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Chinese films in focus II / editged by Chris Berry Basingstoke [England] ; New York: British Film Institute/Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Call No: 71(51) CHIAuthor: Berry, Chris Edition: Second EditionSource: UKPlace: Basingstoke [England] ; New YorkPublisher: British Film Institute/Palgrave MacmillanPubDate: 2008PhysDes: 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmSubject: CHINA ; HONG KONG ; TAIWAN ; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. CHINA ; 15 (SI, Royston Tan, 2003) ; BIG SHOT'S FUNERAL (HK/CC, Feng Xiaogang, 2002) ; DA WAN (HK/CC, Feng Xiaogang, 2002) ; BLACK CANNON INCIDENT, THE (CC, Huang Jianxin, 1986) ; HEI PAO SHI JIAN (CC, Huang Jianxin, 1986) ; MANG JING (CC/G/HK, Yang Li, 2003) ; BLIND SHAFT (CC/G/HK, Yang Li, 2003) ; BOAT PEOPLE (HK, Ann Hui, 1982) ; TOU-PEN NU-HAI (HK, Ann Hui, 1982) ; CENTER STAGE (HK, Stanley Kwan, 1991) ; RUAN LINGYU (HK, Stanley Kwan, 1991) ; CHINESE GHOST STORY, A (HK, Ching Siu Tung, 1987) ; SINNUI YAUMAN (HK, Ching Siu Tung, 1987) ; CHUNGKING EXPRESS (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 1994) ; CHONGQING SENLIN (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 1994) ; CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (HK, Ang Lee, 2000) ; ERMO (HK/CC, Zhou Xiaowen, 1994) ; FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE (HK, Chen Kaige, 1993) ; FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (TZ, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, 1998) ; GODDESS, THE (C, Yonggang Wu, 1934) ; HERO (HK/C, Yimou Zhang, 2002) ; IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 2000) ; YELLOW EARTH (CC, Chen Kaige, 1985) ; WAN ZHONG (CC, Wu Ziniu, 1989) ; FLOATING LIFE (AT, Clara Law, 1996) ; HAI SHANG HUA (TZ, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, 1998) ; FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (TZ, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, 1998) ; FU RONG ZHEN (CC, Xie Jin, 1986) ; IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (HK, Wong Kar-Wai, 2000) ; YI GE DOU BU NENG SHAO (C, Zhang Yimou, 1999) ; TONG NIEN WANG SHI (TZ, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1986) ; HSIA NU (TZ, King Hu [pseud. of Hu Chin-Chuan], 1969) ; AIQING WANSUI (TZ, Tsai Ming-Liang, 1994) ; HSI YEN (TZ, Ang Lee, 1993) ; HUANG TUDI (CC, Chen Kaige, 1985) ; YI YI (JA/TZ, Edward Yang, 2000) Summary: "Chinese cinema continues to go from strength to strength. After art-house hits like Chen Kaige's Yellow Earth (1984) and Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000), the Oscar-winning success of Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) disproved the old myth that subtitled films could not succeed at the multiplex. Chinese Films in Focus II updates and expands the original Chinese Films in Focu: 25 New Takes with fourteen brand new essays, to offer thirty-four fresh and insightful readings of key individual films. The new edition addresses films from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other parts of the Chinese diaspora and the historical coverage ranges from the 1930s to the present." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes list of illustrations and index -- includes lists of Chinese names and Chinese film titlesISBN: 9781844572373Contents: Notes on contributors -- Introduction: one film at a time - again / Chris Berry -- 15: The Singapore failure story, 'slanged up' / Song Hwee Lim -- Big Shot's Funeral: Performing a post-modern cinema of attractions / Yingjin Zhang -- Black Cannon Incident: Countering the counter-espionage fantasy / Jason McGrath -- Blind Shaft: Performing the 'underground' on and beyond the screen / Jonathan Noble -- Boat People: Second thoughts on text and context / Julian Springer -- Centre Stage: A shadow in reverse / Berenice Reynaud -- A Chinese Ghost Story: Ghostly counsel and innocent man / John Zou -- Chungking Express: Time and its displacements / Janice Tong -- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Cultural migrancy and translatability / Felicia Chan -- Crows and Sparrows: Allegory on a historical threshold / Yiman Wang -- Durian Durian: Defamiliarisation of the 'real' / Esther M. K. Cheung -- Ermo: (Tele)visualising urban/rural transformation / Ping Fu -- Farewell My Concubine: National myth and city memories / Yomi Braester -- Flowers of Shanghai: Visualising ellipses and (colonial) absence / Gary G. Xu -- Formula 17: Mainstream in the margins / Brian Hu -- The Goddess: Fallen woman of Shanghai / Kristine Harris -- Hero: The return of a traditional masculine ideal in China / Kam Louie -- In the Mood for Love: Intersections of Hong Kong modernity / Audrey Yue -- Kekexili: Mountain Patrol: Moral dilemma and a man with a camera / Shuqin Cui -- The Love Eterne: Almost a (heterosexual) love story / Tan See-Kam and Annette Aw -- Not One Less: The fable of a migration / Rey Chow -- The Personals: Backwards glances, knowing looks and the voyuer film / Margaret Hillenbrand -- PTU: Re-mapping the cosmopolitan crime zone / Vivian Lee -- The Red Detachment of Women: Resenting, regendering, remembering / Robert Chi -- Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles: Redeeming the father by way of Japan? / Faye Hui Xiao -- Spring in a Small Town: Gazing at Ruins / Carolyn FitzGerald -- A Time to Live, A Time to Die: A time to grow / Corrado Neri -- A Touch of Zen: Action in martial arts movies / Mary Farquhar -- Vive L'Amour: Eloquent Emptiness / Fran Martin -- Wedding Banquet: A family (melodrama) affair / Chris Berry -- Woman, Demon, Human: The spectral journey home / Haiyan Lee -- Xiao Wu: Watching time go by / Chris Berry -- Yellow Earth: Hesitant apprenticeship and bitter agency / Helen Hok-sze Leung -- Yi Yi: Reflections on modernity in Taiwan / David Leiwei Li
