Author : John Howard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8491349561
Truths Up His Sleeve
John Howard
Truths Up His Sleeve The Times Of Michael Cacoyannis
Truths Up His Sleeve The Times Of Michael Cacoyannis Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Truths Up His Sleeve The Times Of Michael Cacoyannis book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Truths Up His Sleeve: The Times of Michael Cacoyannis
John Howard
Author : John Howard
Publisher : Universitat de València
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-13
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9788491349587
Truths Up His Sleeve: The Times of Michael Cacoyannis by John Howard Pdf
This first critical biography of radio broadcaster, stage director, and auteur filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis examines his prolific body of work within the socio-political context of his times. Best known as a bold modernist for triple-Oscar-winner ‘Zorba the Greek’, Michael likewise was hailed as an astute classicist for his inventive interpretations of Euripides. Working across several continents and languages, he forwarded feminist, humanist, and pacifist agendas, as he further innovated crafty LGBT narratives of unprecedented artistry and complexity. Despite intense persecution during the Cold War red scare and lavender scare, his casts and crews of frugal cosmopolitans critiqued racism, militarism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia. Avoiding censorship, job loss, and jail, Michael thereby laid foundations for the 1990s new queer cinema and set the stage for empowering dramas of socio-economic justice in the third millennium. Over his long life and productive career, Michael exposed and espoused the vital truths up his sleeve.
African American Women's Literature in Spain
Sandra Llopart Babot
Author : Sandra Llopart Babot
Publisher : Universitat de València
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9788411181709
African American Women's Literature in Spain by Sandra Llopart Babot Pdf
This volume brings forward a descriptive approach to the translation and reception of African American women’s literature in Spain. Drawing from a multidisciplinary theoretical and methodological framework, it traces the translation history of literature produced by African American women, seeking to uncover changing strategies in translation policies as well as shifts in interests in the target context, and it examines the topicality of this cohort of authors as frames of reference for Spanish critics and reviewers. Likewise, the reception of the source literature in the Spanish context is described by reconstructing the values that underlie judgements in different reception sources. Finally, this book addresses the specific problem of the translation of Black English into Spanish. More precisely, it pays attention to the ideological and the ethical implications of translation choices and the effect of the latter on the reception of literary texts.
Ritwik Ghatak and the Cinema of Praxis
Diamond Oberoi Vahali
Author : Diamond Oberoi Vahali
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9789811511974
Ritwik Ghatak and the Cinema of Praxis by Diamond Oberoi Vahali Pdf
In a significant departure from other works on Ritwik Ghatak, this book establishes him as an auteur and a maestro on par with some of the great film directors, like Sergei Eisenstein, Satyajit Ray, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Kenji Mizoguchi and Luis Bunuel. Based on in-depth research that follows Ghatak’s journey within the context of the Indian People’s Theatre Association, it fills an important gap in the scholarship around Ghatak by offering crucial insights into Ghatak’s unique vision of cinema embedded as it is in the cultural psychic configurations of the people. It analyses Ghatak’s practice by minutely tracing formal similarities across the language of his cinematic oeuvre in the domain of cinematography, lighting, music, and sound. The book develops the way in which cinematic technique enters the domain of conceptual constructs and abstractions. It moves on to chronicle Ghatak’s political odyssey as reflected in his cinema. Moreover, it charts the manner in which Ghatak, through his cinematic idiom, offers a polemic of cinema that further adds to his notion of praxis – a thoughtful Marxist paradigm organically associated with the culture and context of India. By locating Ghatak within the discourse of nationalism, the book brings to the surface Ghatak’s critical insights related to the independence of the nation and the trauma of the partition of Bengal. Ghatak’s cinema served the crucial function of chronicling the mass tragedy of partition and its impact on the human psyche.This book appeals to scholars of film studies and filmmaking as well as to researchers and general readers interested in debates pertaining to culture, politics, art, psychoanalysis, partition and refugee studies, cinema, theatre, and ideology.
