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Call No: P BULPhysDes: 1 poster : colour ; 60 x 42 cmSubject: LOLITA (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1962) ; BULLITT (US, Peter Yates, 1968) Summary: Text on Bullitt side: The Word 'cop' isn't written all over him - something more puzzling is.Image on Bullitt side: various coloured photographs of men in different poses, some of them holding a gun.
Text on Lolita side: How did they ever make a movie of Lolita? For persons over 18 years of age.Image: Close up of girl sucking on a lollypop and wearing red, love-heart shaped, sunglasses.Notes: Two copies.Double-sided.Folds and bluetack marks.
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The child in film : tears, fears and fairy tales / Karen Lury New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Call No: 747.2-053.2Author: Lury, Karen Edition: 2010Place: New Brunswick, N.J.Publisher: Rutgers University PressPubDate: 2010PhysDes: 210 p. : illustrations ; 22cmSeries: Rutgers Series in Childhood StudiesSubject: CHILDREN AND THE CINEMA ; TEMPLE, SHIRLEY ; IVANOVO DETSTVO (UR, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962) ; GRUDGE, THE (US/JA, Takashi Shimizu, 2004) ; HONOGURAI MIZUNO SOKOKARA (JA, Hideo Nakata, 2001) ; LOLITA (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1962) ; TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) ; MAN ON FIRE (US, Tony Scott, 2004) ; ZERKALO (UR, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975) ; ESPIRITU DE LA COLMENA, EL (SP, Victor Erice, 1973) ; EMPIRE OF THE SUN (US, Stephen Spielberg, 1987) ; PAN'S LABYRINTH (MX/SP/US, Guillermo del Toro, 2006) ; PADRE PADRONE (IT, Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani, 1977) ; BELLISSIMA (IT, Luchino Visconti, 1951) Summary: Ghastly and ghostly children, "dirty little white girls," and the child as witness and as victim have always played an important part in the history of cinema, as have child performers. Yet the disruptive power of the child in films made for an adult audience has been a neglected topic. The Child in Film examines popular films including Taxi Driver, Man on Fire, and contemporary Japanese horror, as well as "art house" productions such as Mirror, La Jeté, and Pan's Labyrinth, and questions why the figure of the child has such a significant impact on the visual aspects and storytelling potential of cinema.
Karen Lury argues that the child as a liminal yet powerful agent has allowed filmmakers to play adventurously with cinema's formal conventions, with far-reaching consequences. She reveals how a child's relationship to time allows it to disturb conventional master-narratives and explores how the concern for and investment in the child actor conceals the reality of film acting and the skills of the child performer. She addresses the expression of child sexuality, and questions existing assumptions as to who children "really are." -- pulisher's web siteISBN: 9780813548968
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Childhood and cinema / Vicky Lebeau London: Reaktion Books, 2008.
Call No: 720-053 LEBAuthor: Lebeau, Vicky Place: LondonPublisher: Reaktion BooksPubDate: 2008PhysDes: 222 p. : illustrated ; 17 cmSeries: LocationsSubject: CHILDREN IN FILMS ; ESPIRITU DE LA COLMENA, EL (SP, Victor Erice, 1973) ; ENFANT SAUVAGE, L' (FR, Francois Truffaut, 1970) ; QUATRE CENTS COUPS, LES (FR, Francois Truffaut, 1959) ; LOLITA (US, Adrian Lyne, 1997) ; LOLITA (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1962) ; JEDER FUR SICH UND GOTT GEGEN ALLE (GW, Werner Herzog, 1974) ; TARNATION (US, Jonathan Caouette, 2003) ; WOODSMAN, THE (US, Nicole Kassell, 2004) ; IDI I SMOTRI (UR, Elem Klimov, 1985) Summary: Since its inception the world of cinema has embraced the image of the child and both extended and challenged its representations. Vicky Lebeau explores the complex and ongoing adventure of childhood on screen and examines how the child in film has been used to embody the aspirations and anxieties of modern life. Moving from early to contemporary cinema – a process that includes discussions of films such as Victorian ‘Child Pictures’, The Spirit of the Beehive, L'Enfant sauvage, 400 Blows, Lolita, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, Tarnation and The Woodsman – she uncovers the compulsion of film-makers to visualize the child and their need to use childhood as a way of reflecting on sexuality, language, death and difference. By bringing together childhood and cinema as two institutions of modern culture, this book ultimately uses the figure of the child – as image, as narrative, and as myth – to reflect on the form and significance of cinema itself.
