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book		Family fictions : representations of the family in 1980s Hollywood cinema. / Sarah Harwood; foreword by Janet Thumin; consultant editor Jo Camping Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hamps: Macmillan, 1997. Call No: 747.4 HAR Author: Harwood, Sarah Source: UK Place: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hamps Publisher: Macmillan PubDate: 1997 PhysDes: x, 265p. ; 23cm Subject: FAMILY IN FILMS; SOCIAL-REALISM IN FILMS; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA; SOCIOLOGY AND THE CINEMA; BARRYMORE, DREW; BRIDGES, LLOYD; CLOSE, GLENN; DOUGLAS, MICHAEL; GRAVES, PETER; NIELSEN, LESLIE; WILLIS, BRUCE; E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982); FATAL ATTRACTION (US, Adrian Lyne, 1987); AIRPLANE (US, Jim Abrahams & David Zucker & Jerry Zucker, 1980); TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (US, James L. Brooks, 1983) Summary: What do ET, Fatal Attraction and Look Whos Talking have in common? . As well as being amongst the most popular films at the UK box office of recent years all three represent dysfunctional families, families which profoundly transgressed contemporary ideological norms. The eighties were a decade in which the family occupied a pivotal position in an increasinglingly complex social and moral universe and film itself enjoyed a resurgence. Sarah Harwood argues that Hollywood cinema engaged with debates over the' crisis in the family' in intense and complex ways, both feeding and resisting dominant social mythologies In a fascinating analysis of films as diverse as 'Aiplane!' and 'Terms of Endearment' Family Fictions maps the functions, paradoxes and pleasures of familial representations in recent times. These startling analyses shed light on power and gender relations in contemporary cinema as well as on how the films themselves engaged with their broader cultural contexts Notes: Filmography : p. 248-252; Bibliography : p. 253-258; Includes index ISBN: 0333648439 (hbk); 0333648447 (pbk) More info
book		Film in Australia : an introduction / Albert Moran and Errol Vieth Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Call No: 71(94) MOR Author: Moran, Albert; Vieth, Errol Source: AT Place: Port Melbourne Publisher: Cambridge University Press PubDate: 2006 PhysDes: xii, 219 p. ; 23 cm Subject: GENRES. AUSTRALIA; ADVENTURE FILMS. AUSTRALIA; ART CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS. AUSTRALIA; COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA; CRIME FILMS. AUSTRALIA; DETECTIVE FILMS. AUSTRALIA; HORROR FILMS. AUSTRALIA; MUSICALS. AUSTRALIA; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS. AUSTRALIA; SOCIAL-REALISM IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; THRILLERS. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE. AUSTRALIA, FILMS FOR; WOMEN IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA Summary: Analyses Australian film from the 1970's in terms of genre. ISBN: 0816649227 More info
book		More than night : film noir in its contexts / James Naremore Berkeley: University of California Press, c1998. Call No: 734.1 NAR Author: Naremore, James Place: Berkeley Publisher: University of California Press PubDate: c1998 PhysDes: xiv, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: FILM NOIR; BLACKLISTING. USA; B-MOVIES; ASIANS IN FILMS; BLACKS IN FILMS; CENSORSHIP; HERO IN FILMS; MODERNISM AND THE CINEMA; FILMS IN FILMS; DRUGS IN FILMS; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA; DETECTIVE FILMS; SOCIAL-REALISM IN FILMS; CRIMINALS IN FILMS; VIOLENCE IN FILMS; WAR VETERANS IN FILMS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS; WASHINGTON, DENZEL; ALDRICH, ROBERT; CHANDLER, RAYMOND; DUNAWAY, FAYE; MUSURACA, NICHOLAS; FRANKLIN, CARL; FRANKENHEIMER, JOHN; GREENE, GRAHAM; HAMMETT, DASHIELL; JACKSON, SAMUEL L.; LADD, ALAN; BLUE DAHLIA, THE (US, George Marshall, 1946); PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994); CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974); CROSSFIRE (US, Edward Dmytryk, 1947); DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (US, Carl Franklin, 1995); DOUBLE INDEMNITY (US, Billy Wilder, 1944); KISS ME DEADLY (US, Robert Aldrich, 1955); MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941); OUT OF THE PAST (US, Jacques Tourneur, 1947) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-318) and indexes ISBN: 0520212932 (alk. paper); 0520212940 (pbk. : alk. paper) LON: 13441055 More info
book		The New Australian cinema / editor: Scott Murray, associate editor: Peter Beilby West Melbourne, Vic.: Nelson, 1980. Call No: 71(94) NEW Author: Murray, Scott, 1951- joint ed; Beilby, Peter. joint ed Place: West Melbourne, Vic. Publisher: Nelson PubDate: 1980 PhysDes: 207p. : ill.(part col.) ; 28 cm Subject: AUSTRALIA; CHILDREN AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA; HORROR FILMS. AUSTRALIA; ACTION FILMS. AUSTRALIA; SOCIAL-REALISM IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA Notes: Australian cinema films, 1970-1979 (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0417831); On cover: foreword by Phillip Adams: introduction by Ken G. Hall; Produced by Cinema Papers, North Melbourne, Vic; Index; Includes bibliographical references ISBN: 0170055728 : $14.95 Aust LON: abn95019370; 11368160 More info
book		Sex, class, and realism : British cinema, 1956-1963 / John Hill London: BFI Pub., 1986. Call No: 744.1(41) HIL Author: Hill, John Place: London Publisher: BFI Pub. PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: UNITED KINGDOM; SOCIAL-REALISM IN FILMS. UK; SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS. UK; WORKING CLASS IN FILMS. UK; ANDERSON, LINDSAY; DEARDEN, BASIL; WILLIS, TED; RANK ORGANISATION; BLUE LAMP (UK, Basil Dearden, 1949); CAGE OF GOLD (UK, Basil Dearden, 1950); I BELIEVE IN YOU (UK, Basil Dearden & Michael Relph, 1952); SAPPHIRE (UK, Basil Dearden, 1959); VIOLENT PLAYGROUND (UK, Basil Dearden, 1957); BOYS, THE (UK, Sidney J. Furie, 1962); ENTERTAINER, THE (UK, Tony Richardson, 1960); LOOK BACK IN ANGER (UK, Tony Richardson, 1959); TASTE OF HONEY, A (UK, Tony Richardson, 1961); I'M ALL RIGHT JACK (UK, John Boulting, 1959); KIND OF LOVING, A (UK, John Schlesinger, 1962); PETTICOAT PIRATES (UK, David MacDonald, 1961); SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING (UK, Karel Reisz, 1960); SOME PEOPLE (UK, Clive Donner, 1962); WOMAN IN A DRESSING GOWN (UK, J. Lee Thompson, 1957); SONS AND LOVERS (UK, Jack Cardiff, 1960); VICTIM (UK, Basil Dearden, 1961) Notes: "Select filmography": p. 180-222; Includes bibliographies and index ISBN: 0851701329 : ¦20.00; 0851701337 (pbk.) LON: 87111868; 5748139 More info

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