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Crime wave : the filmgoers' guide to the great crime movies / written by Howard Hughes London: I.B.Taurus, 2006.
Call No: 734 HUGAuthor: Hughes, Howard Edition: 1st ed.Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: I.B.TaurusPubDate: 2006PhysDes: xxviii, 236 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmSubject: GANGSTER FILMS ; DETECTIVE FILMS ; PUBLIC ENEMY, THE (US, William Wellmen, 1931) ; HIGH SIERRA (US, Raoul Walsh, 1941) ; MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941) ; WHITE HEAT (US, Raoul Walsh, 1949) ; ASPHALT JUNGLE, THE (US, John Huston, 1950) ; KISS ME DEADLY (US, Robert Aldrich, 1955) ; BIG COMBO (US, Joseph H. Lewis, 1955) ; POINT BLANK (US, John Boorman, 1967) ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (UK, Peter Hunt, 1969) ; GET CARTER (UK, Mike Hodges, 1971) ; SHAFT (US, Gordon Parks Jr., 1971) ; DIRTY HARRY (US, Don Siegel, 1971) ; GODFATHER [...], THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972-) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; GODFATHER PART II, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) ; ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (US, Sergio Leone, 1984) ; LETHAL WEAPON (US, Richard Donner, 1987) ; GOODFELLAS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1990) ; PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994) ; L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (US, Curtis Hanson, 1997) ; OCEAN'S ELEVEN (US, Steven Soderbergh, 2001) Summary: "Crime movies inhabit dark and desperate worlds, yet they account for many of Hollywood's most triumphant successes. In full acknowledgement of this achievement, Crime Wave offers an authoritative and informative, stimulating and entertaining guide to the crime movie phenomenon, from its early days to the present, charting its history and celebrating the people who have given it a special and enduring place in cinema goers' affections. Chapters focus on landmark Hollywood films - from 1931's The Public Enemy, through The Maltese Falcon, Point Blank, Dirty Harry, The Godfather trilogy and Goodfellas, to LA Confidential and Oceans 11 - telling their stories and on the way discussing many more crime movies, both major and lesser known." "Crime Wave represents and investigates gangster and heist movies, blaxploitation and noir, murder mysteries, vehicles for vigilante or buddy cops, even a gangster love story. It features biographies and filmographies detailing the key participants and background details of the film's making, locations and sets. It also explores each film's sources and influences, its impact on the crime genre and current fashion, including spin-offs, copies and sequels. It examines the films' themes, style and box office fortunes."--BOOK JACKET.Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-224) and index; Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-224) and index; Filmography: p. 213-220ISBN: 9781845112196Donation: Donated by Senses Of Cinema, 2009
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MANG JING : (CC/GG/HK, Li Yang, 2003)
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Recontextualizing the historical reception of Blaxploitation : articulations of class, black nationalism, and anxiety in the genre's advertisements in Velvet Light trap (2002) vol.50 p.48-61
Author: Kraszewski, Jon PhysDes: ArticleSubject: BLAXPLOITATION FILMS ; BLACKS AND THE CINEMA ; BLACKS IN FILMS ; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS ; BLACULA (US, William Crain, 1972) ; I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA (US, Keenen Ivory Wayans, 1988) ; JACKIE BROWN (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1997) ; SHAFT (US, Gordon Parks Jr., 1971) ; SHAFT (US, John Singleton, 2000) ; SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG (US, Melvin Van Peebles, 1971) Summary: This is a study of blaxploitation advertisements and the genre, examing the complex relationship between blaxpoitaton text and spectator. The heterogeneous identity at play within blaxploitation's black spectators is examined. Class becomes important to studying blaxploitation and its audience not because it demarcates a subgenre that diverged in interest from other films concerned with violence and ultrasexuality but because class - specifically the way in functions in blaxploitation advertisements - can help reconceptualize the blackness of blaxploitation and its spectators in more dynamic ways. The genre is situated in a complex historical moment where three relatively autonomous influences on black identity operated simultaneously.