Thought-provoking and engaging, Childhood and Cinema is an original and challenging contribution to studies in childhood and visual culture that will be of interest to readers in the fields of literature, film and cultural studies. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781861893529
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Close up : great cinematic performances. Volume 1, American / edited by Murray Pomerance and Kyle Stevens UK: Edinburgh University Press, 2018.
Call No: 227.01(73) CLOPlace: UKPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPubDate: 2018Series: International film starsSubject: ACTORS ; CHARACTER ACTORS ; STARS ; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA ; WATERS, ETHEL ; DUNNE, IRENE ; GRANT, CARY ; GAYNOR, JANET ; HEPBURN, KATHARINE ; DAVIS, BETTE ; CLIFT, MONTGOMERY ; CURTIS, TONY ; SELLERS, PETER ; Stewart, James ; Lombard, Carole ; MASON, JAMES ; BURTON, RICHARD ; LEWIS, JERRY ; POITIER, SIDNEY ; HACKMAN, GENE ; ROWLANDS, GENA ; NICHOLSON, JACK ; HOFFMAN, DUSTIN ; GOULD, ELLIOTT ; PACINO, AL ; GOLDBERG, WHOOPI ; BLANCHETT, CATE ; ISAAC, OSCAR ; STEWART, KRISTEN ; CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (FR/SZ/GG/US/BE, Olivier Assayas, 2014) ; MOST VIOLENT YEAR, A (US, J. C. Chandor, 2014) ; BLUE JASMINE (US, Woody Allen, 2013) ; COLOR PURPLE, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1985) ; DONNIE BRASCO (US, Mike Newell, 1997) ; LONG GOOGBYE, THE (US, Robert Altman, 1973) ; RAIN MAN (US, Barry Levinson, 1988) ; PASSENGER, THE (IT/SP/FR, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975) ; GLORIA (US, John Cassavetes, 1980) ; CONVERSATION, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) ; IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (US, Norman Jewison, 1967) ; KING OF COMEDY, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1983) ; SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, THE (UK, Martin Ritt, 1965) ; PINK PANTHER, THE (US, Blake Edwards, 1964) ; SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (US, Alexander Mackendrick, 1957) ; PLACE IN THE SUN, A (US, George Stevens, 1951) ; LOLITA (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1962) ; TO BE OR NOT TO BE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1942) ; VERTIGO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) ; LION IN WINTER, THE (UK, Anthony Harvey, 1968) ; HIS GIRL FRIDAY (US, Howard Hawks, 1940) ; AWFUL TRUTH, THE (US, Leo McCarey, 1937) ; MEMBER OF THE WEDDING (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1952) ; DANGEROUS (US, Alfred E. Green, 1935) ; SUNRISE (US, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1927) Summary: "Examines the significance of women's participation in popular genres.
Analyses what makes an acting performance excellent, through a range of examples from world cinema. What actors do on-screen is a fascination for audiences all over the world. Indeed, the cultural visibility of movie stars is so pronounced that stardom has often been regarded as intrinsic to the medium's specificity. Yet not all great cinematic performances are star turns, and so, what really makes a cinematic performance good, interesting, or important has been a neglected topic in film criticism. This two-volume set presents detailed interpretations of singular performances by several of the most compelling actors in cinema history, asking in many different and complementary ways what makes performance meaningful, how it reflects a director's style, as well as how it contributes to the development of national cinemas and cultures. Whether noting the precise ways actors shape film narrative, achieve emotional effect, or move toward political subversion, the essays in these books innovate new approaches to studying screen performance as an art form and cultural force"--Page 4 of cover.Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN: 9781474417006Contents: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Close-up: great American performances -- Chapter 1 Ethel Waters in The Member of the Wedding -- Chapter 2 Irene Dunne in The Awful Truth -- Chapter 3 Cary Grant in His Girl Friday -- Chapter 4 Janet Gaynor in Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans -- Chapter 5 Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter -- Chapter 6 Bette Davis in Dangerous -- Chapter 7 James Stewart in Vertigo -- Chapter 8 Carole Lombard in To Be or Not to Be -- Chapter 9 James Mason in Lolita -- Chapter 10 Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun -- Chapter 11 Tony Curtis in Sweet Smell of Success.
