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A Companion to Literature and Film

Robert Stam

A Companion to Literature and Film

A Companion to Literature in Film provides state-of-the-art research on world literature, film, and the complex theoretical relationship between them. 25 essays by international experts cover the most important topics in the study of literature and film adaptations. Covers a wide variety of topics, including cultural, thematic, theoretical, and genre issues Discusses film adaptations from the birth of cinema to the present day Explores a diverse range of titles and genres, including film noir,...

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Robert Stam

Martin Scorsese's America

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Martin Scorsese's America

For over four decades, Martin Scorsese has been the chronicler of an obsessive society, where material possessions and physical comfort are valued, where the pursuit of individual improvement is rewarded and where male prerogative is respected and preserved. Scorsese has often described his films as sociology and he has a point: his storytelling condenses complex information into comprehensible narratives about society. In this sense, he has been a guide through a dark world of nineteenth...

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It Happened One Night

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It Happened One Night

A movie that swept the 1934 Academy Awards and captivated Depression-era America, It Happened One Night challenged the ways Americans imagined marriage, romance, gender, and class difference. This book examines key scenes and formal features of It Happened One Night, and explores its lasting importance in film history and in cultural studies. Consideration of the film’s role in establishing the genre of the romantic comedy film Investigations into the film’s persistent sexuality and its...

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Television in the Antenna Age

David Marc

Television in the Antenna Age

Television in the Antenna Age is a brief, accessible, and engaging overview of the medium’s history and development in the US. Integrating three major concerns–television as an industry, a technology, and an art—the book is a basic primer on the complex, fascinating, and often overlooked story of television and its impact on American life. Covers the entire history of American television, from its urban, middle-class beginnings in the late 40s, to the contemporary impact of new technologies and...

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David Marc

What Cinema Is!

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What Cinema Is!

What Cinema Is! offers an engaging answer to Andre Bazin's famous question, exploring his 'idea of cinema' with a sweeping look back at the near century of Cinema's phenomenal ascendancy. Written by one of the foremost film scholars of our time Establishes cinema's distinction from the current enthusiasm over audio-visual entertainment, without relegating cinema to a single, older mode Examines cinema's institutions and its social force through the qualities of key films Traces the history of an...

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The Small Screen

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The Small Screen

Television is one of the most important socializing forces in contemporary culture. This book is a cultural history of prime-time television in America during the 1990s. Examines changes that took place in programming, such as the rapid adoption of cable, the proliferation of content providers, the development of niche marketing, the introduction of high-definition television, the blurring of traditional genres, and the creation of new formats like reality-based programming Argues that...

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Dad’s Army: The Story of a Very Bri...

Graham McCann

Dad’s Army: The Story of a Very British Comedy

The story of the greatest British sit-com and its enduring appeal.When we laugh at Dad's Army we laugh at ourselves, and nearly fifty years after it was first broadcast, millions of us are still laughing – whenever and wherever it is repeated. With contributions from the people who planned, produced and performed the programme, and material drawn from the BBC archives, acclaimed author Graham McCann has written the definitive story of a very British comedy.This edition does not include any...

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Graham McCann

Cinemasaurus

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Cinemasaurus

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Chinese Media in Africa

Emeka Umejei

Chinese Media in Africa

Chinese Media in Africa: Perception, Performance, and Paradox analyzes the debate on Chinese media expansion in Africa and its implication for the African media landscape by engaging with African journalists who train and work in Chinese media organizations based in Africa. Emeka Umejei analyzes how African journalists that enter the sphere of Chinese media, often with libertarian notions of journalism, are able to navigate the collisions and collusions that inform journalism in these settings....

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Emeka Umejei

Broadway North

Mel Atkey

Broadway North

Did you know that the idea behind the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes was first tried out in Toronto? That Canada produced the world's longest-running annual revue? Few people realize the Canadian influences that are at the heart of American and British culture. Author Mel Atkey's research for Broadway North included interviews with Norman and Elaine Campbell and Don Harron, creators of Anne of Green Gables-The Musical; Mavor Moore, founder of the Charlottetown Festival and of Spring...

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Mel Atkey

The Journey of Luke Skywalker

Steven A. Galipeau

The Journey of Luke Skywalker

Using C. G. Jung's approach to dreams and myths, Jungian analyst Steven Galipeau reveals to readers the wealth of symbolism and meaning embedded in George Lucas's modern fairytale. From the battle between light femininity and dark masculinity to the conflict between nature and technology, Galipeau explains why the characters and themes in the movies resonate so deeply with us. Appealing to Star Wars fans as well as those interested in popular culture, contemporary myths, and...

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Steven A. Galipeau

Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy

Richard Greene

Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy

The films of Quentin Tarantino are ripe for philosophical speculation, raising compelling questions about justice and ethics, violence and aggression, the nature of causality, and the flow of time. In this witty collection of articles, no subject is too taboo for the writers to tackle. From an aesthetic meditation on the use of spraying blood in Kill Bill to the conundrum of translation and reference in Vincent and Jules' discussion about French Big Macs in Pulp Fiction, Tarantino and...

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Richard Greene

The Complete History of American Fi...

Jerry Roberts

The Complete History of American Film Criticism

The Complete History of American Film Criticism is a chronicle of the lives and work of the most influential film critics of the past 100 years. From the first movie review in the New York Times in 1896 through the Silent Era, the pre- and postwar years, the Film Generation of the 1960s, the Golden Age of the 1970s, and into the 21st century, critics have educated generations of discriminating moviegoers on the differences between good films and bad. They call attention to great directors,...

