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Call No: FESTIVAL CATALOGUE SHELVES
PhysDes: vol.
Subject: FILM CULTURE

Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 036 WLA
Author: Wlaschin, Ken
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: Wolfe Publishing
PubDate: 1969
PhysDes: 64 p. ; 17 cm
Series: The bluffer's guides
Subject: FILM CULTURE
Summary: "Do you feel inferior through not knowing what is being discussed? This bluffer's guide will help you halt the flow and sound as bright as they seem to be" - BOOK BLURB
ISBN: 0723401209
Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: FILM CULTURE LOBBY

Call No: 62(081) HAR
Author: Harbord, Janet
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: Sage Publications
PubDate: 2002
PhysDes: 182 p. ; 25 cm
Subject: EXHIBITION; FESTIVALS; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS; PRODUCTION; AESTHETICS; FILM CULTURE
Summary: "In Film cultures, Janet Harbord looks at the ways in which film connects us to social, spatial, and temporal networks of exchange and meaning. Harbord argues that the space in which we view films, whether it be a multiplex, an art house or our own home, as well as the way in which we view them, as either singular objects or hypertexts linked to an almost infinite variety of other products, connects us to a particular film culture. Shifting the focus of film analysis from the text to the paths of circulation, Film cultures invites us to explore the ways in which film connects us to specific social, national, and global networks."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-176) and index
ISBN: 0761965211
Contents: Introduction - Chapter 1 Breaking with the aura? Film as object or experience -- Chapter 2 Spatial effects: film cultures and sites of exhibition -- Chapter 3 Film festivals: media events and spaces of flow -- Chapter 4 Marketing films and audiences -- Chapter 5 Postmodern praxes: production on the national and global stage -- Chapter 6 Aesthetic encounters -- Chapter 7 Digitalization and its discontents -- References -- Index

Call No: 931 KAM
Author: Kamp, David; Levi, Lawrence
Edition: First edition
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Broadway Books
PubDate: copyright 2006
PhysDes: xviii, 114 pages ; 21cm
Subject: FILM; FILM CULTURE; FILM TERMINOLOGY; FILM WORKERS
Summary: "From the same brain trust that brought you The Rock Snob*s Dictionary, the hilarious, bestselling guide to insiderist rock arcana, comes The Film Snob*s Dictionary, an informative and subversively funny A-to-Z reference guide to all that is held sacred by Film Snobs, those perverse creatures of the repertory cinema. No longer must you suffer silently as some clerk in a “Tod Browning’s Freaks” T-shirt bombards you with baffling allusions to “wire-fu” pictures, “Todd-AO process,” and “Sam Raimi.” By helping to close the knowledge gap between average moviegoers and incorrigible Snobs, the dictionary lets you in on hidden gems that film geeks have been hoarding (such as Douglas Sirk and Guy Maddin movies) while exposing the trash that Snobs inexplicably laud (e.g., most chop-socky films and Mexican wrestling pictures). Delightfully illustrated and handily organized in alphabetical order for quick reference, The Film Snob*s Dictionary is your fail-safe companion in the video store, the cineplex, or wherever insufferable Film Snobs congregate. " -- BOOK BACK COVER
ISBN: 9780767918763
Contents: -- acknowledgments -- an introductory note by the authors -- the film snob*s dictionary --

Call No: 629PHO RAY
Author: Ray, Robert B
Source: US
Place: Bloomington
Publisher: Indiana University Press
PubDate: c2001
PhysDes: xiv, 164 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Subject: MOTION PICTURES - HISTORY; FILM CULTURE; THEORY; PHOTOGRAPHY; AVANT-GARDE FILMS; BORDWELL, DAVID; GODARD, JEAN-LUC; ELVIS (US, John Carpenter, 1979)
Summary: Robert B Ray, in this book attempts to revive forgotten film theory, for example the theory of photogenie, and looks at what is defined as "knowledge" in film studies. He challenges accepted theories, and attempts to develop a new way of looking at film and cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliography; Includes index
ISBN: 0253214386

Call No: 46 TUD
Author: Tudor, Andrew
Source: UK
Place: London
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
PubDate: 1974
PhysDes: 260 p. ; 22 cm
Subject: FILM CULTURE; MASS COMMUNICATIONS AND THE CINEMA; AUDIENCES; GENRES; SOCIOLOGY AND THE CINEMA; SOCIOLOGY OF THE CINEMA
Notes: Bibliography: p.238-250. _ Includes index Bibliography: p.[238]-250
ISBN: 0043840027
Contents: Forthcoming attractions -- patterns of communication -- movie communicators -- movie audiences -- movie languages -- patterns of culture -- cinema and society:film movements -- cinema and the society: popular genres -- patterns of change

