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Cinema of obsession : erotic fixation and love gone wrong in the movies / written by Dominique Mainon and James Ursini New York: Limelight Editions, 2007.
Call No: 747.6 MAIAuthor: Mainon, Dominique ; Ursini, James Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Limelight EditionsPubDate: 2007PhysDes: xv, 392 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: GAZE IN FILMS ; LOVE IN FILMS ; SEX IN FILMS ; ROMANTIC FILMS Summary: "Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct, The Killers, Wild at Heart, Last Tango in Paris, Vertigo - the names alone evoke dark images of peverse passion and erotic fixation, heartbreak, deception, and love gone terribly wrong. In Cinema of Obsession, noted film scribes Dominique Mainon and James Ursini tackle stories of love and its many dark permutations - the male domination of Phantom of the Opera and The Collector, the star-crossed love stories of Romeo and Juliet and Bonnie and Clyde, the violent female obsession of Mulholland Drive and Fatal Attraction - all of these and dozens more are discussed in depth, analyzed, and dissected. In addition to plot description, character analysis, and commentary, Mainon and Ursini offer psychological profiles of cinema's most infamous and tortured characters. No stone is left unturned in this, the first-ever comprehensive guide to the twisted side of romantic cinema. " -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes filmography: p. 367-387; Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-389) and indexISBN: 9780879103477Contents: -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Inverted Desire and Obsessive Love -- 1. Obsessive Love in the Cinema: The Seminal Films -- 2. Amour Fou: Postwar Sexual/Romantic Implosion -- 3. Love on the Run: The Fugitive Couple -- 4. A Voyeur's Tale: The Male Gaze -- 5. The Tables Turned: The Female Gaze -- Appendix: The Literary, Philosophical, and Psychological Roots of Obsession and Mad Love -- Filmography -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of titles --
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Emotion pictures : the 'women's picture', 1930-55 / Hilton Tims ; foreword by Ann Todd London: Columbus Books, 1987.
Call No: 733.3 TIMAuthor: Tims, Hilton Place: LondonPublisher: Columbus BooksPubDate: 1987PhysDes: 192 p. : ill. ; 27 cmSubject: ROMANTIC FILMS ; WOMEN, FILMS FOR Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-183) and indexISBN: 0862873266LON: 5429636
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Film genre 2000 : new critical essays / edited by Wheeler Winston Dixon Albany: State University of New York Press, c2000.
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Film genre reader / edited by Barry Keith Grant Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986.
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Generation multiplex : the image of youth in American Cinema since 1980 / Timothy Shary ; foreword by Stephen Tropiano ; afterword by Catherine Driscoll Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2014.
Call No: 451-053.6(73) SHAAuthor: Shary, Timothy Edition: Revised editionSource: USPlace: Austin, TexasPublisher: University of Texas PressPubDate: 2014PhysDes: xvii, 414 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmSubject: TEEN FILMS ; EDUCATION IN FILMS ; CRIME FILMS. USA ; HORROR FILMS. USA ; ROMANTIC FILMS. USA Summary: "This updated and expanded edition reaffirms the idea that films about youth constitute a legitimate genre worthy of study on its own terms. Identifying four distinct subgenres - school, deliquency, horror, and romance - Timothy Shary explores hundreds of representative films while offering in-depth discussion of movies that constitute key moments in the genre, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Breakfast Club, Say Anything..., Boyz N the Hood, Scream, American Pie, Napoleon Dynamite, Superbad, The Twilight Saga and The Hunger GamesISBN: 9780292756625Contents: Machine generated contents note: One.Introduction: The Cinematic Image of Youth -- Social Representation and Genre Theory -- The Study of Youth, In and Out of Movies -- Two.Youth in School: Academics and Attitude -- Contexts and Trends in the Subgenre -- School Kids -- Transforming the Nerd -- Delinquents and Their Avenues of Anger -- Resisting Rebels -- The Labor of Being Popular -- The Sensitive Athlete -- Conclusion -- Three.Delinquent Youth: Having Fun, on the Loose, in Trouble -- Contexts and Trends in the Subgenre -- Delinquent Styles -- Deviant Dancing -- Natural Encounters -- Tough Girls -- Crime Until 1999 -- Crime after Columbine -- Conclusion -- Four.The Youth Horror Film: Slashers and the Supernatural -- Contexts and Trends in the Subgenre -- Horror Stories -- The Slasher/Stalker Film -- Supernatural Movies -- Conclusion -- Five.Youth Romance: Falling in Love and the Fallout of Sex -- Contexts and Trends in the Subgenre -- From Adolescent Ardor to Juggling Gender -- Family Matters -- Proms -- Losing Virginity -- Being Queer -- Pregnancy -- Conclusion -- Six.Conclusion: Youth Cinema into a New Century.
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Genre and contemporary Hollywood / Edited by Steve Neale London: bfi Publishing, 2002.
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Great Hollywood movies / Ted Sennett New York: Abradale Press/H.N. Abrams, 1986.
