Orson Welles

Welles, Orson - 1915–85, American actor, director, and producer, b. Kenosha, Wis. From childhood he evinced a precocious talent and lofty sense of self-assurance in theatrical matters. He began acting in the theater during the early 1930s, and in 1937 directed several Federal Theatre productions and organized the Mercury Theatre company in New York. In 1938 a radio adaptation of H. G Read More...

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Encounters with Filmmakers: Eight Career Studies ("Orson Welles" begins on p. 189)
by Jon Tuska. 468 pgs.

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This aptly titled study of the careers of eight prominent Hollywood directors is based on personal acquaintance and interviews conducted over a period of several years as well as on scholarly research. In each case, Tuska presents a study of the artist in terms of his creations, surrounding the chronology of his work in film with an appraisal of it and an informal portrait. The directors were chosen because their careers parallel the development and growth of the motion picture industry. Detailed filmographies, a bibliography, and index complete the work, and a photo section provides a graphic dimension to the "portraits."

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Recent Titles in Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture

Copyright Acknowledgments

Contents

Photographs

Introduction

H. Bruce Humberstone

Henry King

Alfred Hitchcock

Howard Hawks

John Huston

Orson Welles

Roman Polanski

Sam Peckinpah

Notes

Filmographies

Bibliography

Index

About the Author
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"You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet": The American Talking Film: History & Memory, 1927-1949 ("Orson Welles (1915-1985)" begins on p. 281)
by Andrew Sarris. 588 pgs.

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Andrew Sarris has long been one of America's most celebrated writers on film, author of the seminal work The American Cinema, and for decades a highly regarded critic, first for The Village Voice and more recently for The New York Observer. Now comes Sarris's definitive statement on film, in a masterwork that has taken 25 years to complete. Here is a sweeping--and highly personal--history of American film, from the birth of the talkies (beginning with The Jazz Singer and Al Jolson's memorable line "You ain't heard nothin' yet") to the decline of the studio system. By far the largest section of the book celebrates the work of the great American film directors, with giants such as John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles, and Howard Hawks examined film by film. Sarris also offers glowing portraits of major stars, from Garbo and Bogart to Ingrid Bergman, Margaret Sullavan, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Clark Gable, and Carole Lombard. There is a tour of the studios--Metro, Paramount, RKO, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Universal--revealing how each left its own particular stamp on film. And in perhaps the most interesting and original section, we are treated to an informative look at film genres--the musical, the screwball comedy, the horror picture, the gangster film, and the western. A lifetime of watching and thinking about cinema has gone into this book. It is the history that film buffs have been waiting for.

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Acknowledgement

Contents

Introduction

1: The Hollywood Studios

2: Genres

3: The Directors

4: Actors and Actresses

5: Guilty Pleasures

Appendix I: Academy Awards: Nominations and Winners, 1927-1949

Appendix II: New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1935-1949

Appendix III: Best Directors, 1927-1949

Appendix IV: Best Performances, 1929-1949

Index of Films

Index of Names
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The Oxford History of World Cinema ("Orson Welles (1915-1985)" begins on p. 454)
by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. 856 pgs.

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From its humble beginnings as a novelty in a handful of cities, cinema has risen to become a billion-dollar industry and the most spectacular and original contemporary art form. In The Oxford History of World Cinema, an international team of film historians traces the history of this enduringly popular entertainment medium. Covering all aspects of its development, stars, studios, and cultural impact, the book celebrates and chronicles over one hundred years of diverse achievement from westerns to the New Wave, from animation to the avant-garde, and from Hollywood to Hong Kong. The Oxford History of World Cinema tells the story of the major inventions and developments in the cinema business, its institutions, genres, and personnel, and they outline the evolution of national cinemas round the world--the varied and distinctive film traditions that have developed alongside Hollywood. A unique aspect of the book are the special inset features on the film-makers and personalities--Garbo and Godard, Keaton and Kurosawa, Bugs Bunny and Bergman--who have had an enduring impact in popular memory and cinematic lore. With over 280 illustrations, a full bibliography, and an extensive index, this is the buff's ultimate guide to cinema worldwide.

