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The cinema of Neil Jordan : dark carnival / Carole Zucker, foreword by Stephen Rea London: Wallflower, 2008.
Call No: 81JOR ZUCAuthor: Zucker, Carole Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: WallflowerPubDate: 2008PhysDes: xi, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSeries: Directors' cutsSubject: AESTHETICS ; CRITICISM ; JORDAN, NEIL Summary: " The most internationally renowned of Irish film directors, Neil Jordan's diverse work has spanned Gothic horror (The Company of Wolves, 1984, and Interview with the Vampire, 1994), Irish history (Michael Collins, 1996), literary adaptation (The End of the Affair, 1999) and sexual identity (The Crying Game, 1992, and breakfast on Pluto, 2005), while retaining a distinctive stylistic flair for fantasy and the carnivalesque. This volume discusses Jordan's entire output as part of the first comprehensive study of his career, looking beyond ideological and national concerns to view his films through the prism of Celtic folklore, fairy tales, the Gothic, romanticism and postmodernism. Incorporating discussion of Jordan's award-winning literary work and benefitting from extensive access to his personal archives, this book explains the mythic and poetic impulses that suffuse the director's work" -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-197) and index; Includes filmographyISBN: 9781905674411Contents: acknowledgements -- foreword by Stephen Rea -- introduction -- 1: Irish film/history and mythopoesis -- 2: celtic myth and folklore: a dimension beyond existence -- 3: storytelling and performance -- 4: postmodern fairy tales and hybrid genres -- 5: Neil Jordan, author: 'the ache for aliveness' -- 6: dark romaticism -- 7: the gothic: the moment of collapse -- 8: the end of the affair: 'this is a diary of hate' -- 9: fantastic voyage: recent works -- 10: coda: the brave one: 'there's plenty of ways to die' -- notes filmography -- bibliography -- index --
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The Company of Wolves / by James Gracey Leighton Buzzard: Auteur Publishing, 2017.
Call No: 79COM GRAAuthor: Gracey, James Source: UKPlace: Leighton BuzzardPublisher: Auteur PublishingPubDate: 2017PhysDes: 128 pages ; 19cmSeries: Devil's AdvocatesSubject: HORROR FILMS ; FANTASTIC FILMS ; WEREWOLF FILMS ; LITERATURE AND THE CINEMA ; JORDAN, NEIL ; CARTER, ANGELA ; COMPANY OF WOLVES, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1984) Summary: "Co-written by Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan and British novelist Angela Carter, and based on several short stories from Carter's collection The Bloody Chamber, The Company of Wolves (1984) is a provocative reinvention of the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood. Unraveling a feverish metaphor for the blossoming of a young girl's sexuality and her subsequent loss of innocence, the film entwines symbolism and metaphor with striking visuals and grisly effects. Released in the early 1980s, a time which produced several classic werewolf films (including An American Werewolf in London and The Howling), The Company of Wolves sets itself apart from the pack with its overtly literary roots, feminist stance, and art-house leanings. The film's narrative takes the form of a puzzle box, unfolding as dreams within dreams, and stories within stories, which lead further into the dark woods of the protagonist's psyche, as she finds herself on the cusp of womanhood. This Devil's Advocate explores all these aspects, as well as placing the film in the context of the careers of its creators and its position as an example of the "Female Gothic."" -- Angus and RobertsonISBN: 9781911325314Contents: -- introduction -- chapter one: once upon a time -- Chapter two : telling tales -- chapter three: red hoods, dark woods -- chapter four: seeing red -- chapter five: the big bad wolf -- chapter six: 'a she-wolf came' -- chapter seven: happily ever after -- bibliography --
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Film out of bounds : essays and interviews on non-mainstream cinema worldwide / edited by Matthew Edwards Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company Inc, 2007.
