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Darkness in the Bliss-Out

Author : James Kendrick
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441146040
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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A Brush of Darkness

Author : Allison Pang
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439198411
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book A Brush of Darkness written by Allison Pang and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into A Brush of Darkness, the first book in the Abby Sinclair trilogy. The man of her dreams might be the cause of her nightmares. Six months ago, Abby Sinclair was struggling to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. Now, she has an enchanted iPod, a miniature unicorn living in her underwear drawer, and a magical marketplace to manage. But despite her growing knowledge of the OtherWorld, Abby isn’t at all prepared for Brystion, the dark, mysterious, and sexy-as- sin incubus searching for his sister, convinced Abby has the key to the succubus’s whereabouts. Abby has enough problems without having this seductive shape-shifter literally invade her dreams to get information. But when her Faery boss and some of her friends vanish, as well, Abby and Brystion must form an uneasy alliance. As she is sucked deeper and deeper into this perilous world of faeries, angels, and daemons, Abby realizes her life is in as much danger as her heart—and there’s no one she can trust to save her.

Children in the Films of Steven Spielberg

Author : Adrian Schober
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498518850
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Children in the Films of Steven Spielberg written by Adrian Schober and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To say that children matter in Steven Spielberg's films is an understatement. Think of the possessed Stevie in Something Evil (TV), Baby Langston in The Sugarland Express, the alien-abducted Barry in Close Encounters,Elliott and his unearthly alter-ego in E.T, the war-damaged Jim in Empire of the Sun, the little girl in the red coat in Schindler’s List, the mecha child in A.I., the kidnapped boy in Minority Report, and the eponymous boy hero of The Adventures of Tintin. (There are many other instances across his oeuvre). Contradicting his reputation as a purveyor of ‘popcorn’ entertainment, Spielberg’s vision of children/childhood is complex. Discerning critics have begun to note its darker underpinnings, increasingly fraught with tensions, conflicts and anxieties. But, while childhood is Spielberg’s principal source of inspiration, the topic has never been the focus of a dedicated collection of essays. The essays in Children in the Films of Steven Spielberg therefore seek to address childhood in the full spectrum of Spielberg’s cinema. Fittingly, the scholars represented here draw on a range of theoretical frameworks and disciplines—cinema studies, literary studies, audience reception, critical race theory, psychoanalysis, sociology, and more. This is an important book for not only scholars but teachers and students of Spielberg's work, and for any serious fan of the director and his career.

Darkness in the Bliss-Out

Author : James Kendrick
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441188959
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Darkness in the Bliss-Out written by James Kendrick and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there has been a significant outpouring of scholarship on Steven Spielberg over the past decade, his films are still frequently discussed as being paternalistic, escapist, and reliant on uncomplicated emotions and complicated special effects. Even those who view his work favorably often see it as essentially optimistic, reassuring, and conservative. James Kendrick takes an alternate view of Spielberg's cinema and proposes that his films—even the most popular ones that seem to trade in easy answers and comforting, reassuring notions of cohesion and narrative resolution—are significantly darker and more emotionally and ideologically complex than they are routinely given credit for. Darkness in the Bliss-Out demonstrates, through close analysis of a wide range of Spielberg's films, that they are only reassuring on the surface, and that their depths embody a complex and sometimes contradictory view of the human condition.

Steven Spielberg's America

Author : Frederick Wasser
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 0745640826
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Steven Spielberg's America written by Frederick Wasser and published by Polity. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven Spielberg is known as the most powerful man in New Hollywood and a pioneer of the contemporary blockbuster, America’s most successful export. His career began a new chapter in mass culture. At the same time, American post war liberalism was breaking down. This fascinating new book explains the complex relationship between film and politics through the prism of an iconic filmmaker. Spielberg’s early films were a triumphant emergence of the Sunbelt aesthetic that valued visceral kicks and basic emotions over the ambiguities of history. Such blockbusters have inspired much debate about their negative effect on politics and have been charged as being an expression of the corporatization of life. Here Frederick Wasser argues that the older Spielberg has not fully gone this way, suggesting that the filmmaker recycles the populist vision of older Hollywood because he sincerely believes in both big time moviemaking and liberal democracy. Nonetheless, his stories are burdened by his generation’s hostility to public life, and the book shows how he uses filmmaking tricks to keep his audience with him and to smooth over the ideological contradictions. His audiences have become more global, as his films engage history. This fresh and provocative take on Spielberg in the context of globalization, rampant market capitalism and the hardening socio-political landscape of the United States will be fascinating reading for students of film and for anyone interested in contemporary America and its culture.

Scent of Darkness

Author : Christina Dodd
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440634874
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Scent of Darkness written by Christina Dodd and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-03 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Smith loves her handsome, dynamic boss, Jasha Wilder, but her daring plan to seduce him goes awry when she encounters a powerful wolf who-before her horrified eyes-changes into the man she adores. She soon discovers she can't escape her destiny, for she is the woman fated to break the curse that binds his soul.

