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Alfred Hitchcock and Film Noir
The Darker Side
Av R. Barton Palmer, Homer B. Pettey
Inbunden, 2024
2012 kr
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Alfred Hitchcock was a major figure in the development and flourishing of film noir. His noir films became an inspirational foundation of the neo-noir movement beginning in the 1970s, from Brian de Palma's mash-up homages to Hitchcock originals such as Obsession (1976) and Body Double (1984) to the …
Film Noir
Av Homer B. Pettey, R. Barton Palmer
Inbunden, 2014
1383 kr
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Explores the development of film noir as a cultural and artistic phenomenon. This book traces the development of what we know as film noir from the proto-noir elements of Feuillade’s silent French crime series and German Expressionism to the genre’s mid-twentieth century popularization and …
International Noir
Av Homer B. Pettey, R. Barton Palmer
Inbunden, 2014
1383 kr
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Following World War II, film noir became the dominant cinematic expression of Cold War angst, influencing new trends in European and Asian filmmaking. International Noir examines film noir’s influence on the cinematic traditions of Britain, France, Scandinavia, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and India. …
Alfred Hitchcock and Film Noir
The Darker Side
Av R. Barton Palmer, Homer B. Pettey
Häftad, 2026
332 kr
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Alfred Hitchcock was a major figure in the development and flourishing of film noir. His noir films became an inspirational foundation of the neo-noir movement beginning in the 1970s, from Brian de Palma’s mash-up homages to Hitchcock originals such as Obsession (1976) and Body Double (1984) to the …
Hitchcock's Moral Gaze
Av R. Barton Palmer, Homer B. Pettey m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
487 kr
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Offers new and compelling perspectives on the deeply moral nature of Hitchcock's films.In his essays and interviews, Alfred Hitchcock was guarded about substantive matters of morality, preferring instead to focus on discussions of technique. That has not, however, discouraged scholars and critics …
Rule, Britannia!
The Biopic and British National Identity
Av Homer B. Pettey, R. Barton Palmer
Inbunden, 2018
1324 kr
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Assesses how cinematic biographies of key figures reflect and shape what it means to be British.Winner of the 2019 SAMLA Studies Book Award for Edited Collections presented by the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Rule, Britannia! surveys the British biopic, a genre crucial to …
Rule, Britannia!
The Biopic and British National Identity
Av Homer B. Pettey, R. Barton Palmer
Häftad, 2019
667 kr
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Assesses how cinematic biographies of key figures reflect and shape what it means to be British.Winner of the 2019 SAMLA Studies Book Award for Edited Collections presented by the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Rule, Britannia! surveys the British biopic, a genre crucial to …
Mind Reeling
Psychopathology on Film
Häftad, 2021
388 kr
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Across a variety of genres, shows how mental disorders are depicted in cinema.Mind Reeling investigates how cinema displays and mirrors psychological disorders, such as bipolar disorder, amnesia, psychotic delusions, obsessive compulsive behavior, trauma, paranoia, and borderline personalities. It …
Mind Reeling
Psychopathology on Film
Inbunden, 2020
1250 kr
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Across a variety of genres, shows how mental disorders are depicted in cinema.Mind Reeling investigates how cinema displays and mirrors psychological disorders, such as bipolar disorder, amnesia, psychotic delusions, obsessive compulsive behavior, trauma, paranoia, and borderline personalities. It …
Cold War Film Genres
Inbunden, 2018
1955 kr
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Examines how Cold War films depicted pertinent issues of American social class and genderFrom the mid-1940s to the late 1980s American film studios enjoyed commercial success in a range of often overlooked genres, employing a new realism to depict social class structures, capitalist desires and the …
Film Noir
Av Homer B. Pettey, R. Barton Palmer
Häftad, 2016
677 kr
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Explores the development of film noir as a cultural and artistic phenomenon. This book traces the development of what we know as film noir from the proto-noir elements of Feuillade’s silent French crime series and German Expressionism to the genre’s mid-twentieth century popularization and …
International Noir
Av Homer B. Pettey, R. Barton Palmer
Häftad, 2016
677 kr
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Following World War II, film noir became the dominant cinematic expression of Cold War angst, influencing new trends in European and Asian filmmaking. International Noir examines film noir’s influence on the cinematic traditions of Britain, France, Scandinavia, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and India. …
Cold War Film Genres
Häftad, 2019
697 kr
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From the mid-1940s to the late 1980s American film studios enjoyed commercial success in a range of often overlooked genres, employing a new realism to depict social class structures, capitalist desires and the expansion of the marketplace, and to turn American cultural values comically and …
ReFocus: The Literary Films of Richard Brooks
Av R. Barton Palmer, Homer B. Pettey
Inbunden, 2023
1407 kr
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The first critical work to emphasize Richard Brook's literariness"Offers a critical assessment by well-known film scholarsExplores Brooks's engagement with intellectual and cultural trendsDiscusses Brooks's engagement with genresReFocus: The Literary Films of Richard Brooks highlights the …
ReFocus: The Literary Films of Richard Brooks
Av R. Barton Palmer, Homer B. Pettey
Häftad, 2024
373 kr
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ReFocus: The Literary Films of Richard Brooks highlights the accomplishments of one of postwar America’s most important and successful directors, with an emphasis on the "literary" aspects of his career, including his work as a screenwriter and adaptor of such modern classics as Cat on a Hot Tin …
Films of Costa-Gavras
New Perspectives
E-bok, 2020
1287 kr
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Costa-Gavras is a seminal figure in French and international cinema. A master of the political thriller, he explores historical events through individual human stories, thereby involving his audience in past and contemporary traumas, from the horrors of the Holocaust through mid-century …
Films of Costa-Gavras
New Perspectives
Inbunden, 2020
1302 kr
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Costa-Gavras is a seminal figure in French and international cinema. A master of the political thriller, he explores historical events through individual human stories, thereby involving his audience in past and contemporary traumas, from the horrors of the Holocaust through mid-century …
Films of Costa-Gavras
New Perspectives
E-bok, 2020
1287 kr
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Costa-Gavras is a seminal figure in French and international cinema. A master of the political thriller, he explores historical events through individual human stories, thereby involving his audience in past and contemporary traumas, from the horrors of the Holocaust through mid-century …
French Literature on Screen
Av Homer B. Pettey, R. Barton Palmer
Inbunden, 2019
1461 kr
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This collection presents new essays in the complex field of French literary adaptation. Using a variety of textual and interpretive approaches, it sheds light on issues of gender, sexuality, class, politics and social conventions while acknowledging a range of contexts, from the commercial to the …
Hitchcock's Moral Gaze
Av R. Barton Palmer, Homer B. Pettey m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1111 kr
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Offers new and compelling perspectives on the deeply moral nature of Hitchcock's films.In his essays and interviews, Alfred Hitchcock was guarded about substantive matters of morality, preferring instead to focus on discussions of technique. That has not, however, discouraged scholars and critics …