Call No: 722.731 FILSource: US/UKPlace: Jefferson, North Carolina, and LondonPublisher: McFarland & Company IncPubDate: 2007PhysDes: viii, 255 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: NORTH KOREA ; PORNOGRAPHIC FILMS. JAPAN ; ARGENTO, DARIO ; THRILLERS. SPAIN ; HILLS, PAUL ; JORDAN, NEIL ; LEWIS, HERSCHELL GORDON ; MADDIN, GUY ; MULLOY, PHIL ; SATSUMA, KENPACHIRO ; TOMASELLI, DANTE ; BARAKU EMPERORU (JA, Mitsuo Yanagimachi, 1976) ; GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR (JA, Mitsuo Yanagimachi, 1976) ; THUNDERCRACK (US, Curt McDowell, 1976) ISBN: 9780786429707Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2010Contents: "Don't stray from the path" : sexuality, dreams and eroticism in Neil Jordan's The company of wolves / Matthew Edwards -- In the company of the wolf : an interview with Neil Jordan / Matthew Edwards -- Close to the bone : an interview with Paul Hills / Matthew Edwards -- The 2001st maniac : an interview with Herschell Gordon Lewis / Matthew Edwards -- Inside pink / Jasper Sharp -- Thundercrack! and a brief overview and appreciation of the golden age of porn / Mark Edwards -- An interview with Melinda McDowell / Mark Edwards -- Animating the extreme : the animation of Phil Mulloy / Matthew Edwards -- Between the frames : an interview with Phil Mulloy / Matthew Edwards -- Writing argento / Maitland McDonagh -- Requiems for abandoned souls : the new wave of Spanish mystery thrillers / Marcus Stiglegger -- The new throwback : the films of Dante Tomaselli / Matthew Edwards -- Godspeed you! black emperor and the Japanese underground biker phenomenon / Matthew Edwards -- A permanent state of war : a short history of North Korean cinema / Johannes Scho¨nherr -- Godzilla goes to North Korea : an interview with Kenpachiro Satsuma / Johannes Scho¨nherr -- The Winnipeg wonder : an interview with Guy Maddin / Matthew Edwards
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Icons in the fire : The decline and fall of almost everybody in the British Film Industry 1984-2000 / Alexander Walker London: Orion, 2004.
Call No: 71(41) WALAuthor: Walker, Alexander Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: OrionPubDate: 2004PhysDes: xxiv, 328 p. ; colour illustrations ; 22 cmSubject: ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS (UK, Julien Temple, 1986) ; GOVERNMENT AID. UK ; ATTENBOROUGH, RICHARD ; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION ; JAMES BOND IN FILMS ; BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE ; CANNES FILM FESTIVAL ; CHANNEL FOUR ; [FOUR] 4 WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (UK, Mike Newell, 1994) ; FULL MONTY, THE (UK/US, Robert Cattaneo, 1997) ; GOLAN, MENAHEM ; GOLAN-GLOBUS PRODUCTIONS ; GLOBUS, YORAM ; GOLDCREST FILMS ; GREENAWAY, PETER ; JORDAN, NEIL ; KILLING FIELDS, THE (UK, Roland Joffe, 1984) ; LOACH, KENNETH ; MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS ; MIRAMAX FILMS ; PUTTNAM, DAVID ; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM ; WISH YOU WERE HERE (UK, David Leland, 1987) ; WOOLLEY, STEPHEN ; WORKING TITLE Summary: "FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, NOTTING HILL, THE FULL MONTY, BRIDGET JONES' DIARY - all made in Britain, all huge successes, but none financed by British money...
Walker's previous volumes, HOLLYWOOD ENGLAND and NATIONAL HEROES, covered the period until 1984. This final volume tells the inside story right up to date of why a nation that produces actors of the calibre of Kenneth Branagh, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Robert Carlyle, Kate Winslet and directors such as Anthony Minghella, Sam Mendes, Stephen Frears, Neil Jordan, Peter Greenaway, Ken Loach and Guy Ritchie cannot sustain a native film industry.