Chapter 12 Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther -- Chapter 13 Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold -- Chapter 14 Jerry Lewis in The King of Comedy -- Chapter 15 Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night -- Chapter 16 Gene Hackman in The Conversation -- Chapter 17 Gena Rowlands in Gloria -- Chapter 18 Jack Nicholson in The Passenger -- Chapter 19 Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man -- Chapter 20 Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye -- Chapter 21 Al Pacino in Donnie Brasco -- Chapter 22 Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple -- Chapter 23 Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine -- Chapter 24 Oscar Isaac in A Most Violent Year -- Chapter 25 Kristen Stewart in Clouds of Sils Maria -- Index.
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The face on the cutting room floor : the story of movie and television censorship / Murray Schumach New York: Da Capo Press, 1964.
Call No: 44 SCHAuthor: Schumach, Murray Edition: Di Capo Press ed.Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Da Capo PressPubDate: 1964PhysDes: 305 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.Series: A Da Capo paperbackSubject: CENSORSHIP ; STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (US, Elia Kazan, 1951) ; BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (UK/US, David Lean, 1957) ; SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH (US, Richard Brooks, 1961) ; SPARTACUS (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1960) ; LOLITA (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1962) Summary: "A classic history of censorship practices in film and television, this work provides a panoramic view of American mores today. Hollywood reporter-columnist Murray Schumach documents the motion picture industry's struggle to meet the demands of pressure groups and the government and exposes the censors' bigotry and ignorance. Illustrating each point with a still from the cutting room floor. Schumach tells the behind-the-scenes story of every censored film" - BOOK BLURBNotes: Reprint of the ed. published by Morrow, New York.; Includes index.ISBN: 0306800098Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006Contents: -- 1 the law and the profits -- 2 quality and control -- 3 pressure and politics -- 4 aftermath of cowardice -- 5 boudoirs and blood -- 6 by trial and error -- 7 television censorship -- 8 what next? -- appendices
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Film & literature : an introduction / Morris Beja New York: Longman, 1979.
Author: Beja, Morris Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: LongmanPubDate: 1979PhysDes: 335 p. ; 23 cmSubject: ADAPTATIONS ; LITERATURE AND THE CINEMA ; ADAPTATIONS. DICKENS, CHARLES ; ADAPTATIONS. GREENE, GRAHAM ; ADAPTATIONS. JAMES, HENRY ; ADAPTATIONS. MANN, THOMAS ; ADAPTATIONS. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM ; ADAPTATIONS. STEINBECK, JOHN ; ADAPTATIONS. WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE ; GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940) ; CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI, DAS (G, Robert Weine, 1920) ; BRONENOSETS POTEMKIN [BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941) ; HENRY V (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1944) ; GREAT EXPECTATIONS (UK, David Lean, 1946) ; HAMLET (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1948) ; THIRD MAN, THE (UK, Carol Reed, 1949) ; RASHOMON (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1950) ; SMULTRONSTALLET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957) ; CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (US, Richard Brooks, 1958) ; PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) ; INNOCENTS, THE (UK, Jack Clayton, 1962) ; ANNÉE DERNIÈRE À MARIENBAD, L' (FR, Alain Resnais, 1961) ; JULES ET JIM (FR, Francois Truffaut, 1962) ; LOLITA (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1962) ; PROCES, LE (FR/IT/GW, Orson Welles, 1962) ; PAWNBROKER, THE (US, Sidney Lumet, 1964) ; BLOWUP (UK/IT, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) ; 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1968) ; CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1971) ; MORTE A VENEZIA (IT/FR, Luchino Visconti, 1971) ; [OTTO E MEZZO]8 1/2 (IT, Federico Fellini, 1963) ; TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE (US, John Huston, 1948) Summary: This book discusses the relationship between film and literature, looking specifically at the adaptation of novels into films. It concentrates mainly on the narrative aspects of film and literature and how they translate between the two mediums. The first half of the book looks at the concepts relating to narrative, literature and film in a general sense; the second half of the book analyses specific films.Notes: Includes glossary, list of film distributors, bibliographic references and index; Collection holds two copies of this itemISBN: 058228094XDonation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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Film & literature, an introduction / Morris Beja New York: Longman, 1979.
