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Cinematic urbanism : a history of the modern from reel to real / Nezar Al Sayyad New York : London: Routledge, 2006.
Call No: 756.1-25 SAYAuthor: Sayyad, Nezar Al Source: UK/USPlace: New York : LondonPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2006PhysDes: xiii, 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: MODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; ARCHITECTURE AND THE CINEMA ; ARCHITECTURE IN FILMS ; ART AND THE CINEMA ; CITIES IN FILMS ; HISTORY OF CINEMA ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; THEORY ; ANNIE HALL (US, Woody Allen, 1977) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BLADE RUNNER: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BRAZIL (UK, Terry Gilliam, 1985) ; DO THE RIGHT THING (US, Spike Lee, 1989) ; END OF VIOLENCE, THE (US/FR, Wim Wenders, 1997) ; FALLING DOWN (US, Joel Schumacher, 1993) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; MANHATTAN (US, Wody Allan, 1979) ; METROPOLIS (GG, Fritz Lang, 1927) ; METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; MON ONCLE (FR/IT, Jacques Tati, 1958) ; MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (UK, Stephen Frears, 1985) ; PLAYTIME (FR, Jacques Tati, 1967) ; PLEASANTVILLE (US, Gary Ross, 1998) ; REAR WINDOW (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) ; SLIVER (US, Phillip Noyce, 1993) ; TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) ; TRUMAN SHOW, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1998) Summary: "Cinematic Urbanism presents an urban history of modernity and postmodernity through the lens of cinema while arguing that urbanism cannot be understood outside the space of the celluloid city." "Nezar AlSayyad traces the dissolution of the boundary between real and reel through time and space via a series of films that represent different modernities. He contrasts the 'rational' European city of early twentieth-century industrial modernity as portrayed by Berlin: Symphony of a Big City (1927) with its American counterpart in Modern Times (1936). He illustrates the different forms of small town life and an urbanizing modernity across the Atlantic as exemplified by Cinema Paradiso (1989) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Using Metropolis (1927) and Brazil (1985), he shows how utopian ideals harbour within them their dystopian realities, while Jacques Tati's nostalgia for tradition in Mon Oncle (1958) and Playtime (1967) reveals a cynical modernity and a rebelling against its idealism." "AlSayyad argues that the postmodern city of Blade Runner (1982) and Falling Down (1993) illustrates some of the urban outcomes of a globalizing economy.
Turning to spectacle and surveillance, he examines Rear Window (1954), Sliver (1993), and The End of Violence (1997) as a voyeuristic modernity. To understand the city experienced by individuals of different social backgrounds, he takes Manhattan (1979), Annie Hall (1977), and Taxi Driver (1976), while Do the Right Thing (1989) and My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) are used to explore a modernity of race and ethnicity. Finally, he uses Pleasantville (1998) and The Truman Show (1998) to unpack the hyperreality of exurban postmodernity and to demonstrate how today the real and the reel have become mutually constitutive." "By considering how the real city and the reel city reference each other in an act of mutual representation and definition, this book advances the discussion on cinematic space and theories of the city."--BOOK BLURB.Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0415700493Contents: -- about the author -- preface -- Introduction : the cinematic city and the quest for the modern -- 1. Industrial modernity : the flaneur and the tramp in the early twentieth century city -- 2. Urbanizing modernity : the traditional cinematic small town -- 3. Orwellian modernity : utopia/dystopia and the city of the future past -- 4. Cynical modernity, or the modernity of cynicism -- 5. From postmodern condition to cinematic city -- 6. Voyeuristic modernity : the lens, the screen and the city -- 7. The modernity of the sophisticate and the misfit : the city through different eyes -- 8. An alternative modernity : race, ethnicity and the urban experience -- 9. Exurban postmodernity : utopia, simulacra and hyper-reality -- epilogue -- illustration credits and sources -- selected bibliography -- index --
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Focus on Chaplin / Donald W. McCaffrey New Jersey: Prentice Hall, [1971].
