This book argues that contemporary digital blockbusters function as laboratories for posthuman cognition that transform spectatorship into a cyborg mode in which perception, memory, and agency are distributed across the cinematic canvas, the diegetic bodies of characters, the formal operations of film style, and the embodied cognition of the spectator.
This book argues that contemporary digital blockbusters function as laboratories for posthuman cognition that transform spectatorship into a cyborg mode in which perception, memory, and agency are distributed across the cinematic canvas, the diegetic bodies of characters, the formal operations of film style, and the embodied cognition of the spectator.
In 1985, Marty, Doc, and the citizens of Hill Valley first burst onto the big screen in an epic time-traveling adventure that has entertained audiences for more than a generation.
The Scottish novelist Alistair MacLean didn't speak English until he was six, but he went on to become one of the world's best-selling authors (over 150 million copies sold) and Hollywood's highest-paid screenwriter.
Peter Sellers first pratfalled onto the silver screen as the bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau in 1963's The Pink Panther, turning him into an international comedy superstar.
Go behind the scenes of Hollywood's horror and science fiction classics (and classic schlock) in Tom Weaver's 13th compilation of confrontations with their makers: more than 25 writers, producers, directors, actors and more.
In the wake of the explosion in the production of essay films over the last 25 years and its subsequent theorization in scholarly literature, this volume seeks to historicize these intertwined developments within the 'long duree' of the 20th century and into the 21st.
In the wake of the explosion in the production of essay films over the last 25 years and its subsequent theorization in scholarly literature, this volume seeks to historicize these intertwined developments within the 'long duree' of the 20th century and into the 21st.
Performing Brains on Screen deals with film enactments and representations of the belief that human beings are essentially their brains, a belief that embodies one of the most influential modern ways of understanding the human.
Performing Brains on Screen deals with film enactments and representations of the belief that human beings are essentially their brains, a belief that embodies one of the most influential modern ways of understanding the human.
Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures examines the monsters and sinister creatures that spawn from folk horror, Gothic fiction, and from various sectors of media cultures.
Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures examines the monsters and sinister creatures that spawn from folk horror, Gothic fiction, and from various sectors of media cultures.
Readers of all stripes will find something to appreciate in this collection, which illuminates how King's horror literature as a media form has shifted in relation to cultural understandings over time.
The persistent popularity of the detective narrative, new obsessions with psychological and supernatural disturbances, as well as the resurgence of older narratives of mystery or the Gothic all constitute a vast proportion of contemporary film and television productions.
The persistent popularity of the detective narrative, new obsessions with psychological and supernatural disturbances, as well as the resurgence of older narratives of mystery or the Gothic all constitute a vast proportion of contemporary film and television productions.
Readers of all stripes will find something to appreciate in this collection, which illuminates how King's horror literature as a media form has shifted in relation to cultural understandings over time.
Land Cinema in an Age of Extractionconsiders nonfiction filmmakers and film collectives whose work advancesan understanding of land as a locus of social and environmental responsibility.
Land Cinema in an Age of Extractionconsiders nonfiction filmmakers and film collectives whose work advancesan understanding of land as a locus of social and environmental responsibility.
This volume introduces a fresh exploration of Classical literature, examining its engagement with personal or collective tragedy, horrific events, and fear-inflicting episodes.
This volume introduces a fresh exploration of Classical literature, examining its engagement with personal or collective tragedy, horrific events, and fear-inflicting episodes.
The second in a two-volume set, this book presents horror fans with a treasure trove of information on every Hollywood horror movie produced during the "e;second wave"e; of screen scares (1940-1946).
The second in a two-volume set, this book presents horror fans with a treasure trove of information on every Hollywood horror movie produced during the "e;second wave"e; of screen scares (1940-1946).