Call No: 753 BEJCopy Management: Copy 1; Copy 2Author: Beja, Morris Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: LongmanPubDate: 1979PhysDes: xv, 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: ADAPTATIONS ; ADAPTATIONS. DICKENS, CHARLES ; ADAPTATIONS. GREENE, GRAHAM ; ADAPTATIONS. JAMES, HENRY ; ADAPTATIONS. MANN, THOMAS ; ADAPTATIONS. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM ; ADAPTATIONS. STEINBECK, JOHN ; ADAPTATIONS. WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE ; LITERATURE AND THE CINEMA ; GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940) ; CABINET DES DR. CALIGARI, DAS (G, Robert Wiene, 1920) ; BRONENOSETS POTEMKIN [BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941) ; HENRY V (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1944) ; GREAT EXPECTATIONS (UK, David Lean, 1946) ; HAMLET (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1948) ; THIRD MAN, THE (UK, Carol Reed, 1949) ; RASHOMON (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1950) ; SMULTRONSTALLET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957) ; CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (US, Richard Brooks, 1958) ; PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) ; INNOCENTS, THE (UK, Jack Clayton, 1962) ; ANNEE DERNIERE A MARIENBAD, L' (FR, Alain Resnais, 1961) ; JULES ET JIM (FR, Francois Truffaut, 1962) ; LOLITA (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1962) ; PROCES, LE (FR/IT/GW, Orson Welles, 1962) ; PAWNBROKER, THE (US, Sidney Lumet, 1964) ; BLOWUP (UK/IT, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) ; [TWO THOUSAND AND ONE] 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1968) ; CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1971) ; MORTE A VENEZIA (IT/FR, Luchino Visconti, 1971) ; [OTTO E MEZZO]8 1/2 (IT, Federico Fellini, 1963) ; TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE (US, John Huston, 1948) Summary: This book discusses the relationship between film and literature, looking specifically at the adaptation of novels into films. It concentrates mainly on the narrative aspects of film and literature and how they translate between the two mediums. The first half of the book looks at the concepts relating to narrative, literature and film in a general sense; the second half of the book analyses specific films.Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 319-327; Collection holds two copies of this itemISBN: 058228094XOrder Received: 2000Order Type: DonationLON: 78026167; 1314099
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Film/literature/heritage : a sight and sound reader / edited by Ginette Vincendeau London: British Film Institute, 2001.
