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Another cinema for another society / Gaston Roberge Calcutta: Seagull Books, 1985.
Call No: 408.1(540) ROBAuthor: Roberge, Gaston Source: IIPlace: CalcuttaPublisher: Seagull BooksPubDate: 1985PhysDes: 151p. : ill. ; 22cmSubject: CRITICISM ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. INDIA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDIA ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. ASIAN COUNTRIES ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA ; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA ; BAZIN, ANDRE ; EISENSTEIN, SERGEI M. ; RAY, SATYAJIT ; WELLES, ORSON ; BRON, PETER ; BRONENOSETS POTEMKIN [BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) ; GANDHI (UK/II, Richard Attenborough, 1982) ; NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922) ; NAPOLEON (FR, Abel Gance, 1927) Summary: "Father Gaston Roberge, Director of Chitrabani, a Calcutta-based institution involved in development communication, and a media critic in his own right, with five title to his credit already, proposes, in his latest work, a militant programme... for another cinema committed to the building up of another society.' He offers revaluations of the established systems of film aesthetics, with fresh insights into the thoughts and works of Eisenstein, Bazin, Welles, and Ray; before analysing the Indian social scene in depth and detail, to suggest a comprehensive model for a parallel Indian cinema, complete with a new scheme for film and media education for the new cinema" -Book blurbISBN: 0861320751Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006Contents: Preface -- Part one: cinema -- Introduction: a militant programme -- What is it in cinema that makes it cinema -- Montage: the formative principle -- An anthropology of the cinema -- An exercise in film appreciation or the magnificent Andre Bazin -- Author-ity, text-uality and read-in(g) -- Part two: society -- The end of a film era -- Nine and one facts and not a few illusions -- Of many movies and some words to talk about them -- Films for social change -- Politics in film -- The politics of non-political cinema -- The cultural and social influence of foreign films -- History through films and filmed history -- Conclusion -- Film education for a new movie-man -- index
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Bollywood : A guide to popular Hindi Cinema New York: Routledge, 2004.
Call No: 71(540) GANAuthor: Ganti, Tejaswini Place: New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2004PhysDes: 254 p. ; ill. ; 20 cmSubject: POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA.INDIA ; INDIA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDIA Summary: "In 'Bollywood', anthropologist and film scholar Tejaswini Ganti provides a guide to the cultural, social and political significance of Hindii cinema, outlining the history and structure of the Bombay film industry, and the development of popular Hindi filmmaking since the 1930s. Providing information and commentary on the key players in Hollywood including composers, directors and stars, as well as material from current filmmakers themselves. " (back cover)Notes: Index: p.242-254; Bibliography
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Cinema and cultural identity : reflections on films from Japan, India, and China / edited by Wimal Dissanayake Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1988.
Call No: 408.1(5) CINAuthor: Dissanayake, Wimal CorpAuthor: Institute of Culture and Communication (East-West Center)Place: Lanham, MDPublisher: University Press of AmericaPubDate: 1988PhysDes: vii, 214 p. ; 24 cmSubject: INDUSTRY, FILM. ASIAN COUNTRIES ; INDUSTRY, FILM. CHINA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. JAPAN ; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDIA ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. ASIAN COUNTRIES ; GENRES ; SAMURAI FILMS ; RAY, SATYAJIT Notes: "Co-published by arrangement with the East-West Center, Institute of Culture and Communication"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographies and indexISBN: 0819169455 (alk. paper); 0819169463 (pbk.)LON: 5986435Contents: PART I. JAPAN -- 1. Viewing Japanese film: some considerations / Donald Richie -- 2. The destiny of Samurai films / Michitaro Tada -- 3. The multilayered nature of the tradition of acting in Japanese cinema / Tadao Sato -- 4. Japanese film genres / Audie Bock -- 5. Change in the image of mother in Japanese cinema and television / Tadao Sato -- PART 2. INDIA -- 6. Innovation and imitation in the Indian cinema / Mira Reym Binford -- 7. Art, vision, and culture: Satiyajit Ray's Apu trilogy revisited / Wimal Dissanayake -- 8. The woman: myth and reality in Indian cinema / Aruna Vasudev -- 9. The painted face of politics: the actor politicians of South India / Chidananda Das Gupta -- 10. Songs in Hindi films: nature and function / Teri Skillman -- PART 3. CHINA -- 11. The Chinese film in the 1980s: art and industry / Ma Qiang -- 12. The sinification of cinema: the foreignness of film in China / Paul Clark -- 13. The position of women in new Chinese cinema / Tony Rayns -- 14. Chinese films amidst the tide of reform / Shao Mujun
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City flicks : Indian cinema and the urban experience / edited by Preben Kaarsholm Oxford: Seagull Books, 2007.
