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Reading the Silver Screen

Author : Thomas C. Foster
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062113402
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Reading the Silver Screen written by Thomas C. Foster and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes an indispensable analysis of our most celebrated medium, film. No art form is as instantly and continuously gratifying as film. When the house lights go down and the lion roars, we settle in to be shocked, frightened, elated, moved, and thrilled. We expect magic. While we’re being exhilarated and terrified, our minds are also processing data of all sorts—visual, linguistic, auditory, spatial—to collaborate in the construction of meaning. Thomas C. Foster’s Reading the Silver Screen will show movie buffs, students of film, and even aspiring screenwriters and directors how to transition from merely being viewers to becoming accomplished readers of this great medium. Beginning with the grammar of film, Foster demonstrates how every art form has a grammar, a set of practices and if-then propositions that amount to rules. He goes on to explain how the language of film enables movies to communicate the purpose behind their stories and the messages they are striving to convey to audiences by following and occasionally breaking these rules. Using the investigative approach readers love in How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Foster examines this grammar of film through various classic and current movies both foreign and domestic, with special recourse to the “AFI 100 Years-100 Movies” lists. The categories are idiosyncratic yet revealing. In Reading the Silver Screen, readers will gain the expertise and confidence to glean all they can from the movies they love.

Silver Screen

Author : Justina Robson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780333754375
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book Silver Screen written by Justina Robson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Silver Screen Fiend

Author : Patton Oswalt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451673221
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Silver Screen Fiend written by Patton Oswalt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Between 1995 and 1999, Patton Oswalt lived with an unshakable addiction. It wasn't drugs, alcohol or sex: it was film. After moving to L.A., Oswalt became a huge film buff (or as he calls it, a sprocket fiend), absorbing classics, cult hits, and new releases at the New Beverly Cinema. Silver screen celluloid became Patton's life schoolbook, informing his notion of acting, writing, comedy, and relationships. Set in the nascent days of L.A.'s alternative comedy scene, Oswalt's memoir chronicles his journey from fledgling stand-up comedian to self-assured sitcom actor, with the colorful New Beverly collective and a cast of now-notable young comedians supporting him all along the way"--

Savior on the Silver Screen

Author : Richard C. Stern
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809138555
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (385 download)

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Download or read book Savior on the Silver Screen written by Richard C. Stern and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Savior on the Silver Screen examines nine movies about the life of Jesus - ranging from the traditional to the provocativeand explores how the image of Jesus in each reflects the time and culture in which the film was produced. The selections encompass silent, foreign, epic, and musical films. Both entertaining and insightful, Savior on the Silver Screen is structured for easy use in classroom, small group, and individual settings and includes rental information and practical tips for using the book. For each film there is an introduction, pre-viewing and post-viewing questions, and a discussion of its major features. -- Provided by publisher.

Danger on the Silver Screen

Author : Scott McGee
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 9780762474844
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Danger on the Silver Screen written by Scott McGee and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2022 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An entertaining, action-packed addition to the TCM program that celebrates an essential, but often overlooked or disregarded part of the film industry: stunts. Offering readers a unique perspective as well as history of the impact and evolution of stunt work, and behind-the-scenes stories from the stunt professionals who risked life and limb to make the magic happen"--

Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen

Author : Candace Fleming
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 0593708601
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen written by Candace Fleming and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Balto and other real-life dog stories, here's a heavily illustrated middle-grade novel about a canine movie star of the 1920s, dramatically told in both words and pictures by an acclaimed author and a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator. When movie director Larry Trimble travels to Berlin searching for his next big star--a dog!--he finds Etzel, a fierce, highly trained three-year-old German shepherd police dog. Larry sees past the snarls and growls and brings Etzel back to Hollywood, where he is renamed Strongheart. Along with screenwriter Jane Murfin, Larry grooms his protégé to be a star of the silver screen--and he succeeds, starting with Strongheart's first film, The Love Master, which is released in 1921. Strongheart is soon joined by a leading lady, a German shepherd named Lady Julie, and becomes a sensation. Touching, charming, playful, and based on real events, this moving tale by Candace Fleming and illustrated by Eric Rohmann tells all about "the wonder dog" who took America by storm. A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF 2018 A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF 2018

Before Hollywood

Author : Paul Clee
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0618445331
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Before Hollywood written by Paul Clee and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a fascinating look a the world of entertainment before Hollywood, and explains how today's movies came to be.