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Reel black talk : a source book of 50 American filmmakers / Spencer Moon, foreward by George Hill Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1997.
Call No: 802(73) MOOAuthor: Moon, Spencer Source: USPlace: Westport, ConnPublisher: Greenwood PressPubDate: 1997PhysDes: xvi, 396 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmSubject: PRODUCERS. USA ; ALEXANDER, WILLIAM ; BOURNE, ST. CLAIR ; BURNETT, CHARLES ; CHENZIRA, AYOKA ; DASH, JULIE ; DUKE, BILL ; FANAKA, JAMAA ; FRANKLIN, CARL ; GREAVES, WILLIAM ; HAMPTON, HENRY ; HUDLIN, REGINALD ; HUDLIN, WARRINGTON ; JACKSON, GEORGE ; LEE, SPIKE ; MICHEAUX, OSCAR ; PARKERSON, MICHELLE ; PARKS, GORDON ; RIGGS, MARLON ; ROBERTSON, HUGH A. ; SINGLETON, JOHN ; TOWNSEND, ROBERT ; WARREN, MARK ; WAYANS, KEENEN IVORY ; WAYANS, MARLON ; WAYANS, SHAWN ; WILLIAMS, SPENCER ; ALMA'S RAINBOW (US, Ayoka Chenzira, 1994) ; AMAZING GRACE AND CHUCK (US, Mike Newell, 1987) ; AMOS 'N' ANDY SHOW, THE [TV] (US, 1951-53) ; BEAT STREET (US, Stan Lathan, 1984) ; BETTER OFF DEAD (US, Savage Steve Holland, 1985) ; BLESS THEIR LITTLE HEARTS (US, Billy Woodberry, 1984) ; BRIDE PRICE (KE, Shatrujit Paul, 1991) ; CARBON COPY (US, Michael Schultz, 1981) ; CEMETERY CLUB, THE (US, Bill Duke, 1993) ; CHILD SAVER, THE [TV] (US, Stan Lathan, 1988) ; P.O.V : COLOR ADJUSTMENT (US, Marlon Riggs, 1992) ; CROOKLYN (US, Spike Lee, 1994) ; DEEP COVER (US, Bill Duke, 1992) ; DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (US, Carl Franklin, 1995) ; DISORDERLIES (US, Michael Schultz, 1987) ; DO THE RIGHT THING (US, Spike Lee, 1989) ; RAW (US, Robert Townsend, 1987) ; EYES ON THE PRIZE [TV] (US, 1987-1990) ; FIVE HEARTBEATS, THE (US, Robert Townsend, 1991) ; GLASS SHIELD, THE (US, Charles Burnett, 1994) ; GREASED LIGHTNING (US, Michael Schultz, 1977) ; HIGHER LEARNING (US, John Singleton, 1994) ; HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE (US, Robert Townsend, 1987) ; INKWELL, THE (US, Matty Rich, 1994) ; JASON'S LYRIC (US, Doug McHenry, 1994) ; KILLING FLOOR, THE (US, Bill Duke, 1985) ; KRUSH GROOVE (US, Michael Schultz, 1985) ; LAUREL AVENUE (US, Carl Franklin, 1993) ; MENACE II SOCIETY (US, Allen Hughes & Albert Hughes, 1993) ; OBEAH (US, Hugh A. Robertson, 1986) ; PANTHER (US, Mario Van Peebles, 1995) ; PENITENTIARY II (US, Jamaa Fanaka, 1982) ; POETIC JUSTICE (US, John Singleton, 1993) ; QUESTION OF COLOR, A (US, Kathe Sandler, 1993 [1992]) ; RAISIN IN THE SUN, A (US, Daniel Petrie, 1961) ; SCAVENGER HUNT (US, Michael Schultz, 1979) ; SHAFT (US, Gordon Parks Jr., 1971) ; TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (US, Charles Burnett, 1990) ; STILL A BROTHER: INSIDE THE NEGRO MIDDLE CLASS (US, William Greaves, 1968) ; STRAIGHT OUT OF BROOKLYN (US, Matty Rich, 1991) ; VEILED ARISTOCRATS (US, Oscar Micheaux, 1932) ; WHICH WAY IS UP? (US, Michael Schultz, 1977) ; WITHIN OUR GATES (US, Oscar Micheaux, 1919) Summary: This is the first book by an African American on contemporary African American filmmakers. Here directors and producers speak for themselves, posing challenges to current thinking in the field. Special emphasis is given to the filmmakers production and their experiences. Essays on historic figures reveal the rich history of the African American contribution to cinema.Notes: Includes filmographies, bibliographical references (p. [385] - 386) and indexISBN: 0313298300Contents: Foreward: Ninety-plus years of filmmaking/George Hill- William Alexander-Madeline Anderson-Neema Barnette- St Clair Bourne - Charles Burnette - Roy Campanella II - Ayoka Chenzira - Francee Covington - Julie Dash - Ivan Dixon - Bill Duke - Jamaa Fanaka - Carl Franklin - Wendell Franklin - William Greaves - Henry Hampton - Hobart Whitaker Harris - Wendell Burks Harris Jr - Reginald and Warrington Hudlin - Albert and Allen Hughes - George Jackson and Doug McHenry - Ashley James - Avon Kirkland - Stan Lathan - Spike Lee -Louis Massiah - Oscar Devereaux Micheaux - Floyd Norman and Leo Sullivan - Michelle Parkerson - Gordon Alexander Parks Sr - Matty Rich - Marlon Riggs - Hugh Robertson - Michael Schultz - Jackie Shearer - John Singleton - Arlando C. Smith - Robert Townsend - Mario Van Peebles - Melvin Van Peebles - Mark Warren III - The Wayans Family: Keenan Ivory, Damon, Shawn and Marlon - Spencer William Jr - Allen Willis
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Shaft / Ernest Tidyman London: Corgi Books, 1972.
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SHAFT : (US, Gordon Parks Jr., 1971)
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SHAFT IN AFRICA : (US, John Guillermin, 1973)
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[Shaft : poster]
Call No: P SHAPhysDes: 1 poster : colour photograph ; 84 X 59 cm.Subject: SHAFT (US, Gordon Parks Jr., 1971) Summary: Image: Male in blue skivvy with arms folded holding a gun.Notes: Have fold lines.; Couple of tears.; DVD advertising on back, size A5 roughly.
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Undressing cinema : clothing and identity in the movies / Stella Bruzzi London New York: Routledge, 1997.
Call No: 226.4 BRUAuthor: Bruzzi, Stella, 1962 Place: London New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 1997PhysDes: xxi, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: COSTUMES ; FASHION AND THE CINEMA ; GANGSTER FILMS ; BLACKS IN FILMS ; FEMME FATALE ; TRANSVESTISM ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; SHAFT (US, Gordon Parks Jr., 1971) ; SABRINA (US, Billy Wilder, 1954) ; PRETTY WOMAN (US, Garry Marshall, 1990) ; TROP BELLE POUR TOI (FR, Bertrand Blier, 1989) ; READY TO WEAR (US, Robert Altman, 1994) ; PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Weir, 1975) ; AGE OF INNOCENCE, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1993) ; PIANO, THE (AT, Jane Campion, 1993) ; PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994) ; LEON (FR, Luc Besson, 1994) ; NEW JACK CITY (US, Mario Van Peebles, 1991) ; BOYZ N THE HOOD (US, John Singleton, 1991) ; WAITING TO EXHALE (US, Forest Whitaker, 1995) ; DISCLOSURE (US, Barry Levinson, 1994) ; SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (US, Barbet Schroeder, 1992) ; LAST SEDUCTION, THE (US, John Dahl, 1994) ; GLEN OR GLENDA - I LED TWO LIVES (US, Edward D. Wood, Jr., 1953) ; ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, THE (AT, Stephan Elliott, 1994) ; MRS. DOUBTFIRE (US, Chris Columbus, 1993) ; BALLAD OF LITTLE JO, THE (US, Maggie Greenwald, 1993) ; CRYING GAME, THE (UK, Neil Jordan, 1992) ; ORLANDO (UK/RU/FR/NE, Sally Potter, 1992) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-216) and index; Filmography: p. 204-207ISBN: 0415139562 (hbk : alk. paper); 0415139570 (pbk : alk. paper)LON: 97007260; 13082009ID2: 38
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