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The American West in film : critical approaches to the Western / Jon Tuska Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1988.
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Gentlemen to the rescue : the heroes of the silent screen / Kalton C. Lahue South Brunswick [N.J.] London: A.S. Barnes Yoseloff, c1972.
Call No: 802.27 LAHAuthor: Lahue, Kalton C Place: South Brunswick [N.J.] LondonPublisher: A.S. Barnes YoseloffPubDate: c1972PhysDes: 244 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cmSubject: HERO IN FILMS ; BARRYMORE, JOHN ; CHANEY, LON ; FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS ; GILBERT, JOHN ; NOVARRO, RAMON ; ROGERS, WILL ; VALENTINO, RUDOLPH ; BAGGOT, KING ; BARTHELMESS, RICHARD ; BLACKWELL, CARLYLE ; BUSHMAN, FRANCIS X. ; COLMAN, RONALD ; COSTELLO, MAURICE ; DIX, RICHARD ; FARNUM, WILLIAM ; HAYAKAWA, SESSUE ; HINES, JOHNNY ; HOLT, JACK ; HOUDINI, HARRY ; LA ROCQUE, ROD ; LINCOLN, ELMO ; MEIGHAN, THOMAS ; MORENO, ANTONIO ; NOVARRO, RAMON ; RAY, CHARLES ; REID, WALLACE ; SILLS, MILTON ; WALTHALL, HENRY B. ; WASHBURN, BRYANT ; WILSON, BEN F. ISBN: 0498078027LON: 470968
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Hard bodies : Hollywood masculinity in the Reagan era / Susan Jeffords New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1994.
Call No: 451-01(73) JEFAuthor: Jeffords, Susan, 1953 Place: New Brunswick, N.J.Publisher: Rutgers University PressPubDate: 1994PhysDes: 212 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: Reagan, Ronald ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA ; MEN IN FILMS. USA ; COLD WAR AND THE CINEMA. USA ; COLD WAR FILMS. USA ; HERO IN FILMS ; FAMILY IN FILMS. USA ; NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. USA ; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; BODY IN FILMS. USA ; UNFORGIVEN (US, Clint Eastwood, 1992) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) ; TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984) ; ACCUSED, THE (US, Jonathan Kaplan, 1988) ; BACK TO THE FUTURE [...] (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1985-90) ; BATMAN (US, Tim Burton, 1989) ; BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (US, Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, 1991) ; CASUALITIES OF WAR (US, Brian De Palma, 1989) ; DIE HARD (US, John McTiernan, 1988) ; FIRST BLOOD (US, Ted Kotcheff, 1982) ; KINDERGARTEN COP (US, Ivan Reitman, 1990) ; LETHAL WEAPON [...] (US, Richard Donner, 1987-92) ; MISSISSIPPI BURNING (US, Alan Parker, 1988) ; RAMBO [...] (US, 1982-1988) ; ROBOCOP (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1987) ; TWINS (US, Ivan Reitman, 1988) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-208) and indexISBN: 0813520029; 0813520037 (pbk.)LON: 9874831
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A Japanese mirror : heroes and villains of Japanese culture / Ian Buruma London: Cape, 1984.
Call No: 451-013(52) BURAuthor: Buruma, Ian Place: LondonPublisher: CapePubDate: 1984PhysDes: xiii, 242p, [16]p of plates : ill., ports ; 23cmSubject: HERO IN FILMS. JAPAN ; VILLAINS IN FILMS. JAPAN Notes: Japanese popular culture (BNB/PRECIS); Includes indexISBN: 0224020498 : ª9.95 : CIP revLON: bnb22402049; 2797425
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More than night : film noir in its contexts / James Naremore Berkeley: University of California Press, c1998.
Call No: 734.1 NARAuthor: Naremore, James Place: BerkeleyPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: c1998PhysDes: xiv, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: FILM NOIR ; BLACKLISTING. USA ; B-MOVIES ; ASIANS IN FILMS ; BLACKS IN FILMS ; CENSORSHIP ; HERO IN FILMS ; MODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; FILMS IN FILMS ; DRUGS IN FILMS ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; DETECTIVE FILMS ; SOCIAL-REALISM IN FILMS ; CRIMINALS IN FILMS ; VIOLENCE IN FILMS ; WAR VETERANS IN FILMS ; SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS ; WASHINGTON, DENZEL ; ALDRICH, ROBERT ; CHANDLER, RAYMOND ; DUNAWAY, FAYE ; MUSURACA, NICHOLAS ; FRANKLIN, CARL ; FRANKENHEIMER, JOHN ; GREENE, GRAHAM ; HAMMETT, DASHIELL ; JACKSON, SAMUEL L. ; LADD, ALAN ; BLUE DAHLIA, THE (US, George Marshall, 1946) ; PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; CROSSFIRE (US, Edward Dmytryk, 1947) ; DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (US, Carl Franklin, 1995) ; DOUBLE INDEMNITY (US, Billy Wilder, 1944) ; KISS ME DEADLY (US, Robert Aldrich, 1955) ; MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941) ; OUT OF THE PAST (US, Jacques Tourneur, 1947) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-318) and indexesISBN: 0520212932 (alk. paper); 0520212940 (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 13441055
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Reality or illusion? : pre-millennial anxieties and the hero myth in Dark City, The Truman Show and The Matrix / A thesis presented by Fincina Hopgood Melbourne: University of Melbourne, 2000.
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Screening the sacred : religion, myth, and ideology in popular American film / edited by Joel W. Martin, Conrad E. Ostwalt, Jr Boulder: Westview Press, c1995.
Call No: 45:2 SCRAuthor: Ostwalt, Conrad Eugene, 1959 ; Martin, Joel W., 1956 Place: BoulderPublisher: Westview PressPubDate: c1995PhysDes: x, 193 p. ; 24 cmSubject: MYTH AND THE CINEMA. USA ; RELIGION AND THE CINEMA. USA ; IDEOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; DISASTERS IN FILMS ; ALLEGORY IN FILMS ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; HERO IN FILMS ; RACE AND THE CINEMA ; ALIENS IN FILLMS ; VIETNAM WAR IN FILMS ; NINE 1/2 WEEKS (US, Adrian Lyne, 1986) ; PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) ; BLOOD SIMPLE (US, Joel Coen, 1984) ; PLATOON (US, Oliver Stone, 1986) ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ; ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) ; ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986) ; ROCKY (US, John G. Avildsen, 1976) ; IRONWEED (US, Hector Babenco, 1987) ; BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-182) and indexISBN: 0813388295 (alk. paper); 0813388309 (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 11259176
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