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Billy Wilder, Movie-Maker

Karen McNally
Billy Wilder Movie Maker Book PDF

Author : Karen McNally
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786485208

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Billy Wilder, Movie-Maker by Karen McNally Pdf

Billy Wilder’s work remains a masterful combination of incisive social commentary, skilled writing and directing, and unashamed entertainment value. One of Hollywood’s foremost émigré filmmakers, Wilder holds a key position in film history via films that represent a complex reflection of his European roots and American cultural influences. This wide-ranging collection of essays by an international group of scholars examines the significance of Wilder’s filmmaking from a variety of original perspectives. Engaging with issues of genre, industry, representation and national culture, the volume provides fresh insights into Wilder’s films and opens up his work to further exploration.

Billy Wilder, American Film Realist

Richard Armstrong
Billy Wilder American Film Realist Book PDF

Author : Richard Armstrong
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476606538

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Billy Wilder, American Film Realist by Richard Armstrong Pdf

The films of Billy Wilder, from Double Indemnity to Some Like It Hot, are American classics created by a brilliant Austrian in love with his newfound country. This is a re-examination of the key American films of Wilder, often challenging previous readings of his filmmaking style and personality, emphasizing the pop-cultural, film-historical, and sociohistorical content of well known films like Sunset Boulevard and less frequently remembered ones, like The Fortune Cookie. The book interprets Wilder as more than the “cocky little Viennese” or “closet Romantic” stereotypes often attached to him. Here the student will find provocative analysis and the enthusiast will find evocative commentary on one of the most important figures in American film. Photographs add to the text, and a complete filmography and bibliography are also included. Fully indexed.

Teaching Sound Film

R. J. Cardullo
Teaching Sound Film Book PDF

Author : R. J. Cardullo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789463007269

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Teaching Sound Film by R. J. Cardullo Pdf

Teaching Sound Film: A Reader is a film analysis-and-criticism textbook that contains 35 essays on 35 geographically diverse, historically significant sound films. The countries represented here are France, Italy, England, Belgium, Russia, India, China, Cuba, Germany, Japan, Russia, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Brazil, Taiwan, Austria, Afghanistan, South Korea, Finland, Burkina Faso, Mexico, Iran, Israel, Colombia, and the United States. The directors represented include Jean Renoir, Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellini, Woody Allen, Aki Kaurismäki, Ken Loach, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Abbas Kiarostami, Michael Haneke, and Hong Sang-soo. Written with university students (and possibly also advanced high school students) in mind, the essays in Teaching Sound Film: A Reader cover some of the central films treated—and central issues raised—in today’s cinema courses and provide students with practical models to help them improve their own writing and analytical skills. These essays are clear and readable—that is, sophisticated and meaty yet not overly technical or jargon-heavy. This makes them perfect introductions to their respective films as well as important contributions to the field of film studies in general. Moreover, this book’s scholarly apparatus features credits, images, bibliographies for all films discussed, filmographies for all the directors, a list of topics for writing and discussion, a glossary of film terms, and an appendix containing three essays, respectively, on film acting, avant-garde cinema, and theater vs. film.

Smart Chicks on Screen

Laura Mattoon D'Amore
Smart Chicks on Screen Book PDF

Author : Laura Mattoon D'Amore
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442237483

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Smart Chicks on Screen by Laura Mattoon D'Amore Pdf

While women have long been featured in leading roles in film and television, the intellectual depictions of female characters in these mediums are out of line with reality. Women continue to be marginalized for their choices, overshadowed by men, and judged by their bodies. In fact, the intelligence of women is rarely the focus of television or film narratives, and on the rare occasion when smart women are showcased, their portrayals are undermined by socially awkward behavior or their intimate relationships are doomed to perpetual failure. While Hollywood claims to offer a different, more evolved look at women, these movies and shows often just repackage old character types that still downplay the intelligence and savvy of women. In Smart Chicks on Screen: Representing Women’s Intellect in Film and Television, Laura Mattoon D’Amore brings together an impressive array of scholarship that interrogates the portrayal of females on television and in movies. Among the questions that the volume seeks to answer are: In what ways are women in film and television limited, or ostracized, by their intelligence? How do female roles reinforce standards of beauty, submissiveness, and silence over intellect, problem solving, and leadership? Are there women in film and television who are intelligent without also being objectified? The thirteen essays by international, interdisciplinary scholars offer a wide range of perspectives, examining the connections—and disconnections—between beauty and brains in film and television. Smart Chicks on Screen will be of interest to scholars not only of film and television but of women’s studies, reception studies, and cultural history, as well.

