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Maximum Movies—Pulp Fictions

Author : Peter Stanfield
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 081355103X
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Maximum Movies—Pulp Fictions written by Peter Stanfield and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the words of Richard Maltby . . . "Maximum Movies--Pulp Fictions describes two improbably imbricated worlds and the piece of cultural history their intersections provoked." One of these worlds comprises a clutch of noisy, garish pulp movies--Kiss Me Deadly, Shock Corridor, Fixed Bayonets!, I Walked with a Zombie, The Lineup, Terror in a Texas Town, Ride Lonesome--pumped out for the grind houses at the end of the urban exhibition chain by the studios' B-divisions and fly-by-night independents. The other is occupied by critics, intellectuals, cinephiles, and filmmakers such as Jean-Luc Godard, Manny Farber, and Lawrence Alloway, who championed the cause of these movies and incited the cultural guardians of the day by attacking a rigorously policed canon of tasteful, rarified, and ossified art objects. Against the legitimate, and in defense of the illegitimate, in an insolent and unruly manner, they agitated for the recognition of lurid sensational crime stories, war pictures, fast-paced Westerns, thrillers, and gangster melodramas were claimed as examples of the true, the real, and the authentic in contemporary culture--the foundation upon which modern film studies sits.

Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction

Author : Max Allan Collins
Publisher : Penzler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1613163800
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction written by Max Allan Collins and published by Penzler Publishers. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Edgar and Macavity Award Nominee The first-ever biography of the most popular and most influential pulp writer of all time, written by the collaborator who knew him best There has never been a full-length biography of Mickey Spillane, the most popular and influential mystery writer of his era—until now. Beginning in 1947 with I, the Jury, and continuing with his next six novels, Spillane quickly amassed a readership in the tens of millions, becoming the bestselling novelist in the history of American publishing. Surrounded by controversy for the overt violence and suggestive sexual content of his iconic Mike Hammer private eye novels, Spillane was loathed by critics but beloved by his readers. There is, however, more to Spillane’s life than the books. He also starred as Hammer in a movie, was a circus performer, worked with the FBI in capturing a notorious criminal, and starred in Miller Light beer commercials that were so popular they ran for a quarter of a century. Max Allan Collins became Spillane’s friend and collaborator, continuing the Mike Hammer series for years after the author's death, building upon unfinished manuscripts the writer left behind. Now, with co-author James Traylor, Collins has produced the first comprehensive and authoritative profile of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. It is a must-read for any fan of the author—or of the generations of crime writers that were influenced by his work.

Film Criticism in the Digital Age

Author : Mattias Frey
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813570743
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Film Criticism in the Digital Age written by Mattias Frey and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, as digital media has expanded and print outlets have declined, pundits have bemoaned a “crisis of criticism” and mourned the “death of the critic.” Now that well-paying jobs in film criticism have largely evaporated, while blogs, message boards, and social media have given new meaning to the saying that “everyone’s a critic,” urgent questions have emerged about the status and purpose of film criticism in the twenty-first century. In Film Criticism in the Digital Age, ten scholars from across the globe come together to consider whether we are witnessing the extinction of serious film criticism or seeing the start of its rebirth in a new form. Drawing from a wide variety of case studies and methodological perspectives, the book’s contributors find many signs of the film critic’s declining clout, but they also locate surprising examples of how critics—whether moonlighting bloggers or salaried writers—have been able to intervene in current popular discourse about arts and culture. In addition to collecting a plethora of scholarly perspectives, Film Criticism in the Digital Age includes statements from key bloggers and print critics, like Armond White and Nick James. Neither an uncritical celebration of digital culture nor a jeremiad against it, this anthology offers a comprehensive look at the challenges and possibilities that the Internet brings to the evaluation, promotion, and explanation of artistic works.

Forging Arizona

Author : Anita Huizar-Hernández
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813598818
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Forging Arizona written by Anita Huizar-Hernández and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-05 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Forging Arizona Anita Huizar-Hernández looks back at a bizarre nineteenth-century land grant scheme that tests the limits of how ideas about race, citizenship, and national expansion are forged. An important addition to extant scholarship on the U.S. Southwest, this book recovers a forgotten case that reminds readers that the borders that divide are only as stable as the narratives that define them.

The Cool and the Crazy

Author : Peter Stanfield
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813573009
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book The Cool and the Crazy written by Peter Stanfield and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explosive! Amazing! Terrifying! You won’t believe your eyes! Such movie taglines were common in the 1950s, as Hollywood churned out a variety of low-budget pictures that were sold on the basis of their sensational content and topicality. While a few of these movies have since become canonized by film fans and critics, a number of the era’s biggest fads have now faded into obscurity. The Cool and the Crazy examines seven of these film cycles, including short-lived trends like boxing movies, war pictures, and social problem films detailing the sordid and violent life of teenagers, as well as uniquely 1950s takes on established genres like the gangster picture. Peter Stanfield reveals how Hollywood sought to capitalize upon current events, moral panics, and popular fads, making movies that were “ripped from the headlines” on everything from the Korean War to rock and roll. As he offers careful readings of several key films, he also considers the broader historical and commercial contexts in which these films were produced, marketed, and exhibited. In the process, Stanfield uncovers surprising synergies between Hollywood and other arenas of popular culture, like the ways that the fashion trend for blue jeans influenced the 1950s Western. Delivering sharp critical insights in jazzy, accessible prose, The Cool and the Crazy offers an appreciation of cinema as a “pop” medium, unabashedly derivative, faddish, and ephemeral. By studying these long-burst bubbles of 1950s “pop,” Stanfield reveals something new about what films do and the pleasures they provide.