Call No: 753 FILAuthor: Vincendeau, Ginette, 1948 CorpAuthor: British Film InstitutePlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2001PhysDes: 284p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: ADAPTATIONS ; ADAPTATIONS. DICKENS, CHARLES ; ADAPTATIONS. JAMES, HENRY ; ADAPTATIONS. LEONARD, ELMORE ; ADAPTATIONS. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM ; ADAPTATIONS. THOMPSON, JIM ; HISTORICAL FILMS ; LITERATURE AND THE CINEMA ; ARMSTRONG, GILLIAN ; BASS, RON ; TARANTINO, QUENTIN ; AGE OF INNOCENCE, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1993) ; AMERICAN PSYCHO (US, Mary Harron, 1999) ; BEACH, THE (US, Danny Boyle, 1999) ; BELLE EPOQUE (SP/PO, Fernando Trueba, 1992) ; BOSSU, LE (FR, Philippe De Broca, 1997) ; BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1992) ; CARRINGTON (UK/FR, Christopher Hampton, 1995) ; COMO AGUA PARA CHOCOLATE (MX, Alfonso Arau, 1992) ; CRASH (CN, David Cronenberg, 1996) ; CYRANO DE BERGERAC (FR, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1990) ; DEAD AGAIN (US, Kenneth Branagh, 1991) ; EDWARD II (UK, Derek Jarman, 1991) ; ELIZABETH (UK, Shekhar Kapur, 1998) ; END OF THE AFFAIR, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1999) ; GERMINAL (FR, Claude Berri, 1993) ; GRIFTERS, THE (US, Stephen Frears, 1990) ; HOWARDS END (UK, James Ivory, 1992) ; HUSSARD SUR LE TOIT, LE (FR, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1995) ; JACKIE BROWN (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1997) ; INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (US, Neil Jordan, 1994) ; L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (US, Curtis Hanson, 1997) ; LITTLE WOMEN (US, Gillian Armstrong, 1994) ; LOLITA (US, Adrian Lyne, 1997) ; MADAME BOVARY (FR, Claude Chabrol, 1991) ; MADNESS OF KING GEORGE, THE (US, Nicholas Hytner, 1994) ; MAESTRO DE ESGRIMA, EL (SP, Pedro Olea, 1992) ; MANSFIELD PARK (UK/US, Patricia Rozema, 1999) ; MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN (US, Kenneth Branagh, 1994) ; MASK OF ZORRO (US, Martin Campbell, 1998) ; MISERABLES, LES (FR, Claude Lelouch, 1995) ; MRS. BROWN (UK, John Madden, 1997) ; MRS. DALLOWAY (US, Marleen Gorris, 1997) ; NAKED LUNCH (CN/UK, David Cronenberg, 1991) ; ORLANDO (UK/RU/FR/NE, Sally Potter, 1992) ; OUT OF SIGHT (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1998) ; PORTRAIT OF A LADY, THE (UK/US, Jane Campion, 1996) ; PROSPERO'S BOOKS (UK/FR, Peter Greenaway, 1991) ; REINE MARGOT, LA (FR/GG/IT, Patrice Chereau, 1994) ; REMAINS OF THE DAY, THE (UK/US, James Ivory, 1993) ; RIDICULE (FR, Patrice Leconte, 1996) ; SECRET GARDEN, THE (US, Agnieszka Holland, 1993) ; SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (US, Ang Lee, 1995) ; SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (UK, John Madden, 1998) ; SHORT CUTS (US, Robert Altman, 1993) ; TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, THE (US, Anthony Minghella, 1999) ; TEA WITH MUSSOLINI (IT, Franco Zeffirelli, 1997) ; THIS WORLD, THEN THE FIREWORKS (US, Michael Oblowitz, 1997) ; THREE MUSKETEERS, THE (US, Stephen Herek, 1993) ; TITUS (US, Julie Taymor, 1999) ; TRAINSPOTTING (UK, Danny Boyle, 1996) ; WILDE (UK/US/JA/GG, Brian Gilbert, 1997) ; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO + JULIET (US, Baz Luhrmann, 1996) Summary: "Period costume dramas are major box office commodities, exploiting the lucrative gap between the blockbuster and art film with their mixture of rich visuals, popular sensibility and literary association. But 'heritage cinema' is all too often discussed from literary (not cinematic) perspectives, and criticism of the films has long been overshadowed by the question of a film's fidelity to the original text. This volume of essays, reviews, and interviews seeks to redress this imbalance, by examining the often antagonistic relationship between literature and film - presenting both sides of the argument about whether heritage cinema's elaborate aesthetics owe more to nostalgia than to historical accuracy. In her challenging introduction to the volume, Ginette Vincendeau sketches the terms of the debate, arguing that the genre is an important, but often critically neglected, form of popular cinema. Film/Literature/Heritage, the latest in a series of 'Sight and Sound Readers', embraces a wide range of literary adaptation, from William Shakespeare to William Burroughs, covering films from Orlando to LA Confidential, and directors from Martin Scorcese to Peter Greenaway." - BOOK BLURBISBN: 0851708420; 0851708412(pbk.) : ¦13.99LON: 22285912
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Lolita / Richard Corliss London: British Film Institute, 1994.
