by Jason Horsley (2009)
"Using movies to explore the unconscious realms of society in order to reach a better understanding of what drives it, this book examines filmmakers and films that center around schizophrenic themes of alienation, paranoia, breakdown, fantasy, dreams, dementia, violence, and that address--as entertainment--the schizophrenic experience"--Provided by publisher.
Peter H. Brown and Jim Pinkston
History of the Academy Awards on its sixtieth birthday, and a compilation of the avarice and broken hearts left behind. Recounts the politics that led to the founding of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a way of battling the unions. Some strong language.
Charles Drazin
"Drawing on both contemporary documents and accounts of the people involved, In Search of The Third Man explores the many myths that over the years have grown around this extraordinary film, and seeks to unravel the facts from the fiction."--BOOK JACKET.
Stéphanie Willette
Cet ouvrage présente les difficultés liées à la construction et à l'évolution de l'industrie cinématographique en Irlande. La production nationale est tout d'abord semée d'échecs, dus souvent au contexte historique et social. Puis, dans les années 70, émerge un cinéma radicalement opposé aux productions antérieures. La quantité de films produits s'accroît et certaines Œuvres connaissent un succès international. Ce foisonnement permet d'identifier les thèmes récurrents, de réfléchir sur les problèmes rencontrés par le cinéma irlandais et sur les chances qui lui sont offertes.
Robert A. Rosenstone
"Can filmed history measure up to written history? What happens to history when it is recorded in images, rather than words? Can images convey ideas and information that lie beyond words? Taking on these timely questions, Robert Rosenstone pioneers a new direction in the relationship between history and film. Rosenstone moves beyond traditional approaches, which examine the history of film as art and industry, or view films as texts reflecting their specific cultural contexts. This essay collection makes a radical venture into the investigation of a new concern: how a visual medium, subject to the conventions of drama and fiction, might be used as a serious vehicle for thinking about our relationship with the past. Rosenstone looks at history films in a way that forces us to reconceptualize what we mean by "history." He explores the innovative strategies of films made in Africa, Latin America, Germany, and other parts of the world. He journeys into the history of film in a wide range of cultures, and expertly traces the contours of the postmodern historical film. In essays on specific films, including Reds, JFK, and Sans Soleil, he considers such issues as the relationship between fact and film and the documentary as visionary truth. Theorists have for some time been calling our attention to the epistemological and literary limitations of traditional history. The first sustained defense of film as a way of thinking historically, this book takes us beyond those limitations."--Book cover.