Joe Dante Austrian Film Museum Books

Author : Luigi Boccia
Publisher : Delos Digital srl
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9788825411263

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Joe Dante: Master of Horror by Luigi Boccia Pdf

Saggi - saggio (95 pagine) - Joe Dante, formatosi nella bottega del leggendario Roger Corman, è tra i registi hollywoodiani del fantastico più significativi degli anni Ottanta. Il grande regista Joe Dante è un appassionato esploratore del cinema, protagonista di grandi successi commerciali e abilissimo nel cucire film a basso costo. Un artista umano e spiritoso, nelle fantasie come nella morale, capace insieme di ferocia, di tenerezza e di satira morale. Un artigiano che maschera abilmente una cultura alta sotto i modelli dei generi popolari e gli effetti da film di serie B in un intelligente omaggio alle meraviglie di un cinema perduto. Joe Dante – Master of Horror è un saggio a cura di Luigi Boccia, scritto da Mario Rumor, Joe Godoy Gonzalez, Emanuele Crivello, Giuseppe Carradori, Lorenzo Ricciardi e Anna Silvia Armenise. La cover è di Giorgio Finamore. Luigi Boccia, scrittore, sceneggiatore e regista, ha lavorato per diverse case di produzione cinematografica tra le quali la Eagle Picture, La 7 e Rai. Tra i suoi libri La Janara (2007), Leonardo da Vinci e la finestra sul tempo (2014), La Notte chiama (2016), Scarescrow (2018). Ha curato diverse antologie e volumi per vari editori, ed è autore di saggi, tra i quali Licantropi e Chi è Pennywise?, Scrivere l’horror nel cinema e nella televisione. Per la Star Comics ha ideato con Sergio Stivaletti la serie a fumetti Factor-V. Per Delos Digital cura la collana Horror Story. È il fondatore del marchio editoriale Weird Book.

Author : Barry Keith Grant
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781839021442

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100 American Horror Films by Barry Keith Grant Pdf

"[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.

Author : J. Hoberman
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781620971000

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Make My Day by J. Hoberman Pdf

Named a Best Book of the Year by Financial Times "Singular, stylish and slightly intoxicating in its scope." —Rolling Stone Acclaimed media critic J. Hoberman's masterful and majestic exploration of the Reagan years as seen through the unforgettable movies of the era The third book in a brilliant and ambitious trilogy, celebrated cultural and film critic J. Hoberman's Make My Day is a major new work of film and pop culture history. In it he chronicles the Reagan years, from the waning days of the Watergate scandal when disaster films like Earthquake ruled the box office to the nostalgia of feel-good movies like Rocky and Star Wars, and the delirium of the 1984 presidential campaign and beyond. Bookended by the Bicentennial celebrations and the Iran-Contra affair, the period of Reagan's ascendance brought such movie events as Jaws, Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, Ghostbusters, Blue Velvet, and Back to the Future, as well as the birth of MTV, the Strategic Defense Initiative, and the Second Cold War. An exploration of the synergy between American politics and popular culture, Make My Day is the concluding volume of Hoberman's Found Illusions trilogy; the first volume, The Dream Life, was described by Slate's David Edelstein as "one of the most vital cultural histories I've ever read"; Film Comment called the second, An Army of Phantoms, "utterly compulsive reading." Reagan, a supporting player in Hoberman's previous volumes, here takes center stage as the peer of Indiana Jones and John Rambo, the embodiment of a Hollywood that, even then, no longer existed.

Author : L. Boccia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8831373013

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Joe Dante. Master of horror by L. Boccia Pdf

Author : Nil Baskar,Gabe Klinger
Publisher : Austrian Film Museum
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fantasy films
ISBN : 3901644520

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Joe Dante by Nil Baskar,Gabe Klinger Pdf

In the often dreary landscape of Hollywood's blockbuster era, the cinema of Joe Dante has always stood out as a rare beacon of fearless originality. Blending humor with terror and trenchant political satire with sincere tributes to the moviegoing act itself, the "Dante touch" is best described as a free-for-all orgy of movies, memories and mischief. For the first time, this colourful universe--from Hollywood Boulevard to Gremlins to Small Soldiers and beyond--is comprehensively explored in an English language volume featuring a career-encompassing interview, new essays by Michael Almereyda, Jim Hoberman, Christoph Huber, Gabe Klinger, Violeta Kovacsics, Bill Krohn, Dusan Rebolj, John Sayles, and Mark Cotta Vaz, as well as a treasure trove of never-before-seen documents and illustrations.

