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Bad history and the logics of blockbuster cinema : Titanic, Gangs of New York, Australia, Inglourious Basterds / Patrick McGee New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Call No: 45:93 MCGAuthor: McGee, Patrick Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPubDate: 2012PhysDes: 209 p. ; 22 cmSubject: HISTORICAL FILMS ; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA ; HISTORY OF CINEMA ; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; THEORY ; AUSTRALIA (AT/US, Baz Luhrmann, 2008) ; INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (US/G, Quentin Tarantino, 2009) ; GANGS OF NEW YORK (GG/IT/US, Martin Scorsese, 2002) ; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997) Summary: "In his latest book, Patrick McGee argues for the political and social significance of mass culture through the interpretation of four recent big-budget movies: Titanic, Gangs of New York, Australia, and Inglourious Basterds. Through philosophical and historical contextualization, he reveals the logic of what appears on the screen, a logic that shows how these films both represent and distort the historical record in order to articulate a truth that challenges conventional history as a discipline. Counterdisciplinary in its method, this exciting work asserts that no movie can ever be reduced to the absolutely authentic or the absolutely inauthentic." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9780230116511Contents: -- acknowledgments -- Introduction: truth, history, and counterdisciplinary practices in film studies -- 1: Terrible beauties: messianic time and the image of social redemption in James Cameron's Titanic. -- 2: Infinite history: Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York and the production of the inexistent -- 3: "No dreaming, no story, nothing": Baz Luhrmann's Australia, the cinematic common, and postcolonial discourse-- Conclusion: the glorious truth about inglorious history in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious basterds -- works cited -- index --
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Costume and cinema : dress codes in popular Film / Sarah Street London: Wallflower, 2001.
Call No: 226.4 STRAuthor: Street, Sarah Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: WallflowerPubDate: 2001PhysDes: 112 p. : ill. ; 20 cmSeries: Short CutsSubject: COSTUMES ; FASHION AND THE CINEMA ; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997) ; MATRIX, THE (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1999) ; TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, THE (US, Anthony Minghella, 1999) ; WONDERLAND (UK, Michael Winterbottom, 1999) ; DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985) Summary: Presents an overview of the literature on film costume, together with a series of detailed case studies which highlight how costume relates in fundamental ways to the study of film narrative and mise-en-scene, in some cases constituting a language of its own. In particular the book foregrounds the related issues of adaptation and embodiment in a variety of different genres and films.Notes: Glossary: p.105-108
Bibliography: p.109-112ISBN: 1903364183 (pbk.)
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(Dis)Ingenuity : James Cameron's Titanic in Metro education (1999) iss.17/18 p.16-17
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FEMME DE CHAMBRE DU TITANIC, LA : (SP/FR/IT, Bigas Luna, 1997)
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Hollywood utopia : ecology in contemporary American cinema / Pat Brereton Bristol, UK: Intellect Books, 2004.
Call No: 738.1 BREAuthor: Brerton, Pat Source: UKPlace: Bristol, UKPublisher: Intellect BooksPubDate: 2004PhysDes: 270 p. ; 24 cmSubject: NATURE IN FILMS ; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN FILMS ; WESTERNS ; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS ; ROAD MOVIES ; CONSPIRACY FILMS ; ANDROMEDA STRAIN, THE (US, Robert Wise, 1971) ; ALIEN RESURRECTION (US, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; DANCES WITH WOLVES (US, Kevin Costner, 1990) ; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper,1969) ; INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, THE (US, Jack Arnold, 1957) ; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975) ; LAST OF THE MOHICANS, THE (US, Michael Mann, 1992) ; MEN IN BLACK (US, Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997) ; SOYLENT GREEN (US, Richard Fleischer, 1973) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) ; THELMA & LOUISE (US, Ridley Scott, 1991) ; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997) ; YEARLING, THE (US, Clarence Brown, 1947) Summary: "Hollywood Utopia applies a range of interdisciplinary strategies to trace the evolution of ecological representations in Hollywood film from 1950s to the present. Popular science fiction, westerns, nature and road movies are extensively analysed while privileging ecological moments of sublime expression often dramatized in the closing moments of these films. "Notes: Bibliography: p. 241-267
Filmography: p. 9-10ISBN: 1841501174Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2009
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Irish film : the emergence of a contemporary cinema / Martin McLoone London: British Film Institute, 2000.
