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Anxious cinephilia : pleasure and peril at the movies / Sarah Keller New York: Columbia University Press,
Call No: 412.3 KELAuthor: Keller, Sarah Edition: 2020Place: New YorkPublisher: Columbia University PressPhysDes: vii, 302 pages : illustrated ; 24 cmSubject: APOCALYPSE IN FILMS ; BLOWUP (UK/IT, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) ; BAZIN, ANDRE ; FILM CULTURE ; CINEPHILIA ; DIGITAL CINEMA ; FRANCE ; MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (AT/US, George Miller, 2015) ; STAR WARS [...] (US, 1977-2015) ; WAR OF THE WORLDS (US, Steven Spielberg, 2005) ; WORLD WAR Z (US/MT, Marc Forster, 2013) Summary: The advent of new screening practices and viewing habits in the twenty-first century has spurred a public debate over what it means to be a “cinephile.” In Anxious Cinephilia, Sarah Keller places these competing visions in historical and theoretical perspective, tracing how the love of movies intertwines with anxieties over the content and impermanence of cinematic images.
Keller reframes the history of cinephilia from the earliest days of film through the French New Wave and into the streaming era, arguing that love and fear have shaped the cinematic experience from its earliest days. This anxious love for the cinema marks both institutional practices and personal experiences, from the curation of the moviegoing experience to the creation of community and identity through film festivals to posting on social media. Through a detailed analysis of films and film history, Keller examines how changes in cinema practice and spectatorship create anxiety even as they inspire nostalgia. Anxious Cinephilia offers a new theoretical approach to the relationship between spectator and cinema and reimagines the concept of cinephilia to embrace its diverse forms and its uncertain future. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9780231180870Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ardor and Anxiety: The History of Cinephilia -- 2. Enchanting Images -- 3. Cinephilia and Technology: Anxieties and Obsolescence -- 4. The Exquisite Apocalypse -- Conclusion: Anxious Times, Anxious Cinema -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
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The subversive zombie : social protest and gender in undead cinema and television / Elizabeth Aiossa Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc,
Call No: 735.27 AIOAuthor: Aiossa, Elizabeth Edition: 2018Place: Jefferson, North CarolinaPublisher: McFarland & Company IncPhysDes: 186 pages ; 23 cmSeries: contributions to zombie studiesSubject: ZOMBIES IN FILMS AND TV ; ROMERO, GEORGE ; DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1979) ; DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, Zack Snyder, 2004) ; DAY OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1985) ; DEAD GIRL, THE (US, Karen Moncrieff, 2006) ; GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS, THE (UK/US, Colm McCarthy, 2016) ; IN THE FLESH [TV] (UK, 2013-2015) ; LAND OF THE DEAD (CN/FR/US, George Romero, 2005) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, Tom Savini, 1990) ; RAW [GRAVE] (FR/BE, Julia Ducournau, 2016) ; [TWENTY-EIGHT] 28 DAYS LATER (UK/US, Danny Boyle, 2002) ; WALKING DEAD, THE [TV] (US, 2010 - ) ; WARM BODIES (US/CN, Jonathan Levine, 2013) ; WORLD WAR Z (US/MT, Marc Forster, 2013) Summary: Historically, zombies have been portrayed in films and television series as mindless, shuffling monsters. In recent years, this has changed dramatically. The undead are fast and ferocious in 28 Days Later… (2002) and World War Z (2013). In Warm Bodies (2013) and In the Flesh (2013–2015), they are thoughtful, sensitive and capable of empathy. These sometimes radically different depictions of the undead (and the still living) suggest critical inquiries: What does it mean to be human? What makes a monster? Who survives the zombie apocalypse, and why? Focusing on classic and current movies and TV shows, the author reveals how the once-subversive modern zombie, now more popular than ever, has been co-opted by the mainstream culture industry. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 978147666730Contents: Acknowledgments -- Preface: Dawn of a Zombie Scholar -- Introduction: The Shifting Culture of the Modern Zombie -- 1. Romero and the Modern American Zombie -- 2. The Evolution of Women in Romero’s Dead Series -- 3. Of Monsters and Men: Flipping the Script on Masculinity and Monstrosity -- 4. For the Love of Zombies: The Return of Heteronormativity in Zombie Works -- 5. Heteronormative Heroics in AMC’s The Walking Dead -- 6. Zombie Women Take the Lead -- 7. Embodying the Zombie In the Flesh -- Conclusion: Zombies Past and Future! -- Chapter Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
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Vampires and zombies : transcultural migrations and transnational interpretations / Edited by Dorothea Fischer-Hornung and Monika Mueller Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2016.