Call No: 79LOL CORAuthor: Corliss, Richard Place: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 1994PhysDes: 91 p. : ill. ; 19 cmSeries: BFI film classicsSubject: LOLITA (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1962) Summary: When Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita first appeared in 1955, it was under the imprint of the Olympia Press, a French publisher best known for its extensive list of pornography. And when Stanley Kubrick came to film the book in 1961 it was still a notorious work. Nabokov's tale of a barely pubescent girl who excites the lust and love of a scholarly middle-aged man was fraught with censorship problems. How could the film portray frankly a sexual relationship so criminally perverse? Richard Corliss explores every facet of this complex and disturbing film. He deals in detail with the casting, which included Sue Lyon as the nymphet Lolita, James Mason as her lover Humbert Humbert and Peter Sellers as the sinister Quilty. He traces the difficult process of scripting, and the compromises necessary to get past the censors (in the book Lolita is twelve-and-a-half; Sue Lyon was fifteen when the film was completed); This is a beautifully written study of the unlikely pairing between the Russian-born Nabokov, steeped in the literary culture of Europe, and Kubrick, whose reputation to that point was as a director of macho crime and war films. But underneath, as Corliss shows, the two had great affinities: 'I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists,' Kubrick remarked. 'Neither takes life as it is.'Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 91)ISBN: 0851703682LON: 11486612 11486612
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Lolita / Vladimir Nabokov London: Weidenfield and Nicolson, 1955.
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I lost it at the movies / Pauline Kael London: Cape, 1966.
Call No: 67(04) KAEAuthor: Kael, Pauline Place: LondonPublisher: CapePubDate: 1966PhysDes: ix, 365 p. ; 22 cm.Subject: CRITICISM ; CARROSSE D`OR, LE (FR/IT, Jean Renoir, 1953) ; SOMMARNATTENS LEENDE (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1956) ; GRANDE ILLUSION, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1937) ; JEUX INTERDITS (FR, Rene Clement, 1952) ; SCIUSCIA (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1946) ; SHICHININ NO SAMURAI (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1954) ; A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) ; BREATHLESS (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) ; WEST SIDE STORY (US, Robert Wise, 1961) ; AVVENTURA, L' (IT/FR, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960) ; ONE, TWO, THREE (US/GW, Billy Wilder, 1961) ; MARK, THE (UK, Guy Green, 1961) ; INNOCENTS, THE (UK, Jack Clayton, 1962) ; NOTTE, LA (IT/FR, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961) ; ANNÉE DERNIÈRE À MARIENBAD, L' (FR, Alain Resnais, 1961) ; DOLCE VITA, LA (FR/IT, Federico Fellini, 1960) ; TASTE OF HONEY, A (UK, Tony Richardson, 1961) ; VICTIM (UK, Basil Dearden, 1961) ; LOLITA (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1962) ; JULES ET JIM (FR, Francois Truffaut, 1962) ; NOBI (JA, Kon Ichikawa, 1959) ; BILLY BUDD (UK, Peter Ustinov, 1962) ; YOJIMBO (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1961) ; DEVI (II, Satyajit Ray, 1960) ; 8 1/2 (IT/FR, Federico Fellini, 1963) Summary: A collection of Kael's writings on cinema including reviews mostly from 1961-1963.Notes: Includes index.LON: nun00460852; 4159070
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The Modern American novel and the movies / edited by Gerald Peary and Roger Shatzkin New York: Ungar, 1978.