Walker's revelations on the iniquities of National Lottery funding of movies - over £200m to date and hardly a profitable film among those so far produced - have been headline news. Walker relates the extraordinary events of the past two decades years through the individuals, the companies and the studios." -- from book jacket (abridged)Notes: Includes introduction by Joseph Connelly, includes preface and indexISBN: 0752856103Donation: Bruce HodsdonContents: Before the title: The Chinese butterfly -- 1. Alive and kicking -- 2. Self-congratulatory trumpet flourish -- 3. Cannon a go-go -- 4. The Coca-cola kid -- 5. Cannon self-destructs -- 6. Talents at work -- 7. From the depths -- 8. Contemporary and traditional -- 9. Independant struggles -- 10. Talking film finance -- 11. Just one film -- 12. Lottery promise -- 13. No rank revival -- 14. Hit the screen running -- 15. Fool's gold -- 16. Thrown away - 17. Ends and beginnings
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Irish and African American Cinema : identifying others and performing identities, 1980-2000 / Maria Pramaggiore Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007.
Call No: 451-054(=1 .415/.73) PRAAuthor: Pramaggiore, Maria Source: USPlace: AlbanyPublisher: State University of New York PressPubDate: 2007PhysDes: ix, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSeries: The SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/videoSubject: ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS ; WHITES IN FILMS ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. IRELAND ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. USA ; IDENTITY IN FILMS ; THEORY ; LEE, SPIKE ; JORDAN, NEIL Summary: "Focusing on two film traditions not normally studied together, Maria Pramaggiore examines more than two dozen Irish and African American films, including Do the Right Thing, In the Name of the Father, The Crying Game, Boyz N the Hood, The Snapper, and He Got Game, arguing that these films foreground practices of character identification that complicate essentialist notions of national and racial identity. The porous sense of self associated with moments of identification in these films offers a cinematic counterpart to W. E. B. Du Bois's potent concept of double consciousness, an epistemological standpoint derived from experiences of colonization, racialization, and cultural disruption. Characters in these films, Pramaggiore suggests, reject the national paradigm of insider and outsider in favor of diasporic both/and notions of self, thereby endorsing the postmodern concept of identity as performance."--BOOK JACKET.Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-237) and indexISBN: 9780791470954Contents: Ch. 1. Identifying others -- Ch. 2. Sampling blackness : music and identification in the films of Neil Jordan and Spike Lee -- Ch. 3. "It's a wise child that knows his own father" : pregnant performances and maternal mythologies -- Ch. 4. Culturing violence : masculine identification in Irish and African American gangster films -- Ch. 5. "Both sides of the epic" : identification and the nonessentialist Western -- Conclusion : film identification and postmodern identity politics.
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Irish film : the emergence of a contemporary cinema / Martin McLoone London: British Film Institute, 2000.
Call No: 71(417) MCLAuthor: McLoone, Martin CorpAuthor: British Film InstitutePlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2000PhysDes: 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND ; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE CINEMA. REPUBLIC OF IRELAND ; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS ; BUTCHER BOY, THE (US, Neil Jordan, 1997) ; POLITICAL FILMS ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA ; FLAHERTY, ROBERT ; HUSH-A-BYE-BABY (UK, Margo Hakin, 1990) ; IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (IE/UK/US, Jim Sheridan, 1993) ; JORDAN, NEIL ; MAEVE (UK/IE, Pat Murphy & John Davies, 1981) ; MAN OF ARAN (UK, Robert Flaherty, 1934) ; NOTHING PERSONAL (UK/IE, Thaddeus O'Sullivan, 1995) ; OUR BOYS (IE, Cathal Black, 1981) ; PATRIOT GAMES (US, Philip Noyce, 1992) ; QUIET MAN, THE (US/IR, John Ford, 1952) ; SHERIDAN, JIM ; THIS IS MY FATHER (US, Paul Quinn, 1998) ; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0851707920(cased) : ¦45.00; 0851707939(pbk.) : ¦14.99; 0851707920; 0851707939 (pbk.); 0851707920 (cased); 0851707939 (pbk.); 0851707920 (cased) : ¦45.00; 0851707939 (pbk.) : ¦14.99LON: 21663034 21663034
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My first movie / edited by Stephen Lowenstein London: Faber and Faber Limited, 2000.