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Acknowledgements

Contributors

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Special Features

List of Colour Illustrations

General Introduction

1: Silent Cinema 1895-1930

Introduction

Origins and Survival

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Early Cinema

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Transitional Cinema

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The Hollywood Studio System

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The World-Wide Spread of Cinema

The First World War and the Crisis in Europe

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Tricks and Animation

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Comedy

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Documentary

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Cinema and the Avant-Garde

Serials

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French Silent Cinema

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Italy: Spectacle and Melodrama

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British Cinema from Hepworth to Hitchcock

Germany: the Weimar Years

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The Scandinavian Style

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Pre-Revolutionary Russia

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The Soviet Union and the Russian émigrés

Yiddish Cinema in Europe

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Japan: Before the Great Kanto Earthquake

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Music and the Silent Film

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The Heyday of the Silents

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2: Sound Cinema 1930-1960

Introduction

The Introduction of Sound

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Hollywood: the Triumph of the Studio System

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Censorship and Self-Regulation

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The Sound of Music

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Technology and Innovation

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Animation

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Cinema and Genre

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The Western

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The Musical

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Crime Movies

The Fantastic

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Documentary

Socialism, Fascism, and Democracy

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The Popular Art of French Cinema

Italy from Fascism to Neo-Realism

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Britain at the End of Empire

Germany: Nazism and After

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East Central Europe Before the Second World War

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Soviet Film Under Stalin

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Indian Cinema: Origins to Independence

China Before 1949

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The Classical Cinema in Japan

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The Emergence of Australian Film

Cinema in Latin America

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After the War

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Transformation of the Hollywood System

Independents and Mavericks

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3: The Modern Cinema 1960-1995

Introduction

Television and the Film Industry

The New Hollywood

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New Technologies

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Sex and Sensation

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The Black Presence in American Cinema

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Exploitation and the Mainstream

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Dreams and Nightmares in the Hollywood Blockbuster

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CinÉma-VÉritÉ and the New Documentary

Avant-Garde Film: the Second Wave

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Animation in the Post-Industrial Era

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Modern Film Music

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Art Cinema

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New Directions in French Cinema

Italy: Auteurs and After

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Spain After Franco

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British Cinema: the Search for Identity

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The New German Cinema

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East Germany: the Defa Story

Changing States in East Central Europe

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Russia After the Thaw

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Cinema in the Soviet Republics

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Turkish Cinema

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The Arab World

The Cinemas of Sub-Saharan Africa

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Iranian Cinema

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India: Filming the Nation

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Indonesian Cinema

China After the Revolution

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Popular Cinema in Hong Kong

Taiwanese New Cinema

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The Modernization of Japanese Film

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New Australian Cinema

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New Zealand Cinema

Canadian Cinema/Cinéma Canadien

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New Cinemas in Latin America

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New Concepts of Cinema

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The Resurgence of Cinema

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Index

List of Picture Sources
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A History of Narrative Film (Chap. 10 "Orson Welles and the Modern Sound Film")
by David A. Cook. 1087 pgs.

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A History of Narrative Film

Contents

Preface

Preface to the Third Edition

Acknowledgments

A Note on Method

A Note on Supplementary Material

A Note on Dates, Titles, and Stills

1: Origins

2: International Expansion, 1907-1918

3: D. W. Griffith and the Development of Narrative Form

4: German Cinema of the Weimar Period, 1919-1929

5: Soviet Silent Cinema and the Theory of Montage, 1917-1931

6: Hollywood in the Twenties

7: The Coming of Sound and Color, 1926-1935

8: The Sound Film and the American Studio System

9: Europe in the Thirties

10: Orson Welles and the Modern Sound Film

11: Wartime and Postwar Cinema: Italy and the United States, 1940-1951

12: Hollywood, 1952-1965

13: The French New Wave and Its Native Context

14: New Cinemas in Britain and the English-Speaking Commonwealth

15: European Renaissance: West

16: European Renaissance: East

17: The Former Soviet Union, 1945-Present

18: Wind from the East: Japan, India, and China

19: Third World Cinema

20: Hollywood, 1965—present

Glossary

Selective Bibliography for the Third Edition

Index
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Radio Drama in Action: Twenty-Five Plays of a Changing World ("Columbus Day" by Orson Welles begins on p. 1)
by Erik Barnouw. 420 pgs.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOREWORD

Contents

COLUMBUS DAY

WILL THIS EARTH HOLD?