Call No: 81CHA MCCAuthor: McCaffrey, Donald W. (ed.) Source: USPlace: New JerseyPublisher: Prentice HallPubDate: [1971]PhysDes: 174 p. : ill. ; 21 cmSeries: Film FocusSubject: TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; SENNETT, MACK ; KID, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1921) ; GOLD RUSH, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1925) ; GENERAL, THE (US, Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman, 1927) ; CIRCUS, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1928) ; CITY LIGHTS (US, Charles Chaplin, 1931) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; GREAT DICTATOR, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1940) ; MONSIEUR VERDOUX (US, Charles Chaplin, 1947) ; LIMELIGHT (US, Charles Chaplin, 1952) ISBN: 131282077Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006Contents: Introduction - Donald W. McCaffrey -- CAREER -- A brief overall view - John Montgomery -- Creating the role of Dr. Body in Casey's Court Circus - Charlie Chaplin -- Acting-directing apprenticeship with Mack Sennett - Charlie Chaplin -- WORKING METHOD -- Development of the comic story and the Tramp character - Charlie Chaplin -- What people laugh at - Charlie Chaplin -- Max Linder's and Elsie Codd's views on the working method - Louis Delluc -- A rejection of the talkies - Charlie Chaplin -- ESSAYS -- The art of Charlie Chaplin - Minnie Maddern Fiske -- Is the Charlie Chaplin vogue passing? - Harcourt Farmer -- Everybody's Language - Winston Churchill -- A reaction to the praise given to Chaplin's artistry - George Jean Nathan -- An evaulation of Chaplin's silent comedy films, 1916-36 - Donald W. McCaffrey -- REVIEWS -- Impressions of two early comedy films - Louis Delluc -- An early detailed account of the action in The Pawnshop - Gilbert Seldes -- The Kid - Francis Hackett -- The Pilgrim - Robert E. Sherwood -- With the bunk left out - Charles W. Wood -- The idea in The Gold Rush: a study of Chaplin's use of the comic technique of pathos-humor - Timothy J. Lyons -- A comparison of The Gold Rush and The General - Gerald Mast -- The Circus - Alexander Bakshy -- City Lights and Modern Times: skirmishes with romance, pathos, and social significance - Donald W. McCaffrey -- The Great Dictator - Herman G. Weinberg -- Monsieur Verdoux - Roger Manvell -- The lineage of Limelight - Walter Kerr
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Hollywood as historian : American film in a cultural context / edited by Peter C. Rollins Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1983.
Call No: 49:930.2 HOLAuthor: Rollins, Peter C. Source: USPlace: Lexington, Ky.Publisher: University Press of KentuckyPubDate: 1983PhysDes: x, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject: HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; FOX STUDIOS ; BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915) ; CITY LIGHTS (US, Charles Chaplin, 1931) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; GREAT DICTATOR, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1940) ; GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940) ; WILSON (US, Henry King, 1944) ; NEGRO SOLDIER, THE (US, Frank Capra, 1944) ; SNAKE PIT (US, Anatole Litvak, 1948) ; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA ; ON THE WATERFRONT (US, Elia Kazan, 1954) ; WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (US, Mike Nichols, 1966) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; ADAPTATiONS. CONRAD, JOSEPH ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; VIETNAM WAR IN FILMS ; [DOCTOR] DR STRANGELOVE: OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1964) ; NATIVE LAND (US, Leo Hurwitz & Paul Strand, 1942) ; CENSORSHIP. USA ; RIVER, THE (US, Lorentz Pare, 1937) Notes: Includes bibliographical references.ISBN: 0813101549 (pbk.)
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The Hollywood social problem film : madness, despair, and politics from the Depression to the fifties / Peter Roffman and Jim Purdy Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1981.
Call No: 744 ROFAuthor: Roffman, Peter, 1950 ; Purdy, Jim, Place: BloomingtonPublisher: Indiana University PressPubDate: 1981PhysDes: x, 364 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS. USA ; DEPRESSION IN FILMS ; DRUGS IN FILMS ; MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN FILMS ; BAD GUYS ; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA ; FALLEN WOMEN IN FILMS ; DELINQUENTS IN FILMS ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA ; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; BLACKLISTING. USA ; JOURNALISTS IN FILMS ; POLITICAL PERSONALITIES IN FILMS ; POPULISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; RACIAL ISSUES IN FILMS ; RURAL LIFE IN FILMS ; WARNER BROS. ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; LANG, FRITZ ; BORZAGE, FRANK ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; GARFIELD, JOHN ; CAPRA, FRANK ; VIDOR, KING ; BLACK LEGION (US, Archie L. Mayo, 1936) ; CABIN IN THE COTTON, THE (US, Michael Curtiz, 1932) ; DEAD END (US, William Wyler, 1937) ; FORCE OF EVIL (US, Abraham Polonsky, 1948) ; GABRIEL OVER THE WHITE HOUSE (US, Gregory La Cava, 1933) ; STATE'S ATTORNEY (US, George Archainbaud, 1932) ; SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (US, Preston Sturges, 1942) ; THEY WON'T FORGET (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1937) ; THREE COMRADES (US, Frank Borzage, 1938) ; GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (US, Elia Kazan, 1947) ; I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE F.B.I. (US, Gordon Douglas, 1951) ; LAWLESS, THE (US, Joseph Losey, 1950) ; LAWYER MAN (US, Wilhelm Dieterle, 1932) ; LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW? (US, Frank Borzage, 1934) ; MASSACRE (US, Alan Crosland, 1933) ; MEET JOHN DOE (US, Frank Capra, 1941) ; MOUTHPIECE, THE (US, James Flood & Elliott Nugent, 1932) ; OUR DAILY BREAD (US, King Vidor, 1934) ; PINKY (US, Elia Kazan, 1949) ; PRESIDENT VANISHES, THE (US, William Wellman, 1934) ; RIFFRAFF (US, J. Walter Ruben, 1936) ; [MISTER] MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (US, Frank Capra, 1936) ; [MISTER] MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (US, Frank Capra, 1939) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; MONSIEUR VERDOUX (US, Charles Chaplin, 1947) ; MORTAL STORM, THE (US, Frank Borzage, 1940) ; MY MAN GODFREY (US, Gregory La Cava, 1936) ; ON THE WATERFRONT (US, Elia Kazan, 1954) ; BODY AND SOUL (US, Robert Rossen, 1947) ; GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940) ; GREAT DICTATOR, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1940) ; HEROES FOR SALE (US, William A. Wellman, 1933) ; I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1932) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; SALT OF THE EARTH (US, Herbert J. Biberman, 1954) ; YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (US, Fritz Lang, 1937) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 319-329; Filmography: p. 331-351ISBN: 0253127076; 0253202612 (pbk.)LON: 1763505
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Landmark films : the cinema and our century / [by] William Wolf with Lillian Kramer Wolf London: Paddington Press, 1979.
Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 02 WOLAuthor: Wolf, William ; Wolf, Lillian Kramer Place: LondonPublisher: Paddington PressPubDate: 1979PhysDes: 429 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915) ; NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922) ; BRONENOSETS POTEMKIN [BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) ; GENERAL, THE (US, Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman, 1927) ; JAZZ SINGER, THE (US, Alan Crosland, 1927) ; LITTLE CAESAR (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1931) ; FRANKENSTEIN (US, James Whale, 1931) ; DUCK SOUP (US, Leo McCarey, 1933) ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; THIRTY-NINE STEPS, THE (UK, Alfred Hitchcock, 1935) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; GRANDE ILLUSION, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1937) ; STAGECOACH (US, John Ford, 1939) ; GONE WITH THE WIND (US, Victor Fleming, 1939) ; GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940) ; FANTASIA (US, Walt Disney, 1940) ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; ROMA CITTA APERTA (IT, Roberto Rossellini, 1945) ; RASHOMON (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1950) ; SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (US, Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952) ; SORROW AND THE PITY, THE [CHAGRIN ET LA PITIE, LE] (FR/GW/SZ, Marcel Ophuls, 1969) ; PATHER PANCHALI (II, Satyajit Ray, 1955) ; ROOM AT THE TOP (UK, Jack Clayton, 1959) ; A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) ; BREATHLESS (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) ; [EIGHT AND A HALF] 8 1/2 [OTTO E MEZZO] (IT, Federico Fellini, 1963) ; [DOCTOR] DR STRANGELOVE: OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1964) ; ULYSSES (UK/US, Joseph Strick, 1967) ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; [TWO THOUSAND AND ONE] 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1968) ; Z (FR/AE, Constantin Costa-Gavras, 1969) ; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969) ; SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG (US, Melvin Van Peebles, 1971) ; DEEP THROAT (US, Jerry Gerard, 1972) ; HEAVY TRAFFIC (US, Ralph Bakshi, 1973) ; SLEEPER (US, Woody Allen, 1973) ; NASHVILLE (US, Robert Altman, 1975) ; PASQUALINO SETTEBELLEZZE (IT, Lina Wertmuller, 1976) ; SJUNDE INSEGLET, DET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957) Notes: incl. indexISBN: 0709208758LON: vtb00270168; 10429365
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Modern hard times: Chaplin and the cinema of self-reflection in Critical inquiry (Winter 1976) vol.3 iss.2 p.295-314
Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936)Author: Stewart, Garrett PhysDes: ArticleSubject: MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) Summary: Essay exploring themes and motifs in Charlie Chaplin's modern times, with a comparison to Charles Dickens' novel, hard times.
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Modern times / Joan Mellen London: British Film Institute, 2006.
