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A study of Japanese culture in the post-war period, focusing on filmmakers who created movies for a politically conscious audience. It provides an overview of these filmmakers and reconsiders the question of dissent in the cultural landscape of Japan in the post-war period.

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This book challenges the established conceptual and historical paradigm in Anglo-American film studies that perceives European cinema as essentially "high art." Films analyzed include: "Cinema Paradiso", "Mediterraneo", "Bhaji on the Beach", "Until the End of the World", "Underground".

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Traditionally identified with screwball comedies, Frank Capra has seldom been considered a conduit for populist concerns and issues. In this book, Gehring examines the influence of both Will Rogers and Frank Capra on modern populist movies, providing important background on Capra's links to the crackerbarrel personality of Rogers.

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The films of Pedro Almodovar have demonstrated great crossover appeal in their ability to attract both mainstream and marginal audiences and to command critical as well as commercial success.

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An excellent introductory volume for those wishing to know more about the hitherto neglected cinema from the African continent, including directors from Egypt, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Cameroon, South Africa -- .

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An excellent introductory volume for those wishing to know more about the hitherto neglected cinema from the African continent, including directors from Egypt, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Cameroon, South Africa -- .

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"An explanation of postcolonial film theory and how it explicates James Cameron's film"--

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"An explanation of postcolonial film theory and how it explicates James Cameron's film"--

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Provides an introductory explanation of postmodernism and its connection to film theory, and how it can be used to interpret Ridley Scott's film, Blade Runner.

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Provides an introductory explanation of postmodernism and its connection to film theory, and how it can be used to interpret Ridley Scott's film, Blade Runner.

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This book examines the benefits and limits of cultural nationalism, and describes the preliminary steps taken by contemporary filmmakers in order to establish a new popular African cinema. -- .

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Presents in-depth interviews with 13 prominent cinematographers, who discuss their careers and the art and craft of feature film cinematography.

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Presents in-depth interviews with 13 prominent cinematographers, who discuss their careers and the art and craft of feature film cinematography.

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A study of one scene in one movie: the shower scene from "Psycho". It shows how it may be the most significant and influential scene of all and substantiates this claim by providing chapters on the evolution of the scene in Hitchcock's career, with particular focus on his methods for creating suspense and terror in the audience.

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"Psychoanalytic Film Theory and The Rules of the Game offers a concise introduction to psychoanalytic film theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Jean Renoir's classic film"--

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"Psychoanalytic Film Theory and The Rules of the Game offers a concise introduction to psychoanalytic film theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Jean Renoir's classic film"--

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In this examination of the psychology of terror, Iaccino uses Jungian archetypes to analyze significant works in the horror film genre.

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Explores how film spectatorship is understood as a model for ethical attention that engages the audience in an affective relationship with characters and their values.

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An examination of the field of queer theory and its relevance to the film Brokeback Mountain