THE BATTLE OF THE WARSAW GHETTO

MISTER LEDFORD AND THE TVA

OPEN LETTER ON RACE HATRED

BRETTON WOODS

THE LAST DAY OF THE WAR

A CHILD IS BORN

THE HALLS OF CONGRESS

RADIOMAN JACK COOPER

CONCERNING THE RED ARMY

INSIDE A KID'S HEAD

LONDON BY CLIPPER

JAPANESE-AMERICANS

THE LONESOME TRAIN

THE "BOISE"

GRANDPA AND THE STATUE

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON IN ATLANTA

NORTH ATLANTIC TESTAMENT

TYPHUS

PACIFIC TASK FORCE

AGAINST THE STORM

THE NEGRO DOMESTIC

JAPAN'S ADVANCE BASE: THE BONIN ISLANDS

THE HOUSE I LIVE IN
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Closely Watched Films: An Introduction to the Art of Narrative Film Technique (Chap. 5 "Expressive Realism: Orson Welles's Citizen Kane")
by Marilyn Fabe. 279 pgs.

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"In "Closely Watched Films revered Film teacher Marilyn Fabe brings to life on the page the many lessons proffered in her legendary courses at U.C. Berkeley, in which she has taught successive generations of film students the art, and the magic, of film."--Linda Williams, Director of Film Studies, University of California, Berkeley
"I am deeply impressed by this book, and in awe of its scope. It imparts its wisdom about film with such seeming effortlessness, illuminating the ways that films work. "Closely Watched Films is very lucidly and smoothly crafted, and Fabe writes with astonishing ease about a group of very complex and heterogeneous films. It is a extremely informed book and an extraordinary achievement."--Madelon Sprengnether, University of Minnesota, author of "Crying at the Movies
"Fills a real need, educating the literate moviegoer into an awareness of how film works. Writing in a clear prose that is nevertheless based on a complex awareness of film history, criticism, and technique, Fabe takes us through the diverse film strategies of exemplary classic directors who have significantly shaped the history of film and made it into a potent cultural force. At the same time, she provocatively elaborates the political and aesthetic concerns of a number of contemporary films to indicate the new directions in today's motion pictures."--Claire Kahane, SUNY-Buffalo, author of "Passions of the Voice: Hysteria, Narrative, and the Figure of the speaking Woman, 1850-1915
"This text fills a real niche--the scholarship is superior, and Fabe approaches her material in an original and stimulating manner. The writing is fluid and down to earth, yet also addresses relevant issues."--TimShively, De Anza College

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Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1: D. W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation

2: Sergei Eisenstein's the Battleship Potemkin

3: F. W. Murnau's the Last Laugh and Charles Chaplin's the Adventurer

4: Howard Hawks's His Girl Friday

5: Orson Welles's Citizen Kane

6: Vittorio De Sica's the Bicycle Thief

7: François Truffaut's the 400 Blows

8: Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious

9: Federico Fellini's 8 1/2

10: Woody Allen's Annie Hall

11: Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing

12: Patricia Rozema's I'Ve Heard the Mermaids Singing

13: Digital Video and New Forms of Narrative in Mike Figgis's Timecode

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index
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The Indelible Signature of Orson Welles's Films, in Contemporary Review
by Geoffrey Heptonstall. 5 pgs.

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The Political Performers: CBS Broadcasts in the Public Interest (Discussion of Orson Welles's radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds begins on p. 14)
by Michael D. Murray. 276 pgs.

