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For nearly 25 years, Pauline Kael (1919-2001) was one of America's most respected, controversial, and talked-about film reviewer, yet her film criticism for The New Yorker has never been systematically discussed or analyzed. This collection of essays on Pauline Kael investigat...

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Sex and the City (1998-2004) was one of the most popular programs on HBO, spawned two successful feature films in 2008 and 2010, and continues to do well in syndication. This book explores how Sex and the City represents the conventions of romantic comedy in order to create a ...

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An autobiography of Studs Terkel, an American oral historian, which mirrors the events of our century. From Mahalia Jackson to Bertrand Russell, from Martin Luther King Jr to Federico Fellini, the author captured their voices for posterity.

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A collection of some of Margaret Throsby's most interesting ABC-FM interviews.

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Tallulah Bankhead was an actress whose talents were greatly overshadowed by her antics.

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Reservoir Dogs launched Quentin Tarantino as a pioneering new filmmaker and director - his hip-talking, hypnotically shot, ultraviolent US indie films revolutionised American filmmaking and spawned a number of imitators.

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This guide has been completely updated with all of the latest technological advances to provide an exciting, alternative approach to teaching first-year television production to high school students.

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Critically explores the interactions of comedy and drama within a group of popular and influential British films released during the 90s, demonstrating that this was an innovative period in British film history. Films discussed include: 'Brassed Off', 'The Full Monty', 'East is East', 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' and 'Love Actually'. -- .

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A new history of the genre that surveys the existing body of scholarship and introduces key critical tools for discussing teen film. An introduction to all aspects of this genre of film: movies about adolescents and adolescence.

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A new history of the genre that surveys the existing body of scholarship and introduces key critical tools for discussing teen film. An introduction to all aspects of this genre of film: movies about adolescents and adolescence.

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Interviews with some of America's leading cultural TV directors, surveying five decades of American TV. The directors describe the challenge of translating works created for one medium to another and explore their collaborations with great artists of our time.

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Using theories of visual culture, media technology, globalization and gender studies supplemented by visual images and interviews. Huike Wen explores Chinese television history in the pivotal decade of the 1980s from the cultural studies viewpoint and explains the intellectual reception of television in China during the 1980s.

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"Rose presents a comprehensive historical explanation of the related changes in television and in the four performing arts. . . . Highly recommended for both culture students and enthusiasts of the performing arts." Library Journal

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Offers an approach to the study of television. This title views television's history and reception not only through important articles about the medium, but also through analyzing how Hollywood auteur cinema has commented on television over the decades, in films such as "Tootsie", "Network", "The Last Picture Show", and "A Face in the Crowd".

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Offers an approach to the study of television. This title views television's history and reception not only through important articles about the medium, but also through analyzing how Hollywood auteur cinema has commented on television over the decades, in films such as "Tootsie", "Network", "The Last Picture Show", and "A Face in the Crowd".

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This book analyzes the ways in which television dramas allow audiences to vicariously experience fantasy-indulging, escapism-satisfying, and reality-reckoning stories. Contributors discuss how our innate desire to tell human stories both binds us together and motivates us to persevere as a community on a global scale.

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Anderson provides an unprecedented probe into the inner workings of the quiz shows. He details their honest beginnings and explains how the practice of supplying answers grew out of a desire to keep popular contestants on the air as long as possible to boost ratings.

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This is the first detailed study of the rich vein of mockumentary television programmes, covering series such as The Larry Sanders Show, The Daily Show, and the British and American versions of The Office to discuss how producers have experimented with mockumentary as a distinctive approach to storytelling. -- .

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Each chapter in the student text features: learning objectives, vocabulary, topic discussion, review questions, student project plans, evaluation sheets, and extension activities. The two earlier student books (for beginning and advanced students) have been combined into one student text.

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Each chapter in the student text features: learning objectives, vocabulary, topic discussion, review questions, student project plans, evaluation sheets, and extension activities. The two earlier student books (for beginning and advanced students) have been combined into one student text.