The Godfather

Author : Mario Puzo
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593542592
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book The Godfather written by Mario Puzo and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A special deluxe hardcover edition of The Godfather—the unforgettable saga of an American crime family that became a #1 bestseller and global phenomenon. This deluxe edition of The Godfather includes: • A jacket featuring a new take on the iconic original cover • Printed cover boards with art that will titillate hardcore fans • Stained edges • Beautifully illustrated endpapers Since its release in 1969, The Godfather has made an indelible mark on American crime fiction. From the mind of master storyteller Mario Puzo, it traces the Corleone family, whose brilliant and brutal portrayal illuminated the violent and seductive allure of power in American society. A tale of family and loyalty, law and order, obedience and rebellion, it has stood the test of time as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld. Beyond the bestselling novel, Francis Ford Coppola’s incomparable film adaptation and Academy Award winner for Best Picture cemented The Godfather's reputation as a triumph in storytelling and a seminal classic for the ages. With a legacy of blood and honor, it is a cultural touchstone that has resonated for generations, and still mesmerizes readers to this day.

Fanfare

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 874 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)

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Fletch

Author : Gregory Mcdonald
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
ISBN 13 : 153854251X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (385 download)

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Download or read book Fletch written by Gregory Mcdonald and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book one in the bestselling mystery series that brought to life an iconic literary antihero of subversion and schemes Fletch, investigative reporter extraordinaire, can’t be bothered with deadlines or expense-account budgets when it comes to getting his story. Working undercover at the beach to dig up a drug-trafficking scheme for his next blockbuster piece, Fletch is invited into a much deeper narrative. Alan Stanwyk, CEO of Collins Aviation and all-around family man, mistakes the reporter for a strung-out vagabond and asks him for a favor: kill him and escape to Brazil with $50,000. Intrigued, Fletch can’t help but dig into this suspicious deal he’s being offered. Dodging the shady beach police as his case begins to break open, and with his temperamental editor Clara pushing for his article, he soon discovers that Stanwyk has a lot to hide and this plan is anything but what it seems.

Questions for the Movie Answer Man

Author : Roger Ebert
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780836228946
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Questions for the Movie Answer Man written by Roger Ebert and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 1997-06 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was in the briefcase in Pulp Fiction? Why don't movie actors wear seat belts? Was Fargo really based on a true story? Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert answers these and hundreds more. Using wit, insight, and dozens of other experts, he resolves some of the most common questions about the moviesand some of the most bizarre.

One Hundred Years of Heroin

Author : David Musto
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book One Hundred Years of Heroin written by David Musto and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2002-04-30 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1898 Heroin, the Bayer trademark name for diacetylmorphine, was commercially introduced to every corner of the Earth. Contrary to common assertion, Heroin was not recommended for treatment of morphine or opium habits. Rather, Heroin filled a desperate need for a powerful cough suppressant. The leading causes of death at that time, tuberculosis and pneumonia, were linked to uncontrollable coughing. Heroin performed well in preliminary testing by the manufacturer and upon release was hailed for its effectiveness. Although Heroin is a morphine derivative, for several years it was thought not to be particularly habit forming. Its addictive potential became apparent especially in the United States, where its sale was pretty much unrestricted until 1914. Heroin's prominent use among teen-aged gangs in New York City prompted the city's health commissioner in 1919 to characterize that use as an American disease.

Shovel Ready

Author : Adam Sternbergh
Publisher : Broadway Books
ISBN 13 : 0385349017
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Shovel Ready written by Adam Sternbergh and published by Broadway Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the dirty bomb hit Times Square and the city became a shell of itself, Spademan has become a hitman, not a garbage man. But when he's hired to kill the daughter of a powerful evangelist, his unadorned street life is upended.

Ebony

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Nothing Lasts Forever (Basis for the film Die Hard)

Author : Roderick Thorp
Publisher : Graymalkin Media
ISBN 13 : 193516984X
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Nothing Lasts Forever (Basis for the film Die Hard) written by Roderick Thorp and published by Graymalkin Media. This book was released on 2012-12-17 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High atop a Los Angeles skyscraper, an office Christmas party turns into a deadly cage-match between a lone New York City cop and a gang of international terrorists. Every action fan knows it could only be the explosive big-screen blockbuster Die Hard. But before Bruce Willis blew away audiences as unstoppable hero John McClane, author Roderick Thorp knocked out thriller readers with the bestseller that started it all. A dozen heavily armed terrorists have taken hostages, issued demands, and promised bloodshed — all according to plan. But they haven’t counted on a death-defying, one-man cavalry with no shoes, no backup, and no intention of going down easily. As hot-headed cops swarm outside, and cold-blooded killers wield machine guns and rocket launchers inside, the stage is set for the ultimate showdown between anti-hero and uber-villains. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good fight... to the death. Ho ho ho!

"B" Movies

Author : Don Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "B" Movies written by Don Miller and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Maximum Rocknroll

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Maximum Rocknroll written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Screenwriting

Author : Skip Press
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028639444
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Screenwriting written by Skip Press and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides advice for aspiring screenwriters on how to write scripts for television and motion pictures, including what topics are popular, how to rework scenes, and how to sell screenplays in Hollywood.

The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Movies

Author : Derek Winnert
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Movies written by Derek Winnert and published by Virgin Books Limited. This book was released on 1995 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated work, covering every aspect of the movie industry. It contains information on actors, directors, classic movies, special effects, stunts, animation and movie star lifestyles. Included are 250 landmark movies, a comprehensive Whos's Who and sections on the movie industry and technology. including Xan Brooks, Paul Sussman, George Watson and Carol Allen, many of which helped to script the permanent exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image in London.