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Books on: (film or films or "motion pictures" or movie or movies) and (genre or genres)

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Handbook of American Film Genres

Book by Wes D. Gehring; Greenwood Press, 1988

Subjects:

Film Genres, Motion Pictures--United States--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc

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"More genres, 19 in fact, are discussed than in other standard works. The 14 genres considered here by film scholar contributors other than Gehring include the adventure film, the western, the gangster film, film noir, the WW II combat film, the horror film, science fiction, fantasy, the musical ...
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"More genres, 19 in fact, are discussed than in other standard works. The 14 genres considered here by film scholar contributors other than Gehring include the adventure film, the western, the gangster film, film noir, the WW II combat film, the horror film, science fiction, fantasy, the musical, melodrama, the social problem film, the biographical film, and the art film. The discussion of fine comedy genres by Gehring himself is far more extensive than in other genre studies, embracing screwball comedy, populist comedy, parody, black humor, and clown comedy. . . . Recommended for both undergraduate and graduate collections." Choice
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Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures

Book by Vincent LoBrutto; Praeger, 2005

Subjects:

Cinematography, Motion Pictures

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...special programs celebrat- ing the cinema. Million Dollar Movie allowed me to see Hollywood clas- sics like my beloved King...encore broadcasts in a weeks time reinforcing that a good film not only holds up but continues to reveal its jewels with...was truly an art. Richard Schickels The Men Who Made the Movies series began my lifelong love affair with the films of King Vidor and contributed to my knowledge of Ford, Hitchcock...
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Parody as Film Genre: Never Give a Saga an Even Break

Book by Wes D. Gehring; Greenwood Press, 1999

Subjects:

Comedy Films--History And Criticism, Drama, Parody In Motion Pictures

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Parody is the least appreciated of all film comedy genres and receives little serious attention, even among film fans. This study elevates parody to mainstream significance. A historical overview places the genre in context, and a number of basic parody components, which better define the genre and ...
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Parody is the least appreciated of all film comedy genres and receives little serious attention, even among film fans. This study elevates parody to mainstream significance. A historical overview places the genre in context, and a number of basic parody components, which better define the genre and celebrate its value, are examined. Parody is differentiated from satire, and the two parody types, traditional and reaffirmation, are explained. Chapters study the most spoofed genre in American parody history, the Western; pantheon members of American Film Comedy such as The Marx Brothers, W. C. Fields, Mae West, and Laurel and Hardy; pivotal parody artists, Bob Hope and Woody Allen; Mel Brooks, whose name is often synonymous with parody; and finally, parody in the 1990s. Films discussed include Destry Rides Again (1939), The Road to Utopia (1945), My Favorite Brunette (1947), The Paleface (1948), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) and Scream (1996).
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Genre and Hollywood

Book by Steve Neale; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Film Genres--United States, Motion Pictures--California--Los Angeles

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Genre and Hollywood provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of genre. In this important new book, Steve Neale discusses all the major concepts, theories and accounts of Hollywood and genre, as well as the key genres which theorists have written about, from horror to the Western. He also ...
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Genre and Hollywood provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of genre. In this important new book, Steve Neale discusses all the major concepts, theories and accounts of Hollywood and genre, as well as the key genres which theorists have written about, from horror to the Western. He also puts forward new arguments about the importance of genre in understanding Hollywood cinema.Neale takes issue with much genre criticism and genre theory, which has provided only a partial and misleading account of Hollywood's output. He calls for broader and more flexible conceptions of genre and genres, for more attention to be paid to the discourses and practices of Hollywood itself, for the nature and range of Hollywood's films to be looked at in more detail, and for any assessment of the social and cultural significance of Hollywood's genres to take account of industrial factors.In detailed, revisionist accounts of two major genres - film noir and melodrama - Neale argues that genre remains an important and productive means of thinking about both New and old Hollywood, its history, its audiences and its films.
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Hollywood's America: Social and Political Themes in Motion Pictures

Book by Stephen Powers, David J. Rothman, Stanley Rothman; Westview Press, 1996

Subjects:

Motion Pictures--Political Aspects--United States, Motion Pictures--Social Aspects--United States, Social Surveys--United States

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Hollywood's America is a balanced discussion of unique breadth and depth on a subject of national importance.