Call No: 79MOD MELAuthor: Mellen, Joan Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2006PhysDes: 87p. : ill. ; 19cmSeries: BFI Film ClassicsSubject: CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; USA Summary: Modern Times (1936) was Charlie Chaplin's last full-length silent film, and also his last appearance as the Tramp, probably the most recognisable figure in film history. Social and political concerns had often featured in Chaplin's films, but in Modern Times they culminate in a protest against conditions during the Great Depression. Joan Mellen situates Modern Times within the context of Chaplin's life and his work, exploring its history and influences as well as its ongoing appeal. She explores how the film's themes of oppression, industrialisation and dehumanisation are embodied in the little tramp's struggle to survive in the modern world. The final chapter of the book is dedicated to the fascinating details of the FBI's file on Chaplin, which was opened in 1922 and maintained until long after his death. [Taken from back cover.]ISBN: 184457122
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Philosophy goes to the movies : an introduction to philosophy / Christopher Falzon London: Routledge, 2002.
Call No: 626 FALAuthor: Falzon, Christopher Edition: third editionPlace: LondonPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2002PhysDes: 330p. : illustrations ; 24 cmSubject: PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; THEORY ; FOUCAULT, MICHEL ; A NOUS, LA LIBERTE! (FR, Rene Clair, 1931) ; ADDICTION, THE (US, Abel Ferrara, 1995) ; AGNES OF GOD (US, Norman Jewison, 1985) ; AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD [AGUIRRE, DER ZORN GOTTES] (GW, Werner Herzog, 1972) ; ALIEN RESURRECTION (US, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997) ; ALL OF ME (US, Carl Reiner, 1984) ; ALPHAVILLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) ; AMADEUS (US, Milos Forman, 1984) ; AMATEUR (US, Hal Hartley, 1994) ; ANGEL HEART (US, Alan Parker, 1987) ; ANTZ (US, Eric Darnell, Lawrence Guterman & Tim Johnson II, 1998) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; BASIC INSTINCT (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1992) ; BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA (US, Mike Judge, 1996) ; BEDAZZLED (US, Stanely Donen, 1967) ; BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (UK/US, Spike Jonze, 1999) ; BEING THERE (US, Hal Ashby, 1979) ; BIG (US, Penny Marshall, 1988) ; BIG SLEEP, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1946) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BLAISE PASCAL (IT, Roberto Rossellini, 1972) ; BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986) ; BOB ROBERTS (US, Tim Robbins, 1992) ; BRAZIL ; BREAKER MORANT (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1980) ; A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) ; BREATHLESS (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) ; CABARET (US, Bob Fosse, 1972) ; CASABLANCA (US, Michael Curtiz, 1942) ; CASPER (US, Brad Silberling, 1995) ; CHANCES ARE (US, Emile Ardolino, 1989) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; CINEMA PLUS ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1971) ; COLOSSUS: FORBIN PROJECT (US, Joseph Sargent, 1970) ; CONFORMIST, THE [CONFORMISTA, IL] (IT/FR, Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) ; COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, THE (NE/FR, Peter Greenaway, 1989) ; CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (US, Woody Allen, 1989) ; CRIMES OF PASSION (US, Ken Russell, 1984) ; CRUCIBLE, THE (US, Nicholas Hytner, 1996) ; CRYING GAME, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1992) ; DANGEROUS LIAISONS (US, Stephen Frears, 1988) ; DARK CITY (US, Alex Proyas, 1997) ; DARK STAR (US, John Carpenter, 1974) ; DEAD AGAIN (US, Kenneth Branagh, 1991) ; DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1976) ; DRACULA (US, Tod Browning, 1931) ; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969) ; EDUCATING RITA (UK, Lewis Gilbert, 1983) ; ELEPHANT MAN, THE (US, David Lynch, 1980) ; ENEMY OF THE STATE (US, Tony Scott, 1998) ; JEDER FUR SICH UND GOTT GEGEN ALLE (GW, Werner Herzog, 1974) ; FACE/OFF (US, John Woo [pseud. of Wu Yusen], 1997) ; FAHRENHEIT 451 (UK, Francois Truffaut, 1966) ; FATAL ATTRACTION (US, Adrian Lyne, 1987) ; [FIVE] 5 EASY PIECES (US, Bob Rafelson, 1970) ; FLY, THE (US, David Cronenberg, 1986) ; FORTRESS (AT/US, Stuart Gordon, 1993) ; FRANKENSTEIN (US, James Whale, 1931) ; FRIGHTENERS, THE (NZ/US, Peter Jackson, 1996) ; FULL METAL JACKET (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1987) ; GATTACA (US, Andrew Niccol, 1997) ; GHOST (US, Jerry Zucker, 1990) ; GHOSTS... OF THE CIVIL DEAD (AT, John Hillcoat, 1988) ; GROUNDHOG DAY (US, Harold Ramis, 1993) ; HANDMAID'S TALE, THE (US/GW, Volker Schlondorff, 1990) ; HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (US, Woody Allen, 1986) ; HE SAID, SHE SAID (US, Ken Kwapis and Marisa Silver, 1991) ; HIGH HOPES (UK, Mike Leigh, 1988) ; HIGH NOON (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1952) ; HILARY AND JACKIE (UK, Anand Tucker, 1998) ; MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (UK, Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1974) ; IF... (UK, Lindsay