Kategoria BISAC: Performing Arts >> Film - General

Floriane Place-Verghnes examines the work of this great American animator. Focusing primarily on four facets of Avery's work, the author first concentrates on Avery's ability to depict the American attempt both to retrieve the past nostalgically and to catch the Zeitgeist of 1940s America, which confronts the questions of violence and survival. She also analyzes issues of sex and gender and the crucial role Hollywood played in reshaping the image of womanhood, reducing it to a bipolar opposition. Thirdly, she examines the comic language developed by Avery which, although drawing on the...

In Communications Media, Globalization, and Empire, an international team of experts analyze and critique the political economy of media communications worldwide. Their analysis takes particular account of the sometimes conflicting pressures of globalization and "neo-imperialism." The first is commonly defined as the dismantling of barriers to trade and cultural exchange and responds significantly to lobbying of the world s largest corporations, including media corporations. The second concerns U.S. pursuit of national security interests as response to "terrorism," at one level and, at...

Ever wonder why Estonian animation features so many carrots or why cows often perform pyramids? Well, neither question is answered in Chris Robinson's new book, Estonian Animation. Robinson's frank, humorous, and thoroughly researched book traces the history of Estonia's acclaimed animation scene from early experiments in the 1930s to the creation of puppet (Nukufilm) and cel (Joonisfilm) animation studios during the Soviet era, as well as Estonia's surprising international success during the post-Soviet era. In addition, Robinson writes about the discovery of films by four 1960s animation...

Emerging in the Sixties with the rest of Quebec society from the dark ages of "la survivance," Quebec cinema soon began to incite and reflect a decade of sweeping changes now known as the "Quiet Revolution." Yet where cinema was concerned there was more to overcome than the inertia and limiting perspectives of a now moribund tradition. Squarely in the path of continued development and a heightened desire for authentically quebecois films, lay a formidable movie-making apparatus that had long since addicted spectators the world over, including Quebec, to the shot/reverse shot rhythm of the...

The screenplay of the 1987 movie, as written by Charles Bukowski.

These essays highlight true cinematic adaptations as completely different products from films based loosely on the gimmick or plot or character of a certain fiction. That phenomenon, the transformation of fiction into a product so similar and yet so foreign, presents the mystery explored in the essays gathered here.

• The first systematic analysis of Ridley Scott's film, Gladiator.
  
• Examines the film's presentation of Roman history and culture.
  
• Considers its cinematic origins and traditions.
  
• Draws out the film's modern social and political overtones.
  
• Includes relevant ancient sources in translation.