Cinema and I
Ritwik Ghatak
Author : Ritwik Ghatak
Publisher : Dhyanbindu & Rmt
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 938320091X
Cinema and I by Ritwik Ghatak Pdf
Ritwik Ghatak(1925-76) is the most uncompromising Bengali movie maestro from 20th century India. Cinema & I is the collection of his writings and interviews. In this collection of 20 essays and 17 interviews, dazzling brilliance of a true artist's mind, illuminates the cultural layers of human civilization of east and west, from pre-history up to the modernity. This is a book not meant for those who are interested only in cinema. For anybody, in any way related to any branch of art or humanities, this book is going to be a precious possession.
The Epic Film
Derek Elley
Author : Derek Elley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317928881
The Epic Film by Derek Elley Pdf
As Charlton Heston put it: ‘There’s a temptingly simple definition of the epic film: it’s the easiest kind of picture to make badly.’ This book goes beyond that definition to show how the film epic has taken up one of the most ancient art-forms and propelled it into the modern world, covered in twentieth-century ambitions, anxieties, hopes and fantasies. This survey of historical epic films dealing with periods up to the end of the Dark Ages looks at epic form and discusses the films by historical period, showing how the cinema reworks history for the changing needs of its audience, much as the ancient mythographers did. The form’s main aim has always been to entertain, and Derek Elley reminds us of the glee with which many epic films have worn their label, and of the sheer fun of the genre. He shows the many levels on which these films can work, from the most popular to the specialist, each providing a considerable source of enjoyment. For instance, spectacle, the genre’s most characteristic trademark, is merely the cinema’s own transformation of the literary epic’s taste for the grandiose. Dramatically it can serve many purposes: as a resolution of personal tensions (the chariot race in Ben-Hur), of monotheism vs idolatry (Solomon and Sheba), or of the triumph of a religious code (The Ten Commandments). Although to many people Epic equals Hollywood, throughout the book Elley stresses debt to the Italian epics, which often explored areas of history with which Hollywood could never have found sympathy. Originally published 1984.
The Living Art of Greek Tragedy
Marianne McDonald
Author : Marianne McDonald
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003-07-18
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0253215978
The Living Art of Greek Tragedy by Marianne McDonald Pdf
Marianne McDonald brings together her training as a scholar of classical Greek with her vast experience in theatre and drama to help students of the classics and of theatre learn about the living performance tradition of Greek tragedy. The Living Art of Greek Tragedy is indispensable for anyone interested in performing Greek drama, and McDonald's engaging descriptions offer the necessary background to all those who desire to know more about the ancient world. With a chapter on each of the three major Greek tragedians (Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides), McDonald provides a balance of textual analysis, practical knowledge of the theatre, and an experienced look at the difficulties and accomplishments of theatrical performances. She shows how ancient Greek tragedy, long a part of the standard repertoire of theatre companies throughout the world, remains fresh and alive for contemporary audiences.
The Rough Guide to Film
Rough Guides
Author : Rough Guides
Publisher : Rough Guides UK
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781848361256
The Rough Guide to Film by Rough Guides Pdf
Get the lowdown on the best fiction ever written. Over 230 of the world’s greatest novels are covered, from Quixote (1614) to Orhan Pamuk’s Snow (2002), with fascinating information about their plots and their authors – and suggestions for what to read next. The guide comes complete with recommendations of the best editions and translations for every genre from the most enticing crime and punishment to love, sex, heroes and anti-heroes, not to mention all the classics of comedy and satire, horror and mystery and many other literary genres. With feature boxes on experimental novels, female novelists, short reviews of interesting film and TV adaptations, and information on how the novel began, this guide will point you to all the classic literature you’ll ever need.
Ida Lupino, Director
Therese Grisham,Julie Grossman
Author : Therese Grisham,Julie Grossman
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780813574936
Ida Lupino, Director by Therese Grisham,Julie Grossman Pdf
Dominated by men and bound by the restrictive Hays Code, postwar Hollywood offered little support for a female director who sought to make unique films on controversial subjects. But Ida Lupino bucked the system, writing and directing a string of movies that exposed the dark underside of American society, on topics such as rape, polio, unwed motherhood, bigamy, exploitative sports, and serial murder. The first in-depth study devoted to Lupino’s directorial work, this book makes a strong case for her as a trailblazing feminist auteur, a filmmaker with a clear signature style and an abiding interest in depicting the plights of postwar American women. Ida Lupino, Director not only examines her work as a cinematic auteur, but also offers a serious consideration of her diverse and long-ranging career, getting her start in Hollywood as an actress in her teens and twenties, directing her first films in her early thirties, and later working as an acclaimed director of television westerns, sitcoms, and suspense dramas. It also demonstrates how Lupino fused generic elements of film noir and the social problem film to create a distinctive directorial style that was both highly expressionistic and grittily realistic. Ida Lupino, Director thus shines a long-awaited spotlight on one of our greatest filmmakers.