Call No: 802.25 MYFAuthor: Lowenstein, Stephen Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Faber and Faber LimitedPubDate: 2000PhysDes: xiv, 360 p. ; [12 plates]Subject: ALMODOVAR, PEDRO ; ANDERS, ALLISON ; BUSCEMI, STEVE ; COEN, JOEL & ETHAN ; DICILLO, TOM ; FIGGIS, MIKE ; FREARS, STEPHEN ; HOGAN, P.J. ; JORDAN, NEIL ; LEE, ANG ; LEIGH, MIKE ; LEVINSON, BARRY ; LOACH, KENNETH ; MANGOLD, JAMES ; MINGHELLA, ANTHONY ; NAIR, MIRA ; OLDMAN, GARY ; SMITH, KEVIN ; STONE, OLIVER ; TAVERNIER, BERTRAND ; BLOOD SIMPLE (US, Joel Coen, 1984) ; GAS FOOD LODGING (US, Allison Anders, 1992) ; JOHNNY SUEDE (US, Tom DiCillo, 1991) ; CLERKS (US, Kevin Smith, 1994) ; DINER (US, Barry Levinson, 1982) ; SALVADOR (US, Oliver Stone, 1986) ; ANGEL [DANNY BOY] (IE/UK, Neil Jordan, 1982) ; TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY (UK, Anthony Minghella, 1990) ; SALAAM BOMBAY! (II/UK/FR, Mira Nair, 1988) ; STORMY MONDAY (UK, Mike Figgis, 1988) ; PEPI, LUCI, BOM Y OTRAS CHICAS DEL MONTON (SP, Pedro Almodovar, 1980) ; TREES LOUNGE (US, Steve Buscemi, 1996) ; NIL BY MOUTH (UK, Gary Oldman, 1997) ; TUI SHOU (TZ, Ang Lee, 1992) ; MURIEL’S WEDDING (AT, P.J. Hogan, 1994) ; HEAVY (US, James Mangold, 1995) ; HORLOGER DE SAINT-PAUL, L' (FR, Bertrand Tavernier, 1974) ; BLEAK MOMENTS (UK, Mike Leigh, 1971) ; POOR COW (UK, Kenneth Loach, 1967) ; GUMSHOE (UK, Stephen Frears, 1971) Summary: Interviews with film-makers about making their first film.ISBN: 0571196691
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Neil Jordan / Maria Pramaggiore Urbana: University of Illinois, c2008.
Call No: 81JOR PRAAuthor: Pramaggiore, Neil Source: USPlace: UrbanaPublisher: University of IllinoisPubDate: c2008PhysDes: x, 200 p. : ill. ; 21 cmSeries: Contemporary Film DirectorsSubject: JORDAN, NEIL ; COMPANY OF WOLVES, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1984) ; INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (US, Neil Jordan, 1994) ; HIGH SPIRITS (UK/US, Neil Jordan, 1988) ; MICHAEL COLLINS (UK/US, Neil Jordan, 1996) ; MONA LISA (UK, Neil Jordan, 1986) ; ANGEL [DANNY BOY] (IE/UK, Neil Jordan, 1982) ; CRYING GAME, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1992) ; BUTCHER BOY, THE (US, Neil Jordan, 1997) ; IN DREAMS (US, Neil Jordan, 1999) ; BREAKFAST ON PLUTO (IE/UK, Neil Jordan, 2005) ; WE'RE NO ANGELS (US, Neil Jordan, 1989) ; END OF THE AFFAIR, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1999) ; GOOD THIEF, THE (FR/UK/IE, Neil Jordan, 2002) Summary: " Best known for his enormously successful independent film The Crying Game, Irish director Neil Jordan has made sixteen feature films since 1982. Even after achieving commercial success and critical acclaim with such films as Interview with the Vampire and The Butcher Boy, Jordan remains a curiously elusive figure in the era of the celebrity filmmaker. Maria Pramaggiore addresses this conundrum by examining Jordan's distinctive style across a surprisingly broad range of genres and production contexts, including horror and gangster films, Irish-themed movies, and Hollywood remakes. Despite the striking diversity of Jordan's films, the director consistently returns to gothic themes of loss, violence, and madness. In her sophisticated examination of Mona Lisa, Michael Collins, and The Good Thief, Pramaggiore shows how Jordan presents these dark narratives with a uniquely Irish and postmodern sense of irony. This illuminating analysis of one of the cinema's most important artists will be of keen interest to movie enthusiasts as well as students and scholars of contemporary film" -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Formerly CIP; Includes filmography: p. [167]-177; Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-195) and indexISBN: 9780252075308Contents: Neil Jordan's Postmodern Gothic -- Monster Movies: The Company of Wolves and Interview with the Vampire -- Ghosts of the Nation: High Spirits and Michael Collins -- Gothic Cycles: Popular Music in Mona Lisa, Angel, and The Crying Game -- Dream Lovers, Dream Mothers: The Miracle, The Butcher Boy, In Dreams, and Breakfast on Pluto -- Doubles, Remakes, and Repetition: We're No Angels, The End of the Affair, "Not I," and The Good Thief -- Interview with Neil Jordan.
