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Contemporary cinema / John Orr Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, c1998.
Call No: 62 ORRAuthor: Orr, John, 1943 Place: EdinburghPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPubDate: c1998PhysDes: xi,243 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: CANADA ; CITY OF SADNESS, A [ ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; RELIGION AND THE CINEMA ; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA ; DOUBLES IN FILMS ; EXPRESSIONISM ; FILM NOIR ; POLAND ; PSYCHOLOGY AND THE CINEMA ; SEX IN FILMS ; SURREALISM AND THE CINEMA ; ALLEN, WOODY ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; ANTONIONI, MICHELANGELO ; BEATTY, WARREN ; BELMONDO, JEAN-PAUL ; BERGMAN, INGMAR ; BINOCHE, JULIETTE ; BONNAIRE, SANDRINE ; BURTON, TIM ; CAGE, NICOLAS ; CAMPION, JANE ; CHABROL, CLAUDE ; CHEUNG, LESLIE ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; COSTNER, KEVIN ; CRONENBERG, DAVID ; DAHL, JOHN ; DE NIRO, ROBERT ; DE PALMA, BRIAN ; DERN, LAURA ; EGOYAN, ATOM ; FIGGIS, MIKE ; GERE, RICHARD ; GONG, LI ; GREENAWAY, PETER ; HAUER, RUTGER ; JAMESON, FREDRIC ; KIESLOWSKI, KRZYSZTOF ; LYNCH, DAVID ; MALICK, TERRENCE ; Pasolini, Pier Paolo ; ROSSELLINI, ISABELLA ; SCORSESE, MARTIN ; SCOTT, RIDLEY ; STONE, OLIVER ; TRAN, ANH HUNG ; WEIR, PETER ; Wenders, Wim ; WONG KAR-WAI ; YOUNG, SEAN ; ZHANG, YIMOU ; ANDERSSON, BIBI ; AUDRAN, STEPHANE ; DUVALL, SHELLY ; GIDLEY, PAMELA ; JANDA, KRYSTYNA ; KANESHIRO, TANESHI ; LEUNG, TONY ; LIN, BRIGITTE ; KROTKI FILM O MILOSCI (PL, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988) ; KILL ME AGAIN (US, John Dahl, 1989) ; DAYS OF BEING WILD [AH FEI ZHENG ZHUANG] (HK, Wong Kar-Wei, 1991) ; WINGS OF DESIRE [HIMMEL UBER BERLIN, DER] (GW/FR, Wim Wenders, 1987) ; ADJUSTER, THE (CN, Atom Egoyan, 1991) ; BELLE NOISEUSE, LA (FR, Jacques Rivette, 1991) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BLOWUP (UK/IT, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, THE (NE/FR, Peter Greenaway, 1989) ; DAYS OF HEAVEN (US, Terrence Malick, 1978) ; JFK (US, Oliver Stone, 1991) ; LAST SEDUCTION, THE (US, John Dahl, 1994) ; LIEBESTRAUM (US, Mike Figgis, 1991) ; MCCABE AND MRS MILLER (US, Robert Altman, 1971) ; CZLOWIEK Z MARMURA (PL, Andrzej Wajda, 1977) ; ONE FALSE MOVE (US, Carl Franklin, 1991) ; PERSONA (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1966) ; PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Weir, 1975) ; RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) ; DAHONG DENGLONG GAOGAO GUA (CC/HK/TZ, Zhang Yimou, 1991) ; DESERTO ROSSO, IL (IT/FR, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964) ; SHINING, THE (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1980) ; STALKER (UR, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979) ; TROIS COULEURS: BLEU (FR, Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993) ; TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (US, David Lynch, 1992) ; WILD AT HEART (US, David Lynch, 1990) ; CYCLO [XICH LO] (FR/V, Tran Anh Hung, 1995) Summary: "'Contemporary cinema' is a major study of key developments in the cinema over the last thirty years. It reworks Pasolini's landmark concept of 'the cinema of poetry' to look at the transformation of film form in its encounter with society, the sacred, the subjective and the presence of the camera. In the 1970s, the influential forms of a cinema of poetry are analysed in key features by Altman, Herzog, Malick, Scorsese, Weir, Von Trotta and Tarkovsky while in the 1980s and 1990s the emergence of new filmmakers has meant a diffusion of different cinemas of poetry using new techniques and new poetries. Of key importance here is the work of Kieslowski, Lynch, Egoyan, Campion, Greenaway, Zhang Yimou, Tran Anh Hung and Wong Kar-Wai, as well as the reinvention of science fiction and film noir in American genre."
