Theater History – Bücher, CDs, DVDs und mehr, Seite 9

Halbe Hessel Kuipers,
A Cinematic Mode of Existence

A Cinematic Mode of Existence gives a new, perspectival analytic of the image attempting to break open and pluralize cinema's monolithic, modern perspective and its ontology.Do cinema's moving images have…

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Mario Slugan
Taking Fiction Film Seriously

An interrogation of fiction as one of two key categorisations of film, exploring its influence upon audience experience and its broader real-life implications.

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Jason Jacobs, Frances Bonner
The Persistence of Television

The Persistence of Television examines more than 60 years of television to identify the elements that have entertained and informed viewers from the beginning of mass broadcasting to the present day, prop…

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Fumiko Joo
Peony Lantern Tales

""The Story of the Peony Lantern" by the Chinese author Qu You (1347-1433) travelled across lingual, cultural, and geopolitical borders in early modern East Asia. The original tale, set in …

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Wheeler Winston Dixon, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
A Short History of Film, Fourth Edition

Succinct and comprehensive, this updated and expanded edition of A Short History of Filmprovides an accessible overview of the major movements, directors, studios, and genres from the 1880s to the present.

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John Malahy
Rewinding the '80s

Take a trip back to your favorite video store with this in-depth journey through the highs and lows of '80s cinema---with profiles of hundreds of films---and how Hollywood studios around the globe reflec…

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Benjamin Lewis Robinson
Need/Emergency

Modern politics is preoccupied with states of emergency. Yet emergency politics obscures underlying socio-economic, infrastructural, and ecological conditions of need. Prompted by Hannah Arendt's claim th…

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Madeline King Porter
James Mason

James Mason (1909--1984) was born to be an actor. He just didn't know it. A Cambridge graduate with a degree in architecture, he arrived in London at a time when nothing was being built. With few prospect…

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Linda Ruth Williams
Steven Spielberg's Children

Steven Spielberg's Children is the first book to investigate children, childhood, and Spielberg's employment of child actors together and in depth. Through lively readings of both the celebrated performan…

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Benjamin Lewis Robinson
Need/Emergency

Modern politics is preoccupied with states of emergency. Yet emergency politics obscures underlying socio-economic, infrastructural, and ecological conditions of need. Prompted by Hannah Arendt's claim th…

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Dan Torre
The History and Theory of Cut-Out Animation

The History and Theory of Cut-out Animationsurveys the history, theory and philosophy of the cut-out animation technique in early and contemporary media.Cut-out animation is a two-dimensional form of stop…

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Michelangelo Capua
Steve Cochran

Steve Cochran (1917--1965) was Hollywood's ultimate contradiction---an intense, rugged leading man with a con man's charm, a craftsman's discipline, and a wild streak that made him both irresistible and d…

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Howard Gutner
MGM Style

MGM Style is an overview of the career and achievements of Hollywood's most famous art director. Cedric Gibbons was the supervisor in charge of the art department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studios from …

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Thomas E Wartenberg
Thoughtful Cinema

Anyone who has seen a film and then followed up with a cup of coffee or glass of wine as they discuss it with friends knows that films can inspire thoughtful conversation and further reflection--sometimes…

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Scott Eyman
Joan Crawford

Film historian and acclaimed New York Timesbestselling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive biography of Hollywood icon Joan Crawford, drawing on never-before-seen documents and photos from t…

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Antonio Barrenechea
Studies in Groovy Gothic Cinema

This book explores low-budget horror and exploitation movies produced in filmmaking capitals of the Western Hemisphere.Among these are Mexican monsters films, Brazilian psychedelia, Argentine sci-fi, Cana…

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Nicholas Grene
Irish Theatre in the Twenty-First Century

An in-depth study of Irish theatre in the contemporary period, including major companies and playwrights, that draws on first-hand experience and interviews with theatre makers.

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Kathryn Jones
Tall in the Saddle

Tall in the Saddle: The Life of Ben Johnson, Hollywood's Real Cowboy is the definitive biography of Ben Johnson (1918--1996), the only man to win both an Academy Award and a world rodeo championship. Born…

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Thomas E Wartenberg
Thoughtful Cinema

Anyone who has seen a film and then followed up with a cup of coffee or glass of wine as they discuss it with friends knows that films can inspire thoughtful conversation and further reflection--sometimes…

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Angela Aleiss
Broken Arrow

An insightful history and analysis of the importance Delmer Daves' film Broken Arrow has in the western film genre. It was, for its time, a breakthrough in how Native Americans were depicted in the movies…

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