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Bluff your way in the cinema / Ken Wlaschin London: Wolfe Publishing, 1969.
Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 036 WLAAuthor: Wlaschin, Ken Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Wolfe PublishingPubDate: 1969PhysDes: 64 p. ; 17 cmSeries: The bluffer's guidesSubject: 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 BLURBISBN: 0723401209Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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Film cultures / Janet Harbord London: Sage Publications, 2002.
Call No: 62(081) HARAuthor: Harbord, Janet Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Sage PublicationsPubDate: 2002PhysDes: 182 p. ; 25 cmSubject: 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 indexISBN: 0761965211Contents: 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
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The Film Snob*s dictionary : an Essential Lexicon of Filmological Knowledge / David Kamp with Lawrence Levi New York: Broadway Books, copyright 2006.
Call No: 931 KAMAuthor: Kamp, David ; Levi, Lawrence Edition: First editionSource: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Broadway BooksPubDate: copyright 2006PhysDes: xviii, 114 pages ; 21cmSubject: 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 COVERISBN: 9780767918763Contents: -- acknowledgments -- an introductory note by the authors -- the film snob*s dictionary --
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How a film theory got lost : and other mysteries in cultural studies / Robert B Ray Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c2001.
Call No: 629PHO RAYAuthor: Ray, Robert B Source: USPlace: BloomingtonPublisher: Indiana University PressPubDate: c2001PhysDes: xiv, 164 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: 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 indexISBN: 0253214386
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Image and influence : studies in the sociology of film / Andrew Tudor London: Allen & Unwin, 1974.
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Interrogating film culture : a collection of seminar papers presented in Sydney on 29 May 1984 North Sydney: Australian Film Commission, [1984].
Call No: 408(94) INTCorpAuthor: Australian Film CommissionSource: ATPlace: North SydneyPublisher: Australian Film CommissionPubDate: [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 referencesISBN: 064207593X : price unknownLON: abn85049955; 3725599Contents: 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
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Inventing film studies / Lee Grieveson and Haidee Wasson, editors Durham: Duke University Press, 2008.
Call No: 670 INV GRIAuthor: Grieveson, Lee ; Wasson, Haidee Source: UKPlace: DurhamPublisher: Duke University PressPubDate: 2008PhysDes: xxxii, 446 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: 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 descriptionNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9780822342892Contents: 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
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Life goes to the movies / David E. Scherman (ed.) New York: Time-Life Books, 1975.
Call No: 70(084.2) LIF; FOLIOAuthor: Scherman, David E. (ed.) CorpAuthor: Time-Life BooksSource: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Time-Life BooksPubDate: 1975PhysDes: III, 304p. :ill. (some col.) ; 34cmSubject: 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 JACKETNotes: This book contains portraits and images of filmworkers and film scenes, had been publishing in Life Magazie during 1936 to 1972ISBN: 0809416433Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006Contents: -- Chapter I: The Stars -- Chapter II: The Buildup -- Chapter III: The Movies --Chapter IV: The Studio -- Chapter V: Behind the Scenes --ID2: 229
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Looking past the screen : case studies in American film history and method / Edited by Jon Lewis and Eric Smoodin Durham: Duke University Press, 2007.
Call No: 71(73) LEWAuthor: Lewis, Jon (editor) ; Smoodin, Eric (editor) Source: USPlace: DurhamPublisher: Duke University PressPubDate: 2007PhysDes: x, 413 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: 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 IndexISBN: 9780322338215Contents: 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.
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Maximum movies - pulp fictions : film culture and the worlds of Samuel Fuller, Mickey Spillane, and Jim Thompson / Peter Stanfield New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2011.
Call No: 408 STAAuthor: Stanfield, Peter Source: USPlace: New Brunswick, N.J.Publisher: Rutgers University PressPubDate: 2011PhysDes: xiii, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: 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 CoverISBN: 9780813550626Contents: 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
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New Zealand Cinema : interpreting the past / edited by Alistair Fox, Barry Keith Grant and Hilary Radner Bristol, UK: Intellect, 2011.
Call No: 408.1(931) NEWAuthor: Fox, Alistair (ed.) ; Grant, Barry Keith (ed.) ; Radner, Hilary (ed.) Source: UK/USPlace: Bristol, UKPublisher: IntellectPubDate: 2011PhysDes: 350 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: 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 BLURBISBN: 9781841504254Contents: -- 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 --
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Open wide : how Hollywood box office became a national obsession / Dade Hayes and Jonathan Bing New York: Hyperion, C2004.
Call No: 303.31 HAYAuthor: Hayes, Dade ; Bing, Jonathan Edition: 1st edSource: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: HyperionPubDate: C2004PhysDes: x, 432 p. : ill, facsims., ports. ; 22 cmSubject: 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 indexISBN: 140135985
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Sam Peckinpah / Doug McKinney Boston: Tyayne Publishers, 1979.
Call No: 81PEC MCKAuthor: Mckinney, Doug Source: USPlace: BostonPublisher: Tyayne PublishersPubDate: 1979PhysDes: 266 p. : ill. ; 21cmSeries: Twayne's Theatrical Arts seriesSubject: 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 filmsNotes: Bibliography p.249 to 252; Filmography p. 253 to 263; Includes indexISBN: 0805792643
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Transnational film culture in New Zealand / Simon Sigley Bristol, UK ; Chicago: Intellect Limited, 2012.
Call No: 409.1 (931) SIGAuthor: Sigley, Simon Place: Bristol, UK ; ChicagoPublisher: Intellect LimitedPubDate: 2012PhysDes: 208 p. ; 23 cmSubject: 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: 9781841506609Contents: 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
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What isn't cinema? in Critical inquiry (Dec 1974) vol.1 iss.2 p.373-393
Author: Mast, Gerald PhysDes: ArticleSubject: FILM CULTURE ; THEORY Summary: Essay explores the notion of "cinema" by discussing the ideas of theorists such as Bazin, Arnheim, Kracauer and Metz.
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