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Cinema and cultural modernity
Cinema and cultural modernity carves a path through the complex histories and issues of film and cinema studies and vividly explores these in their social and political contexts. It focuses on selected topics such as hollywoods histories and how...
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Cinema entertainment
Taking hollywood cinema as its central focus, this book explores the range of debates that the phenomenon of cinema entertainment has aroused. It contains examples from modern, popular films, including a whole chapter on the successful film the......
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Contemporary american cinema
1 american cinema, 1965-70 by mark shiel 12 the road movie by michael hammond 14 roger corman and new world by kim newman 21 the sound of music by sheldon hall 26 night of the living dead by kim newman 312 debts, disasters and mega-musicals .....
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Critical readings
Bringing together readings on moral panics, this title discusses these models, and includes contributions on the history and intellectual background of the concept. Differences in thinking between british and american moral panic scholarship are.....
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Media audiences v. 2
Offers an introduction to the debates in audience studies, drawing on a range of historical, contemporary and cross-cultural case studies. This book includes case studies ranging from the experiences of early twentieth-century film audiences to...
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The cult film reader
Cult movies are emerging as a distinct subject of film and media theory. This book brings together various works in the field on the structure, form, status, and reception of cult cinema traditions. It is divided into four areas of study ... cult...
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What is film theory
This engaging and accessible book explores major debates in contemporary film theory, providing a detailed introduction to the central arguments advanced by film theorists since the 1960s.wHat is film theory outlines the disciplines key... richa...
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Movie business book
Jason e. Squire offers a comprehensive overview of the film industry. This work covers the nuts-and-bolts of financing, revenue streams, marketing, dvds, globalization, the internet and other technologies. It is a useful guide for anyone wanting ...