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Thirty years after his death, Edward R. Murrow is still a cult figure in American broadcast journalism, and his company has achieved the distinction of standard bearer in the field of broadcast news. This examination of key CBS broadcasts and the people behind them that helped to establish the network as the prototype for excellence provides a unique perspective on the early era of broadcasting. Included are interviews with major contributors such as former CBS News presidents Fred W. Friendly and Bill Leonard. Going beyond personalities, the specific focus is on major broadcasts, from the early era up to the present-day "60 Minutes," some of which have been overlooked in spite of their formative role in helping CBS to gain its reputation in the field.

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Preface

Chapter 1 The Cbs Tradition

Notes

Chapter 2 War of Words

Notes

Chapter 3 Murrow: Radio Days

Notes

Chapter 4 Civil Liberties

Notes

Chapter 5 Coming of Age

Notes

Chapter 6 Muckraking

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Chapter 7 Youth Movement

Notes

Chapter 8 Military Matters

Notes

Chapter 9 Urban Questions

Chapter 10 Most Trusted

Notes

Chapter 11 Pastor of Public Affairs

Notes

Chapter 12 Carrying On

Notes

Afterword

Appendix A Television's Desperate Moment

Appendix B The End of an Era at Cbs

Appendix C Behind the Lines

Appendix D "And That's the Way It Is" (and Was) in Public Affairs Television

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Author
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After Contact: The Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life (Discussion of Orson Welles's radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds begins on p. 231)
by Albert A. Harrison. 388 pgs.

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Acknowledgments

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One the Enormous Challenge

Conclusion

Two Listening

Conclusion

Three False Alarms

Conclusion

Four Living Systems

Conclusion

Five Organisms

Conclusion

Six Societies

Conclusion

Seven Supranational Systems

Conclusion

Eight First Impressions

Conclusion

Nine: Initial Impact

Ten Building Relationships

Conclusion

Eleven the Rocky Road to Utopia

Conclusion

Twelve Betting with the Optimists

Conclusion

References

Index
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Omens and Oracles: Collective Psychology in the Nuclear Age (Chap. 3 "The Oracle of Orson Welles")
by Jerry Kroth. 244 pgs.

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Kroth uses depth psychology to develop a globally rooted psychoanalytic perspective through which he explores the psychological underpinnings of contemporary reality. By treating "real" occurrences as dreams arising from the collective unconscious, he derives clues to the significance of present and past events and identifies those that have served as accurate portents of the future. He presents studies of Jim Jones and the trickster archetype, the War of the Worlds panic, omens and portents expressed in the mass media, some implications of the Gorbachev revolution, Cambodia and the American shadow, and Israel's biblical duel with the Palestinians.

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CONTENTS

Tables and Figures

1: Introduction: Dreamwork and Collective Psychology

NOTES

2: Recapitulating Jonestown

NOTES

3: The Oracle of Orson Welles

CONCLUSION

NOTES

4: Eagles, Eggs, and Easter: Russian National Character and the Gorbachev Revolution

NOTES

5: Pol Pot and the American Shadow

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6: Media and Mass Psychology

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7: Israel: The Masada Complex

NOTES

8: Epilogue

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Tropical Multiculturalism: A Comparative History of Race in Brazilian Cinema and Culture (Chap. 4 "Pan-American Interlude: Orson Welles in Brazil, 1942")
by Robert Stam. 436 pgs.