Taken from back cover.Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0748608362(pbk.) : No priceLON: 13772409ID2: 291
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Easy riders, raging bulls : how the sex-drugs-and-rock-'n'-roll generation saved Hollywood / Peter Biskind New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
Call No: 71(73) BISAuthor: Biskind, Peter Place: New York, NYPublisher: Simon & SchusterPubDate: 1998PhysDes: 506 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: USA. 1970's ; COLUMBIA PICTURES ; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX ; UNIVERSAL PICTURES ; WARNER BROS. ; ZOETROPE STUDIOS ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; ASHBY, HAL ; BEATTY, WARREN ; BEGELMAN, DAVID ; BLATTY, WILLIAM PETER ; BOGDANOVICH, PETER ; BRANDO, MARLON ; BROWN, DAVID ; BURSTYN, ELLEN ; CALLEY, JOHN ; CHRISTIE, JULIE ; COPPOLA, ELEANOR ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; DE NIRO, ROBERT ; DE PALMA, BRIAN ; DILLER, BARRY ; EVANS, ROBERT ; FONDA, PETER ; FRIEDKIN, WILLIAM ; GEFFEN, DAVID ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; HOPPER, DENNIS ; IRVING, AMY ; KAEL, PAULINE ; KIDDER, MARGOT ; LUCAS, GEORGE ; LUCAS, MARCIA ; MILIUS, JOHN ; NEWMAN, DAVID ; NICHOLSON, JACK ; PENN, ARTHUR ; PHILLIPS, JULIA ; PLATT, POLLY ; POLANSKI, ROMAN ; RAFELSON, BOB ; SCHNEIDER, BERT ; SCHRADER, LEONARD ; SCHRADER, PAUL ; SCORSESE, MARTIN ; SHEPHERD, CYBILL ; SIMPSON, DON ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; SYLBERT, RICHARD ; TANEN, NED ; TOWNE, ROBERT ; WEINTRAUB, SANDRA ; YABLANS, FRANK ; ZANUCK, RICHARD ; AMERICAN GRAFFITI (US, George Lucas, 1973) ; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977) ; EXORCIST, THE (US, William Friedkin, 1973) ; GODFATHER, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) ; HEAVEN'S GATE (US, Michael Cimino, 1980) ; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975) ; LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE (US, Peter Bogdanovich, 1971) ; MCCABE AND MRS MILLER (US, Robert Altman, 1971) ; M*A*S*H (US, Robert Altman, 1969) ; MEAN STREETS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1973) ; PAPER MOON (US, Peter Bogdanovich, 1973) ; PERSONAL BEST (US, Robert Towne, 1982) ; RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) ; REDS (US, Warren Beatty, 1981) ; SHAMPOO (US, Hal Ashby, 1975) ; SORCERER (US, William Friedkin, 1977) ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ; SUGARLAND EXPRESS, THE (US, Steven Spielberg, 1974) ; TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-482) and index; Filmography: p. [447]-448ISBN: 0684809966LON: 98002919; 13698645
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Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan / Robin Wood New York: Columbia University Press, 1986.
Call No: 71(73) WOOAuthor: Wood, Robin, 1931 Place: New YorkPublisher: Columbia University PressPubDate: 1986PhysDes: x, 328 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject: USA ; HORROR FILMS ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA ; BUDDY FILMS ; HORROR FILMS. USA ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; COHEN, LARRY ; SCORSESE, MARTIN ; CIMINO, MICHAEL ; ROMERO, GEORGE ; DE PALMA, BRIAN ; LUCAS, GEORGE ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; CHASE, THE (US, Arthur Penn, 1966) ; RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) ; KING OF COMEDY, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1983) ; DEER HUNTER, THE (US, Michael Cimino, 1978) ; HEAVEN'S GATE (US, Michael Cimino, 1980) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; POLTERGEIST (US, Tobe Hooper, 1982) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [319]-320ISBN: 0231057768 (alk. paper); 0231057776 (pbk)LON: 3796463
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Kiss me deadly : feminism & cinema for the moment / edited by Laleen Jayamanne Sydney: Power Publications, 1995.