Call No: 71(417) MCLAuthor: McLoone, Martin CorpAuthor: British Film InstitutePlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2000PhysDes: 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND ; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE CINEMA. REPUBLIC OF IRELAND ; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS ; BUTCHER BOY, THE (US, Neil Jordan, 1997) ; POLITICAL FILMS ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA ; FLAHERTY, ROBERT ; HUSH-A-BYE-BABY (UK, Margo Hakin, 1990) ; IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (IE/UK/US, Jim Sheridan, 1993) ; JORDAN, NEIL ; MAEVE (UK/IE, Pat Murphy & John Davies, 1981) ; MAN OF ARAN (UK, Robert Flaherty, 1934) ; NOTHING PERSONAL (UK/IE, Thaddeus O'Sullivan, 1995) ; OUR BOYS (IE, Cathal Black, 1981) ; PATRIOT GAMES (US, Philip Noyce, 1992) ; QUIET MAN, THE (US, John Ford, 1952) ; SHERIDAN, JIM ; THIS IS MY FATHER (US, Paul Quinn, 1998) ; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0851707920(cased) : ¦45.00; 0851707939(pbk.) : ¦14.99; 0851707920; 0851707939 (pbk.); 0851707920 (cased); 0851707939 (pbk.); 0851707920 (cased) : ¦45.00; 0851707939 (pbk.) : ¦14.99LON: 21663034 21663034
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James Cameron : interviews / edited by Brent Dunham Jackson: University of Mississippi, 2012.
Call No: 81CAM JAMAuthor: Dunham, Brent Source: USPlace: JacksonPublisher: University of MississippiPubDate: 2012PhysDes: xxxix, 219 p. ; 23 cmSeries: Conversations with filmmakers seriesSubject: CAMERON, JAMES ; TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984) ; ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986) ; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997) ; AVATAR (US, James Cameron, 2009) Summary: "James Cameron (b.1954) is lauded as one of the most successful and innovative filmmakers of the the last thirty years. His films often break records, both in their massive budgets and in their box-office earnings. They include such hits as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Titanic, and Avatar. Part scientist, part dramatist, Cameron combines these two qualities into inventive and captivating films that often push the boundaries of special effects to accomodate his imagination. James Cameron: Interviews chronicles the writer-director's rise through the Hollywood system, highlighted by his "can-do" attitude and his insatiable drive to make the best film possible. As a young boy growing up in Canada, Cameron imagined himself an astronaut, a deep-sea explorer, a science fiction writer, or a filmmaker. Transplanted to southern California, he would go on to realize many of those boyhood fantasies. This collection of interviews provides glimpses of the filmmaker as he advances from Roger Corman's underling to "king of the world." The interviews are drawn from a number of sources including TV appearances and blog conversations, which have never been published in print. Spanning more than twenty years, this collection constructs a concise and thorough examination of James Cameron, a filmmaker who has almost single-handedly ushered Hollywood into the twenty-first century." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Includes filmographyISBN: 9781617031328Donation: Donated by Senses of Cinema, 2013Contents: -- introduction -- chronology -- filmography -- How to direct a terminator / Thomas McKelvey Cleaver/1984 -- The 1984 movie revue: James Cameron interviewed by David Chute / David Chute/1985 -- Writer-director shows the special effect energy can radiate / JoAnn Rhetts/1986 -- Aliens: an out of this world communication with director James Cameron / Victor Wells/1986 -- James Cameron takes a plunge / Alan Jones/1989 -- James Cameron takes a second plunge / Alan Jones/1989 -- Aliens: James Cameron interview / Nigel Floyd/1992 -- The hero's journey / Syd Field/1992 -- Approaching the sequel / Syd Field/1992 -- Iron Jim / John H. Richardson/1994 -- Rich and strange / Ray Greene/1995 -- 20,000 leagues under the sea: the movie director as Captain Nemo / Bill Moseley/1998 -- A drive of Titanic proportions : academy of achievement/1999 -- The final frontier / Anne Thompson/2000 -- James Cameron: The second coming / Jenny Cooney Carrillo/2002 -- Sound of silence / John Reading/2002 -- James Cameron / Adrian Wootton/2003 -- My Titanic obsession / James Rampton/2005 -- King of all he surveys / James Rampton/2006 -- James Cameron: a life in pictures / Francine Stock/2009 -- James Cameron / Tavis Smiley/2009 -- James Cameron Interview: Avatar Blu-Ray, also talks Titanic 3D and Avatar 2 / Sara Wyland/2010 -- James Cameron interview! talks Avatar re-release, sequels, 3D conversions, and working with Del Toro / Jim Dorey/2010 -- index --
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Movie blockbusters / edited by Julian Stringer London: Routledge, 2003.
