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A Year at the Movies

Author : Kevin Murphy
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062275968
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book A Year at the Movies written by Kevin Murphy and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For some of us, moviegoing is an occasional pleasure. Kevin Murphy made it his obsession, and he did it for you. Mr. Murphy, known to legions of fans as Tom Servo on the legendary TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000, went to the movies every day for a year. That's every single day, people. For a whole fricken' year. And not only did he endure, he prevailed -- for this is the hilarious, poignant, fascinating journal of his adventures: the first book about the movies from the audience's point of view. Kevin went to the multiplex, sure. But he didn't stop there. He found the world's smallest commercial movie theater. Another one made completely of ice. Checked out flicks in a tin-roofed hut in the South Pacific. Tooled across the desert from drive-in to drive-in in a groovy convertible. Lived for a week solely on theater food. Took six different women to the same date movie. Dressed up as a nun for the Sing-Along Sound of Music in London. Sneaked into the Cannes and Sundance film festivals. Smuggled an entire Thanksgiving dinner into a movie theater. And saw hundreds of films, from the Arctic Circle to the Equator, from the sublime to the unspeakable. Come along on a joyous global celebration of the cinema with a man on a mission -- to spend A Year at the Movies.

Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey

Author : Kevin Murphy
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9781417702145
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey written by Kevin Murphy and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known as the voice of Tom Servo on "Mystery Science Theater 3000, " Murphy hilariously chronicles his adventure of attending one movie per day for one year, which took him from the local multiplex to the Cannes film festival. Murphy watched movies in as many venues as possible, in six countries spanning four continents.

In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000

Author : Robert G. Weiner
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786485728
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000 written by Robert G. Weiner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999) has been described as "the smartest, funniest show in America," and forever changed the way we watch movies. The series featured a human host and a pair of robotic puppets who, while being subjected to some of the worst films ever made, provided ongoing hilarious and insightful commentary in a style popularly known as "riffing." These essays represent the first full-length scholarly analysis of Mystery Science Theater 3000--MST3K--which blossomed from humble beginnings as a Minnesota public-access television show into a cultural phenomenon on two major cable networks. The book includes interviews with series creator Joel Hodgson and cast members Kevin Murphy and Trace Beaulieu.

Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies

Author : Michael Adams
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061966312
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies written by Michael Adams and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-12-31 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Michael Adams's book is great fun! No one intends to make a truly bad movie, but when they do, Michael Adams will be there to watch it...and make it entertaining!" —John Landis, director of Trading Places and The Blues Brothers In Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies, film critic Michael Adams embarks on a year-long odyssey to discover the worst movie ever made, which Mystery Science Theater 3000 star, writer, and director Kevin Murphy calls "disturbingly comprehensive, joyously critical, and the best of its kind." From all-time cult classics such as Reefer Madness and Plan 9 from Outer Space to new entries to the pantheon such as Gigli and Baby Geniuses, no genre, star, or director is safe from Adams’s acerbic wit and hilarious observations. In the vein of A.J. Jacobs’s New York Times bestselling book The Know-It-All, and with the snarky sarcasm of television’s Mystery Science Theater 3000 and The Soup, Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies leaves no stone unturned. With a foreword by cult director George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead).

Distributions of the Sensible

Author : Scott Durham
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810140292
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Distributions of the Sensible written by Scott Durham and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacques Rancière’s work is increasingly central to several debates across the humanities. Distributions of the Sensible confronts a question at the heart of his thought: How should we conceive the relationship between the “politics of aesthetics” and the “aesthetics of politics”? Specifically, the book explores the implications of Rancière’s rethinking of the relationship of aesthetic to political democracy from a wide range of critical perspectives. Distributions of the Sensible contains original essays by leading scholars on topics such as Rancière’s relation to political theory, critical theory, philosophical aesthetics, and film. The book concludes with a new essay by Rancière himself that reconsiders the practice of theory between aesthetics and politics.

Film

Author : William H. Phillips
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312487258
Total Pages : 780 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Film written by William H. Phillips and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-01-02 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This clear, well illustrated text takes the reader through the basics of film analysis, drawing on a wide range of film for discussion. Questions of genre and the contexts and meanings of film are considered.