Call No: 408(94) INT
CorpAuthor: Australian Film Commission
Source: AT
Place: North Sydney
Publisher: Australian Film Commission
PubDate: [1984]
PhysDes: 83 p. ; 30 cm + 1 leaflet (2 leaves)
Subject: INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; FUNDING. AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCES. AUSTRALIA. FILM CULTURE SEMINAR. 1984
Summary: The papers in this volume were specifically written for and presented at the Film Culture Ceminar held by the Australian Film Commission (AFC) on 29 May 1984. The purpose of this seminar was to encourage a dialogue between film educators/researchers (who have a continuing concern for the well being of the Australian Film Industry and its links with film culture activities) and administrators who frame policy and disburse funds to various organisations and activities in the film industry. -Taken from introduction on page 3.
Notes: Spiral binding; Includes bibliographical references
ISBN: 064207593X : price unknown
LON: abn85049955; 3725599
Contents: Foreword -- Introduction - Barrett Hodsdon -- Shifting notions of an Australian film culture - Liz Jacka -- Structuring an approach to film culture; the British experience - Kari Hanet -- Film culture in action - alternative exhibition - a dearth of policies - Barrett Hodsdon -- Reconciling mainstream and independent filmaking - Tom O'Regan -- Public as patrons - a new goal for cinema subsidy - Tim Rowse

Call No: 670 INV GRI
Author: Grieveson, Lee; Wasson, Haidee
Source: UK
Place: Durham
Publisher: Duke University Press
PubDate: 2008
PhysDes: xxxii, 446 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: American Film Institute; AVANT-GARDE FILMS; COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGERY; CRITICISM; FILM ART MEDIA; FILM CULTURE; FILM NOIR; FILM STUDY AND RESEARCH; FILMOGRAPHIES; HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; MARXISM AND THE CINEMA; MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA; MUSEUM OF MODERN ART [NEW YORK]; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA; PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA; REALISM IN FILMS; SOCIETIES, FILM; SOCIOLOGY AND THE CINEMA; SPECTATORSHIP; ALTHUSSER, LOUIS; BACHMANN, GIDEON; BARRY, IRIS; BAZIN, ANDRE; BELLOUR, RAYMOND; BERGSTROM, JANET; BORDWELL, DAVID; BRAKHAGE, STAN; BURGESS, ERNEST; BUSCOMBE, ED; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; COOK, PAM; DEREN, MAYA; FOUCAULT, MICHEL; FULLER, SAMUEL; GODARD, JEAN-LUC; GRIERSON, JOHN; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK; GRIFFITHS, RICHARD; HAWKS, HOWARD; HAYS, WILL; HEATH, STEPHEN; HUFF, THEODORE; MACCABE, COLIN; METZ, CHRISTIAN; PARK, ROBERT; PATTERSON, FRANCES TAYLOR; PENLEY, CONSTANCE; RAINER, YVONNE; RAMSAYE, TERRY; RICHTER, HANS; ROTHA, PAUL; SARRIS, ANDREW; SCORSESE, MARTIN; SELDES, GILBERT; SHORT, REV WILLIAM H; STERN, SEYMOUR; THRASHER, FREDRICK; VOGEL, AMOS; VON STROHEIM, ERICH; WEINBERG, HERMAN G; WHANNEL, PADDY; WOLLEN, PETER
Summary: Inventing Film Studies offers original and provocative insights into the institutional and intellectual foundations of cinema studies. Many scholars have linked the origins of the discipline to late-1960s developments in the academy such as structuralist theory and student protest. Yet this collection reveals the broader material and institutional forces—both inside and outside of the university—that have long shaped the field. Beginning with the first investigations of cinema in the early twentieth century, this volume provides detailed examinations of the varied social, political, and intellectual milieus in which knowledge of cinema has been generated. The contributors explain how multiple instantiations of film study have had a tremendous influence on the methodologies, curricula, modes of publication, and professional organizations that now constitute the university-based discipline. Extending the historical insights into the present, contributors also consider the directions film study might take in changing technological and cultural environments. -- Publisher description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9780822342892
Contents: The Academy and Motion Pictures / Lee Grieveson, Haidee Wasson -- Making Cinema Knowable -- Cinema Studies and the Conduct of Conduct / Lee Grieveson Taking Liberties: The Payne Fund Studies and the Creation of the Media Expert / Mark Lynn Anderson "Reaching the Multimillions": Liberal Internationalism and the Establishment of Documentary Film / Zoe Druick Young Art, Old Colleges: Early Episodes in the American Study of Film / Dana Polan -- Making Cinema Educational -- Studying Movies at the Museum: The Museum of Modern Art and Cinema's Changing Object / Haidee Wasson Classrooms, Clubs, and Community Circuits: Cultural Authority and the Film Council Movement, 1946-1957 / Charles R. Acland Experimental Film and the Development of Film Study in America / Michael Zryd From Cinephilia to Film Studies / Laura Mulvev, Peter Wollen -- Making Cinema Legible -- Experimentation and Innovation in Three American Film Journals of the 1950s / Haden Guest Screen and 1970s Film Theory / Philip Rosen (Re)Inventing Camera Obscura / Amelie Hastie, Lynne Joyrich, Patricia White, Sharon Willis Little Books / Mark Betz -- Making and Remaking Cinema Studies -- Footstool Film School: Home Entertainment as Home Education / Alison Trope Dr. Strange Media, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Film Theory / D. N. Rodowick