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Jerry Roberts

L.A. Noir

James Ursini

L.A. Noir

Los Angeles has always been as much a star in film noir as any actor, be it Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner or Jack Nicholson. In L.A. Noir: The City as Character renowned film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini explore the world of noir cinema in the context of Los Angeles. The book features dozens of noir and neo-noir landmark films from Double Indemnity, Criss Cross, Sunset Boulevard, Gun Crazy, The Big Heat, Kiss Me Deadly, and Touch of Evil in the...

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James Ursini

The Quotable Actor

Damon Dimarco

The Quotable Actor

Collecting advice, quotes, essays, and observations from hundreds of famous actors and highly regarded acting teachers, The Quotable Actor covers a wide range of topics on the art and history of acting.Entertaining, instructive, and informative, it is organized into specific, easy-to-search categories, such as «On Why We Act»; «On Auditioning»; «On Struggling and Building a Career»; and «On Gender Differences and Aging in the Biz.»From art and technique to business and lifestyle, entries include...

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Damon Dimarco

MGM

Michael Troyan

MGM

M-G-M: Hollywood’s Greatest Backlot is the illustrated history of the soundstages and outdoor sets where Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced many of the world’s most famous films. During its Golden Age, the studio employed the likes of Garbo, Astaire, and Gable, and produced innumerable iconic pieces of cinema such as The Wizard of Oz, Singin’ in the Rain, and Ben-Hur.It is estimated that a fifth of all films made in the United States prior to the 1970s were shot at MGM...

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Michael Troyan

Marvelous Bodies

Vetri Nathan

Marvelous Bodies

Historically a source of emigrants to Northern Europe and the New World, Italy has rapidly become a preferred destination for immigrants from the global South. Life in the land of la dolce vita has not seemed so sweet recently, as Italy struggles with the cultural challenges caused by this surge in immigration. Marvelous Bodies by Vetri Nathan explores thirteen key full-length Italian films released between 1990 and 2010 that treat this remarkable moment of cultural role reversal through a...

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Vetri Nathan

Film as Embodied Art

Maarten Coëgnarts

Film as Embodied Art

Drawing on state-of-the art-research within cognitive science the book provides new perspectives on the much debated work of Stanley Kubrick.The book fulfills the need for providing the reader with an alternative to the dominant linguistic approach to meaning in cinema.The book illustrates its theoretical ideas in a clear and accessible fashion through an analysis of various rich examples drawn from Kubrick’s oeuvre.

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Maarten Coëgnarts

All the Lights On

Michelle Hensley

All the Lights On

Michelle Hensley, founder of Ten Thousand Things Theater in Minneapolis, shares more than twenty years of her company's nationally unique work bringing professional theater to those in prisons, homeless shelters, adult education centers, and rural areas, as well as the general public. More than a chronological history, All the Lights On is also about the radiant power of theater.<br /><br />In this articulate and compelling book, Hensley distills what nontraditional...

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Offstage Voices

Peg Guilfoyle

Offstage Voices

In 1969, the Village Voice described Minneapolis as "America's second theater city after New York." In the forty-plus years since, the theatrical offerings of Minneapolis and St. Paul have only grown—everything from world-renowned venues to independent stages and innovative festivals—and the Twin Cities hold a prominent place in the national theater scene today. In Offstage Voices, author Peg Guilfoyle provides an in-depth look at this vibrant world...

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Peg Guilfoyle

Theater for Beginners

Richard Maxwell

Theater for Beginners

– Also published by TCG: Plays, 1996-2000, a volume of Maxwell’s work- Attended Illinois State University- Artistic Director of New York City Players- Recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, Obie Award (for House) and Foundation for Contemporary Arts- Co-founder of the Cook County Theater Department in Chicago- His work has been presented in over sixteen countries, including Germany, France, the U.K., Italy, Argentina and Australia.

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Richard Maxwell

The Viewpoints Book

Anne Bogart

The Viewpoints Book

The Viewpoints is a technique of improvisation that grew out of the postmodern dance world. It was first articulated by choreographer Mary Overlie, who broke down the two dominant issues performers deal with—space and time—into six categories. Since that time, directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau have expanded her notions and adapted them for actors to function together spontaneously and intuitively and to generate bold, theatrical work.The Viewpoints are a set of names...

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Anne Bogart

An Actor's Companion

Seth Barrish

An Actor's Companion

"I was totally unprepared for the transformation that Seth's technique created in me. . . . I realized that what I thought I knew about acting up to that point was largely misguided . . . but I now had a great, talented, dedicated teacher who generously wanted to share his tools with everyone. There is muscularity, not to mention wisdom and truth to Seth's techniques. He is a wonderful teacher, and I know that having him as my first guide is one of the luckiest things to have...

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Seth Barrish

Audience Revolution: Dispatches fro...

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Audience Revolution: Dispatches from the Field

• A collection of essays written by theatre practitioners and experts with track records of successful audience engagement• Discusses findings from TCG's ongoing assessments and research of the field, as well as findings from cross-disciplinary sources• Explores current audience engagement and community development models in the field• Dynamic essays that aim to connect with their theatre peers to share successful strategies• Every essay is selected from Svich’s work with the “TCG Circle,”...

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