Call No: 753.4 MODAuthor: Peary, Gerald ; Shatzkin, Roger Place: New YorkPublisher: UngarPubDate: 1978PhysDes: xii, 461 p. : ill. ; 22 cmSeries: Ungar Film LibrarySubject: ADAPTATIONS ; LITERATURE AND THE CINEMA ; ALL THE KINGS MEN (US, Robert Rossen, 1949) ; BIG SLEEP, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1946) ; BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (US, Blake Edwards, 1961) ; CATCH 22 (US, Mike Nichols, 1970) ; DAY OF THE LOCUST, THE (US, John Schlesinger, 1975) ; DELIVERANCE (US, John Boorman, 1972) ; FOUNTAINHEAD, THE (US, King Vidor, 1949) ; FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (US, Sam Wood, 1943) ; GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940) ; HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER, THE (US, Robert Ellis Miller, 1968) ; HUMAN COMEDY, THE (US, Clarence Brown, 1943) ; IN THIS OUR LIFE (US, John Huston, 1942) ; INTRUDER IN THE DUST (US, Clarence Brown, 1949) ; LAST HURRAH, THE (US, John Ford, 1958) ; LITTLE BIG MAN (US, Arthur Penn, 1970) ; LOLITA (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1962) ; LONELYHEARTS (US, Vincent J. Donehue, 1958) ; MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM, THE (US, Otto Preminger, 1955) ; NAKED AND THE DEAD, THE (US, Raoul Walsh, 1958) ; NATIVE SON (AG, Pierre Chenal, 1951) ; NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (US, Charles Laughton, 1955) ; OF MICE AND MEN (US, Lewis Milestone, 1939) ; OLD MAN AND THE SEA, THE (US, John Sturges, 1958) ; ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (US, Milos Forman, 1975) ; RABBIT, RUN (US, Jack Smight, 1970) ; SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE (US, George Roy Hill, 1972) ; TARNISHED ANGELS, THE (US, Douglas Sirk, 1957) ; THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? (US, Sydney Pollack, 1969) ; TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (US, Howard Hawks, 1944) ; TOBACCO ROAD (US, John Ford, 1941) ; TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE (US, John Huston, 1948) ; WET PARADE, THE (US, Victor Fleming, 1932) Summary: "Does a movie have the same impact as the novel on which it is based? Here are some of the stimulating - and occasionally surprising - answers to that question. This book is a follow-up to The Classic American Novel and the Movies, which ended in 1929, but it can be read on its own. [This book] covers novels and films from the 1930s to the 1970s, from Erskine Caldwell's Tobacco Road to James Dickey's Deliverance. In between, many film translations of notable novels are scrutinized - works by such authors as Faulkner, Hemingway, Steinbeck, McCullers, Nabokov, Updike, Kesey, and Vonnegut [...] Style, characterisation, theme, and ideology come under review. And we get behind-the-scenes insights into the actual filming of some celebrated novels. Of special value to scholars and students of film: extended filmographies by both author and film title of adaptations of American novels published between 1930 and 1975. In addition, there is a bibliography covering the same period, plus complete rental information on the films themselves." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes index; Filmography: p. 349-428; Bibliography: p. 429-443; Sequel/companion to The Classic American Novel and the Movies, also in the CollectionISBN: 0804426821 : $14.50. 0804466491 pbk. : $6.95LON: 78004373; 1250638
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Nabokov's dark cinema / Appel, Alfred New York: Oxford University Press, 1974.
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Stanley Kubrick / Deutsches Filmmuseum 2004.
Call No: 175 KUBPubDate: 2004Subject: KUBRICK, STANLEY ; PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA ; KILLING, THE (US, Stanley Kubrik, 1956) ; LOLITA (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1962) ; CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1971) ; BARRY LYNDON (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1975) ; SHINING, THE (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1980) ; FULL METAL JACKET (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1987) ; EYES WIDE SHUT (US/UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1999) Summary: Exhibition catalogue for the Deutsches Filmmuseum’s exhibition dedicated to the late director and currently displayed at ACMI as “Stanley Kubrick: Inside the Mind of a Visionary Filmmaker”. “The whole idea seemed strange at first. Exhibiting Stanley’s equipment, his plans, notes, photos? It did not feel right and would have been unthinkable during his lifetime, yet on careful reflection and discussion with Christiane Kubrick it became quite clear that while his privacy had to be guarded, his professional output was for all to be seen to celebrate the life of a great filmmaker. The efforts, the hard work, the inventiveness and wealth of ideas are so interesting, whereas the mystery of artistic talent will always remain under seal. Stanley Kubrick’s films will remain a valid reflection of his time and culture for future generations.” [“Foreword”, Jan Harlan].ISBN: 3887990692
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