A Critical Companion to Steven Spielberg

Author : Adam Barkman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498593607
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book A Critical Companion to Steven Spielberg written by Adam Barkman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Critical Companion to Steven Spielberg offers a comprehensive, detailed study of the works of Steven Spielberg. Spielbergʼs early productions stand as landmarks in contemporary cinema, and his involvement with film spans all cinematic genres. Today, Spielberg enjoys an immense and enduring popularity around the globe, and his productions have attracted (and continue to attract) both public and critical attention. This book investigates several distinct areas of Spielbergʼs works and addresses the different approaches and the range of topics invited by the multidimensionality of his oeuvre. The eighteen chapters in this book use different methodologies, offering a variegated and compelling picture of Spielbergʼs films, from his earliest works such as Duel (1971) and The Sugarland Express (1974) to his most recent productions, such as The BFG (2016), The Post (2017), and Ready Player One (2018).

Crafting Media Personas

Author : Jon Leon Torn
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1848884125
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Crafting Media Personas written by Jon Leon Torn and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-07-22 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the crafting of media personas in celebrity culture and war films, their focus on extreme situations, and how media consumers judge them and learn from them.

At the Coming of Darkness

Author : Mark Harrington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book At the Coming of Darkness written by Mark Harrington and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: July 1st, 1916. The Somme. The bloodiest day in the history of the British Army. Touched by fear, the men of the Newfoundland Regiment prepare to go over the top. All except one man, who seemingly relishes the slaughter to come.100 years later and Father Iain Fitzgerald, fresh from the seminary, arrives at his new parish. He meets an ageing Robert McArthur, a man seeking absolution before his impending death. Compelled to remain at his residence, Fitzgerald slowly uncovers the dark and terrible past that has blighted the residents of Thoby Hall for decades.Fitzgerald, his very faith tested, must unravel the mystery that surrounds McArthur's home, and find the answers as to why the building is inexplicably lit at all times, of what links McArthur to a dark deal done on the Battlefields of the Somme, and finally to confront an ancient evil that lurks at the heart of the house.

Harrison Ford

Author : Virginia Luzón-Aguado
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350152439
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Harrison Ford written by Virginia Luzón-Aguado and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harrison Ford is known for such iconic roles as Han Solo, Indiana Jones and Rick Deckard - but his career of 50 years (and counting) encompasses a plethora of other thought-provoking roles. His off-screen persona has been no less intriguing. Covering a wide timespan, this book assesses Harrison Ford as 'star' from the difficult Hollywood studio years where he began, his blockbusters of the 1980s, through to the impact of ageist culture on his artistry of recent years. The author argues that Ford has generally been seen as a potent, irresistible combination of tradition and modernity. He is an actor who both reflects and utilises changing ideas about American masculinity in the context of Hollywood film production: particular male types are revealed as much in his trademark trustworthy hero act as in his more fallible, less conservative and therefore commercially riskier characters. Luzon Aguado explores these particular star identities and every fluctuation in between. She gives due attention to his much-neglected acting abilities while examining the crucial interplay between star persona and the constraints and conventions of genre. Going beyond standard accounts of Ford's production and pinpointing overlooked aspects of his work, and the creation of the star through cultural artefacts like magazine interviews and advertising campaigns, this book reveals the depth and dimensions of the enduring American screen legend that is Harrison Ford.

The Jaws Book

Author : I.Q. Hunter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501347535
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Jaws Book written by I.Q. Hunter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 45 years, Steven Spielberg's Jaws remains the definitive summer blockbuster, a cultural phenomenon with a fierce and dedicated fan base. The Jaws Book: New Perspectives on the Classic Summer Blockbuster is an exciting illustrated collection of new critical essays that offers the first detailed and comprehensive overview of the film's significant place in cinema history. Bringing together established and young scholars, the book includes contributions from leading international writers on popular cinema including Murray Pomerance, Peter Krämer, Sheldon Hall, Nigel Morris and Linda Ruth Williams, and covers such diverse topics as the film's release, reception and canonicity; its representation of masculinity and children; the use of landscape and the ocean; its status as a western; sequels and fan-edits; and its galvanizing impact on the horror film, action movie and contemporary Hollywood itself.

The Geography of Bliss

Author : Eric Weiner
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448168481
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The Geography of Bliss written by Eric Weiner and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a nation happy? Is one country's sense of happiness the same as another's? In the last two decades, psychologists and economists have learned a lot about who's happy and who isn't. The Dutch are, the Romanians aren't, and Americans are somewhere in between... After years of going to the world's least happy countries, Eric Weiner, a veteran foreign correspondent, decided to travel and evaluate each country's different sense of happiness and discover the nation that seemed happiest of all. ·He discovers the relationship between money and happiness in tiny and extremely wealthy Qatar (and it's not a good one) ·He goes to Thailand, and finds that not thinking is a contented way of life. ·He goes to the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, and discovers they have an official policy of Gross National Happiness! ·He asks himself why the British don't do happiness? In Weiner's quest to find the world's happiest places, he eats rotten Icelandic shark, meditates in Bangalore, visits strip clubs in Bangkok and drinks himself into a stupor in Reykjavik. Full of inspired moments, The Geography of Bliss accomplishes a feat few travel books dare and even fewer achieve: to make you happier.