Some Like It Wilder

Gene D. Phillips
Some Like It Wilder Book PDF

Author : Gene D. Phillips
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813173672

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Some Like It Wilder by Gene D. Phillips Pdf

One of the most accomplished writers and directors of classic Hollywood, Billy Wilder (1906–2002) directed numerous acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard (1950), Sabrina (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), and Some Like It Hot (1959). Featuring Gene D. Phillips's unique, in-depth critical approach, Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder provides a groundbreaking overview of a filmmaking icon. Wilder began his career as a screenwriter in Berlin but, because of his Jewish heritage, sought refuge in America when Germany came under Nazi control. Making fast connections in Hollywood, Wilder immediately made the jump from screenwriter to director. His classic films Five Graves to Cairo (1943), Double Indemnity (1945), and The Lost Weekend (1945) earned Academy Awards for best picture, director, and screenplay. During the 1960s, Wilder continued to direct and produce controversial comedies, including Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) and The Apartment (1960), which won Oscars for best picture and director. This definitive biography reveals that Wilder was, and remains, one of the most influential directors in filmmaking.

Billy Wilder on Assignment

Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder on Assignment Book PDF

Author : Billy Wilder
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780691241838

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Billy Wilder on Assignment by Billy Wilder Pdf

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, chosen by Tom Stoppard "A revelation."—Marc Weingarten, Washington Post Acclaimed film director Billy Wilder’s early writings—brilliantly translated into English for the first time Before Billy Wilder became the screenwriter and director of iconic films like Sunset Boulevard and Some Like It Hot, he worked as a freelance reporter, first in Vienna and then in Weimar Berlin. Billy Wilder on Assignment brings together more than fifty articles, translated into English for the first time, that Wilder (then known as "Billie") published in magazines and newspapers between September 1925 and November 1930. From a humorous account of Wilder's stint as a hired dancing companion in a posh Berlin hotel and his dispatches from the international film scene, to his astute profiles of writers, performers, and political figures, the collection offers fresh insights into the creative mind of one of Hollywood’s most revered writer-directors. Wilder’s early writings—a heady mix of cultural essays, interviews, and reviews—contain the same sparkling wit and intelligence as his later Hollywood screenplays, while also casting light into the dark corners of Vienna and Berlin between the wars. Wilder covered everything: big-city sensations, jazz performances, film and theater openings, dance, photography, and all manner of mass entertainment. And he wrote about the most colorful figures of the day, including Charlie Chaplin, Cornelius Vanderbilt, the Prince of Wales, actor Adolphe Menjou, director Erich von Stroheim, and the Tiller Girls dance troupe. Film historian Noah Isenberg's introduction and commentary place Wilder’s pieces—brilliantly translated by Shelley Frisch—in historical and biographical context, and rare photos capture Wilder and his circle during these formative years. Filled with rich reportage and personal musings, Billy Wilder on Assignment showcases the burgeoning voice of a young journalist who would go on to become a great auteur.

Austria Made in Hollywood

Jacqueline Vansant
Austria Made in Hollywood Book PDF

Author : Jacqueline Vansant
Publisher : Camden House
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781571139450

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Austria Made in Hollywood by Jacqueline Vansant Pdf

Considers over sixty Hollywood films set in Austria, examining the film industry, the influence of domestic factors on images of a foreign country, and the persistence of clichés.

A Foreign Affair

Gerd Gemünden
A Foreign Affair Book PDF

Author : Gerd Gemünden
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781845454197

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A Foreign Affair by Gerd Gemünden Pdf

With six Academy Awards, Billy Wilder counts as one of the most accomplished filmmakers to work in Hollywood. Yet how American is Billy Wilder, the Jewish emigre from Central Europe? This work projects Wilder as an artist with roots in sensationalist journalism and the world of entertainment as well as with an awareness of literary culture.

Conversations with Wilder

Cameron Crowe
Conversations with Wilder Book PDF

Author : Cameron Crowe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Motion picture producers and directors
ISBN : 0571203868

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Conversations with Wilder by Cameron Crowe Pdf

The renowned director talks to Cameron Crowe about 30 years at the very heart of Hollywood. Wilder's distinct voice provides a fascinating insider's view of the film industry past and present.

Billy Wilder

Glenn Hopp
Billy Wilder Book PDF

Author : Glenn Hopp
Publisher : Taschen
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 3822815950

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Billy Wilder by Glenn Hopp Pdf

This biography of director Billy Wilder (""Sunset Boulevard, Some Like it Hot"") contains movie posters, a bibliography and a complete filmography.