Anderson, 1968) ; INHERIT THE WIND (US, Stanley Kramer, 1960) ; INTERIORS (US, Woody Allen, 1978) ; INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (US, Neil Jordan, 1994) ; INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (US, Don Siegel, 1956) ; ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, THE (US, Erle C. Kenton, 1932) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (US, Stanley Kramer, 1961) ; JURASSIC PARK (US, Steven Spielberg,, 1993) ; KOYAANISQATSI (US, Godfrey Reggio, 1982) ; LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD (UK, Kenneth Loach, 1994) ; ULTIMA CENA, LA (CU, Tomas Gutierrez Alea, 1976) ; MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN (UK, Terry Jones, 1979) ; LOVE AND DEATH (US, Woody Allen, 1975) ; M (G, Fritz Lang, 1931) ; MAD MAX (AT, George Miller, 1979) ; MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941) ; MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (US, John Frankenheimer, 1962) ; MATEWAN (US, John Sayles, 1987) ; MATRIX, THE (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1999) ; MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE (UK, Terry Jones, 1983) ; MEPHISTO (HU/GW, Istvan Szabo, 1981) ; METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926) ; MISSION, THE (UK, Roland Joffe, 1986) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; MON ONCLE (FR/IT, Jacques Tati, 1958) ; MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (UK, Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1974) ; MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS [TV] (UK, 1969-1974) ; MY FAIR LADY (US, George Cukor, 1964) ; NAME OF THE ROSE, THE [NAME DER ROSE, DER] (GW/IT/FR, Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1986) ; NORMA RAE (US, Martin Ritt, 1979) ; NUTTY PROFESSOR, THE (US, Jerry Lewis, 1963) ; O LUCKY MAN! (UK, Lindsay Anderson, 1973) ; OKTIABR [OCTOBER] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, 1928) ; OLIVIER, OLIVIER (FR, Agnieszka Holland, 1992) ; ON THE BEACH (US, Stanley Kramer, 1959) ; ON THE WATERFRONT (US, Elia Kazan, 1954) ; ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (US, Milos Forman, 1975) ; PEOPLE VS LARRY FLYNT, THE (US, Milos Forman, 1996) ; PLAYER, THE (US, Robert Altman, 1992) ; PLAYTIME (FR, Jacques Tati, 1967) ; PRINCESS BRIDE, THE (US, Rob Reiner, 1987) ; PURA FORMALITA, UNA (IT/FR, Guiseppe Tornatore, 1994) ; STILTE ROND CHRISTINE M., DE (NE, Marleen Gorris, 1982) ; QUIZ SHOW (US, Robert Redford, 1994) ; RAIN (US, Louis Milestone, 1932) ; RAIN MAN (US, Barry Levinson, 1988) ; RAPTURE, THE (US, Michael Tolkin, 1991) ; RASHOMON (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1950) ; REAR WINDOW (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) ; REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (US, Nicholas Ray, 1955) ; RETOUR DE MARTIN GUERRE, LE (FR, Daniel Vigne, 1982) ; ROBOCOP (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1987) ; ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (UK, Tom Stoppard, 1990) ; SALT OF THE EARTH (US, Herbert J. Biberman, 1954) ; SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (US, Steven Spielberg, 1998) ; SCHINDLER'S LIST (US, Steven Spielberg, 1993) ; SEA OF LOVE (US, Harold Becker, 1989) ; SEVEN [SE7EN] (US, David Fincher, 1995) ; SJUNDE INSEGLET, DET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957) ; SHOCKER (US, Wes Craven, 1989) ; SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (US, Jonathan Demme, 1991) ; SIMON DEL DESIERTO (MX, Luis Bunuel, 1965) ; SLEEPER (US, Woody Allen, 1973) ; SOPHIE'S CHOICE (US, Alan J. Pakula, 1982) ; STAGE FRIGHT (UK, Alfred Hitchcock, 1950) ; STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (US, Nicholas Meyer, 1982) ; STAR TREK ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ; SUTURE (US, Scott McGehee & David Siegel, 1993) ; SWITCH (US, Blake Edwards, 1991) ; TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) ; TESTAMENT DU DOCTEUR CORDELIER, LE (FR, Jean Renoir, 1961) ; THINGS TO COME (UK, William Cameron Menzies, 1936) ; TROIS COULEURS: BLEU (FR, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993) ; THREE FACES OF EVE (US, Nunnally Johnson, 1957) ; TOTAL RECALL (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1990) ; TRUMAN SHOW, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1998) ; USUAL SUSPECTS, THE (US, Bryan Singer, 1995) ; VICE VERSA (US, Brian Gilbert, 1988) ; JUNGFRUKALLAN (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1960) ; WAG THE DOG (US, Barry Levinson, 1997) ; WALL STREET (US, Oliver Stone, 1987) ; WILD ONE, THE (US, Laslo Benedek, 1953) ; WITTGENSTEIN (UK, Derek Jarman, 1993) ; YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (US, Fritz Lang, 1937) Summary: Now emulated in several competing publications, but still unsurpassed in clarity and insight, Philosophy Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Philosophy, Third Edition builds on the approach that made the two earlier editions so successful. Drawing on many popular and some lesser known films from around the world, Christopher Falzon introduces students to key areas in philosophy, like: Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, The Theory of Knowledge, The Self and Personal Identity, Critical Thinking.