The American Blockbuster

Author : Benjamin Crace
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440877815
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The American Blockbuster written by Benjamin Crace and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an indispensable resource for students and general readers, this book serves as an entry point for a conversation on America's favorite pastime, focusing in on generational differences and the evolution of American identity. In an age marked by tension and division, Americans of all ages and backgrounds have turned to film to escape the pressures of everyday life. Yet, beyond escapism, popular cinema is both a mirror and microscope for our collective psyche. Examining the films that have made billions of dollars through a new lens reveals that popular culture is a vital source for understanding what it means to be an American. This book is divided into four sections, each associated with a different generation. Featuring such era-defining hits as Jaws, Back to the Future, Avatar, and The Avengers, each section presents detailed film analyses that showcase the consistency of certain American values throughout generations as well as the constant renegotiation of others. Ideal for any cinephile, The American Blockbuster demonstrates how complex and meaningful even the summer blockbuster can be.

Edge of Darkness

Author : Jove Belle
Publisher : Bold Strokes Books Inc
ISBN 13 : 1602824002
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Edge of Darkness written by Jove Belle and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diana Collins charges at life with an irreverent comment and a right hook, but even her hard-headed attitude may not be enough to protect her heart…or her life. As a senior investigator for a high-end insurance company, Diana searches for the person responsible for the theft of several rare weapons. Diana struggles to protect her burgeoning relationship with kindergarten teacher, Cami Michaelson, as the investigation leads her into a bitter world of rage and revenge. Diana uncovers one damning piece of evidence after another that challenges everything she knows about right and wrong. She finds her hard-driving work ethic, which demands the thief be held accountable, at odds with the desire to protect her new friend, Ali Sandoval, who is caught in the center of the conflict. As Diana is drawn deeper into a dark subculture of sex, power, and death, Ali must choose between vengeance and peace as she struggles to escape with her sanity intact.

American Twilight

Author : Kristopher Woofter
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 147732285X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book American Twilight written by Kristopher Woofter and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tobe Hooper's productions, which often trespassed upon the safety of the family unit, cast a critical eye toward an America in crisis. Often dismissed by scholars and critics as a one-hit wonder thanks to his 1974 horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Hooper nevertheless was instrumental in the development of a robust and deeply political horror genre from the 1960s until his death in 2017. In American Twilight, the authors assert that the director was an auteur whose works featured complex monsters and disrupted America’s sacrosanct perceptions of prosperity and domestic security. American Twilight focuses on the skepticism toward American institutions and media and the articulation of uncanny spaces so integral to Hooper’s vast array of feature and documentary films, made-for-television movies, television episodes, and music videos. From Egg Shells (1969) to Poltergeist (1982), Djinn (2013), and even Billy Idol’s music video for “Dancing with Myself” (1985), Tobe Hooper provided a singular directorial vision that investigated masculine anxiety and subverted the idea of American exceptionalism.

100 American Horror Films

Author : Barry Keith Grant
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839021446
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book 100 American Horror Films written by Barry Keith Grant and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-24 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] well-plotted survey." Total Film In 100 American Horror Films, Barry Keith Grant presents entries on 100 films from one of American cinema's longest-standing, most diverse and most popular genres, representing its rich history from the silent era - D.W. Griffith's The Avenging Conscience of 1915 - to contemporary productions - Jordan Peele's 2017 Get Out. In his introduction, Grant provides an overview of the genre's history, a context for the films addressed in the individual entries, and discusses the specific relations between American culture and horror. All of the entries are informed by the question of what makes the specific film being discussed a horror film, the importance of its place within the history of the genre, and, where relevant, the film is also contextualized within specifically American culture and history. Each entry also considers the film's most salient textual features, provides important insight into its production, and offers both established and original critical insight and interpretation. The 100 films selected for inclusion represent the broadest historical range, and are drawn from every decade of American film-making, movies from major and minor studios, examples of the different types or subgenres of horror, such as psychological thriller, monster terror, gothic horror, home invasion, torture porn, and parody, as well as the different types of horror monsters, including werewolves, vampires, zombies, mummies, mutants, ghosts, and serial killers.

DE TRIBUS PRINCIPIIS, oder Beschreibung der Drey Principien Göttliches Wesens

Author : Andrew Weeks
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900439527X
Total Pages : 875 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book DE TRIBUS PRINCIPIIS, oder Beschreibung der Drey Principien Göttliches Wesens written by Andrew Weeks and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-03-25 with total page 875 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacob Boehme’s Of the Three Principles of Divine Being, 1619, is vital for understanding his work as a whole, its relationship to its epoch, and its role in intellectual history. Reproduced here using the methods of critical edition, the original of the work and its adjacent translation, together with an extensive introduction and commentary, provide unprecedented access to this essential work of early modern thought and cast a fresh light on the revolutionary theological, philosophical, and scientific developments coinciding with the start of the Thirty Years’ War. The 1730 edition is annotated with reference to the manuscript sources to clarify ambiguities so that the translation can interpret the text without refracting its meaning. This makes it possible to interpret Boehme’s complex theories of the origin of the divine being and of nature, the human creature, and the female aspect of divinity.