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Hollywood romantic comedy : states of the union 1934-65 Oxford Road, Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2006.
Call No: 732 HOLAuthor: Glitre, Kathrina Source: UKPlace: Oxford Road, Manchester, UKPublisher: Manchester University PressPubDate: 2006PhysDes: 199 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: COMEDIES ; ROMANTIC FILMS ; LOY, MYRNA ; POWELL, WILLIAM ; HEPBURN, AUDREY ; TRACY, SPENCER ; DAY, DORIS ; HUDSON, ROCK Notes: Includes index and bibliographical references ([p.] 188-195).
Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-195) and indexISBN: 0719070791Donation: Donated by Senses Of Cinema, 2009Contents: 1. Hollywood romantic comedy -- Genre, cycles and critical conditions --
2. Marriage -- The same but different: marriage, remarriage, and screwball comedy -- Making marriage fun: Myrna Loy and William Powell -- 3. Equality -- A little difference: equality and the career woman comedy -- Economy and excess: Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy -- 4. Desire -- Possess me: consuming desires in the sex comedy -- There must be a boy! Doris Day and Rock Hudson
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New Korean cinema / by Julian Stringer and Chi-Yun Shin Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005.
Call No: 71(519-13) NEWAuthor: Stringer, Julian and Shin, Chi-Yun Source: UKPlace: EdinburghPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPubDate: 2005PhysDes: x, 234p. ; b+w ill. : 24cm.Subject: KOREA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. KOREA ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; FESTIVALS ; GENRES ; HORROR FILMS ; COMEDIES ; MELODRAMA ; ROMANTIC FILMS ; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS ; CHUNHYANG (KO, Im Kwon-Taek, 2000) ; TEL MI SSEOMTING (KO, Chang Youn-Hyun, 2000) ; BOKSEUNEUN NAEUI GEOS (KO, Park Chan-wook, 2002) ; CHINGU (KO, Kwak Kyeong-Taek, 2001) ; GOYANGIREUL BUTAKHAE (KO, Jeong Jae-eun, 2001) ; JUYUSO SEUBGYUKSAGEUN (KO, Kim Sang-Jin, 1999) ; SARA-INNUN RYONGHONGDUL (KO, Kim Chun-song, 2001) ; YURYEONG (KO, Min Biong Hun, 1999) ; BAKHA SATANG (KO, Lee Chang-Dong, 1999) ; SAENG-HWAL-EUI BAL-GYUN (KO, Hong Sangsoo, 2002) ; YEOGO GOEDAM II (KO, Kim Tae-Yong, 2000) ; SUN AE BO (KO, E J-Young, 2001) Summary: "New Korean Cinema provides a comprehensive overview of the production, circulation, and reception of this vibrant cinema, which has begun to flourish again in the past decade, following the lifting of repressive government policies. In addition to providing a cultural, historical, and social context for understanding this burgeoning cinema, the book considers the political economy of South Korea's film industry, strategies of domestic and international distribution and marketing, and the consumption of Korean films throughout the world. The volume also includes a glossary of key terms and a bibliography of works on Korean cinema."Notes: Includes bibliographical references, glossary, websites and indexISBN: 9780814740309Language: English
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Romantic comedy in Hollywood : from Lubitsch to Sturges / James Harvey New York: Knopf, 1987.
Call No: 732(73) HARAuthor: Harvey, James, 1929 Edition: 1st edSource: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: KnopfPubDate: 1987PhysDes: xii, 716 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: ACTORS ; COMEDIES ; DIRECTORS ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1930's ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1940's ; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; ROMANTIC COMEDY ; ROMANTIC FILMS. USA ; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ; STAR SYSTEM ; ARTHUR, JEAN ; ASTAIRE, FRED ; BRACKEN, EDDIE ; CAGNEY, JAMES ; CAPRA, FRANK ; COLBERT, CLAUDETTE ; COOPER, GARY ; DUNNE, IRENE ; GABLE, CLARK ; GRANT, CARY ; HARLOW, JEAN ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; LA CAVA, GREGORY ; Lombard, Carole ; LOY, MYRNA ; LUBITSCH, ERNST ; MCCAREY, LEO ; MCCREA, JOEL ; POWELL, WILLIAM ; ROGERS, GINGER ; Stanwyck, Barbara ; STEVENS, GEORGE ; STURGES, PRESTON ; AWFUL TRUTH, THE (US, Leo McCarey, 1937) ; BRINGING UP BABY (US, Howard Hawks, 1938) ; [FIFTH] 5TH AVENUE GIRL (US, Gregory La Cava, 1939) ; HIS GIRL FRIDAY (US, Howard Hawks, 1940) ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; LADY EVE, THE (US, Preston Sturges, 1941) ; LOVE PARADE, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1929) ; NINOTCHKA (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1939) ; PALM BEACH STORY, THE (US, Preston Sturgess, 1942) ; SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, THE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1940) ; TROUBLE IN PARADISE (US, Ernst Lubitsch, 1932) ; UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (US, Preston Sturges, 1948) Summary: "Reading ROMANTIC COMEDY is like going to the movies. It recreates for us movies we've come to love: movies the way they were when, in 1934, four in particular - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, TWENTIETH CENTURE, THE THIN MAN, and THE GAY DIVORCEE - heralded the arrival of the golden age of Hollywood romantic ("screwball") comedy. Over the next ten years, some of Hollywood's brightest directors and stars turned out some of America's most enduring and beloved films. The screwballs - slangy, irreverent, playful, skeptical, and "powerfully, glamorously in love with love" - constitute a genre of American film unique in its combination of the innocent and the worldly, of swank and slapstick. Now critic James Harvey - writing with brilliance and humor - gives us the first truly comprehensive book about these movies and the people who made them." [Taken from book jacket]Notes: Includes indexISBN: 0394503392LON: 5273661
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Sexual politics and narrative film : Hollywood and beyond / Robin Wood New York: Columbia University Press, c1998.
