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100 westerns / Edward Buscombe London: British Film Institute, 2006.
Call No: 736.1 BUSAuthor: Buscombe, Edward CorpAuthor: BFISource: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2006PhysDes: 248 p. : 17 cmSeries: BFI Screen GuidesSubject: WESTERNS ; AMERICAN INDIANS IN FILMS ; GENRES ; BUSCOMBE, EDWARD ; ANTONIO DAS MORTES (BL, Glauber Rocha, 1969) ; BEGUILED, THE (US, Don Siegel, 1971) ; BIG SKY, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1952) ; BROKEN ARROW (US, Delmer Daves, 1950) ; BULLET FOR THE GENERAL, A (IT, Damiano Damiani, 1966) ; BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (US, George Roy Hill, 1969) ; CALAMITY JANE (US, David Butler, 1953) ; COWBOY (US, Delmer Davies, 1958) ; DANCES WITH WOLVES (US, Kevin Costner, 1990) ; DEAD MAN (US, Jim Jarmusch, 1995) ; DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (US, George Marshall, 1939) ; DODGE CITY (US, Michael Curtiz, 1939) ; DUEL IN THE SUN (US, King Vidor, 1946) ; PER UN PUGNO DI DOLLARI (IT/SP/GW, Sergio Leone, 1964) ; PER QUALCHE DOLLARO IN PIU (IT/SP/GW, Sergio Leone, 1965) ; FORT APACHE (US, John Ford, 1948) ; BUONO, IL BRUTTO, IL CATTIVO, IL (IT, Sergio Leone, 1966) ; GO WEST (US, Buster Keaton, 1925) ; GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, THE (US, Edwin S. Porter, 1903) ; GREY FOX, THE (CN, Philip Borsos, 1982) ; HANGING TREE, THE (US, Delmer Daves, 1958) ; HEAVEN'S GATE (US, Michael Cimino, 1980) ; HIGH NOON (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1952) ; HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (US, Clint Eastwood, 1973) ; IRON HORSE, THE (UK, John Ford, 1924) ; JOHNNY GUITAR (US, Nicholas Ray, 1954) ; LAST OF THE MOHICANS, THE (US, Michael Mann, 1992) ; LAST WAGON, THE (US, Delmer Daves, 1956) ; LITTLE BIG MAN (US, Arthur Penn, 1970) ; LONG RIDERS, THE (US, Walter Hill, 1980) ; MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE (UK, John Sturges, 1960) ; MAN FROM LARAMIE, THE (US, Anthony Mann, 1955) ; MAN OF THE WEST (US, Anthony Mann, 1958) ; MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, THE (US, John Ford, 1962) ; MCCABE AND MRS MILLER (US, Robert Altman, 1971) ; MISSOURI BREAKS, THE (US, Arthur Penn, 1976) ; MONTE WALSH (US, William A. Fraker, 1970) ; MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (US, John Ford, 1946) ; C`ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST (IT/FR, Sergio Leone, 1968) ; ONE-EYED JACKS (US, Marlon Brando, 1961) ; OPEN RANGE (US, Kevin Costner, 2003) ; OUTLAW JOSEY WALES, THE (US, Clint Eastwood, 1976) ; PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1973) ; PURSUED (US, Raoul Walsh, 1947) ; RAMROD (US, Andre de Toth, 1947) ; RANCHO NOTORIOUS (US, Fritz Lang, 1952) ; RED RIVER (US, Howard Hawks, 1948) ; RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1962) ; RIO BRAVO (US, Howard Hawks, 1959) ; SEARCHERS, THE (US, John Ford, 1956) ; SHANE (US, George Stevens, 1953) ; SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (US, John Ford, 1949) ; SHOOTING, THE (US, Monte Hellman, 1966) ; SHOOTIST, THE (US, Donald Siegel, 1976) ; STAGECOACH (US, John Ford, 1939) ; SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF (US, Burt Kennedy, 1969) ; FA TALAI JONE (TH, Wisit Sasanatieng, 2000) ; TWO RODE TOGETHER (US, John Ford, 1961) ; ULZANA'S RAID (US, Robert Aldrich, 1972) ; UNFORGIVEN (US, Clint Eastwood, 1992) ; VIVA MARIA (US, Louis Malle, 1965) ; WILD BUNCH, THE (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1969) ; DAVES, DELMER ; WAYNE, JOHN ; Stewart, James ; EASTWOOD, CLINT ; FORD, JOHN Summary: The Western is one of Hollywood cinema’s most potent and enduring genres, bound up with America’s understanding of itself as a frontier nation. Edward Buscombe provides an illuminating guide to a hundred key films of the genre, from Broken Arrow to The Wild Bunch by way of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, A Fistful of Dollars, The Magnificent Seven and The Searchers. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, major credits, and a commentary on the film’s significance, together with its production and exhibition history. Edward Buscombe’s introduction to the volume discusses the criteria for selecting a mere hundred essential Westerns out of the thousands that have been made since the birth of cinema. He considers the relative weight to be attached to the acknowledged great directors of the genre, such as John Ford and Sam Peckinpah, and to lesser known but significant figures such as Delmer Daves. He takes stock of the contribution of the great Western stars, including John Wayne, James Stewart and Clint Eastwood. And he argues for a selection that takes into account Westerns of the silent era, B-Westerns and singing cowboys, and those Westerns made outside America. [Taken from back cover.]ISBN: 1844571122
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The Classic American novel and the movies / edited by Gerald Peary and Roger Shatzkin New York: Ungar, 1977.
Call No: 753.4 CLAAuthor: Peary, Gerald ; Shatzkin, Roger Place: New YorkPublisher: UngarPubDate: 1977PhysDes: xii, 356 p. : ill. ; 22 cmSeries: Ungar Film LibrarySubject: ADAPTATIONS ; BOGDANOVICH, PETER ; EISENSTEIN, SERGEI M. ; ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER, THE (US, Norman Taurog, 1938) ; ALICE ADAMS (US, George Stevens, 1935) ; BABBITT (US, Harry Beaumont, 1924) ; BILLY BUDD (UK, Peter Ustinov, 1962) ; CARRIE (US, William Wyler, 1952) ; DAISY MILLER (US, Peter Bogdanovich, 1974) ; DODSWORTH (US, William Wyler, 1936) ; FAREWELL TO ARMS, A (US, Frank Borzage, 1933) ; GREAT GATSBY, THE (US, Elliott Nugent, 1949) ; GREAT GATSBY, THE (US, Jack Clayton, 1974) ; GREED (US, Erich von Stroheim, 1925) ; HEIRESS, THE (US, William Wyler, 1949) ; HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES, THE (US, Joe May, 1940) ; I MARRIED A DOCTOR (US, Archie L. Mayo, 1936) ; INNOCENTS, THE (UK, Jack Clayton, 1962) ; LAST OF THE MOHICANS, THE (US, Maurice Tourneur, 1920) ; LITTLE WOMEN (US, George Cukor, 1933) ; LITTLE CAESAR (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1931) ; LITTLE WOMEN (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1948) ; MOBY DICK (UK, John Huston, 1956) ; PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, THE (US, William Keighley, 1937) ; RED BADGE OF COURAGE, THE (US, John Huston, 1951) ; SEA WOLF, THE (US, Michael Curtiz, 1941) ; SCARLET LETTER, THE (US, Victor Sjostrom, 1926) ; SOUND AND THE FURY, THE (US, Martin Ritt, 1959) ; SUN ALSO RISES, THE (US, Henry King, 1957) ; VIRGINIAN, THE (US, Stuart Gilmore, 1946) ; VIRGINIAN, THE (US, Victor Fleming, 1929) ; WIZARD OF OZ, THE (US, Victor Fleming, 1939) Summary: "Does a successfl novel make a good movie? That question and others are explored in this first comprehensive collection of essays on novel into film adaptations - from Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans (1826) to Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury (1929). Over two thirds of these essays were written expressly for this volume, the work of a new generation of literature-trained but film-oriented teachers and critics. Together they examine how novels and their film adaptations differ from one another in technique, characterisation, scope, and ideological content. To the original essays the editors have added some of the best available writings on adaptations by such critics as Stanley Kauffman and Manny Farber, plus selected commentaries from the actual participants in the process of adaptations - screenwriters and film directors." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes index; Filmography: p. 321-336; Bibliography: p. 337-344ISBN: 0804426813 : $12.50. 0804466475 pbk. : $4.95LON: qum00211939; 12437055 857055
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Hollywood utopia : ecology in contemporary American cinema / Pat Brereton Bristol, UK: Intellect Books, 2004.