Scripture on the Silver Screen

Author : Adele Reinhartz
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664223595
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book Scripture on the Silver Screen written by Adele Reinhartz and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Om amerikanske film som tolkes ud fra tekster i Bibelen

An Amorous History of the Silver Screen

Author : Zhang Zhen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226982373
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book An Amorous History of the Silver Screen written by Zhang Zhen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrating the cultural significance of film and its power as a vehicle for social change, this book reveals the intricacies of the cultural movement and explores its connections to other art forms such as photography, drama, and literature.

Shadows of the Silver Screen

Author : Christopher Edge
Publisher : Nosy Crow
ISBN 13 : 0857630539
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book Shadows of the Silver Screen written by Christopher Edge and published by Nosy Crow. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the past in this spine-tingling historical adventure from award-winning author Christopher Edge. Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine, The Penny Dreadful . Her masterly tales of the macabre are gripping Victorian Britain, even if no one knows she's the author. One day a mysterious filmmaker approaches The Penny Dreadful with a proposal to turn their sinister stories into motion pictures. Filming begins but is plagued by a series of strange and frightening events. As Penelope is drawn into the mysteries surrounding the filming she soon finds herself trapped in a nightmare penned by her own hand... Can Penny uncover the filmmaker's dark secret before it's too late? Spine-tingling historical adventure series with a supernatural twist! From the acclaimed author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright and The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day . Related discussion notes and activity ideas available on the Nosy Crow website.

Making Patton

Author : Nicholas Evan Sarantakes
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700618627
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Making Patton written by Nicholas Evan Sarantakes and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forever known for its blazing cinematic image of General George S. Patton (portrayed by George C. Scott) addressing his troops in front of a mammoth American flag, Patton won seven Oscars in 1971, including those for Best Picture and Best Actor. In doing so, it beat out a much-ballyhooed M*A*S*H, irreverent darling of the critics, and grossed $60 million despite an intense anti-war climate. But, as Nicholas Evan Sarantakes reveals, it was a film that almost didn't get made. Sarantakes offers an engaging and richly detailed production history of what became a critically acclaimed box office hit. He takes readers behind the scenes, even long before any scenes were ever conceived, to recount the trials and tribulations that attended the epic efforts of producer Frank McCarthy—like Patton a U.S. Army general—and Twentieth Century Fox to finally bring Patton to the screen after eighteen years of planning. Sarantakes recounts how filmmakers had to overcome the reluctance of Patton's family, copyright issues with biographers, competing efforts for a biopic, and Department of Defense red tape. He chronicles the long search for a leading man—including discussions with Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, and even Ronald Reagan—before settling on Scott, a brilliant actor who brought to the part both enthusiasm for the project and identification with Patton's passionate persona. He also tracks the struggles to shoot the movie with a large multinational cast, huge outlays for military equipment, and filming in six countries over a mere six months. And he provides revealing insider stories concerning, for example, Scott's legendary drinking bouts and the origins of and debate over his famous opening monologue. Drawing on extensive research in the papers of Frank McCarthy and director Franklin Schaffner, studio archives, records of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, contemporary journalism, and oral histories, Sarantakes ultimately shows us that Patton is more than just one of the best war films ever made. Culturally, it also spoke to national ideals while exposing complex truths about power in the mid-twentieth century.

Nicholas Hoult

Author : Nadia Higgins
Publisher : Lerner Publications
ISBN 13 : 1467725021
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book Nicholas Hoult written by Nadia Higgins and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You may know that Nicholas Hoult commands the big screen as Beast in X-Men. But did you know that he:- is a huge admirer of Muhammad Ali and sleeps underneath a poster of the boxing legend?- fell in love with acting at the age of three when he went to see his brother in a play?- calls reading his sisters' magazines his favorite guilty pleasure?Want to know more about the life of this talented actor? Read on to learn all about Nicholas's early years, parents and sibs, first acting job, love life, future films, and more!