Love Sick

Author : Michael J. Nelson
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780810957909
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book Love Sick written by Michael J. Nelson and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bodice-busting book covers to personal ads to wedding cake toppers, romantic subjects have thrived in the fertile soil of American modern-age media and pop culture. This title celebrates the many facets of love: dating, marriage, heartbreak, sex, and strange, thin men in shorts with funny socks.

Twenty Five Mystery Science Theater 3000 Films That Changed My Life in No Way Whatsoever

Author : Frank Conniff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692751978
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Twenty Five Mystery Science Theater 3000 Films That Changed My Life in No Way Whatsoever written by Frank Conniff and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1990, Frank Conniff joined the staff of Mystery Science Theater 3000. First he was hired as a writer, then he was called upon to play TV's Frank, the bumbling yet lovable Mad Scientist henchman in Deep 13. And then he was given the sacred duty of finding the films that would be riffed on the show. Thus, because of his actions, the world now knows of Manos: The Hands of Fate, Monster A-Go-Go, The Brain That Wouldn't Die, Teenagers From Outer Space, and many other cheesy movies that the world would just as soon not know about. In these essays, TV's Frank focuses on twenty-five of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 films he found and riffed with his fellow MST3K writers and cast mates. It tells the story of how a comedian who was lucky enough to work on beloved Peabody Award winning TV show was transformed into a comedian who was lucky enough to work on a beloved Peabody Award winning TV show. It's a story that will stay with you for the rest of your life, if you happen to die just as you finish reading the book.

Marquee

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marquee written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Why We Make Movies

Author : George Alexander
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307419592
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Why We Make Movies written by George Alexander and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sparkling collection of interviews with African American directors and producers. Bringing together more than thirty candid conversations with filmmakers and producers such as Spike Lee, Gordon Parks, Julie Dash, Charles Burnett, and Robert Townsend, Why We Make Movies delivers a cultural celebration with the tips of a film-school master class. With journalist George Alexander, these revolutionary men and women discuss not only how they got their big breaks, but more importantly, they explore the creative process and what making movies means to them. Why We Make Movies also addresses the business of Hollywood and its turning tide, in a nation where African Americans comprise a sizable portion of the film-going public and go to the movies more frequently than whites. In addition, Alexander’s cast of directors and producers considers the lead roles they now play in everything from documentaries and films for television to broad-based blockbusters (in fact, the highest-grossing film in Miramax history was Scary Movie, directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans). For film buffs and aspiring filmmakers alike, Why We Make Movies puts a long-overdue spotlight on one of the most exciting and cutting-edge segments of today’s silver screen. INTERVIEWS INCLUDE: MELVIN VAN PEEBLES • MICHAEL SCHULTZ • CHARLES BURNETT • SPIKE LEE • ROBERT TOWNSEND • FRED WILLIAMSON • ERNEST DICKERSON • KEENEN IVORY WAYANS • ANTOINE FUQUA • BILL DUKE • FORREST WHITAKER • JULIE DASH • KASI LEMMONS • GINA PRINC-BLYTHEWOOD • JOHN SINGLETON • GEORGE TILLMAN Jr. • REGINALD HUDLIN • WARRINGTON HUDLIN • MALCOLM LEE • EUZHAN PALCY • DOUG McHENRY • DEBRA MARTIN CHASE • St. CLAIR BOURNE • STANLEY NELSON • WILLIAM GREAVES • KATHE SANDLER • CAMILLE BILLOPS • HAILE GERIMA • GORDON PARKS

Mike Nelson's Death Rat!