Exploring Seriality on Screen

Ariane Hudelet,Anne Crémieux
Exploring Seriality on Screen Book PDF

Author : Ariane Hudelet,Anne Crémieux
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000201253

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Exploring Seriality on Screen by Ariane Hudelet,Anne Crémieux Pdf

This collective book analyzes seriality as a major phenomenon increasingly connecting audiovisual narratives (cinematic films and television series) in the 20th and 21st centuries. The book historicizes and contextualizes the notion of seriality, combining narratological, aesthetic, industrial, philosophical, and political perspectives, showing how seriality as a paradigm informs media convergence and resides at the core of cinema and television history. By associating theoretical considerations and close readings of specific works, as well as diachronic and synchronic approaches, this volume offers a complex panorama of issues related to seriality including audience engagement, intertextuality and transmediality, cultural legitimacy, authorship, and medium specificity in remakes, adaptations, sequels, and reboots. Written by a team of international scholars, this book highlights a diversity of methodologies that will be of interest to scholars and doctoral students across disciplinary areas such as media studies, film studies, literature, aesthetics, and cultural studies. It will also interest students attending classes on serial audiovisual narratives and will appeal to fans of the series it addresses, such as Fargo, Twin Peaks, The Hunger Games, Bates Motel, and Sherlock.

How Did Lubitsch Do It?

Joseph McBride
How Did Lubitsch Do It Book PDF

Author : Joseph McBride
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780231546645

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How Did Lubitsch Do It? by Joseph McBride Pdf

Orson Welles called Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947) “a giant” whose “talent and originality are stupefying.” Jean Renoir said, “He invented the modern Hollywood.” Celebrated for his distinct style and credited with inventing the classic genre of the Hollywood romantic comedy and helping to create the musical, Lubitsch won the admiration of his fellow directors, including Alfred Hitchcock and Billy Wilder, whose office featured a sign on the wall asking, “How would Lubitsch do it?” Despite the high esteem in which Lubitsch is held, as well as his unique status as a leading filmmaker in both Germany and the United States, today he seldom receives the critical attention accorded other major directors of his era. How Did Lubitsch Do It? restores Lubitsch to his former stature in the world of cinema. Joseph McBride analyzes Lubitsch’s films in rich detail in the first in-depth critical study to consider the full scope of his work and its evolution in both his native and adopted lands. McBride explains the “Lubitsch Touch” and shows how the director challenged American attitudes toward romance and sex. Expressed obliquely, through sly innuendo, Lubitsch’s risqué, sophisticated, continental humor engaged the viewer’s intelligence while circumventing the strictures of censorship in such masterworks as The Marriage Circle, Trouble in Paradise, Design for Living, Ninotchka, The Shop Around the Corner, and To Be or Not to Be. McBride’s analysis of these films brings to life Lubitsch’s wit and inventiveness and offers revealing insights into his working methods.

Embodied VulnerAbilities in Literature and Film

Cristina M. Gámez-Fernández,Miriam Fernández-Santiago
Embodied VulnerAbilities in Literature and Film Book PDF

Author : Cristina M. Gámez-Fernández,Miriam Fernández-Santiago
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000956177

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Embodied VulnerAbilities in Literature and Film by Cristina M. Gámez-Fernández,Miriam Fernández-Santiago Pdf

Embodied VulnerAbilities in Literature and Film includes a collection of essays exploring the ways in which recent literary and filmic representations of vulnerability depict embodied forms of vulnerability across languages, media, genres, countries, and traditions in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The volume gathers 12 chapters penned by scholars from Japan, the USA, Canada, and Spain which look into the representation of vulnerability in human bodies and subjectivities. Not only is the array of genres covered in this volume significant— from narrative, drama, poetry, (auto)documentary, or film— in fiction and nonfiction, but also the varied cultural and linguistic coordinates of the literary and filmic texts scrutinized—from the USA, Canada, Spain, France, the Middle East, to Japan. Readers who decide to open the cover of this volume will benefit from becoming familiar with a relatively old topic— that of vulnerability— from a new perspective, so that they can consider the great potential of this critical concept anew.

ATAS/UCLA Television Archives Catalog

ATAS/UCLA Television Archives. Study Collection
ATAS UCLA Television Archives Catalog Book PDF

Author : ATAS/UCLA Television Archives. Study Collection
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0913178691

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ATAS/UCLA Television Archives Catalog by ATAS/UCLA Television Archives. Study Collection Pdf

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A Foreign Affair

Gerd Gemünden
A Foreign Affair Book PDF

Author : Gerd Gemünden
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0857450662

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A Foreign Affair by Gerd Gemünden Pdf

With six Academy Awards, four entries on the American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest American movies, and more titles on the National Historic Register of classic films deemed worthy of preservation than any other director, Billy Wilder counts as one of the most accomplished filmmakers ever to work in Hollywood. Yet how American is Billy Wilder, the Jewish émigré from Central Europe? This book underscores this complex issue, unpacking underlying contradictions where previous commentators routinely smoothed them out. Wilder emerges as an artist with roots in sensationalist journalism and the world of entertainment as well as with an awareness of literary culture and the avant-garde, features that lead to productive and often highly original confrontations between high and low.