Call No: 626:396 KISAuthor: Jayamanne, Laleen Place: SydneyPublisher: Power PublicationsPubDate: 1995PhysDes: 285 p. ; 22 cmSubject: FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; BIGELOW, KATHRYN ; RUIZ, RAUL ; MOFFATT, TRACEY ; JAYAMANNE, LALEEN ; PATRIOTIN, DIE (GW, Alexander Kluge, 1979) ; BAD TIMING (UK, Nicolas Roeg, 1980) ; NEAR DARK (US, Kathryn Bigelow, 1987) ; BLUE STEEL (US, Kathryn Bigelow, 1989) ; POINT BREAK (US, Kathryn Bigelow, 1991) ; EHE DER MARIA BRAUN, DIE (GW, Rainer Werner Fassbinber, 1979) ; ANGEL AT MY TABLE, AN (NZ, Jane Campion, 1990) ; NIGHT CRIES : A RURAL TRAGEDY (AT, Tracey Moffatt, 1990) ; BEDEVIL (AT, Tracey Moffat, 1993) ; RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) ; RED SHOES, THE (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948) Notes: Includes bibliographical referencesISBN: 0909952264LON: 11555393
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Knockout : the boxer and boxing in American cinema / Leger Grindon Jackson, Miss.: University of Mississippi, 2011.
Call No: 739.683 GRIAuthor: Grindon, Leger Source: USPlace: Jackson, Miss.Publisher: University of MississippiPubDate: 2011PhysDes: x, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: SPORTS AND THE CINEMA ; SPORTS FILMS ; BOXING FILMS ; RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9781604739886Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2013Contents: -- acknowledments -- Why the boxing film?: the meaningful structure of the boxing film genre -- Gangsters, champions, and the history of the boxing film -- "Down for the count": critique of the success ethic in the boxing film -- "On the ropes": the conflict between assimilation and the indigenous community -- Romance and the ring: gender conflict in the boxing film -- "Hitting below the belt": violence, suffering, and male emotion -- Body and soul: the conflict between the flesh and the spirit -- Art and genre in Raging bull (1980) -- Epilogue: into the twenty-first century -- Appendix 1: cycles/clusters of the boxing film genre -- Appendix 2: boxing films cited -- works cited -- index --
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Martin Scorsese : the making of his movies / Andy Dougan London: Orion, 1997.
Call No: 81SCO DOUAuthor: Dougan, Andy Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: OrionPubDate: 1997PhysDes: 144 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.Subject: SCORSESE, MARTIN ; AFTER HOURS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1985) ; AGE OF INNOCENCE, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1993) ; CAPE FEAR (US, Martin Scorsese, 1991) ; CASINO (US, Martin Scorsese, 1995) ; GOODFELLAS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1990) ; KING OF COMEDY, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1983) ; LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, THE (US/CN, Martin Scorsese, 1988) ; LAST WALTZ, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1978) ; KUNDUN (US, Martin Scorsese, 1997) ; MEAN STREETS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1973) ; NEW YORK, NEW YORK (US, Martin Scorsese, 1977) ; RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) ; TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) ; WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT THE DOOR (US, Martin Scorsese, 1968) ; ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANY MORE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1974) ; BOXCAR BERTHA (US, Martin Scorsese, 1972) ; COLOUR OF MONEY,THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1986) ; NEW YORK STORIES (US, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, 1989) Summary: Complete "Variety" unabridged reviews for all Scorsese films inc. full credit listsISBN: 0752811754
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Martin Scorsese : interviews / Edited by Robert Ribera Jackson: University Press of Mississipp, 2017.
Call No: 81 SCO SCOAuthor: Ribera, Robert ; Scorsese, Martin Edition: Revised and updated editionPlace: JacksonPublisher: University Press of MississippPubDate: 2017PhysDes: xxxi, 250 pages ; 24 cm.Subject: CRITICISM ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1970's ; UNDERGROUND FILMS. USA ; SCORSESE, MARTIN ; TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) ; RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) ; COLOR OF MONEY, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1986) ; MEAN STREETS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1973) ; LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, THE (US/CN, Martin Scorsese, 1988) ; GOODFELLAS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1990) ; NEW YORK, NEW YORK (US, Martin Scorsese, 1977) ; DEPARTED, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 2006) ; HUGO (US, Martin Scorsese, 2011) ; WOLF OF WALL STREET, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 2013) ; NO DIRECTION HOME [TV] (UK/US, Martin Scorsese, 2005) ; BLUES, THE [TV] (US, 2003) Summary: Many critics and film historians throughout the world praise Martin Scorsese as the greatest living American director. In this collection of interviews covering a period of two decades Scorsese's own words, sometimes emotionally direct and always revealing, trace his astonishing career. Like a Scorsese film, a Scorsese interview is daring and impassioned and is charged with his trademark wit and brilliance.Notes: Includes index.
