632.2(73) THOAuthor: Thompson, Kristin, 1950 Place: Cambridge, MAPublisher: Harvard University PressPubDate: 1999PhysDes: 398 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; TOOTSIE (US, Sydney Pollack, 1982) ; BACK TO THE FUTURE (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1985) ; SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (US, Jonathan Demme, 1991) ; GROUNDHOG DAY (US, Harold Ramis, 1993) ; DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985) ; AMADEUS (US, Milos Forman, 1984) ; HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, THE (US, John McTiernan, 1990) ; PARENTHOOD (US, Ron Howard, 1989) ; ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) ; HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (US, Woody Allen, 1986) ; FIELD, SYD ; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0674839749 (cl. : alk. paper); 0674839757 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0674839757(pbk.) : ª15.50; 0674839749(cased) : ª30.95LON: 14524218
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