Call No: 735.2 FISAuthor: Fischer-Hornung, Dorothea ; Mueller, Monika Edition: 2016Place: JacksonPublisher: University Press of MississippiPubDate: 2016PhysDes: vi, 256 : illus. ; 24 cmSubject: VAMPIRE FILMS ; ZOMBIES IN FILMS AND TV ; MONSTERS IN FILMS ; THAILAND ; MEXICO ; WORLD WAR Z (US/MT, Marc Forster, 2013) ; VAMPYR: THE STRANGE ADVENTURE OF ALLEN GRAY [VAMPYR: DER TRAUM DES ALLAN GRAY] (G/FR, Carl Th. Dreyer, 1932) ; VAMPIRO, EL (MX, Paul Nagle, 1959) Notes: The undead are very much alive in contemporary entertainment and lore. Indeed, vampires and zombies have garnered attention in print media, cinema, and on television. The vampire, with roots in medieval European folklore, and the zombie, with origins in Afro-Caribbean mythology, have both undergone significant transformations in global culture, proliferating as deviant representatives of the zeitgeist.
As this volume demonstrates, distribution of vampires and zombies across time and space has revealed these undead figures to carry multiple meanings. Of all monsters, vampires and zombies seem to be the most trendy--the most regularly incarnate of the undead and the monsters most frequently represented in the media and pop culture. Moreover, both figures have experienced radical reinterpretations. If in the past vampires were evil, blood-sucking exploiters and zombies were brainless victims, they now have metamorphosed into kinder and gentler blood-sucking vampires and crueler, more relentless, flesh-eating zombies. Although the portrayals of both vampires and zombies can be traced back to specific regions and predate mass media, the introduction of mass distribution through film and game technologies has significantly modified their depiction over time and in new environments. Among other topics, contributors discuss zombies in Thai films, vampire novels of Mexico, and undead avatars in horror videogames. This volume--with scholars from different national and cultural backgrounds--explores the transformations that the vampire and zombie figures undergo when they travel globally and through various media and cultures.
Contributions by Katarzyna Ancuta, Daniella Borgia, Timothy R. Fox, Richard J. Hand, Ewan Kirkland, Sabine Metzger, Timothy M. Robinson, Carmen Serrano, Rasmus R. Simonsen, and Johannes Weber -- publisher's blurb
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Zombie cinema / Ian Olney New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2017.
Call No: 735.27 OLNAuthor: olney, Ian Edition: 2017Place: New BrunswickPublisher: Rutgers University PressPubDate: 2017PhysDes: 170 pages ; 18cmSubject: ZOMBIES IN FILMS AND TV ; BLAXPLOITATION FILMS ; CANNIBALISM IN FILMS ; CRAZIES, THE (US, George A. Romero, 1973) ; DAWN OF THE DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1979) ; I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (US, Jacques Tourner, 1943) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; ROMERO, GEORGE ; REVENANTS LES (FR, Robin Campillo, 2004) ; WALKING DEAD, THE [TV] (US, 2010 - ) ; WORLD WAR Z (US/MT, Marc Forster, 2013) Summary: It’s official: the zombie apocalypse is here. The living dead have been lurking in popular culture since the 1930s, but they have never been as ubiquitous or as widely-embraced as they are today.
Zombie Cinema is a lively and accessible introduction to this massively popular genre. Presenting a historical overview of zombie appearances in cinema and on television, Ian Olney also considers why, more than any other horror movie monster, zombies have captured the imagination of twenty-first-century audiences.
Surveying the landmarks of zombie film and TV, from White Zombie to The Walking Dead, the book also offers unique insight into why zombies have gone global, spreading well beyond the borders of American and European cinema to turn up in films from countries as far-flung as Cuba, India, Japan, New Zealand, and Nigeria. Both fun and thought-provoking, Zombie Cinema will give readers a new perspective on our ravenous hunger for the living dead. -- publisher's web siteISBN: 9780813579474Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Our Zombies, Ourselves -- 1. Black Mask, White Zombies -- 2. Consumer Culture -- 3. Boy Eats Girl -- Conclusion: Homebodies -- Further Reading -- Works Cited -- Index
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