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The Western
by David Carter  Publisher Comments From the very beginnings of American cinema the Western has been a central genre, as the hazardous lives of the settlers, their conflict with Native Americans, the lawless frontier towns, outlaws, and cattle rustlers all found their way into the new...
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Hollywood Picks the Classics
by Afton Fraser Synopsis Focusing on the movies of the Golden Age from 1930 to 1960, this classic movie guide is for everyone from the film novice to the film buff. Included are 300 photos, many rare and never-before-seen, and many in color....
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Alien Zone II: The Spaces of Science-Fiction Cinema
by Annette Kuhn Synopsis Internet fandom, psycho-cybernetics, visionary cities and bodybuilder stardom are just some of the issues brought under the gaze of this fascinating companion to Alien Zone....
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Profoundly Erotic: Sexy Movies That Changed History
by Joe Bob Briggs Publisher Comments Movie stars do it better, or so it seems. Sex on the silver screen unfolds in such a perfect way and we get sucked in. Whether we want to admit it or not, much of our sexual behavior has been learned from the movies. From Joe Bob Briggs comes...
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Bad: Infamy, Darkness, Evil, and Slime on Screen (Suny Series, Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video)
by Murray Pomerance Synopsis Examines the many forms of cinematic "badness" over the past one hundred years, from Nosferatu to The Talented Mr. Ripley....
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Creation Cinema #01: Killing for Culture
by David Kerekes About the Author Editor of Headpress and co-author of Killing For Culture and See No Evil, David Kerekes likes old horror comics, in particular he likes Skywald, which he came to understand at an early age were quite unlike anything else in the literary world....
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Dada and Surrealist Film (96 Edition)
by Rudolf E. (ed.) Kuenzli Publisher Comments This groundbreaking collection of thirteen original essays analyzes connections between film and two highly influential twentieth-century movements. The essays, which comment on specific films and deal with theoretical and topical questions, are framed...
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More Than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts
by James Naremore Synopsis Film noir evokes memories of stylish, cynical, black-and-white movies from the 1940s and '50s--melodramas about private eyes, femmes fatales, criminal gangs, and lovers on the run. James Naremore's prize-winning book discusses these pictures, but also...
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War Movies: Journeys to Vietnam: Scenes and Out-Takes
by Wayne Karlin Publisher Comments "Karlin is one of the most gifted, passionate and powerful writers of his generation."-George Garrett Wayne Karlin's memoir War Moviesrecounts his return to Vietnam as scriptwriter and actor in the award-winning Vietnamese film Song of the Stork. On his...
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Fleshpot: Cinema's Sexual Myth Makers & Taboo Breakers
by Jack Stevenson Publisher Comments Subtitled: Cinema's Sexual Myth Makers and Taboo Breakers....
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Introduction to Documentary
by Bill Nichols Synopsis An overview of important topics and issues in documentary history and criticism. Each chapter takes up a distinct question from "How did documentary filmmaking get started?" to "Why are ethical issues central to documentary?". Issues of form, modes...
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Fight Pictures: A History of Boxing and Early Cinema
by Dan Streible Publisher Comments The first filmed prizefight, Veriscope's Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (1897) became one of cinema's first major attractions, ushering in an era in which hugely successful boxing films helped transform a stigmatized sport into legitimate entertainment...
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Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Patrici Aufderheide Publisher Comments Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet...
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Hong Kong Action Cinema
by Bey Logan 
Publisher Comments This book tells you everything you ever wanted to know about the high-octane world of Far Eastern film-making: from the balletic to the ballistic, from the grace of Bruce Lee to the bullet-ridden bloodletting of John Woo, from the comedy stunts of Jackie...
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The Pocket Essential Science Fiction Films (Pocket Essentials)
by John Costello Publisher Comments Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction...
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Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir
by Eddie Muller Publisher Comments Welcome to Dark City, urban landscape of the imagination. A place where the men and women who created film noir often find themselves dangling from the same sinister heights as the silver-screen avatars to whom they gave life. Eddie Muller, who led...
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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies (Facts on File Film Reference Library)
by C J Henderson Publisher Comments The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies is the most complete reference available on the subject. Written by a noted film reviewer and...
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Hollywood Cauldron: Thirteen Horror Films Form the Genre's Golden Age
by Gregory Willia Mank
Synopsis Thirteen of Hollywoods horror classics in detail: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), The Old Dark House(1932), The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), Mark of the Vampire (1935), Mad Love (1935), The Black Room (1935), The Walking Dead (1936), Cat People (1942...
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Public Enemies: The Gangster Movie A-Z
by James Mottram Publisher Comments From Cagney to Tarantino and beyond, this book embraces the history of the genre with 200 essential movies....
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The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films
by Marcus Hearn Publisher Comments Fifty years ago, Hammer Films released The Curse of Frankenstein. The now-legendary British company went on to make such classics as Dracula (and its many sequels), making international stars out of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, changing the face of...
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