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Mas! Cine Mexicano: Carteles Sensacionales del Cine Mexicano, 1957-1990
by Rogelio Agrasanchez Jr  Synopsis Comedy, tragedy, scandal, and social issues collide in this sensational collection of Mexican film posters from the late 1950s to early 1990s, a dynamic and volatile period in Mexican cinema. Culling more than 150 of the most colorful and sometimes...
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From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film
by Siegfried Kracauer Publisher Comments A landmark, now classic, study of the rich cinematic history of the Weimar Republic, "From Caligari to Hitler" was first published by Princeton University Press in 1947. Siegfried Kracauer--a prominent German film critic and member of Walter Benjamin's...
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Seoul Searching: Culture and Identity in Contemporary Korean Cinema (Suny Series, Horizons of Cinema)
by Gateward Frances Synopsis Korean cinema as industry, art form, and cultural product....
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Cinema of Anxiety
by Vincent F Rocchio Publisher Comments The new realism of Italian cinema after World War II represented and in many ways attempted to contain the turmoil of a society struggling to rid itself of Fascism while fighting off the threat of radical egalitarianism at the same time. In this boldly...
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Satyajit Ray: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers)
by Bert Cardullo Synopsis Collected interviews with India's preeminent film director which reveal him to be a genial, generous, unpretentious, and immensely knowledgeable man who, for all his fame, remained to the end amusedly indifferent to movie-world...
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Iranian Cinema a Political History
by Hamid Reza Sadr Publisher Comments This book reveals the history of Iran through its cinema as Sadr uses the films themselves to tell the story of shifting political, economic and social situations. The book covers the broad spectrum of Iran's cinema, offering vivid descriptions of key...
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Sinascape: Contemporary Chinese Cinema
by Gary Xu Synopsis Sinascape: Contemporary Chinese Cinema is a comprehensive study of Chinese-language films at the turn of the millennium. Emphasizing the transnational nature of contemporary Chinese cinema, it provides close readings of most of the important films of...
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Cinema Babel: Translating Global Cinema
by Abe Mark Nornes Publisher Comments The original foreign film—its sights and sounds—is available to all, but the viewer is utterly dependent on a translator and an untold number of technicians who produce the graphic text or disconnected speech through which we must approach...
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Asian Cult Cinema
by Thomas Weisser Publisher Comments The cult of Asian action/exploitation/ martial arts movies has exploded into a phenomenon. Here's the one-of-a-kind guide for its millions of fans which includes: * Starred reviews of more than 1,000 films * Cast, credits, and release date * The roots of...
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Hollywood East Hong Kong Movies
by Stefan Hammond Synopsis The visually striking, lightning-fast action movies of Hong Kong used to be a favorite only of cult film enthusiasts -- these days, however, stars such as Sammo Hung, Jet Li, and Jackie Chan are household names. This book offers an inside look at the...
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New Iranian Cinema : Politics, Representation and Identity (02 Edition)
by Richard Tapper 
Publisher Comments Iranian cinema is today widely recognized not merely as a distinctive national cinema, but as one of the most innovative in the world. This international stature both fascinates Western observers and appears paradoxical in line with perceptions of Iran...
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Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film and Society, 1922-1943
by Steven Ricci Synopsis This study considers Italian filmmaking during the Fascist era and offers an original and revealing approach to the interwar years. Steven Ricci directly confronts a long-standing dilemma faced by cultural historians: while made during a period of...
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Hong Kong New Wave Cinema (1978-2000)
by Pak Tong Cheuk Publisher Comments The increasingly popular films of the Hong Kong New Wave grapple with such issues as East-West cultural conflicts, colonial politics, the divide between rich and poor, the plight of women in a modernizing Asian city, and the identity crises provoked by...
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Youth Culture in Global Cinema
by Timothy Shary Publisher Comments Coming of age is a pivotal experience for everyone. So it is no surprise that filmmakers around the globe explore the experiences of growing up in their work. From blockbuster U.S. movies such as the Harry Potter series to thought-provoking foreign films...
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Subtitles: On the Foreignness of Film
by Atom Egoyan and Ian Balfour Publisher Comments "Every film is a foreign film," Atom Egoyan and Ian Balfour tell us in their introduction to Subtitles. How, then, to translate the experience of film — which, as Egoyan says, makes us "feel outside and inside at the same time"? Taking subtitles as...
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Film, Drama and the Break-Up of Britain
by Steve Blandford Publisher Comments When the sun set on the British Empire, the resultant fragmentation of British identity emerged most tellingly in artistic works: cinematic works such as Howards End depicted a richly historical land steeped in tradition and tragedy, while the more...
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Beyond Dixon of Dock Green (Early British Police)
by Susan Sydney Smith Publisher Comments Based on original archive research, this book traces the emergence of a distinctly British form of TV entertainment: the early BBC uniformed police series. Challenging the commonly held assumption that the genre began with the 1955 series "Dixon of Dock...
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Godzilla on My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters
by William Tsutsui Publisher Comments This year, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of his first appearance on the screen, the original, uncut version of Godzilla was released in American theaters to the delight of Sci-Fi and B-Movie fans everywhere. Ever since Godzilla (or, Gojira, as he is...
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Visible Evidence #18: Forest of Pressure: Ogawa Shinsuke and Postwar Japanese Documentary
by Markus Nornes Publisher Comments “Extraordinarily valuable, illuminating, and even entertaining, Forest of Pressure brims with the types of information that only a key insider can get his hands on.” —Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto, New York University Ogawa Productions...
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Twenty-Four Frames #02: The Cinema of Japan and Korea
by Justin Bowyer Synopsis Focusing on the vibrant practices of Japanese and Korean cinema, each of the twenty-four concise and insightful essays in this collection consider one significant film such as "Audition," "In the Realm of the Senses," and "Godzilla,"...
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