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Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata by Michelle Le Blanc & Colin Odell
epub |eng | 2009-08-31 | Author:Michelle Le Blanc & Colin Odell [Blanc, Michelle Le]

Only Yesterday (Omohide poro poro) (1991) Written and directed by: Takahata Isao Produced by: Miyazaki Hayao and Suzuki Toshio Okajima Taeko, a hard-working Tōkyō office lady, has decided to take ...
( Category: Film & Video Art February 19,2020 )
Space Sirens, Scientists and Princesses by Dean Conrad
epub |eng | 2018-06-05 | Author:Dean Conrad

RIPLEY: Did what? CALL: It’s like killing your own kind. RIPLEY: It was in my way. Ripley’s offhand response—one of many throughout the film—hardens her in much the same way ...
( Category: History & Criticism February 19,2020 )
Dark Right: Batman Viewed from the Right by Greg Johnson
epub |eng | 2018-06-11 | Author:Greg Johnson [Johnson, Greg]

By the term “Caesarism” I mean that kind of government which, irrespective of any constitutional formulation that it may have, is in its inward self a return to thorough formlessness. ...
( Category: History & Criticism February 19,2020 )
The Movie Musical! by Jeanine Basinger
epub, mobi |eng | 2019-11-04 | Author:Jeanine Basinger

The unstoppable Belita, ice-skating “rival” to Sonja Henie, but for less money, in Lady, Let’s Dance B musicals are often sad little events as they work to achieve their goals. ...
( Category: History & Criticism February 18,2020 )
Transcendental Style in Film by Paul Schrader
mobi |eng | 2018-05-18 | Author:Paul Schrader

The beginning of A Man Escaped and the end of Pickpocket: “Imprisonment is the dominant metaphor in Bresson’s films, but it is a two-faced metaphor: his protagonists are both escaping ...
( Category: History & Criticism February 18,2020 )
The Science of Harry Potter by Mark Brake
epub |eng | 2017-02-17 | Author:Mark Brake

DEVIL’S SNARE: WHAT ARE THE REAL-LIFE FLESH-EATING PLANTS? Herbology is one of the many fascinating topics that students study at Hogwarts. Herbology is all about magical plants and fungi, and ...
( Category: Antiques & Collectibles February 18,2020 )
The Power of Film by Howard Suber
epub |eng | 2006-09-01 | Author:Howard Suber [Suber, Howard]

HABITUATION THE PRINCIPLE OF habituation helps explain why movies get louder, more violent, and maybe even longer: We quickly habituate or become used to sensations, so, to produce the same ...
( Category: History & Criticism February 17,2020 )
Signs and Meaning in the Cinema by Wollen Peter
epub |eng | | Author:Wollen, Peter.

The Writings of Lee Russell: New Left Review (1964–7) Samuel Fuller [First published in NLR no. 23, January/February 1964, pp. 86–9] Samuel Fuller was one year old when Walsh made ...
( Category: Theory February 16,2020 )
A Hidden History of Film Style by Christopher Beach
epub |eng | | Author:Christopher Beach

Figure 27. The camera eye as voyeur: Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr) is in perfect focus as he is observed from across the courtyard. (Rear Window, Paramount, 1954) The lighting requirements ...
( Category: Direction & Production February 15,2020 )
Classic French Noir by Walker-Morrison Deborah;
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Walker-Morrison, Deborah;

Woman as spectacle and exchange object In Retour de Manivelle the key to the femme’s ruthlessness is provided by an iconic element of decor – a life-size moulded bronze torso, ...
( Category: Genre Films February 15,2020 )
Cinema- Concept & Practice by Edward Dmytryk
azw3 |eng | 2018-09-26 | Author:Edward Dmytryk

Shot Length in seconds Total 1. C.U. Lisa. 27 27 2. Full shot, Rick (Humphrey Bogart). 7 34 He enters the room—reacts—heads for Sam. 3. C.U. Sam. 2½ 36½ He ...
( Category: Film & Video Art February 14,2020 )
The Big Goodbye by Sam Wasson
epub, azw3 |eng | | Author:Sam Wasson

* * * Anjelica’s eyes were as deep as the richest black oil; they told of legacy, the ages of subterranean refinement preceding her actual birth, and the long dinners ...
( Category: Individual Directors February 5,2020 )
Domestic Labor in Twenty-First Century Latin American Cinema by Elizabeth Osborne & Sofía Ruiz-Alfaro
epub |eng | | Author:Elizabeth Osborne & Sofía Ruiz-Alfaro

Cosentino, Olivia. 2016. Televisa Born and Raised: Lucerito’s Stardom in 1980s Mexican Media. The Velvet Light Trap 78: 38–52.Crossref Doremus, Anne. 2001. Culture, Politics and National Identity in Mexican Literature ...
( Category: General Gender Studies January 20,2020 )
Charles Burnett: A Cinema of Symbolic Knowledge by James Naremore
epub, pdf |eng | 2017-10-17 | Author:James Naremore [Naremore, James]

NIGHTJOHN One of Burnett’s most impressive films, worthy of discussion alongside any of his theatrical features, is Nightjohn, an adaptation of a young adult novella by Gary Paulsen, coproduced by ...
( Category: Actors & Entertainers January 19,2020 )
Cinematic Encounters: Interviews and Dialogues by Jonathan Rosenbaum
epub |eng | 2018-11-30 | Author:Jonathan Rosenbaum [Rosenbaum, Jonathan]

CHAPTER 16 On Location with John Carpenter's The Thing My trip to Alaska and British Columbia in December 1981 to watch a little bit of the shooting of John Carpenter's ...
( Category: Individual Directors January 19,2020 )

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