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Tropical Multiculturalism provides a major study of race in Brazilian culture through the most complete critical analysis of Brazilian cinema in any language. Focusing on representations of multicultural themes involving Euro- and Afro-Brazilians, other immigrants, and indigenous peoples in the rich tradition of the Brazilian fictional feature film, Robert Stam puts Brazilian culture at the centre of a wide-ranging analysis of race, representation, history, and film. Drawing parallels between the histories of colonialism, slavery, and immigration in Brazil and the United States, he also contends that questions of ethnic and racial representations are best viewed within the larger context of a comparative analysis of racially plural societies.Stam examines the broad historical and cultural links that connect Brazil and the United States before considering multicultural imagery in Brazilian film as it has changed from the silent era to the present. His analysis moves through the comic chanchadas of the 1930s and 1940s, to the Hollywood-style films from Sao Paulo in the 1950s, and the diverse phases of Cinema Novo beginning in the 1960s. He explores a wealth of subjects, including the submerged "blackness" of Carmen Miranda, the antiracist agenda of Orson Welles's never-released Brazilian film It's All True, the international background behind Black Orpheus, the career of Grande Otelo - Brazil's greatest black film star, the allegorical "cannibalistic" films like How Tasty Was My Frenchman, and "indigenous media" - the attempt by Brazilian "indians" to use camcorders and VCRs for their own cultural and political purposes.Simultaneously a history of Brazilian cinema from the standpoint of race, a history of Brazil itself through its cinematic representations, a comparative study of racial formations in Brazil and the United States, and a theorised analysis of racialised representations, Tropical Multiculturalism will be of great use to those involved in studies of race, the African diaspora, and Latin American culture and history, as well as those working in comparative film studies.

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About the Series

Acknowledgments

Historical Preamble: The European/Indigenous Encounter

Chapter I: Comparative Diasporas: The Aftershocks Of Slavery

Chapter 2: The Structuring Absences Of Silent Cinema, 1898-1929

Chapter 3: Carmen Miranda, Grande Otelo, And the Chanchada, 1929-1949

Chapter 4: Pan-American Interlude: Orson Welles In Brazil, 1942

Chapter 5: Vera Cruz: Hollywood In the Tropics, 1949-1954

Chapter 6: The Favela: from Rio 40 Graus To Black Orpheus, 1954-1959

Chapter 7: Intimations of Blackness, 1960-1962

Chapter 8: Afro Brazilian Religion And The Bahian Renaissance, 1962-1963

Chapter 9: From Auto-Critique To Anthropophagy, 1964-1971

Chapter 10: Afro/Indigenous Celebration: The 1970s

Chapter 11: Toward the Present: Culturaì Victories/Political Defeats

The Potentials of Polyphony: Reflections on Race And Representation

Notes

Selective Bibliography

Index
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Dickens on Screen (Chap. 13 "Orson Welles and Charles Dickens 1938-1941")
by John Glavin. 225 pgs.

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List of Illustrations Page

Notes on the Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1: Dickens, Psychoanalysis, and Film: A Roundtable

2: David Copperfield's Home Movies

3: David Lean's Great Expectations

4: Great Expectations on Australian Television

5: Dickens's "The Signalman" and Rubini's la Stazione

6: Bill Murray's Christmas Carols

7: Screen Memories in Dickens and Woody Allen

8: Writing after Dickens: The Television Writer's Art

9: Directing Dickens: Alfonso Cuaron's 1998 Great Expectations

10: Playing Dickens

11: Cinematic Dickens and Uncinematic Words

12: Dickens, Eisenstein, Film

13: Orson Welles and Charles Dickens 1938-1941

14: David Copperfield (1935) and the Us Curriculum

15: Dickens, Selznick, and Southpark

16: Tiny Tim on Screen: A Disability Studies Perspective

17: Dickens Composed: Film and Television Adaptations 1897-2001

Index
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A History and Analysis of the Federal Communications Commission's Response to Radio Broadcast Hoaxes, in Federal Communications Law Journal (Includes discussion of Orson Welles's radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds)
by Justin Levine. 48 pgs.

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Orson Welles, Shakespeare and Popular Culture
by Michael Anderegg. 214 pgs.

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Acknowledgments

1: Shakespeare in Las Vegas

2: "Raise Hell with Everything"

3: "Cashing in on the Classics"

4: Welles/Shakespeare/Film:An Overview

5: Shakespeare Rides Again

6: The Texts of Othello

7: Chimes at Midnight

8: Welles as Performer

Epilogue

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

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