Call No: 408.1(54) KAAAuthor: Kaarsholm, Preben Edition: rev. and updatedSource: UKPlace: OxfordPublisher: Seagull BooksPubDate: 2007PhysDes: ix, 274p. :24cmSubject: INDUSTRY, FILM. INDIA ; BOLLYWOOD ; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA. INDIA Summary: "The relationship between cinema and modernity in the Indian context is both complex and multifaceted. In this volume, some of the leading names in film and cultural studies explore its many dimensions. The essays range from discussions of urbanity and film language to realism and the Indian city in Bengali film of the 1940s; from the cultural resonances of popular Hindi film songs and the idea of the "city" to realism and fantasy in cinematic representations of metropolitan Indian life; from cinematic aspects of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children to genre, narrative form and film style in contemporary Indian urban action films; from the complexities of female spectatorship to an analysis of the current primacy of Bollywood; and finally, to the cultural impact and influence of Indian cinema on audiences outside India." [taken from cover]ISBN: 1905422369Language: EnglishContents: Introduction Unreal City: Cinematic Representation, Globalization and the Ambiguities of Metropolitan Life / Preben Kaarsholm 1 -- Urban Legends: Notes on a Theme in Early Film Theory / Peter Larsen 26 -- The City and the Real: Chhinnamul and the Left Cultural Movement in the 1940s / Moinak Biswas 40 -- Reading a Song of the City-Images of the City in Literature and Films / Sudipta Kaviraj 60 -- Realism and Fantasy in Representations of Metropolitan Life in Indian Cinema / M. Madhava Prasad 82 -- A Close-Up on Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children / Martin Zerlang 99 -- The 'Bollywoodization' of the Indian Cinema: Cultural Nationalism in a Global
Arena / Ashish Rajadhyaksha 111 -- Chalo Jahaji: Bollywood in the Tracks of Indenture to Globalization / Manas Ray 138 -- Colonialism and the Built Space of Cinema in Nigeria / Brian Larkin 180 -- The Politics of Urban Segregation and Indian Cinema in Durban / Vashna Jagarnath 207 -- The Exhilaration of Dread: Genre, Narrative Form and Film Style in Contemporary Urban Action Films / Ravi S. Vasudevan 219 -- Vigilantism and the Pleasures of Masquerade: The Female Spectator of Vijayasanthi Films / Tejaswini Niranjana 233
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Film policy : international, national, and regional perspectives / edited by Albert Moran New York: Routledge, 1996.
Call No: 205 FILAuthor: Moran, Albert Place: New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 1996PhysDes: xvi, 285 pSubject: GOVERNMENT CONTROL ; STATE AND THE CINEMA ; INDUSTRY, VIDEO. USA ; DISTRIBUTION ; INDUSTRY, FILM ; COPRODUCTION. FRANCE ; COPRODUCTION. UK ; INDUSTRY, FILM. UK ; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. CANADA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES ; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDIA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDONESIA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. SINGAPORE ; ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN CINEMA ; MAORI CINEMA ; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S CINEMA. CANADA Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0415097916 (pbk.); 0415097908 (hardcover)LON: 12158074
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Funky Bollywood : the wild world of 1970s Indian action cinema; a selective guide / by Todd Stadtman Godalming, Surrey: FAB Press,
Call No: 71(540) STAAuthor: Stadtman, Todd Edition: 2015Place: Godalming, SurreyPublisher: FAB PressPhysDes: 228 pages : illustrated ; 22 cmSubject: BOLLYWOOD ; INDIA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDIA ; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA.INDIA ; SHOLAY (II, Ramesh Sippy, 1975) Summary: Despite the often stereotypical notions of Bollywood, it’s not all weddings, wet saris and running around trees. In the 1970s, Indian cinema gave birth to a new breed of action movie, one that combined its own exuberant traditions with foreign influences like the gritty urban crime thrillers of the New Hollywood, Hong Kong martial arts cinema, and Italian exploitation fare.
This was the domain of hard fighting he-men stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra and Feroz Khan and badass, whip-wielding heroines played by the likes of the gorgeous Zeenat Aman, Hema Malini, and Rekha.
Let world cult cinema fanatic Todd Stadtman be your guide through this world of karate killers, femme fatales, space age lairs, bombshells and booby traps with Funky Bollywood, a book with an attitude as freewheeling and feisty as its subject matter, bursting with colour and imagination on every vibrant page! -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781903254776
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Lights, camera, masala : making movies in Mumbai / [photographs], Sheena Sippy ; text, Naman Ramachandran ; design, Divya Thakur Mumbai: India Book House, 2006.
Call No: 210.1(540) SIPSource: IIPlace: MumbaiPublisher: India Book HousePubDate: 2006PhysDes: 246 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cmSubject: INDIA ; BOLLYWOOD ; STARS. INDIA ; STAR SYSTEM ; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDIA ; PRODUCTION. INDIA ; ACTORS. INDIA ; DIRECTORS. INDIA Summary: An exploration of how films are made in 'Bollywood' that uses interviews with famous stars and well known film workers in the industry during a few months of 2005 and 2006. The fictional characters Vijay and Ravi go through the process of making a Bollywood film, including screenwriting, the Bollywood star system, pre-production, marketing and promotion, and audience receptionNotes: 246 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cmISBN: 8175084413Donation: Alex Gionfriddo
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Like a Bollywood movie in AFR Weekend (28/01/2017) p.35
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Movie blockbusters / edited by Julian Stringer London: Routledge, 2003.
Call No: 721.303.311 STRAuthor: Stinger, Julian (ed.) Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2003PhysDes: 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: BLOCKBUSTERS ; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. NEW ZEALAND ; INDUSTRY, FILM. CHINA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDIA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. KOREA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. ARGENTINA ; AWARDS. ACADEMY ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; CAMERON, JAMES ; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975) ; JAZZ SINGER, THE (US, Alan Crosland, 1927) ; TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (US, Cecil B. DeMille, 1956) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) ; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997) ; CONTACT (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1997) ; FUGITIVE, THE (US, Andrew Davis, 1993) ; ONCE WERE WARRIORS (NZ, Lee Tamahori, 1994) ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) Summary: Big-budget, spectacular films designed to appeal to a mass audience: is this what – or all – blockbusters are? Movie Blockbuster brings together leading film scholars to consider this most high-profile and culturally significant genre. Drawing on a range of critical perspectives, the book traces how and why the ‘even movie’ has played such a large role in popular imagination, tracing a path from the spectacles of the silent era to the effects-laden mega-hits of the digital age.ISBN: 0415256097
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