Call No: 721.303.311 STRAuthor: Stinger, Julian (ed.) Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2003PhysDes: 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: BLOCKBUSTERS ; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. NEW ZEALAND ; INDUSTRY, FILM. CHINA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDIA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. KOREA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. ARGENTINA ; AWARDS. ACADEMY ; HOLLYWOOD ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; CAMERON, JAMES ; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975) ; JAZZ SINGER, THE (US, Alan Crosland, 1927) ; TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE (US, Cecil B. DeMille, 1956) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) ; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997) ; CONTACT (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1997) ; FUGITIVE, THE (US, Andrew Davis, 1993) ; ONCE WERE WARRIORS (NZ, Lee Tamahori, 1994) ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) Summary: Big-budget, spectacular films designed to appeal to a mass audience: is this what – or all – blockbusters are? Movie Blockbuster brings together leading film scholars to consider this most high-profile and culturally significant genre. Drawing on a range of critical perspectives, the book traces how and why the ‘even movie’ has played such a large role in popular imagination, tracing a path from the spectacles of the silent era to the effects-laden mega-hits of the digital age.ISBN: 0415256097
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RAISE THE TITANIC : (US, Jerry Jameson, 1980)
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Rick Trembles' motion picture purgatory / Rick Trembles Surrey: FAB Press, 2004.
Call No: 62:61[741.5] TREAuthor: Trembles, Rick Source: UKPlace: SurreyPublisher: FAB PressPubDate: 2004PhysDes: 191 p. : 24 cmSubject: CRITICISM ; CARTOONS ; COMIC STRIPS AND THE CINEMA ; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997) ; POSSESSION (FR/GW, Andrzej Zulawski, 1981) ; NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (US, Charles Laughton, 1955) ; URBAN LEGEND (US, Jamie Blanks, 1998) ; BIG CHILL, THE (US, Lawrence Kasdan, 1983) Summary: From the pages of free weekly The Montreal Mirror comes the best of Rick Trembles’ distinctive hybrid film-review/column/comic strip Motion Picture Purgatory! A novel new form of film criticism, the medium of sequential art lends itself well to the dissection of motion pictures; frequently resembling storyboards, plotline trajectories are diagrammatically tracked via elaborate cross-sections and aerial views with an obsessive attention to detail! Trembles has developed a worldwide reputation over the years distributing his own comix and appearing in a variety of anthologies including Robert Crumb’s Weirdo, Fantagraphics’ Pictopia and Danny Hellman’s Legal Action Comix! [Taken from back cover.]ISBN: 1903254302
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TITANIC : (US, James Cameron, 1997)
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Titanic : anatomy of a blockbuster / Kevin S. Sandler, Gaylyn Studlar, editors New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1999.
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Titanic / David M. Lubin London: British Film Institute, 1999.
Call No: 79TIT LUBAuthor: Lubin, David M Place: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 1999PhysDes: 142 p. : ill., ports. ; 19 cmSeries: BFI modern classicsSubject: TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997) ISBN: 0851707602 (pbk.) : ¦10.99; 0851707602(pbk.) : ¦10.99LON: 21337839
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The writer's journey : mythic structure for storytellers and screenwriters / Christopher Vogler London: Pan, 1998.
Call No: 632.43 VOGAuthor: Vogler, Christopher, 1949 Edition: 2nd rev. edPlace: LondonPublisher: PanPubDate: 1998PhysDes: xxiii,326 p. ; 22 cmSubject: SCRIPTWRITING ; MYTH AND THE CINEMA ; BEVERLY HILLS COP (US, Martin Brest, 1984) ; FULL MONTY, THE (UK/US, Robert Cattaneo, 1997) ; LION KING, THE (US, Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff, 1994) ; OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, AN (US, Taylor Hackford, 1982) ; PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994) ; ROMANCING THE STONE (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1984) ; COMEDIES ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ; TITANIC (US, James Cameron, 1997) ; WIZARD OF OZ, THE (US, Victor Fleming, 1939) Notes: This ed. originally published: London: Boxtree, 1996; Bibliography: p302. - Includes indexISBN: 0330375911(pbk.) : ª14.99LON: 14527333
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