Call No: 738.1 BREAuthor: Brerton, Pat Source: UKPlace: Bristol, UKPublisher: Intellect BooksPubDate: 2004PhysDes: 270 p. ; 24 cmSubject: NATURE IN FILMS ; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN FILMS ; WESTERNS ; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS ; ROAD MOVIES ; CONSPIRACY FILMS ; ANDROMEDA STRAIN, THE (US, Robert Wise, 1971) ; ALIEN RESURRECTION (US, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; DANCES WITH WOLVES (US, Kevin Costner, 1990) ; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper,1969) ; INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, THE (US, Jack Arnold, 1957) ; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975) ; LAST OF THE MOHICANS, THE (US, Michael Mann, 1992) ; MEN IN BLACK (US, Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997) ; SOYLENT GREEN (US, Richard Fleischer, 1973) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) ; THELMA & LOUISE (US, Ridley Scott, 1991) ; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997) ; YEARLING, THE (US, Clarence Brown, 1947) Summary: "Hollywood Utopia applies a range of interdisciplinary strategies to trace the evolution of ecological representations in Hollywood film from 1950s to the present. Popular science fiction, westerns, nature and road movies are extensively analysed while privileging ecological moments of sublime expression often dramatized in the closing moments of these films. "Notes: Bibliography: p. 241-267
Filmography: p. 9-10ISBN: 1841501174Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2009
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LAST OF THE MOHICANS, THE : (US, Michael Mann, 1992)
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Now a major motion picture : film adaptation of literature and drama / Christine Geraghty Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008.
Call No: 753.1 GERAuthor: Geraghty, Christine Source: USPlace: Lanham, MDPublisher: Rowman & LittlefieldPubDate: 2008PhysDes: vii, 223 p. ; ill. ; 23 cmSeries: Genre and beyondSubject: ADAPTATIONS ; LITERATURE AND THE CINEMA ; ADAPTATIONS. AUSTEN, JANE ; ADAPTATIONS. BECKETT, SAMUEL ; ADAPTATIONS. PROUST, MARCEL ; ADAPTATIONS. WOOLF, VIRGINIA ; ADAPTATIONS. WILLIAMS TENNESSEE ; BAZIN, ANDRE ; PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (US, Robert Z. Leonard, 1940) ; PRIDE AND PREJUDICE [TV] (UK/US, Simon Langton, 1995) ; PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (UK, Joe Wright, 2005) ; LAST OF THE MOHICANS, THE (US, Michael Mann, 1992) ; BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (US, Ang Lee, 2005) Summary: "Going beyond the process of adaptation of literature to film, Geraghty is more interested in the films themselves and how they draw on our sense of recall. While a film reflects its literary source, it also invites comparisons to our memories of and associations with other versions of the original. For example, a viewer may watch the 2005 big-screen production of Pride and Prejudice and look back on the BBC's 1995 mini-series as well as Jane Austen's novel. Adaptations also rely on the conventions of genre, editing, acting, and sound to engage with our recollections-elements that many movie critics tend to forget when focusing solely on faithfulness to the written word."-BOOK JACKETNotes: includes filmography; includes bibliographical references; includes indexISBN: 9780742538214Donation: donated by Senses of CinemaContents: -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Narrative and Characterization in Classic Adaptations: David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and Pride and Prejudice --
2. Art Cinema, Authorship, and the Impossible Novel: Adaptations of Proust, Woolf, and Joyce -- 3. Tennessee Williams on Film: Space, Melodrama, and Stardom -- 4. Feminism, Authorship, and Genre: Adaptations of the Novels of Edna Ferber and Pearl S. Buck -- 5. Revising the Western: Movement and Description in The Last of the Mohicans and Brokeback Mountain -- 6. Space, Setting, and Mobility in Old New York: The Heiress, The House of Mirth, and Gangs of New York -- Conclusion -- Filmography -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author --ID2: 87
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