Perfect for beginners, this book guides the reader through philosophy using illuminating cinematic works, like Avatar, Inception, Fight Club, Wings of Desire, Run Lola Run, A Clockwork Orange, Blade Runner, Dirty Harry and many other films.
The fully revised and updated Third Edition features: an expanded introduction that provides a new discussion of the relationship between film and philosophy; new material on notable philosophers such as Aristotle, Merleau-Ponty and Rawls; and coverage of new topics like virtue ethics and what Socrates offers for critical thinking. An updated glossary, references and bibliography, and a filmography, are also included in the Third Edition. -- publisher's web siteNotes: Includes glossaryISBN: 9780415538169Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- 1 - Plato’s Picture Show - the theory of knowledge -- 2 - All of Me - the self and personal identity -- 3 - Crimes and Misdemeanors - moral philosophy -- 4 - Antz - social and political philosophy -- 5 - Modern Times - society, science, and technology -- 6 - The Holy Grail - critical thinking -- Further Reading -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index
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Theory of film : the redemption of physical reality / Siegfried Kracauer New York: Oxford University Press, 1965.
Call No: 62 KRAAuthor: Kracauer, Siegfried Place: New YorkPublisher: Oxford University PressPubDate: 1965PhysDes: xix, 364 p. ill., 20 cm.Subject: ACTORS ; ADAPTATIONS ; EXPERIMENTAL FILMS ; THEORY ; AGEE, JAMES ; ALEXANDROV, GROGORIO ; ANGER, KENNETH ; ANSTEY, EDGAR ; ARNHEIM, RUDOLF ; ASTAIRE, FRED ; BALAZS, BELA ; BENJAMIN, WALTER ; BERGMAN, INGMAR ; BOGART, HUMPHREY ; BRAKHAGE, STAN ; BRANDO, MARLON ; BUNUEL, LUIS ; CAGNEY, JAMES ; CAPRA, FRANK ; CASTELLANI, RENATO ; CAVALCANTI, ALBERTO ; CHANEY, LON ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; CLAIR, RENE ; CLEMENT, RENE ; CLOUZOT, HENRI-GEORGES ; COCTEAU, JEAN ; DALI, SALVADOR ; DE FILIPPO, EDUARDO ; DEMILLE, CECIL B. ; DE SICA, VITTORIO ; DISNEY, WALT ; DOVZENKO, ALEKSANDR ; DREYER, CARL TH. ; DUCHAMP, MARCEL ; DUVIVIER, JULIEN ; ELTON, ARTHUR ; ENGEL, MORRIS ; EPSTEIN, JEAN ; FELLINI, FEDERICO ; FEUILLADE, LOUIS ; FEYDER, JACQUES ; FISCHINGER, OSKAR ; FLAHERTY, ROBERT ; FORD, JOHN ; FRANJU, GEORGES ; FREUD, SIGMUND ; GANCE, ABEL ; GARNETT, GALE ; GIDE, ANDRE ; GREENE, GRAHAM ; GRIERSON, JOHN ; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK ; GRIFFITHS, RICHARD ; GUITRY, SACHA ; HARRINGTON, CURTIS ; HILL, DAVID ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; WACHSFIGURENKABINETT, DAS (G, Paul Leni, 1924) ; SMULTRONSTALLET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957) ; VITELLONI, I (IT, Federico Fellini, 1953) ; VAMPYR: THE STRANGE ADVENTURE OF ALLEN GRAY [VAMPYR: DER TRAUM DES ALLAN GRAY] (G/FR, Carl Th. Dreyer, 1932) ; VARIETE (G, E.A. Dupont, 1925) ; VALLEY TOWN - A STUDY OF MACHINES AND MEN (US, Willard Van Dyke, 1940) ; UMBERTO D. (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1952) ; TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (G, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935) ; THIRD MAN, THE (UK, Carol Reed, 1949) ; OKTIABR (UR, Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1928) ; TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (US, Cecil B. DeMille, 1956) ; SYMPHONIE PASTORALE, LA (FR, Jean Delannoy, 1946) ; SWING TIME (US, George Stevens, 1936) ; STRADA, LA (IT, Federico Fellini, 1954) ; ROMAN D'UN TRICHEUR, LE (FR, Sacha Guitry, 1936) ; MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, A (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1946) ; SPIONE (G, Fritz Lang, 1928) ; SPELLBOUND (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1945) ; SOUS LES TOITS DE PARIS (FR, Rene Clair, 1930) ; SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (US, David Hand, 1937) ; SMILING LIEUTENANT, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1931) ; SHANE (US, George