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German Popular Cinema and the Rialto Krimi Phenomenon

Author : Nicholas G. Schlegel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498570739
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book German Popular Cinema and the Rialto Krimi Phenomenon written by Nicholas G. Schlegel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: German Popular Cinema and the Rialto Krimi Phenomenon: Dark Eyes of London examines the Kriminalfilme—or Krimis—based on the novels of English author Edgar Wallace, released by Rialto Film between 1959 and 1972 as part of the post-World War II era of German popular cinema that enjoyed extraordinary popularity with the German public. Nicholas G. Schlegel analyzes how this group of West German thrillers not only nurtured a convalescing film industry, but also provided unequaled national entertainment while canonizing Rialto’s Krimi productions in terms of their historical genesis, aesthetic characteristics, and social reception. Schlegel surveys the Krimi’s enduring legacy, calculable global influence, inevitable decline, and eventual migration to television in the 1970s, where it thrived but ultimately took on a more somber tone. Scholars of film, television, history, and German culture will find this book particularly useful.

Hackers as Heroes in German Film and Television

Author : William Mahan
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1666925837
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Hackers as Heroes in German Film and Television written by William Mahan and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2023 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, William Mahan analyzes German feature films and TV series centered around the figure of the computer hacker as a hero over the past twenty-five years. The author introduces the German hacker genre to the ongoing academic discussion of genre in German cinema and argues for its continued relevance in both national and global contexts.

The Films of Jess Franco

Author : Antonio Lázaro-Reboll
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814343171
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book The Films of Jess Franco written by Antonio Lázaro-Reboll and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edited volume devoted to the legendary cult director Jess Franco.

GERMAN KRIMI FILMS

Author : Scott V. Palmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781649705426
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book GERMAN KRIMI FILMS written by Scott V. Palmer and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-26 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Generic Histories of German Cinema

Author : Jaimey Fisher
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1571135707
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Generic Histories of German Cinema written by Jaimey Fisher and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2013 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a fresh approach to German film studies by tracing key genres -- including horror, the thriller, Heimat films, and war films -- over the course of German cinema history

Sex, Sadism, Spain, and Cinema

Author : Nicholas G. Schlegel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442251166
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Sex, Sadism, Spain, and Cinema written by Nicholas G. Schlegel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1968 to 1977, Spain experienced a boom in horror-movie production under a restrictive economic system established by the country’s dictator, Francisco Franco. Despite hindrance from the Catholic Church and Spanish government, which rigidly controlled motion picture content, hundreds of horror films were produced during this ten-year period. This statistic is even more remarkable when compared with the output of studios and production companies in the United States and elsewhere at the same time. What accounts for the staggering number of films, and what does it say about Spain during this period? In Sex, Sadism, Spain, and Cinema: The Spanish Horror Film, Nicholas G. Schlegel looks at movies produced, distributed, and exhibited under the crumbling dictatorship of General Franco. The production and content of these films, the author suggests, can lead to a better understanding of the political, social, and cultural conditions during a contentious period in Spain’s history. The author addresses the complex factors that led to the “official” sanctioning of horror films—which had previously been banned—and how they differed from other popular genres that were approved and subsidized by the government. In addition to discussing the financing and exhibiting of these productions, the author examines the tropes, conventions, iconography, and thematic treatments of the films. Schlegel also analyzes how these movies were received by audiences and critics, both in Spain and abroad. Finally, he looks at the circumstances that led to the rapid decline of such films in the late 1970s and early 1980s. By examining how horror movies thrived in Spain during this decade, this book addresses a sorely neglected gap in film scholarship and also complements existing literature on Spanish national cinema. Sex, Sadism, Spain, and Cinema will appeal to fans of horror films as well as scholars of film history, European history, genre studies, and cultural studies.

Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema

Author : Andrea Virginás
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793613443
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema written by Andrea Virginás and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema: History, Theory, and Reception discusses how the Hungarian and Romanian film industries show signs of becoming a regional hub within the Eastern European canon, a process occasionally facilitated by the cultural overlap through the historical province of Transylvania. Andrea Virginás employs a film historical overview to merge the study of small national cinemas with film genre theory and cultural theory and posits that Hollywood-originated classical film genres have been important fields of reference for the development of these Eastern European cinemas. Furthermore, Virginás argues that Hungarian and Romanian genre films demonstrate a valid evolution within the given genre’s standards, and thus need to be incorporated into the global discourse on this subject. Scholars of film studies, Eastern European studies, cultural studies, and history will find this book particularly useful.