Author : Michael J. Nelson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780060934729
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Mike Nelson's Death Rat! written by Michael J. Nelson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-04-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if an aging, unsuccessful Minnesota author of history books with names like Old von Steuben Had a Farm: The German-American Settlement of the Midwest decided he could write a book every bit as vapid and ridiculous as the books that sold four hundred times more copies than his own? Well, he would write Death Rat, of course, the thrilling tale of a man who battles prejudice, his inner demons, and a cunning six-foot-long rat. And what if he was told by publishers that, at sixty years of age, though his book was a thrilling read, he just didn’t look the part of a virile writer of gripping adventure books featuring cunning six-foot-long rats? Well, he would cook up a scheme so outrageous, it would incur the wrath of Gus Bromstad, the beloved author of the homespun Dogwood Downs series of books. And it would stir up the bizarre religious fervor of King Leo, the libidinous funk superstar whose CD “LoveDeathTomorrowJelly” was one of the biggest sellers of the decade. And it would throw him into a strange symbiotic relationship with the entire town of Holey, Minnesota, population 38. Such is the fate of one Pontius Feeb, the hapless author of Death Rat. . . and perhaps the fate of all who attempt to write gripping novels featuring cunning six-foot-long rats.

The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide

Author : Trace Beaulieu
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 9780553377835
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (778 download)

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Download or read book The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide written by Trace Beaulieu and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1996 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SYNOPSES OF THE MORE THAN 120 EPISODES OF THE PEABODY AWARD-WINNING TV SHOW.

Antarctic Destinies

Author : Stephanie L. Barczewski
Publisher : Continuum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antarctic Destinies written by Stephanie L. Barczewski and published by Continuum. This book was released on 2007 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton, this book looks at some of their most heroic expeditions, examining how and why their individual reputations have evolved over the course of the last century.

Chick Flicks

Author : B. Ruby Rich
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822321217
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book Chick Flicks written by B. Ruby Rich and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part journalistic chronicle, part memoir, and 100% pure cultural historical odyssey, "Chick Flicks" captures the birth and growth of feminist film as no other book has done. 22 photos.

Super Powered Revenge Christmas

Author : Bill Corbett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780990422709
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book Super Powered Revenge Christmas written by Bill Corbett and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Naked Sun

Author : Isaac Asimov
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0307792404
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Naked Sun written by Isaac Asimov and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2011-04-13 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants. To this strange and provocative planet comes Detective Elijah Baley, sent from the streets of New York with his positronic partner, the robot R. Daneel Olivaw, to solve an incredible murder that has rocked Solaria to its foundations. The victim had been so reclusive that he appeared to his associates only through holographic projection. Yet someone had gotten close enough to bludgeon him to death while robots looked on. Now Baley and Olivaw are faced with two clear impossibilities: Either the Solarian was killed by one of his robots--unthinkable under the laws of Robotics--or he was killed by the woman who loved him so much that she never came into his presence!

The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film

Author : Steven Sanders
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813172810
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film written by Steven Sanders and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2007-12-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The science fiction genre maintains a remarkable hold on the imagination and enthusiasm of the filmgoing public, captivating large audiences worldwide and garnering ever-larger profits. Science fiction films entertain the possibility of time travel and extraterrestrial visitation and imaginatively transport us to worlds transformed by modern science and technology. They also provide a medium through which questions about personal identity, moral agency, artificial consciousness, and other categories of experience can be addressed. In The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film, distinguished authors explore the storylines, conflicts, and themes of fifteen science fiction film classics, from Metropolis to The Matrix. Editor Steven M. Sanders and a group of outstanding scholars in philosophy, film studies, and other fields raise science fiction film criticism to a new level by penetrating the surface of the films to expose the underlying philosophical arguments, ethical perspectives, and metaphysical views. Sanders's introduction presents an overview and evaluation of each essay and poses questions for readers to consider as they think about the films under discussion.The first section, "Enigmas of Identity and Agency," deals with the nature of humanity as it is portrayed in Blade Runner, Dark City, Frankenstein, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Total Recall. In the second section, "Extraterrestrial Visitation, Time Travel, and Artificial Intelligence," contributors discuss 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Terminator, 12 Monkeys, and The Day the Earth Stood Still and analyze the challenges of artificial intelligence, the paradoxes of time travel, and the ethics of war. The final section, "Brave Newer World: Science Fiction Futurism," looks at visions of the future in Metropolis, The Matrix, Alphaville, and screen adaptations of George Orwell's 1984.