Films, cinema

In Dusan Makavejev's controversial and explicit WR - Mysteries of the Organism (1971), 'WR' is Wilhelm Reich, the Marxist psychoanalyst who preached sexual enlightenment as a gateway to a better society.

Ever since John Grierson popularized the term 'documentary,' British non-fiction film has been renowned, sometimes reviled, but seldom properly appreciated.

This study of Moroccan society explores the country's culture through its literature, journalism and film.

KinoSputniks closely analyse some key films from the history of Russian and Soviet cinema.

The Film Novelist is the first primer on writing film novels- whether you are a beginning novelist, a seasoned writer wanting to cross over into script/novel writing, or a creative writing teacher looking for proven ways to launch new writers.

Produced in Italy from the turn of the 20th century, "e;sword and sandal"e; or peplum films were well received in the silent era and attained great popularity in the 1960s following the release of Hercules (1959), starring Mr.

Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge ('The Brave-hearted Will Take the Bride'), universally known as DDLJ, opened to huge popular acclaim in India in 1995.

From the proto-cinematic sequencing of animal motion in the nineteenth century to the ubiquity of animal videos online, the histories of animal life and the moving image are enigmatically interlocked.

With the research of German-language children's and youth literature and its media associations in the period from 1900 to 1945 as well as the recording of all data in an online portal for research and visual analysis, an innovative contribution to the historiography of children's and youth literature is available.

Animated Documentary, the first book to be published on this fascinating topic, considers how animation is used as a representational strategy in nonfiction film and television and explores the ways animation expands the range and depth of what documentary can show us about the world.

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Films with dream sequences, or a dreamlike quality, allow directors to create their own rules of logic and nature to meet a variety of artistic needs.

"I can never forget the excitement in my mind after seeing 'Pather Panchali'", noted Akira Kurosawa.

The Ring (2002)-Hollywood's remake of the Japanese cult success Ringu (1998)-marked the beginning of a significant trend in the late 1990s and early 2000s of American adaptations of Asian horror films.

Few morose thoughts permeate the brain when Yosemite Sam calls Bugs Bunny a ';long-eared galut' or a frustrated Homer Simpson blurts out his famous catch-word, ';D'oh!

The majority of scholarly treatments for film adaptation are put forth by experts on film and film analysis, thus with the focus being on film.

Although Americans are no longer compelled to learn Greek and Latin, classical ideals remain embedded in American law and politics, philosophy, oratory, history and especially popular culture.

Black Mirror is a cultural phenomenon.

Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane is a staple of the Batman universe, evolving into a franchise comprised of comic books, graphic novels, video games, films, television series and more.

Plants have played key roles in science fiction novels, graphic novels and film.

Do humans have a special capacity designed to foster experiences of God?

Whether addressing HIV/AIDS, the policing of bathroom sex, censorship, or anti-globalization movements, John Greyson has imbued his work with cutting humour, eroticism, and postmodern aesthetics.

Andre Bazin's writings on cinema are among the most influential reflections on the medium ever written.

Ancient civilisations exercise an intense fascination for people the world over.

"e;Television Technology Demystified"e; is written for non-technical television production professionals.

Nonfiction films about sports have been around for decades, but the previously neglected subgenre of the documentary has become increasingly popular in the last several years.

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Few could have predicted the enduring fascination with the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes.

This study of the films of Oshima Nagisa is both an essential introduction to the work of a major postwar director of Japanese cinema and a theoretical exploration of strategies of filmic style.

This unique book investigates the tug-of-war between the free market economy and authoritative state regulation in Chinese culture after 1989.

From B-movie bogeymen and outer space-oddities to big-budget terrors, Monsters in the Movies by horror film maestro John Landis celebrates the greatest monsters ever to creep, fly, slither, stalk or rampage across the Silver Screen.

This book provides an overview of the growing field of screenwriting research and is essential reading for both those new to the field and established screenwriting scholars.

This second edition of William Rothman''s classic includes fourteen new essays and a new foreword.

Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Transgender FictionIrish novelist Soula Emmanuels debut novel is an intimate sprawl of memory, migration, and queer desirecharting the messy layers of love and loss that constitute a life.

Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972) first captured moviegoers' attention in daring precode films such as Dr.

This book investigates representations of Palestinian refugees in Gaza in colonial, humanitarian and Palestinian documentary films, spanning until the 1993 Oslo Agreement.

As American security became increasingly dependent on technology to shape the consciousness of its populace and to defend them, science fiction shows like The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, and The X-Files both promoted the regime's gendered logic and raised significant questions about that logic and its gendered roles.

From the beginning, American cinema has been both a powerful mythmaker and a social critic.

A substantial update of the previous edition, Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach deconstructs recent feature films and offers a new section analysing popular television series.

This book explores the border zones between life and non-life as represented in cinema from the end of the nineteenth century, when France led the global film industry, to the first decades of the twenty-first century, when world film markets are dominated by Hollywood.

This is the first introduction of its kind to an important cross-section of postcolonial African filmmakers from the 1950s to the present.

Florian Kumb provides a comprehensive review of the current state of the international literature on the motion picture industry and then applies a mix of appropriate quantitative and qualitative research methods in three empirical studies.

Ben-Hur (1959), Jaws (1975), Avatar (2009), Wonder Woman (2017): the blockbuster movie has held a dominant position in American popular culture for decades.