Call No: 70(084.2) LIF; FOLIO
Author: Scherman, David E. (ed.)
CorpAuthor: Time-Life Books
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Time-Life Books
PubDate: 1975
PhysDes: III, 304p. :ill. (some col.) ; 34cm
Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA; ACTORS; FILM WORKERS; FILM. USA; FILMMAKING; FILM CULTURE; STYLES, FILM; PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA
Summary: "This book is about a magazine's love affair with an industry.From the start, Life and the movies were hooked by each other, behaving by turns like partners or rivals, soul mates or ragged enemies.....we had a wonderful time together. During Life's span, from 1936 to 1972. The movie department filled more pages than any other editorial beat except the focal " Newsfronts"section.....All this is reflected in the book you are now holding in your hands.It is by no means a systematic, conscientious history of Hollywood....We have chosen, instead, to win now the finest pictures in in LIFE's files more than 750 selections, which recaptures both the symbiosis between reporters and reportees and the art that the magazine itself brought to its photographic coverage of moviemaking." By Tom Prideaux former Entertainment Editor of Life. COVER JACKET
Notes: This book contains portraits and images of filmworkers and film scenes, had been publishing in Life Magazie during 1936 to 1972
ISBN: 0809416433
Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
Contents: -- Chapter I: The Stars -- Chapter II: The Buildup -- Chapter III: The Movies --Chapter IV: The Studio -- Chapter V: Behind the Scenes --
ID2: 229

Call No: 71(73) LEW
Author: Lewis, Jon (editor); Smoodin, Eric (editor)
Source: US
Place: Durham
Publisher: Duke University Press
PubDate: 2007
PhysDes: x, 413 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Subject: MOTION PICTURES - HISTORY; USA; FILM CULTURE; FILM NOIR; REALISM IN FILMS; LUCAS, GEORGE; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; WEBER, LOIS; MURNAU, FRIEDRICH WILHEL
Summary: The book looks at Hollywood cinema from the beginnings to the 70s, and uses both the film itself, and primary sources of information - collections of personal letters, popular and trade journals, fan magazines, and studio publications to develop a method of historical research to enable one to examine the social, politiical phenomenon which begins with the screen but extends to all society.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 381-396; Includes Index
ISBN: 9780322338215
Contents: The beginnings of American film study / Dana Polan -- The perfect money machine(s) : George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and auteurism in the new Hollywood / Jon Lewis -- Lois Weber and the celebrity of matronly respectability / Shelley Stamp -- Tempting fate : Clara Smith hamon, or The secretary as producer / Mark Lynn Anderson -- The crafting of a political icon : Lola Lola on paper / Andrea Slane -- Going Hollywood sooner or later : Chinese censorship and The bitter tea of General Yen / Eric Smoodin -- Plain brown wrapper : adult films for the home market, 1930-1969 / Eric Schaefer -- Ethnography and exhibition : the child audience, the Hays office, and Saturday matinees / Richard deCordova -- Dish night at the movies : exhibitor promotions and female audiences during the Great Depression / Kathy H. Fuller-Seeley -- "A treatise on decay" : liberal and leftist critics and their queer readings of Depression-era U.S. film / David M. Lugowski -- Murnau in America : chronicle of lost films (4 devils, City girl) / Janet Bergstrom -- The American origins of film noir : realism in urban art and The naked city / Sumiko Higashi.