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Journal Articles on: (film or films or "motion pictures" or movie or movies) and (genre or genres)

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Creativity and the "B" Feature: Terence Fisher's Crime Films

Journal article by Andrew Spicer; Film Criticism, Vol. 30, 2005

Subjects:

British movies--Criticism and interpretation, British movies--History, Crime movies--Criticism and interpretation, Crime movies--History, Detective and mystery films--Criticism and interpretation, Detective and mystery films--History, Filmmakers--Criticism and interpretation, Fisher, Terence--Criticism and interpretation, Motion pictures, British--Criticism and interpretation, Motion pictures, British--History, Movie directors--Criticism and interpretation

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...crime films were comfortably the dominant genre, representing, on average, around 30 per...crime films, which, if uneven, show how the genre was evolving to embrace the concern for...distinctive contribution to an evolving genre and illustrate the importance of studying...
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Genre Theory in the Context of the Noir and Post-Noir Film

Journal article by Christopher Orr; Film Criticism, Vol. 22, 1997

Subjects:

Detective and mystery films--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Film genres--Analysis, Films noirs--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sex in motion pictures--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Genre theory in the context of the noir and post-noir film by Christopher Orr This essay explores the problems...apply a generic category or categories to a body of American films made in the 1940s and 1950s that became known as film noir...reflecting the editorial views of the British film journal Movie, does in fact take the position that film noir is a genre...
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Racial Privacy, the L.A. Ensemble Film, and Paul Haggis's Crash

Journal article by Hsuan L. Hsu; Film Criticism, Vol. 31, 2006

Subjects:

Crash (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, Film genres--Criticism and interpretation, Film genres--Forecasts and trends, Haggis, Paul--Works, Motion pictures--Criticism and interpretation, Movie genres--Criticism and interpretation, Movie genres--Forecasts and trends, Movies--Criticism and interpretation, Racism in motion pictures--Portrayals, Racism--Portrayals

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...couple seems on the verge of kissing (as couples tend to do on movie posters). Ryans face, too, seems guarded, a mask of determination...reconciliation in what turns out to be the climactic, scene of Haggiss film. An earlier sequence has shown us what is being reconciled...eyes from hers out of respect, introspection, or relief. The movies centerpiece--the car "crash" that metaphorically anchors all...groundwork for Crash by describing a subgenre of "ensemble films" set in Los Angeles, then looking more closely at Haggiss...
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Complex Narratives, an Introduction

Journal article by Janet Staiger; Film Criticism, Vol. 31, 2006

Subjects:

Film genres--Forecasts and trends, Motion picture industry--Industry forecasts, Motion pictures--Criticism and interpretation, Movie genres--Forecasts and trends, Movie industry--Industry forecasts, Movies--Criticism and interpretation, Narratives--Usage

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...complex narrative--the psychological puzzle film--to consider not only the structures common to such movies but also their narrational strategies...Walter Metz and Hsuan L. Hsu consider how films structured this way often raise important...narrational omniscience. On the contrary, the films reduction of race to personal features...Riccardo de los Rios contend that these films extend expected features of narrative...
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Hybrid or Inbred: The Purity Hypothesis and Hollywood Genre History

Journal article by Janet Staiger; Film Criticism, Vol. 22, 1997

Subjects:

Classification--Motion pictures, Film genres--Evaluation, Purity (Philosophy)--Analysis

Collections: Philosophy, History, Entire Library

...Chinatown and Generic Transformation in Recent American Films." Film Theory and Criticism. 2nd ed. Ed. Gerald Mast and Marshall...Eclectic Irony and the New Sincerity." Film Theory Goes to the Movies. Ed. Jim Collins, Hilary Radner, and Ava Preacher Collins...Smart-ass Cutie-pie: Notes Towards an Evaluation of Altman." Movie 21 (Autumn 1975): 1-17.

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Magazine Articles on: (film or films or "motion pictures" or movie or movies) and (genre or genres)

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Building a DVD Library-The MGM Way: Oscar Winners, Drama, Comedy, Westerns, and a Handful of British Films Combine to Delight Movie Buffs

Magazine article by Robert S. Rothenberg; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 132, July 2003

Subjects:

Film and video production companies--Bibliography, Film and video production companies--Product information, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.--Product information, Motion picture industry--Bibliography, Motion picture industry--Product information, Motion pictures--Bibliography, Motion pictures--Product information, Movie industry--Bibliography, Movie industry--Product information, Movies--Bibliography, Movies--Product information

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...Funeral (118 minutes, $14.95) shows the flip side of British movies, which effortlessly turn from high drama to sophisticated...right for trying to match acting chops with British pros. The movie was nominated for a best picture Oscar in 1993, losing to...American Pie," etc. If you havent run across this charming film before, make sure to seek it out, and prepare to be delighted...equivalent. There are no special features. So there you have 28 films to fit virtually any taste. Add these to the 24 saluted in...
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Notes from Underground