Author : Umberto Eco
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1998-10-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780231500142

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Serendipities by Umberto Eco Pdf

Best-selling author Umberto Eco's latest work unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the "linguistics of the lunatic," stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world. Exploring the "Force of the False," Eco uncovers layers of mistakes that have shaped human history, such as Columbus's assumption that the world was much smaller than it is, leading him to seek out a quick route to the East via the West and thus fortuitously "discovering" America. The fictions that grew up around the cults of the Rosicrucians and Knights Templar were the result of a letter from a mysterious "Prester John"—undoubtedly a hoax—that provided fertile ground for a series of delusions and conspiracy theories based on religious, ethnic, and racial prejudices. While some false tales produce new knowledge (like Columbus's discovery of America) and others create nothing but horror and shame (the Rosicrucian story wound up fueling European anti-Semitism) they are all powerfully persuasive. In a careful unraveling of the fabulous and the false, Eco shows us how serendipities—unanticipated truths—often spring from mistaken ideas. From Leibniz's belief that the I Ching illustrated the principles of calculus to Marco Polo's mistaking a rhinoceros for a unicorn, Eco tours the labyrinth of intellectual history, illuminating the ways in which we project the familiar onto the strange. Eco uncovers a rich history of linguistic endeavor—much of it ill-conceived—that sought to "heal the wound of Babel." Through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Greek, Hebrew, Chinese, and Egyptian were alternately proclaimed as the first language that God gave to Adam, while—in keeping with the colonial climate of the time—the complex language of the Amerindians in Mexico was viewed as crude and diabolical. In closing, Eco considers the erroneous notion of linguistic perfection and shrewdly observes that the dangers we face lie not in the rules we use to interpret other cultures but in our insistence on making these rules absolute. With the startling combination of erudition and wit, bewildering anecdotes and scholarly rigor that are Eco's hallmarks, Serendipities is sure to entertain and enlighten any reader with a passion for the curious history of languages and ideas.

Author : Ning Zhang
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781639851294

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Hero's Destiny by Ning Zhang Pdf

This is a monograph on Western classical music written by a Chinese American. It contains the results of the author's years of work, i.e., more than two hundred thousand words of Beethoven-themed essays in the form of poems, essays, prose, and reviews. The book covers all aspects of the great composer Beethoven's life and career from his birth experience to his emotional life, from the background of the times to his ideology, from the review of his works to the analysis of music appreciation. The book is rich in historical information, rigorous in argumentation, incisive in commentary, and fluent in sentiment and reason. As a nonacademic scholar of Beethoven, this book is characterized by a distinctive personality, free from the constraints of traditional rules and regulations. Based on a comprehensive and profound understanding of the historical figure and his works, the author presents his original arguments and opinions on some important professional topics and fields.

Author : Rose Arny
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1568 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015016313671

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Forthcoming Books by Rose Arny Pdf

Author : Mikhail Bulgakov
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802190512

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The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Pdf

Satan comes to Soviet Moscow in this critically acclaimed translation of one of the most important and best-loved modern classics in world literature. The Master and Margarita has been captivating readers around the world ever since its first publication in 1967. Written during Stalin’s time in power but suppressed in the Soviet Union for decades, Bulgakov’s masterpiece is an ironic parable on power and its corruption, on good and evil, and on human frailty and the strength of love. In The Master and Margarita, the Devil himself pays a visit to Soviet Moscow. Accompanied by a retinue that includes the fast-talking, vodka-drinking, giant tomcat Behemoth, he sets about creating a whirlwind of chaos that soon involves the beautiful Margarita and her beloved, a distraught writer known only as the Master, and even Jesus Christ and Pontius Pilate. The Master and Margarita combines fable, fantasy, political satire, and slapstick comedy to create a wildly entertaining and unforgettable tale that is commonly considered the greatest novel to come out of the Soviet Union. It appears in this edition in a translation by Mirra Ginsburg that was judged “brilliant” by Publishers Weekly. Praise for The Master and Margarita “A wild surrealistic romp. . . . Brilliantly flamboyant and outrageous.” —Joyce Carol Oates, The Detroit News “Fine, funny, imaginative. . . . The Master and Margarita stands squarely in the great Gogolesque tradition of satiric narrative.” —Saul Maloff, Newsweek “A rich, funny, moving and bitter novel. . . . Vast and boisterous entertainment.” —The New York Times “The book is by turns hilarious, mysterious, contemplative and poignant. . . . A great work.” —Chicago Tribune “Funny, devilish, brilliant satire. . . . It’s literature of the highest order and . . . it will deliver a full measure of enjoyment and enlightenment.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Boston, Mass. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,Hilliard T. Goldfarb,Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, Mass.).
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300063415

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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by Boston, Mass. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,Hilliard T. Goldfarb,Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, Mass.). Pdf

"This book takes you through the collection gallery by gallery, illuminating the art and installations in each room"--From preface.

Author : Sigrid Wiesmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037277212

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Vienna, Present and Past by Sigrid Wiesmann Pdf

Author : Robert Phillip Kolker
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781906924034

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The Altering Eye by Robert Phillip Kolker Pdf

The Altering Eye covers a "golden age" of international cinema from the end of WWII through to the New German Cinema of the 1970s. Combining historical, political, and textual analysis, the author develops a pattern of cinematic invention and experimentation from neorealism through the modernist interventions of Jean-Luc Godard and Rainer Maria Fassbinder, focusing along the way on such major figures as Luis Buñuel, Joseph Losey, the Brazilian director Glauber Rocha, and the work of major Cuban filmmakers. Kolker's book has become a much quoted classic in the field of film studies providing essential reading for anybody interested in understanding the history of European and international cinema. This new and revised edition includes a substantive new Preface by the author and an updated Bibliography.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105129755794

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Subject Index to Periodicals by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter Gidal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015003979161

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Structural Film Anthology by Peter Gidal Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1756 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : American literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015915882

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Books in Print by Anonim Pdf