Made in Mexico

Author : Luis Reyes
Publisher : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
ISBN 13 : 9781495097898
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Made in Mexico written by Luis Reyes and published by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MADE IN MEXICO: HOLLYWWOD SOUTH OF THE BORDER

Locating Nordic Noir

Author : Kim Toft Hansen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319598155
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Locating Nordic Noir written by Kim Toft Hansen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-14 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive study of Nordic Noir television drama from the 1990’s until today. The authors introduce the history of contemporary Nordic Noir from the perspective of place, production and location studies. The chapters include readings of well-known television crime dramas such as Beck, The Killing, Trapped and The Bridge as well as a range of other important Nordic Noir cases. The authors position the development of Nordic Noir in the global market for popular television drama and place the international attention towards Nordic crime dramas within regional development of drama production in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. Consequently, Nordic Noir is read as both a transnational financial and creative phenomenon and as a local possibility for community building. Offering a comprehensible, scholarly and methodologically original approach to the popularity of Nordic television crime dramas, this volume is aimed at readers with an interest in crime drama as well as scholars and students of television drama.

The Video Watchdog Book

Author : Tim Lucas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Video Watchdog Book written by Tim Lucas and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read What You've Been Missing! This profusely illustrated video consumer guide is a must for all fans & collectors of Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy films on tape & disc. A companion to the popular VIDEO WATCHDOG Magazine, THE VIDEO WATCHDOG BOOK contains witty & informative descriptions of 100s of titles, including out-of-print rarities, alternate versions, foreign language & import releases, continuity errors... even detailed descriptions of missing (& censored) scenes! Written by video authority Tim Lucas, whose work has appeared in numerous books & magazines in the United States & Europe. Also includes an indispensible list of more than 650 retitled videos, a book index, plus a complete index to the first 12 issues of VIDEO WATCHDOG Magazine! Features a Foreword by cult Director Joe Dante (GREMLINS, THE HOWLING), a striking full-color cover by Stephen R. Bissette (SWAMP THING), & spot illustrations by Brian Thomas (TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES). Here's what the experts say about VIDEO WATCHDOG: "Fascinating... the best effort of its kind I've seen!"--Vincent Price. "A thorough, accurate, & knowledgeable source that's as good as anything I've read!"--Christopher Lee. "Intriguing, thought-provoking, & marvelously obsessive!--USA TODAY.

The Face in the Night

Author : Edgar Wallace
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Face in the Night written by Edgar Wallace and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Face in the Night' is a mystery novel written by Edgar Wallace. The story revolves around a woman named Audrey, who worked as a literary assistant for an old man named Malpas. The old man has an ongoing rivalry with his neighbor about a family matter, and Audrey is about to find herself a part of it...

The Fellowship of the Frog

Author : Edgar Wallace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Fellowship of the Frog written by Edgar Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Strategies of Humor in Post-Unification German Literature, Film, and Other Media

Author : Jill Twark
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443827819
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Strategies of Humor in Post-Unification German Literature, Film, and Other Media written by Jill Twark and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourteen chapters in this anthology feature original analyses of contemporary German-language literary texts, films, political cartoons, cabaret, and other types of performance. The artworks display a wide spectrum of humor modes, such as irony, satire, the grotesque, Jewish humor, and slapstick, as responses to unification with the accompanying euphoria, but also alienation and dislocation. Kerstin Hensel’s Lärchenau, Christoph Hein’s Landnahme, and vignette collections by Jakob Hein (Antrag auf ständige Ausreise und andere Mythen der DDR) and Wladimir Kaminer (Es gab keinen Sex im Sozialismus) are interpreted as examples of the grotesque. The popular films Lola rennt, Sonnenallee, Herr Lehmann, NVA, Alles auf Zucker!, and Mein Führer—Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler are reexamined through the lens of traditional and more recent humor or comic book theories. The contributors focus on how each artwork enriches four prominent postwall German cultural trends: post-unification identity reconstruction, Vergangenheitsbewältigung (including Hitler humor), New German Popular Literature (Christian Kracht’s ironic subtexts), and immigrant perspectives (a “third voice” in the East-West binary reflected here pointedly in Eulenspiegel cartoons). To date, no other scholarly work provides as comprehensive an overview of the diverse strategies of humor used in the past two decades in German-speaking countries.

Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses

Author : Chris Nashawaty
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613129815
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses written by Chris Nashawaty and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-12-16 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Delightful . . . an engrossing oral history . . . As an enthusiastic ode to colorful, seat-of-your-pants filmmaking, this one’s hard to beat.” —Booklist (starred review) “Fantastic—a treasure.” —Stephen King Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses is an outrageously rollicking account of the life and career of Roger Corman—one of the most prolific and successful independent producers, directors, and writers of all time, and self-proclaimed king of the B movie. As told by Corman himself and graduates of “The Corman Film School,” including Peter Bogdanovich, James Cameron, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro, and Martin Scorsese, this comprehensive oral history takes readers behind the scenes of more than six decades of American cinema, as now-legendary directors and actors candidly unspool recollections of working with Corman, continually one-upping one another with tales of the years before their big breaks. Crab Monsters is supplemented with dozens of full-color reproductions of classic Corman movie posters; behind-the-scenes photographs and ephemera (many taken from Corman’s personal archive); and critical essays on Corman’s most daring films—including The Intruder, Little Shop of Horrors, and The Big Doll House—that make the case for Corman as an artist like no other. “This new coffee table book, brimming with outrageous stills from many of Corman’s hundreds of films, looks at the wild career of the starmaker who was largely responsible for so much of the Hollywood we know today.” —New York Post “Vividly illustrated.” —People “It includes in-depth aesthetic appreciations of ten of Corman’s movies, which, taken together, make a compelling case for Corman as an artist.” —Hollywood.com “Outrageously entertaining.” —Parade “Endlessly fascinating.” —PopMatters

MURDER BY DESIGN

Author : Troy Howarth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781644301166
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book MURDER BY DESIGN written by Troy Howarth and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the films of Dario Argento, Italy's acknowledged master of horror and suspense, has made a career out of exploring the macabre poetry of images of violent death. He did not, however, set out to be a filmmaker. He established himself early on as a progressive voice in film criticism-lavishing praise on directors like Sergio Leone, who had yet to receive their due from the Italian critical establishment. His efforts attracted the attention of Leone himself, who invited the young critic to help develop the story for his next feature. The end result, Once Upon a Time in the West, is often cited as a masterpiece-and from there, Argento went on to enjoy success as a screenwriter before making the all-important switch to directing. His directorial debut, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, became a major hit and helped to popularize the floundering genre of Italian thrillers, also known as gialli. In the years since, Argento has established a high profile as one of Italian cinema's most commercially successful artists, earning a level of celebrity which is almost unheard of among film directors. His filmography includes such beloved gems as Deep Red, Suspiria, Inferno, and Phenomena, as well as more hotly-debated titles like The Stendhal Syndrome, The Phantom of the Opera, Sleepless, and Mother of Tears. Murder by Design: The Unsane Cinema of Dario Argento explores the full scope of his work as a writer, a producer, and a director. Lavishly illustrated and with newly conducted interviews with Dario Argento, as well as such colleagues as actress (and daughter) Fiore Argento, actress Sally Kirkland, actress Irene Miracle, composer Claudio Simonetti, and cinematographer Luciano Tovoli, the book provides a comprehensive overview of Argento's life, career, and rich cinematic legacy.

International Adventures

Author : Tim Bergfelder
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1782389660
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book International Adventures written by Tim Bergfelder and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2004-02-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West German cinema of the 1960s is frequently associated with the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers, collectively known by the 1970s as the "New German Cinema." Yet for domestic and international audiences at the time, German cinema primarily meant popular genres such as exotic adventure films, Gothic crime thrillers, westerns, and sex films, which were dismissed by German filmmakers and critics of the 1970s as "Daddy's Cinema." International Adventures provides the first comprehensive account of these genres, and charts the history of the West German film industry and its main protagonists from the immediate post-war years to its boom period in the 1950s and 1960s. By analyzing film genres in the context of industrial practices, literary traditions, biographical trajectories, and wider cultural and social developments, this book uncovers a forgotten period of German filmmaking that merits reassessment. International Adventures firmly locates its case studies within the wider dynamic of European cinema. In its study of West German cinema's links and co-operations with other countries including Britain, France, and Italy, the book addresses what is perhaps the most striking phenomenon of 1960s popular film genres: the dispersal and disappearance of markers of national identity in increasingly international narratives and modes of production.

The Terror

Author : Edgar Wallace
Publisher : Warren Press
ISBN 13 : 9781473303164
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Terror written by Edgar Wallace and published by Warren Press. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1932 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Terror' is a detective novel about a lonely house whose corridors echo with the sound of the strange notes of a church organ. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born in London, England in 1875. He received his early education at St. Peter's School and the Board School, but after a frenetic teens involving a rash engagement and frequently changing employment circumstances, Wallace went into the military. He served in the Royal West Kent Regiment in England and then as part of the Medical Staff Corps stationed in South Africa. Whilst in the Balkans covering the Russo-Japanese War, Wallace found the inspiration for The Four Just Men, published in 1905. Over the rest of his life, Wallace produced some 173 books and wrote 17 plays. These were largely adventure narratives with elements of crime or mystery, and usually combined a bombastic sensationalism with hammy violence.