Magazine article by Andrew Lewis Conn; Film Comment, Vol. 37, May 2001

Subjects:

Art and motion pictures--Media coverage, Art--Media coverage, Experimental films--Marketing, Experimental movies--Marketing, Film critics--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Film festivals--New York, Movie critics--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Movies--Media coverage, New York, New York--Fairs and festivals

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...down with handfuls of sugary shorts. Yes, watching midnight movies at four in the afternoon on a Sunday can be tough sledding, and at its worst the New York Underground Film Festival resembles being trapped at consecutive performances...this magazines year-end poll, I was hard-pressed to name ten films I considered worthy of inclusion. (Jackie Chans Legend of...the bad, the indifferent -- I found myself happily, merrily movie-drunk once again. Andrew Lewis Conn writes about film for...
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Pop Rebel: Argentina's Flamboyant Movie Maverick Finds the Poetic within the Populist

Magazine article by David Oubina; Film Comment, Vol. 37, September 2001

Subjects:

Argentine movies--Criticism and interpretation, Favio, Leonardo--Criticism and interpretation, Filmmakers--Criticism and interpretation, Motion pictures, Argentine--Criticism and interpretation, Movie directors--Criticism and interpretation, Movie producers (Persons)--Criticism and interpretation

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Pop Rebel: Argentinas Flamboyant Movie Maverick Finds the Poetic within the Populist. by David Oubina Argentine film criticism has always found Leonardo Favio notoriously difficult...filmography (which spans 35 years and consists of only nine films) constitutes an oeuvre that is remarkably coherent. Neither...story of a real-life 19th-century gaucho rebel. At the time, movies about patriotic figures were in vogue -- the National Institute...
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The Many Faces of Movie Comedy: A Photo-Album Look at the Great Comics Who Have Filled Audiences' Hearts with Joy since Silent Film Days

Magazine article by Wes D. Gehring; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 127, July 1998

Subjects:

Motion picture actors and actresses--Performances, Motion pictures--Personalities, Movie actors--Performances, Movies--Personalities

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...Bailey underlines the moment by saying, "Merry Christmas, movie house!" Populism sometimes has been given a new twist by...Todays most consistently populist director is Ron Howard, whose films constantly concentrate on family and/or people learning to...wins the brass ring as the ultimate example, with its in-film "I Love Mallory" attack on 1950s family television. Suicide...Airplane!" (1980) makes parody mincemeat of the "Airport" movies, it still has irreverent time for other victims, from an opening...
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Building a DVD Library-The Warner Way: The Warner Home Video Backlist, with More Than a Dozen of the American Film Institute's 100 Best American Films, Is a Treasure Trove for Collectors

Magazine article by Robert S. Rothenberg; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 131, March 2003

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DVDs (Digital videodisks)--Collections and collecting, DVDs (Digital videodisks)--Marketing, Digital video disk--Collections and collecting, Digital video disk--Marketing, Motion pictures--Evaluation, Movie ratings--Evaluation, Movies, Video recording industry--Marketing, Video recording industry--Product information, Warner Home Video--Marketing, Warner Home Video--Product information

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...fact that, of the American Film Institutes 100 Best American Films list, 13 were on the Warner backlist, including five of the...starting to amass a DVD collection of classic and near-classic movies, Warner is the logical place to start. Lets take a look at...May 2002 issue of USA TODAY and "Citizen Kane," the American Film Institutes number-one rated film of all time, in January...triangle arguably remains the choice for the most romantic in movie history. The DVD features a brand-new introduction by Lauren...

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Newspaper Articles on: (film or films or "motion pictures" or movie or movies) and (genre or genres)

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MOVIE WONDERLAND; DAVID EDWARDS MIRROR FILM CRITIC There Are Some Classic Movies and Must-See Premieres on TV This Christmas - I for One Won't Be Going Anywhere during Toy Story 2 and Chicago! Here's My Guide to the Best on the Box over the Festive Season

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 24, 2005

Subjects:

Film critics, Motion pictures, Movie critics, Movies, Television programs, Toy Story (Motion picture)

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

MOVIE WONDERLAND; DAVID EDWARDS MIRROR FILM CRITIC There Are Some Classic Movies and Must-See Premieres on TV This Christmas - I for One Wont...thrills to supernatural scares, this years pick of the festive films truly offers something for everyone. With premieres such as...Kids and its sequel. Over on BBC2, you can catch the latest movie adaptation of The Importance Of Being Earnest, featuring an...
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I Can Do without GORE; the Movies Jessica Alba Admits That Shooting Her Latest Horror Movie Was One of Her Most Intense Experiences Yet. the Pregnant Actress Reveals to Rob Driscoll What It Was like Playing a Blind Woman - and Why She's Pleased There Was No Bloodshed