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Nihilism in film and television : a critical overview from Citizen Kane to The Sopranos / Kevin L. Stoehr Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., 2006.
Call No: 626:335.8 STOAuthor: Stoehr, Kevin L. Edition: 1st ed.Source: USPlace: Jefferson, North CarolinaPublisher: McFarland & Company Inc.PubDate: 2006PhysDes: ix, 216 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; JORDAN, NEIL ; FORD, JOHN ; KUBRICK, STANLEY ; SOPRANOS, THE [TV] (US, 1999) ; WAKING LIFE (US, Ricahrd Linklater, 2001) ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; CRYING GAME, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1992) ; CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1971) Summary: "This book explores the idea of nihilism through its appearance in modern popular culture. The author defines and reflects upon nihilism, then explores its manifestation in films and television shows... Finally, the author considers nihilism in terms of the decay of traditional values in the genre of westersm mostly through works of filmmaker John Ford." -- BACK COVERNotes: Formerly CIP.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207) and indexISBN: 0786425474Donation: Donated by Senses Of Cinema, 2009Contents: Preface : when nothing matters -- 1. Nietzsche, nihilism, and existentialism -- 2. The nihilistic vision of film noir and The Sopranos -- 3. "The on-going wow" : tuning in to dreams of Waking life -- 4. The ambiguity of horizons : on the nihilism and perspectivism of Citizen Kane -- 5. Through the glass wall : welcoming the stranger in Neil Jordan's The crying game -- 6. When the legends die : John Ford and the fading of traditions and heroes -- 7. Kubrick's nihilistic clockwork -- 8. Nihilism as detached existence
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Personal visions : conversations with contemporary film directors / by Mario Falsetto Los Angeles: Silman-James, 2000.
Call No: 802.25 FALAuthor: Falsetto, Mario Edition: 1st ed.Source: USPlace: Los AngelesPublisher: Silman-JamesPubDate: 2000PhysDes: xviii, 529 p. ; 23 cmSubject: INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS ; STOPKEWICH, LYNNE ; RADFORD, MICHAEL ; HYTNER, NICHOLAS ; ALMEREYDA, MICHAEL ; CAMPION, ANNA ; DAVIES, TERENCE ; DICILLO, TOM ; EGOYAN, ATOM ; GORDON, KEITH ; JORDAN, NEIL ; LINKLATER, RICHARD ; MACLEAN, ALISON ; MCNAUGHTON, JOHN ; RIDLEY, PHILIP ; ROSS, BENJAMIN ; RUDOLPH, ALAN ; TOLKIN, MICHAEL Summary: A collection of interviews with seventeen contemporary independent filmmakers, who discuss their creative visions, careers, and the film industry.ISBN: 9781879505513Contents: -- Michael Almereyda -- Anna Campion -- Terence Davies -- Tom DiCillo -- Atom Egoyan -- Keith Gordon -- Nicholas Hytner -- Neil Jordan -- Richard Linklater -- Alison Maclean -- John McNaughton -- Michael Radford -- Philip Ridley -- Benjamin Ross -- Alan Rudolph -- Lynne Stopkewich -- Michael Tolkin
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Variety international film guide 2001 London: Faber and Faber, 2000.
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