Movies on Trial

Author : Anthony Chase
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781565847002
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Movies on Trial written by Anthony Chase and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular culture of American law has never played a larger role than it does today in shaping the way we think about lawyers and the legal system. Our very definition of justice is now inseparable from motion picture and television images and popular legal narratives, from Hollywood westerns and O. J. Simpson to Law and Order and John Grisham. In Movies on Trial, law professor and movie aficionado Anthony Chase sorts out some of the complex and often contradictory notions Americans have about the legal system. He uses movies to investigate and inventory many of our deepest beliefs about law and politics, and provides a strong historical and intellectual context throughout. Analyzing Dirty Harry and True Believer for their commentary on the Miranda ruling and criminal procedure, and explaining tort law via The Verdict and A Civil Action, Chase also employs Three Kings to reveal changes in international law and The Rise to Power of Louis XIV to explore the rise of the modern state. Through the lens of film, he is able to describe and analyze the symbiosis between the image of law and its actual practice in our cultural imagination, in a genuinely illuminating and entertaining book.

Hollywood in the Information Age

Author : Janet Wasko
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745669026
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Hollywood in the Information Age written by Janet Wasko and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a major new assessment of the American movie industry in the 1990's, focusing on the development of new communication technologies such as cable and home video and examining their impact on the production and distribution of motion pictures.

Silver Screen Saucers

Author : Robbie Graham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781910121115
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book Silver Screen Saucers written by Robbie Graham and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More so than any other medium, cinema has shaped our expectations of potential alien life and visitation. From The Day the Earth Stood Still and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, to Battleship, Prometheus and beyond, our hopes and fears of alien contact have been fuelled by the silver screen. But what messages does Hollywood impart to us about our possible otherworldly neighbours, from where do UFO movies draw their inspiration, and what other factors - cultural or conspiratorial - might influence their production and content? Silver Screen Saucers is a timely and revealing examination of the interplay between Hollywood's UFO movies and the UFO phenomenon itself, from 1950 to present day. The book grants the reader a rare, close-up examination of the DNA that builds our perceptions of the UFO mystery: one strand of this DNA weaves real events, stories and people from the historical record of UFOlogy, while the other spins and twists with the film and TV products they have inspired. With our alien dreams and nightmares now more fully visualized onscreen than ever before, Silver Screen Saucers asks the question: what does it all mean? Are all UFO stories just fever dreams from LA screenwriters, or are they based in something else? Could any of them be real and are they part of a bigger message? From interviews with screenwriters and directors whose visions have been shaped by their lifelong UFO obsessions; to Presidents Carter and Reagan talking aliens with Spielberg at the White House; to CIA and Pentagon manipulation of UFO-themed productions; to movie stars and producers being stalked by real Men in Black, Silver Screen Saucers provides fresh perspective on the frequently debated but little understood subject of UFOs & Hollywood. The book addresses questions such as: Does Hollywood fuel the UFO mythos, or vice versa? In other words, are our beliefs about alien visitation shaped by UFO movies, or are UFO movies shaped by our beliefs about alien visitation? Do Hollywood's UFO movies fictionalize the UFO phenomenon in the public mind, actualize it, or both? If and when humanity makes full and open contact with an unearthly intelligence, would we, as cinemagoers, be able to divorce Hollywood's historical imaginings from the reality with which we are presented? Indeed... Should we? After all, a great deal of Hollywood's UFO movie content has been closely informed by supposedly factual UFOlogical literature, events and debates. Perhaps, then, there is more truth to be found in Hollywood's UFO movies than we might imagine - which raises the question: Just how has so much dense UFOlogical theory (by its very nature 'fringe' and subcultural) managed find its way into Hollywood's populist science fiction narratives? Is Hollywood's incorporation of UFO lore attributable to a "Hollywood UFO conspiracy" designed to acclimate us to a UFO/alien reality, or is it merely the result of a natural cultural process? Silver Screen Saucers is bursting with ideas and information that will excite and intrigue any reader with a passing or serious interest in UFOs and/or science-fiction cinema."

The Big Screen

Author : David Thomson
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780141047126
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book The Big Screen written by David Thomson and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Thomson tells the enthralling story of the movies and how they have shaped us. Taking us around the globe, through time and across multiple media, he tracks the ways in which we were initially enchanted by this mesmerising imitation of life and let movies - the stories, the stars, the look - show us how to live. But at the same time he shows us how movies have made it possible for us to evade life altogether.

Meaning at the Movies

Author : Grant Horner
Publisher : Crossway Books
ISBN 13 : 9781433512285
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Meaning at the Movies written by Grant Horner and published by Crossway Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at Christianity and art, the theology of biblical discernment, and a brief history of film, and through analysis of several films, this book equips Christians to think carefully about the art of film.