Stevens, 1953) ; SJUNDE INSEGLET, DET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957) ; GEHEIMNISSE EINER SEELE (G, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1926) ; SCARFACE (US, Howard Hawks, 1932) ; SANG DES BETES, LE (FR, Georges Franju,1949) ; SAN FRANCISCO (US, W.S. Van Dyke, 1936) ; ROUE, LA (FR, Abel Gance, 1922) ; ROMEO I DZULETTA (UR, Lev Arnstam & Leonid Lavrovskij, 1954) ; RICHARD III (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1955) ; REGLE DU JEU, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1939) ; RED SHOES, THE (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948) ; RASHOMON (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1950) ; REGEN (NE, Joris Ivens, 1929) ; PYGMALION (UK, Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard, 1938) ; PLACE IN THE SUN, A (US, George Stevens, 1951) ; PATHER PANCHALI (II, Satyajit Ray, 1955) ; PASSION DE JEANNE D'ARC, LA (FR, Carl Th. Dreyer, 1928) ; PARIS 1900 (FR, Nicole Vedres, 1948) ; PARADINE CASE, THE (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1947) ; OTELLO (UR, Sergej Jutkevic, 1956) ; ON THE WATERFRONT (US, Elia Kazan, 1954) ; OLVIDADOS, LOS (MX, Luis Bunuel, 1951) ; OF MEN AND MUSIC (US, Irving Reis, 1950) ; NOSFERATU - EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS (G, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1922) ; NIGHT MAIL (UK, Harry Watt & Basil Wright, 1936) ; NIGHT AT THE OPERA, A (US, Sam Wood, 1935) ; NANOOK OF THE NORTH (US, Robert Flaherty, 1922) ; MOULIN ROUGE (UK, E.A. Dupont, 1928) ; MONSIEUR VERDOUX (US, Charles Chaplin, 1947) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; MOBY DICK (UK, John Huston, 1956) ; MOANA (US, Robert Flaherty, 1926) ; MILLION, LE (FR, Rene Clair, 1931) ; METROPOLIS (GG, Fritz Lang, 1927) ; MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (US, Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid, 1943) ; MENSCHEN AM SONNTAG (G, Robert Siodmak & Edgar G. Ulmer, 1929) ; MARTY (US, Delbert Mann, 1954) ; MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, THE (UK, Alfred Hitchcock, 1936) ; MAJOR BARBARA (UK, Gabriel Pascal, 1941) ; MADAME BOVARY (FR, Claude Chabrol, 1991) ; MACBETH (US, Orson Welles, 1948) ; M (G, Fritz Lang, 1931) ; LOVE PARADE, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1929) ; LIMELIGHT (US, Charles Chaplin, 1952) ; LIFEBOAT (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1944) ; OSTATNI ETAP (PL, Wanda Jakubowska, 1948) ; LADY IN THE LAKE (US, Robert Montgomery, 1946) ; KID, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1921) ; JULIUS CAESAR (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1953) ; JAZZ SINGER, THE (US, Alan Crosland, 1927) ; IVAN GROZNY [IVAN THE TERRIBLE] (UR, Sergei Eisenstein, pt.1:1945, pt.2:1958[prod.1946]) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; INVISIBLE MAN, THE (US, James Whale, 1933) ; INTOLERANCE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1916) ; HUMAN DESIRE (US, Fritz Lang, 1954) ; HOUSING PROBLEMS (UK, Edgar Anstey & Arthur Elton, 1935) ; HOTEL DES INVALIDES (FR, Georges Franju, 1952) ; HIGH NOON (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1952) ; HENRY V (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1944) ; HEIRESS, THE (US, William Wyler, 1949) ; HATFUL OF RAIN, A (US, Fred Zinnemann, 1957) ; HAMLET (UK, Laurence Olivier, 1948) ; HALLELUJAH (US, King Vidor, 1929) ; GREED (US, Erich von Stroheim, 1925) ; GREAT EXPECTATIONS (UK, David Lean, 1946) ; GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (US, John Ford, 1940) ; GRANDE ILLUSION, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1937) ; GOLD RUSH, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1925) ; GLASS MENAGERIE, THE (US, Irving Rapper, 1950) ; VORMITTAGSSPUK (G, Hans Richter, 1928) ; GHOST GOES WEST, THE (UK, Rene Clair, 1935) ; GHOST AND MRS MUIR, THE (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1947) ; GERVAISE (FR, Rene Clement, 