Call No: 408 STA
Author: Stanfield, Peter
Source: US
Place: New Brunswick, N.J.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
PubDate: 2011
PhysDes: xiii, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: ADAPTATIONS. THOMPSON, JIM; ADAPTATIONS. SPILLANE, MICKEY; FULLER, SAMUEL; EXPLOITATION FILMS; CULT FILMS; BEST FILMS; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; THEORY; AESTHETICS; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; FILM CULTURE; GODARD, JEAN-LUC; FARBER, MANNY; KISS ME DEADLY (US, Robert Aldrich, 1955)
Summary: A study on pulp movies (such as Kiss me Deadly, Shock Corridor, Fixed Bayonets!, I Walked with a Zombie, The Lineup, Terror in a Texas Town, Ride Lonesome) impacted upon and influenced the critics, cinephiles, and filmmakers of the day (people such as Jean-Luc Godard, Manny Farber, Lawerence Alloway, Paulene Kael). The critics 'championed the cause of these movies and incited the cultural guardians of the day by attacking a rigorously policed canon of tasteful, rareified, and ossified art objects. Against the legitimate and in the defense of the illegitimate, in an insolent and unruly manner, these critics agitated for the recognition of lurid sensational crime stories. War pictures, fast-paced Westerns, thillers, and gangster melodramas were claimed as examples of the true, the real, and the authentic in contemporary culture - the foundation upon which modern film studies sits.' - taken from Back Cover
ISBN: 9780813550626
Contents: Introduction : yours till the boys come home -- Position papers : in defense of pulp movies -- A genealogy of pulp : Black mask to Mickey Spillane -- A world of small insanities : the critical reception of Kiss me deadly -- American primitive : Samuel Fuller's pulp politics -- Authenticating pulp : Jim Thompson adaptations and neo-noir -- Conclusion : hiding out in cinemas

Call No: 408.1(931) NEW
Author: Fox, Alistair (ed.); Grant, Barry Keith (ed.); Radner, Hilary (ed.)
Source: UK/US
Place: Bristol, UK
Publisher: Intellect
PubDate: 2011
PhysDes: 350 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Subject: FILM CULTURE; MAORI CINEMA; NEW ZEALAND; NEW ZEALAND IN FILMS; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA
Summary: " New Zealand has produced one of the world's most vibrant film cultures - testament to the country's evolving history. From early silent features like The Te Kooti Trail to recent films such as River Queen, this book examines the role of cinema in building a shared sense of national identity. The works of key directors, including Peter Jackson, Jane Campion and Vincent Ward, are introduced in a new light, and select films are given in-depth coverage. With informative accounts of New Zealands fascintaing national cinema, this will be a must for film scholars around the globe. " -- BOOK BLURB
ISBN: 9781841504254
Contents: -- Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Historical Film in New Zealand Cinema; Chapter 1: Rudall Hayward and the Cinema of Maoriland: Genre-mixing and Counter-discourses in Rewi's Last Stand (1925), The Te Kooti Trail (1927) and Rewi's Last Stand/The Last Stand (1940); Chapter 2: Rudall Hayward's Democratic Cinema and the "Civilising Mission" in the "Land of the Wrong White Crowd"; Chapter 3: The Western, New Zealand History and Commercial Exploitation: The Te Kooti Trail, Utu and Crooked Earth; Chapter 4: Unsettled Historiography: Postcolonial Anxiety and the Burden of the Past in Pictures; Chapter 5: Cross-currents: River Queen's National and Trans-national Heritages; Chapter 6: Tracking Titokowaru over Text and Screen: Pakeha Narrate the Warrior, 1906-2005; Chapter 7: Rites of Passage in Post-Second World War New Zealand Cinema: Migrating the Masculine in Journey for Three (1950); Chapter 8: Cinema and the Interpretation of 1950s New Zealand History: John O'Shea and Roger Mirams, Broken Barrier (1952); Chapter 9: Re-representing Indigeneity: Approaches to History in Some Recent New Zealand and Australian Films. Chapter 10: "The Donations of History": Mauri and the Transfigured "Maori Gaze": Towards a Bi-national Cinema in Aotearoa; Chapter 11: History, Hybridity and Indeterminate Space: The Parker-Hulme Murder, Heavenly Creatures and New Zealand Cinema; Chapter 12: Screening Women's Histories: Jane Campion and the New Zealand Heritage Film, from the Biopic to the Female Gothic; Chapter 13: The Time and the Place: Music and Costume and the "Affect" of History in the New Zealand Films of Jane Campion; Chapter 14: Mining for Forgotten Gold: Leon Narbey's Illustrious Energy (1987); Filmography;bibliography; contributors; index --