Formerly CIP.
Includes filmography.
Also issued online.ISBN: 9781496809476Donation: Senses of CinemaContents: Martin Scorsese and the American Underground / Doris Freedman (1970) -- Dialogue on Film: Martin Scorsese The American Film Institute (1975) -- Taxi Dancer: Martin Scorsese Interviewed / Jonathan Kaplan (1977) -- Raging Bull / Michael Henry (1981) --Taxi Driver / Paul Schrader (1982) -- Chalk Talk / Peter Biskind and Susan Linfield (1986) -- Martin Scorsese: In the Streets / Peter Occhiogrosso (1987) -- And Blood / Richard Corliss (1988) -- Scorsese: A Bicoastal Story / Amy Taubin (1988) -- What the Streets Mean / Anthony DeCurtis (1990) -- Martin Scorsese Interviewed / Gavin Smith (1993) -- Martin Scorsese's Testament / Ian Christie (1996) -- Everything Is Form / Amy Taubin (1998) -- Fresh Air: Director Martin Scorsese / Terry Gross (2003) -- 2006 Charles Guggenheim Symposium Honoring Martin Scorsese / Jim Jarmusch (2006) -- Martin Scorsese on The Departed / Michael Goldman (2006) -- Docufictions: An Interview with Martin Scorsese on Documentary Film / Raffaele Donato (2007) -- In Hugo, Martin Scorsese Salutes a Movie Magician / Melissa Block (2011) -- The Art of Martin Scorsese / Jim Leach (2013) -- DP/ 30: Scorsese on The Wolf of Wall Street / David Poland (2014).
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Projections 7 : film-makers on film-making in association with Cahiers du Cinéma / edited by John Boorman and Walter Donohue London: Faber & Faber, 1997.
Call No: 802 PRO v.7Author: Boorman, John, 1933 ; Donohue, Walter Place: LondonPublisher: Faber & FaberPubDate: 1997PhysDes: x, 301 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject: SCORSESE, MARTIN ; CAPRA, FRANK ; BARRON, BEBE ; DORMAEL, JACO VAN ; SCHOONMAKER, THELMA ; DE NIRO, ROBERT ; FORD, JOHN ; ROCHA, GLAUBER ; BERTOLUCCI, BERNARDO ; RENOIR, JEAN ; OPHULS, MAX ; MASTROIANNI, MARCELLO ; FERRARA, ABEL ; ASSAYAS, OLIVIER ; CURTIS, JAMIE LEE ; LEIGH, JANET ; BURNS, LILLIAN ; GIRARDOT, HIPPOLYTE ; MCDORMAND, FRANCES ; MITCHUM, ROBERT ; HODGSON, PIERRE ; COX, BRIAN ; CARON, LESLIE ; SYMS, SYLVIA ; WRIGHT, TERESA ; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD ; DE PALMA, BRIAN ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; LUCAS, GEORGE ; Tarantino, Quentin ; WALSH, RAOUL ; HUSTON, JOHN ; MCCAREY, LEO ; Lupino, Ida ; CASSAVETES, JOHN ; WELLES, ORSON ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; WOO, JOHN [pseud. of Wu Yusen] ; DAFOE, WILLEM ; SIRK, DOUGLAS ; ALMEREYDA, MICHAEL ; BOORMAN, JOHN ; BAD LIEUTENANT (US, Abel Ferrara, 1992) ; CASINO (US, Martin Scorsese, 1995) ; TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) ; MEAN STREETS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1973) ; NEW YORK, NEW YORK (US, Martin Scorsese, 1977) ; RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) ; KING OF COMEDY, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1983) ; GOODFELLAS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1990) ; CAPE FEAR (US, Martin Scorsese, 1991) ; MANHUNTER (US, Michael Mann, 1986) ; L-SHAPED ROOM, THE (UK, Bryan Forbes, 1962) ; VICTIM (UK, Basil Dearden, 1961) ; SHADOW OF A DOUBT (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1943) ; FORBIDDEN PLANET (US, Fred McLeod Wilcox, 1956) ; DEAD MAN (US, Jim Jarmusch, 1995) ; CAHIERS DU CINEMA Notes: Filmography: p. 300-301ISBN: 0571190332LON: abn97280608; 13386768
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The Scorsese connection / Lesley Stern London: British Film Institute, 1995.