Narrative Intelligence
Michael Mateas,Phoebe Sengers
Author : Michael Mateas,Phoebe Sengers
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-02-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789027297068
Narrative Intelligence by Michael Mateas,Phoebe Sengers Pdf
Narrative Intelligence (NI) — the confluence of narrative, Artificial Intelligence, and media studies — studies, models, and supports the human use of narrative to understand the world. This volume brings together established work and founding documents in Narrative Intelligence to form a common reference point for NI researchers, providing perspectives from computational linguistics, agent research, psychology, ethology, art, and media theory. It describes artificial agents with narratively structured behavior, agents that take part in stories and tours, systems that automatically generate stories, dramas, and documentaries, and systems that support people telling their own stories. It looks at how people use stories, the features of narrative that play a role in how people understand the world, and how human narrative ability may have evolved. It addresses meta-issues in NI: the history of the field, the stories AI researchers tell about their research, and the effects those stories have on the things they discover. (Series B)
Motion Pictures, 1894-1912
Howard Lamarr Walls,Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Author : Howard Lamarr Walls,Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : UOM:39015031736955
Motion Pictures, 1894-1912 by Howard Lamarr Walls,Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf
Children of the Dictatorship
Kostis Kornetis
Author : Kostis Kornetis
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782380016
Children of the Dictatorship by Kostis Kornetis Pdf
Putting Greece back on the cultural and political map of the "Long 1960s," this book traces the dissent and activism of anti-regime students during the dictatorship of the Colonels (1967-74). It explores the cultural as well as ideological protest of Greek student activists, illustrating how these "children of the dictatorship" managed to re-appropriate indigenous folk tradition for their "progressive" purposes and how their transnational exchange molded a particular local protest culture. It examines how the students' social and political practices became a major source of pressure on the Colonels' regime, finding its apogee in the three day Polytechnic uprising of November 1973 which laid the foundations for a total reshaping of Greek political culture in the following decades.
One Man Tango
Anthony Quinn,Daniel Paisner
Author : Anthony Quinn,Daniel Paisner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173001708092
One Man Tango by Anthony Quinn,Daniel Paisner Pdf
Continuing the memoir that began in The Original Sin, Anthony Quinn describes his life from age twenty-five to the present, discussing his Hollywood career, celebrity friendships, and his son's death.
The Cinema of Roman Polanski
Ivan Butler
Author : Ivan Butler
Publisher : New York : A.S. Barnes ; London : A. Zwemmer
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1970-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0498077128
The Cinema of Roman Polanski by Ivan Butler Pdf
Chasing the Light
Oliver Stone
Author : Oliver Stone
Publisher : HMH Books For Young Readers
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780358346234
Chasing the Light by Oliver Stone Pdf
An intimate memoir by the controversial and outspoken Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about his complicated New York childhood, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such films as Platoon, Midnight Express, and Scarface. Before the international success of Platoon in 1986, Oliver Stone had been wounded as an infantryman in Vietnam, and spent years writing unproduced scripts while driving taxis in New York, finally venturing westward to Los Angeles and a new life. Stone, now 73, recounts those formative years with in-the-moment details of the high and low moments: We see meetings with Al Pacino over Stone's scripts for Scarface, Platoon, and Born on the Fourth of July; the harrowing demon of cocaine addiction following the failure of his first feature, The Hand (starring Michael Caine); his risky on-the-ground research of Miami drug cartels for Scarface; his stormy relationship with The Deer Hunter director Michael Cimino; the breathless hustles to finance the acclaimed and divisive Salvador; and tensions behind the scenes of his first Academy Award-winning film, Midnight Express. Chasing the Light is a true insider's look at Hollywood's years of upheaval in the 1970s and '80s.
