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book		A certain tendency of the Hollywood cinema, 1930-1980 / Robert B. Ray Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1985. Call No: 71(73) RAY Author: Ray, Robert B. (Robert Beverley), 1943 Place: Princeton, N.J. Publisher: Princeton University Press PubDate: 1985 PhysDes: x, 411 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: WESTERNS; WORLD WAR II FILMS. USA; CULT FILMS. USA; FILM NOIR. USA; MUSICALS. USA; CASABLANCA (US, Michael Curtiz, 1942); IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946); MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, THE (US, John Ford, 1962); GODFATHER, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972); TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [389]-397 ISBN: 0691047278 (alk. paper); 0691101744 (pbk.) LON: 3400531 More info
book		Cracks in the pedestal : ideology and gender in Hollywood / Philip Green Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, c1998. Call No: 626:396 GRE Author: Green, Philip, 1932 Place: Amherst Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press PubDate: c1998 PhysDes: viii, 262 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: GENDER AND THE CINEMA. USA; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; FILM NOIR. USA; CREED, BARBARA; MULVEY, LAURA; STONE, SHARON; ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986); BASIC INSTINCT (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1992); FATAL ATTRACTION (US, Adrian Lyne, 1987); FURNESS, DEBORRA-LEE; GILDA (US, Charles Vidor, 1946); IMPULSE (US, Sandra Locke, 1990); LAST SEDUCTION, THE (US, John Dahl, 1994); MS 45 (US, Abel Ferrara, 1981); NORMA RAE (US, Martin Ritt, 1979); STILTE ROND CHRISTINE M., DE (NE, Marleen Gorris, 1982); RIVER WILD, THE (US, Curtis Hanson, 1994); SHAME (AT, Steve Jodrell, 1988); SHAME [TV] (US, 1992); SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG (US, Melvin Van Peebles, 1971); THELMA & LOUISE (US, Ridley Scott, 1991); VANISHING, THE (US, George Sluizer, 1993); SPOORLOOS (NE/FR, George Sluizer, 1988) Summary: Distinguishing his own neo-Marxist approach from that of other media scholars, Philip Green pursues two interrelated themes. In the first part of the book, he looks at the strategies Hollywood has employed to deflect or absorb the ideological challenges posed by the feminist critique of contemporary American society. He demonstrates the ways in which mainstream movies and television programs, no matter how unconventional or "subversive" they may appear, produce and reproduce familiar images of sexuality and gender identity. In the second part, Green highlights instances in which reproduction of the dominant ideology is less successful by examining several recent cinematic genres - the female action movie, the rape-revenge cycle, and the new film noir - that portray the real ambiguities of a social order in upheaval; As a male consumer of the cultural commodities being discussed, the author offers a perspective on American films and television different from that of most other feminist critics Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-248) and index ISBN: 1558491198 (cloth : alk. paper); 1558491201 (pbk. : alk. paper) LON: 13262384 ID2: 290 More info
Interim book		Film noir guide : 745 films of the classic era, 1940-1959 / Michael Keaney Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2003. Call No: 734.1 KEA Author: Keaney, Michael Source: US Place: Jefferson, NC Publisher: McFarland PubDate: 2003 PhysDes: 542 p. ; ill. ; 27 cm Subject: FILM NOIR; FILM NOIR. USA Summary: An extensive guide of the film noir genre films that were made between 1940-1959. Gives ratings, film synopsis, type of noir, and cast and crew for each film. Over 700 films reviewed and no endings are given up by the text. ISBN: 0786415479 More info
book		Movies and mass culture / edited and with an introduction by John Belton New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996. Call No: 408.1(73) MOV Author: Belton, John Place: New Brunswick, NJ Publisher: Rutgers University Press PubDate: 1996 PhysDes: viii, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Series: Rutgers depth of field series Subject: NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. USA; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA; FILM NOIR. USA; FAMILY IN FILMS. USA; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA. USA; CONSUMERISM IN FILMS. USA; FASHION AND THE CINEMA. USA; NOSTALGIA IN FILMS. USA; POPULISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK; BERKELEY, BUSBY; Lombard, Carole; DAMES (US, Ray Enright, 1934); E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982); BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915); BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-269) and index ISBN: 0813522277 (cloth : alk. paper); 0813522285 (pbk.) LON: 11604013 More info
book		Violence and American cinema / edited by J. David Slocum New York: Routledge, 2001. Call No: 730.5(73) SLO Author: Slocum, David J Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Routledge PubDate: 2001 PhysDes: viii, 311 p. ; 24 cm Series: AFI film readers Subject: VIOLENCE IN FILMS. USA; VIOLENCE IN FILMS; NARRATIVE IN FILMS; FILM NOIR. USA; WESTERNS; ACTION FILMS; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA; GENOCIDE IN FILMS Summary: This text is a "discussion of film violence old and new ... consideration of its nature, its effects, and its cinematic, cultural, and historical meaning." (from back cover) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 0415928109 (pbk.) More info

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