Call No: 81SCO STEAuthor: Stern, Lesley Place: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 1995PhysDes: vii, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: SCORSESE, MARTIN ; REMAKES ; RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) ; TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) ; CAPE FEAR (US, Martin Scorsese, 1991) ; CAPE FEAR (US, J. Lee Thompson, 1961) ; SEARCHERS, THE (US, John Ford, 1956) ; RED SHOES, THE (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948) ; WIZARD OF OZ, THE (US, Victor Fleming, 1939) ; BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986) ; DUEL IN THE SUN (US, King Vidor, 1946) ; GIRL CAN'T HELP IT, THE (US, Frank Tashlin, 1956) ; GONE WITH THE WIND (US, Victor Fleming, 1939) ; NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (US, Charles Laughton, 1955) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 085170512X : ª35.00; 0851705138 (pbk.); 0253210119 (pbk); 0253329523 (hbk)LON: bnb85170512; 11802839
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Scorsese's men : melancholia and the mob Melbourne, Australia: Pluto Press, 2004.
Call No: 81:747.5SCO NICAuthor: Mark Nicholls CorpAuthor: Pluto PressPlace: Melbourne, AustraliaPublisher: Pluto PressPubDate: 2004PhysDes: 24 cm; 191 ppSubject: SCORSESE, MARTIN ; AGE OF INNOCENCE, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1993) ; RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) ; TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) ; GOODFELLAS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1990) ; CAPE FEAR (US, Martin Scorsese, 1991) ; MEN IN FILMS. USA Summary: Martin Scorsese is the most influential director of his generation and, with his work regularly included among the top twenty films of all time, his place in cinema history is indisputable. Scorsese’s films have defined the cinematic essence of each decade since the 1960s and have set the standard of New Hollywood cinema. Join author Mark Nicholls as he traces Martin Scorsese’s central theme of melancholia, nostalgia and loss through five films from the legendary director: The Age of Innocence, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas and Cape Fear. Scorsese’s melancholic hero, Nicholls argues, is the Hamlet of Hollywood cinema. His journey is driven by an encounter with a corrupt and conservative mob and by his own overpowering experience of loss. Refusing to renounce that loss, under pressure from the mob, Scorsese’s men construct an elaborate and intriguing fantasy of perverse male desire. [Taken from back cover.]ISBN: 1864031565ID2: 45
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Screening the past : memory and nostalgia in cinema / Pam Cook London ; New York: Routledge, 2005.
Call No: 409.1 COOAuthor: Cook, Pam Source: UKPlace: London ; New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2005PhysDes: xiii, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: HISTORY AND THE CINEMA ; NOSTALGIA IN FILMS ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; MEN IN FILMS ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; SEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS ; MELODRAMA ; WESTERNS ; SCORSESE, MARTIN ; BIGELOW, KATHRYN ; HAYNES, TODD ; WONG KAR WAI ; AGE OF INNOCENCE, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1993) ; GOLD DIGGERS, THE (US, Sally Potter, 1983) ; LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, THE (US/CN, Martin Scorsese, 1988) ; MILDRED PIERCE (US, Michael Curtiz, 1945) ; RAGING BULL (US, Martin Scorsese, 1980) ; MANDY (UK, Alexander Mackendrick, 1952) ; DANCE WITH A STRANGER (UK, Mike Newell, 1985) Summary: Exploring film culture's obsession with the past through analyses of a wide range of films, from Mildred Pierce and Brief Encounter to Raging Bull and Dance With a Stranger. Examines current debates about the role of cinema in mediating history through memory and nostalgia through a discussion of In the Mood for Love and Far From Heaven, with the suggestion that many films use strategies of memory to challenge established ideas of history, and the traditional role of historians."--BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes bibliographical references and index (pp. 241-46)ISBN: 0415183758 (pbk. : alk. paper)Contents: Introduction: the past today -- Rethinking nostalgia: In the mood for love and Far from heaven -- Duplicity in Mildred Pierce -- Women and the Western -- The pleasures and perils of exploitation films -- Melodrama and the women's picture -- Mandy: daughter of transition -- Memory in British cinema: brief encounters -- Stars and politics -- The gold diggers -- No fixed address: the women's picture from Outrage to Blue Steel -- Masculinity in crisis? -- The last temptation of Christ -- Scorsese's masquerade -- The age of innocence -- Fashion and sexual display in 1950s Hollywood -- Replicating the past: memory and history in Dance with a stranger -- Fictions of identity: style, mimicry, and gender in the films of Kathryn Bigelow.
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