1956) ; JIGOKUMON (JA, Teinosuke kinugasa, 1953) ; FURY (US, Fritz Lang, 1936) ; [FOUR] HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE, THE (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1962) ; FARREBIQUE [FARREBIQUE OU LES QUATRE SAISONS] (FR, Georges Rouquier, 1946) ; FANTASIA (US, Walt Disney, 1940) ; ZEMLJA (UR, Alexksandr Dovzenko, 1930) ; DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (US, George Marshall, 1939) ; DESTINY [MUDE TOD, DER] (G, Fritz Lang, 1921) ; DEATH OF A SALESMAN (US, Laslo Benedek, 1951) ; DEAD OF NIGHT (UK, Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton & Basil Dearden & Robert Hamer, 1945) ; CONDAMNE A MORT S`EST ECHAPPE, UN (FR, Robert Bresson, 1956) ; CITY LIGHTS (US, Charles Chaplin, 1931) ; CITIZEN KANE (US, Orson Welles, 1941) ; CINDERELLA (US, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Laske & Clyde Geronomi, 1950) ; CHIEN ANDALOU, UN (FR, Luis Bunuel, 1928) ; BROKEN BLOSSOMS (US, David Wark Griffith, 1919) ; BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938 (US, Norman Taurog, 1940) ; BRIEF ENCOUNTER (UK, David Lean, 1945) ; BOOMERANG (US, Elia Kazan, 1947) ; SANG D'UN POETE, LE (FR, Jean Cocteau, 1932) ; BLACKMAIL (UK, Alfred Hitchcock, 1929) ; BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915) ; LADRI DI BICICLETTE (IT, Vittorio De Sica, 1949) ; BEZZERIDES, A.I. ; BEN HUR (US, Fred Niblo, 1925) ; BAMBI (US, David Hand, 1942) ; BALLET MECANIQUE, LE (FR, Fernand Leger, 1924) ; BACK STREET (US, John M. Stahl, 1932) ; ATALANTE, L' (FR, Jean Vigo, 1934) ; A PROPOS DE NICE (FR, Jean Vigo, 1930) ; APARAJITO (II, Satyajit Ray, 1957) ; ANNA CHRISTIE (US, Clarence Brown, 1930) ; ANATOMY OF A MURDER (US, Otto Preminger, 1959) ; AMERICAN TRAGEDY, AN (Josef von Sternberg, 1931) ; ALEKSANDR NEVSKI (UR, Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1938) ; BROADWAY MELODY, THE (US, Harry Beaumont, 1929) ; LETZIE MANN, DER (G, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1924) Notes: Frist published 1960; Previously published as: Nature of films. England : Dobson ;1965; Includes bilbiograpy: p. 351-364; Includes indexURL status: URL: 'http://-'
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The total film-maker / by Jerry Lewis London: Vision, 1974.
Call No: 21(73) LEWAuthor: Lewis, Jerry Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: VisionPubDate: 1974PhysDes: 208p. : ill. ; 22cmSubject: DIRECTION ; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA ; PRODUCTION ; BRANDO, MARLON ; CHAPLIN, CHARLES ; HARDY, OLIVER ; LAUREL, STAN ; LEWIS, JERRY ; WISE, ROBERT ; WYLER, WILLIAM ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) Summary: "Adapted from his lectures to university post-graduate students, The Total Film-Maker is Jerry Lewis's frank, sometimes irreverent account, from the director's viewpoint, of the splendours and miseries of film-making. Replete with anecdotes and asides, the book details almost every aspect of the production of a motion picture, including the marshalling of actors and technicians, the preparation for filming itself, the cutting and editing processes, and the not always amicable transactions with distributors and would-be exploiters that follow the making of a film. The final section deals with the art of film comedy: how it is created, what makes it work, and who the great comedians are and why" -Book blurbISBN: 01854780238Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006Contents: To the reader -- Prologue -- Part one - production -- The humanities of film -- The total film-maker -- The money man -- Script and writer -- Actors -- The million-dollar hug -- Pre-production chores -- The crew -- Homework -- Filming it! -- Part two - post-production -- Editing -- Music and dubbing -- distribution and exploitation -- Other film-makers, other films -- Part three - comedy -- Laughs are our thing -- The visuals of comedy -- The comedians -- Kind of a wrap
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