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), April 25, 2008

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Actors, Actresses, Alba, Jessica, Horror films, Horror movies, Motion pictures--Production and direction, Movie production

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...in fact, a remake of a cult 2002 Chinese supernatural horror movie. Albas character, Sydney Wells is an acclaimed violinist, blind...Sixth Sense. Of course she can - and this is what has made the film such a hit at the US box office. California-born Alba has turned down more than a few "slasher" movies before now, but she considers The Eye to be several notches...
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AT THE MOVIES: ONE HIL OF A SAD MOVIE; Cecelia's Old-Fashioned Weepie Gets Star Treatment FILM OF THE WEEK P.S. I LOVE YOU (12A, 126mins)

Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), December 30, 2007

Subjects:

Kudrow, Lisa, Motion pictures, Movies, Swank, Hilary

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AT THE MOVIES: ONE HIL OF A SAD MOVIE; Cecelias Old-Fashioned Weepie Gets Star Treatment FILM OF THE WEEK P.S. I LOVE YOU (12A, 126mins). Byline: MARK...and still show she has a tight and toned body, given the films enthusiasm for showing her trim waistline. P.S. is OK as long...
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'I Can Be Very Grouchy' the Movies Hollywood Heart-Throb Dennis Quaid Is Unrecognisable in His Latest Film as an Overweight Professor. but He Tells Rob Driscoll That despite His Initial Reservations, He Had the Time of His Life Making the Movie

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 16, 2008

Subjects:

Motion pictures, Movies, Obesity, Smart People (Motion picture)

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

I Can Be Very Grouchy the Movies Hollywood Heart-Throb Dennis Quaid Is Unrecognisable in His Latest Film as an Overweight Professor. but He Tells Rob Driscoll That...Initial Reservations, He Had the Time of His Life Making the Movie. Byline: Rob Driscoll DENNIS Quaids fans are in for a...of an actor at the top of his game. Last year he made four films - including Vantage Point, the recently-released, and critically-acclaimed...
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IT'S FACT TO BASICS; the Razz Movie Reviews ALAN MORRISON'S Movie Reviews Unique Film Focuses on Reality and Avoids Fake Thrills of the Serial Killer Genre ZODIAC **** 15

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), May 18, 2007

Subjects:

Motion pictures--Movie reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ITS FACT TO BASICS; the Razz Movie Reviews ALAN MORRISONS Movie Reviews Unique Film Focuses on Reality and Avoids Fake Thrills of the Serial Killer...viewers used to the rollercoaster buzz of typical serial killer movies. With the murders out of the way early on, the film gets stuck...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (film or films or "motion pictures" or movie or movies) and (genre or genres)

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Motion Pictures

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the kinetograph, a camera using rolls of coated celluloid film, and the Kinetoscope, a device for peep-show viewing using...that showed only moving pictures had great success; soon "movie houses" (converted shoprooms) sprang up all over the country...for expressive ends began to assert itself. The earliest films were used primarily to chronicle contemporary attitudes, fashions...became popular outside urban centers. Since their inception the movies have always been termed an industry, with good reason. In...
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Special Effects

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...looking scenes, creatures, or objects that can be combined with live action that has been filmed separately. Disaster films, horror movies, and science-fiction movies are three genres that often depend on elaborate special effects. Such effects were used...
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Brooks, Mel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...version of Alfred Hitchcock s spine-tinglers. Among his later movies, which have been less successful with the public, are To...1993). Brooks turned to the stage in 2001, adapting his first film hit, The Producers, into a smash hit, Tony-winning Broadway...N. Smurthwaite and P. Gelder, Mel Brooks and the Spoof Movie (1982); M. Yakowar, In Method Madness: The Comic Art of Mel Brooks (1982); N. Sinyard, The Films of Mel Brooks (1987). ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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Nicholas Brothers

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...1921 2000, b. Winston-Walem, N.C. Performing on stage and in films, they combined dance genres tap, jazz, and ballet in polished...opened at Harlems Cotton Club and appeared in their first film short. In 1934 they danced in Kid Millions, the first of their many Hollywood movies, which also include The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935), Down...Jumpin Jive" routine), and The Pirate (1948, their last movie together). The brothers also appeared in many stage productions...
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Biography

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Charles Laughton as Rembrandt, or Spencer Tracy as Thomas Edison, films retraced for new audiences, although often in a romanticized...dramatic documentary ("docudrama") and the interview. Ken Russells film essays, commissioned by the British Broadcasting Company (1965...

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