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American film and society since 1945 / Leonard Quart and Albert Auster London: Macmillan, 1984.
Call No: 71(73) QUAAuthor: Quart, Leonard ; Auster, Albert Place: LondonPublisher: MacmillanPubDate: 1984PhysDes: 156 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: USA ; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA. USA Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [147]-148ISBN: 0333300211; 0333300238 (pbk.)LON: 3114297 3114297
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American movie audiences: from the turn of the century to the early sound era / Melvyn Stokes and Richard Maltby London: British Film Institute, 1999.
Call No: 410(73) STOAuthor: Stokes, Melvyn ; Maltby, Richard Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 1999PhysDes: 186 p. ; 23 cmSubject: SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; AUDIENCES, US ; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA Summary: This book is an investigation by various authors into the early days of American cinema. Topics covered include: Jewish immigrant audiences in New York City 1905-14, Small town picture shows, representations of the audience in early cinema advertising, at the movies in Milwaukee in 1918.ISBN: 0851707211
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Hard hates, rednecks, and macho men : class in 1970s American cinema / Derek Nystrom New York: Oxford University Press, Inc, 2009.
Call No: 451-01(73) NYSAuthor: Nystrom, Derek Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Oxford University Press, IncPubDate: 2009PhysDes: x, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: MASCULINITY IN FILMS. USA ; CLASS AND THE CINEMA ; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; WORKING CLASS IN FILMS. USA ; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; CRUISING (US, William Friedkin, 1980) ; DELIVERANCE (US, John Boorman, 1972) ; [FIVE] 5 EASY PIECES (US, Bob Rafelson, 1970) ; LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (US, Richard Brooks, 1977) ; SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (US, John Badham, 1977) Summary: "Hard Hats, Rednecks, and Macho Men examines a wide range of American films from the 1970s and argues that their persistent depictions of white, working-class masculinity provided a powerful class fantasy, one that spoke to middle-class anxieties provoked by the period's social and political upheavals. Drawing on iconic films from the era Nystrom presents an incisive, evocative study of labor, class, and American cinema in the wake of Vietnam, women's and gay liberation, the rise of the New Right, and other events that defined the decade" - TAKEN FROM BACK COVERISBN: 9780195336771Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2012Contents: Introduction. Making Class Visible in Film and Cultural Studies -- Pt. I. Hard Hats and Movie Brats -- 1. Class and the Youth-Cult Cycle -- Pt. II. Rednecks and Good Ole Boys: The Rise of the Southern -- 2. Deliverance, An Allegory of the Sunbelt -- 3. Keep On Truckin': The Southern Cycle and the Invention of the Good Ole Boy -- Pt. III. Macho Men and the New Nightlife Film -- 4. Saturday Night Fever and the Queering of the White, Working-Class Male Body -- 5. Extra Masculinity: Looking for Mr. Goodbar and Cruising -- Conclusion: Working-Class Solidarity and Its Others -- Afterword: Hard Hats Revisited: The Labor of 9/11.
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Hauntings : popular film and American culture, 1990-1992 / Joseph Natoli Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994.
Call No: 409(73) NATAuthor: Natoli, Joseph, 1943 Place: AlbanyPublisher: State University of New York PressPubDate: 1994PhysDes: xi, 238 p. ; 24 cmSeries: SUNY series in postmodern cultureSubject: SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA ; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA ; NATIVE AMERICANS IN FILMS ; ROBIN HOOD IN FILMS ; KING, RODNEY ; PHOENIX, RIVER ; STONE, OLIVER ; CAPE FEAR (US, J. Lee Thompson, 1961) ; CAPE FEAR (US, Martin Scorsese, 1991) ; BASIC INSTINCT (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1992) ; PRINCE OF TIDES, THE (US, Barbra Streisand, 1991) ; HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, THE (US, Curtis Hanson, 1991) ; OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY (US, Norman Jewison, 1991) ; ROBIN HOOD : PRINCE OF THIEVES (US, Kevin Reynolds, 1991) ; GRAND CANYON (US, Lawrence Kasdan, 1991) ; GODFATHER [...], THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972-) ; BIS ANS ENDE DER WELT (GG/FR/AT, Wim Wenders, 1991) ; SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (US, Jonathan Demme, 1991) ; MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (US, Gus Van Sant, 1991) ; WALL STREET (US, Oliver Stone, 1987) ; UNFORGIVEN (US, Clint Eastwood, 1992) ; DO THE RIGHT THING (US, Spike Lee, 1989) ; BOB ROBERTS (US, Tim Robbins, 1992) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-238)ISBN: 0791421546 (pbk. : acid-free paper); 0791421538 (acid-free paper)LON: 10867366
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Movies and mass culture / edited and with an introduction by John Belton New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996.
Call No: 408.1(73) MOVAuthor: Belton, John Place: New Brunswick, NJPublisher: Rutgers University PressPubDate: 1996PhysDes: viii, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSeries: Rutgers depth of field seriesSubject: NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. USA ; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA ; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA ; FILM NOIR. USA ; FAMILY IN FILMS. USA ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA ; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; CONSUMERISM IN FILMS. USA ; FASHION AND THE CINEMA. USA ; NOSTALGIA IN FILMS. USA ; POPULISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK ; BERKELEY, BUSBY ; Lombard, Carole ; DAMES (US, Ray Enright, 1934) ; E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982) ; BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-269) and indexISBN: 0813522277 (cloth : alk. paper); 0813522285 (pbk.)LON: 11604013
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On the waterfront : BFI film classics / Leo Braudy London, UK: British Film Institute, London, 2005.
Call No: 79ONT BRAAuthor: Braudy, Leo Edition: 1st edSource: UKPlace: London, UKPublisher: British Film Institute, LondonPubDate: 2005PhysDes: 88p ; 18.5 cm + b&w ill.Series: BFI Film ClassicsSubject: SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; CLASS AND THE CINEMA ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA ; WORKING CLASS IN FILMS. USA ; TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS ; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA ; PRODUCTION. USA ; FINANCING. USA ; IMAGE ANALYSIS ; LABOUR ; FINANCING ; LABOUR ISSUES IN FILMS ; HUMAN RELATIONS IN FILMS ; RELIGION IN FILMS ; KAZAN, ELIA ; BRANDO, MARLON ; SAINT, EVA MARIE ; MILLER, ARTHUR ; BERNSTEIN, LEONARD ; SCHULBERG, BUDD ; SPIEGEL, SAM ; MALDEN, KARL ; STEIGER, ROD ; STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (US, Elia Kazan, 1951) ; GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (US, Elia Kazan, 1947) ; TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, A (US, Elia Kazan, 1945) ; BABY DOLL (US, Elia Kazan, 1956) Summary: With director Elia Kazan’s death in 2003 and actor Marlon Brando’s in 2004, a reappraisal of this classic film is timely and necessary. In this definitive study, Leo Braudy tells the complicated story of the film’s production. He revisits the facts behind the controversy of Kazan’s infamous ‘naming of names’ during the McCarthy communist trials of the 1950s. But above all this is an analysis of the enduring appeal of On the Waterfront: the method inspired acting, the music and cinematography, the use of authentic locations and its powerfully symbolic depiction of post-war American values. [Taken from back cover].Notes: includes film creditsISBN: 184457072X
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Power and paranoia : history, narrative and the American cinema, 1940-1950 / Dana Polan New York: Columbia University Press, 1986.
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