Call No: 632 WOO; Misplaced - Aug 10 2009Author: Wood, Robin, 1931 Place: New YorkPublisher: Columbia University PressPubDate: c1998PhysDes: x, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSeries: Film and cultureSubject: NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; SEX AND THE CINEMA ; SEX IN FILMS ; MARRIAGE IN FILMS ; FAMILY IN FILMS ; ROMANTIC FILMS ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; RACIAL ISSUES AND THE CINEMA ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; FASCISM AND THE CINEMA ; RIVETTE, JACQUES ; MCCAREY, LEO ; Mizoguchi Kenji ; YASUJIRO OZU ; MANDINGO (US, Richard Fleischer, 1975) ; GASLIGHT (UK, Thorold Dickinson, 1940) ; GASLIGHT (US, George Cukor, 1944) ; LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (US, Max Ophuls, 1948) ; PERSONA (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1966) ; LIFE CLASSES (CN, William D. MacGillivray, 1987) ; BEFORE SUNRISE (US, Richard Linklater, 1995) ; DOOM GENERATION, THE (US, Gregg Araki, 1995) ; CELINE ET JULIE VONT EN BATEAU (FR, Jacques Rivette, 1974) ; AMOUR FOU, L' (FR, Jacques Rivette, 1968) Notes: Includes indexISBN: 0231076053 (paper : alk. paper); 0231076045 (cloth : alk. paper)LON: 13757049ID2: 291
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Shot/countershot : film tradition and women's cinema / Lucy Fischer Basingstoke: Macmillan Education, 1989.
Call No: 451-02 FISAuthor: Fischer, Lucy Place: BasingstokePublisher: Macmillan EducationPubDate: 1989PhysDes: xii, 348 p. : ill. ; 22 cmSubject: FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; WOMEN, FILMS MADE BY ; ROMANTIC FILMS ; MUSICALS ; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS ; MYTH AND THE CINEMA ; DOUBLES IN FILMS ; TWINS IN FILMS ; ROSE, KATHY ; GORRIS, MARLEEN ; FLICKORNA (SW, Mai Zetterling, 1968) ; TAKE OFF (US, Gunvor Nelson, 1973) ; MITTEN INS HERZ (GW, Doris Dorrie, 1983) ; RECITAL (?, Stephanie Beroes, 1978) ; DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (US, Dorothy Arzner, 1940) ; COBRA WOMAN (US, Robert Siodmak, 1943) ; ANNEES 80, LES (FR/BE/SZ, Chantal Akerman, 1983) ; STOLEN LIFE, A (UK, Paul Czinner, 1939) ; DARK MIRROR, THE (US, Robert Siodmak, 1946) ; BAD SISTER, THE (UK, Laura Mulvey & Peter Wollen, 1983) ; LADY FROM SHANGHAI, THE (US, Orson Welles, 1948) ; RIDDLES OF THE SPHINX (UK, Laura Mulvey & Peter Wollen, 1977) ; DAMES (US, Ray Enright, 1934) ; STILTE ROND CHRISTINE M., DE (NE, Marleen Gorris, 1982) ; PERSONA (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1966) ; LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (US, Max Ophuls, 1948) ; SCHWESTERN, ODER DIE BALANCE DES GLUCKS (GW, Margarethe von Trotta, 1979) ; RICH AND FAMOUS (US, George Cukor, 1981) ; GIRLFRIENDS (US, Claudia Weill, 1978) ; SOTTO...SOTTO...STRAPAZZATO DA ANOMALA PASSIONE (IT, Lina Wertmuller, 1984) ; LIANNA (US, John Sayles, 1983) ; VIOLETTE NOZIERE (FR/CN, Claude Chabrol, 1978) ; MAN WHO ENVIED WOMEN, THE (US, Yvonne Rainer, 1985) Notes: Cinema films. Women directors (BNB/PRECIS); Cinema films. - Feminist viewpoints (BNB/PRECIS); Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0333480600 (cased) : ¦30.00; 0333480619 (pbk.) : ¦8.95LON: bnb33348060; 6147621
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