Call No: 303.31 HAY
Author: Hayes, Dade; Bing, Jonathan
Edition: 1st ed
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Hyperion
PubDate: C2004
PhysDes: x, 432 p. : ill, facsims., ports. ; 22 cm
Subject: FILMMAKING; HOLLYWOOD; FILM CULTURE; FILM WORLD; BOX OFFICE. USA
Summary: "Illuminates the quest for box office supremacy shining a bright light on the inner workings of Hollywood's vast sales and marketing machine."
Notes: Bibliography: p.[385]-400; Includes index
ISBN: 140135985

Call No: 81PEC MCK
Author: Mckinney, Doug
Source: US
Place: Boston
Publisher: Tyayne Publishers
PubDate: 1979
PhysDes: 266 p. : ill. ; 21cm
Series: Twayne's Theatrical Arts series
Subject: FILM CULTURE; FILM STUDY AND RESEARCH; Peckinpah, Sam; RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1962); WILD BUNCH, THE (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1969); BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE, THE (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1970); STRAW DOGS (UK, Sam Peckinpah, 1971); GETAWAY, THE (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1972); PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1973); CROSS OF IRON (UK/GW, Sam Peckinpah, 1977)
Summary: This book looks at Sam Peckinpah the film maker and his attempt to look critically at the system in which he remained to make films It looks at the themes and artistry of his films
Notes: Bibliography p.249 to 252; Filmography p. 253 to 263; Includes index
ISBN: 0805792643

Call No: 409.1 (931) SIG
Author: Sigley, Simon
Place: Bristol, UK ; Chicago
Publisher: Intellect Limited
PubDate: 2012
PhysDes: 208 p. ; 23 cm
Subject: NEW ZEALAND; NEW ZEALAND. 1895-1930; FILM CULTURE
Summary: Simon Sigley tells the story of film culture in New Zealand from the establishment of the Auckland Film Society in the 1920s to the present day. Rather than focusing on the work of individual filmmakers, Sigley approaches cinema as a form of social practice. He examines the reception of international film theories and discourses and shows how these ideas helped to shape distinct cultural practices, including new forms of reviewing; new methods of teaching; and new institutions such as film societies, art house cinemas, and film festivals. He goes on to trace the emergence in New Zealand of the full range of activities and institutions associated with a sophisticated film culture—including independent distribution and exhibition networks, film archives, university courses, a local feature film industry, and liberalized film censorship. In doing so, Sigley makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the myriad ways film can shape our thinking, our icons, our institutions, and our conversations. A fascinating case history of how a culture can develop, Transnational Film Culture in New Zealand will be a welcome addition to the bookshelves of anyone interested in film culture and cultural history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781841506609
Contents: Chapter one: In defence of films as art -- The overseas context -- film availability in New Zealand -- The Aukland Film Society (1929) -- The Aukland Star film reviews --; Chapter two: Second thoughts about art -- The Wellington Film Society (1933) -- The road to ruin -- A parliamentary inquiry -- turning left -- The Federation of Film Societies -- The Film Institutes (1934-39) --; Chapter three: Thesis and antithesis - Tomorrow on film -- Early film criticism -- Defending the cinema -- The importance of documentaries -- The cinema and education -- Other contributions --; Chapter four: Public policy and private enterprise -- Institutions and agents -- The National Film Library -- Independent Film distribution -- Film criticism goes national --; Chapter five: Building the cultural infrastructure -- The revival -- Developing discursive practices -- Collaboration with business -- The perils of passivity -- Chapter six: Happy together: education, networks, festivals -- Magazines and film classes -- The winter film school -- Commerce and co-operation -- At the Art-house --; Chapter seven: 'Nouvelle Vague: film culture meets counterculture' -- The Aukland International Film Festival (1969) -- Youth culture and film censorship: 1930s redux -- Some conclusions --; Chapter eight: Between spectacle and memory -- Film mestival expansion -- Programming the nation - festival professionalisation -- Creating a memory site -- Born in poverty -- The last film search (1993-2000) -- Roadmap for the future --; Conclusion

Author: Mast, Gerald
PhysDes: Article
Subject: FILM CULTURE; THEORY
Summary: Essay explores the notion of "cinema" by discussing the ideas of theorists such as Bazin, Arnheim, Kracauer and Metz.