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American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood Images from movies and film have had a powerful influence in how Native Americans are seen. In many cases, they have been represented as violent, uncivilized, and an impediment to progress and civilization. This book analyzes the representation of Native Americans in cinematic...
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The 1990s Teen Horror Cycle: Final Girls and a New Hollywood FormulaMany critics and fans refer to the 1990s as the decade that horror forgot, with few notable entries in the genre. Yet horror went mainstream in the '90s by speaking to the anxieties of American youth during one of the country's most prosperous eras....
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Peter Pan Goes WrongTonight Neverland is fleshed out with plenty of plant life, certainly bettering 2011's production of Jack and the Bean-Cactus. So, with no further ado, please put your hands together for J.M. Barrie's Christmas classic: Peter Pan! The inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society...
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Undead Apocalypse: Vampires and Zombies in the 21st CenturyTwenty-first century film and television is overwhelmed with images of the undead. Vampires and zombies have often been seen as oppositional: one alluring, the other repellant; one seductive, the other infectious. With case studies of films like I Am Legend and 28 Days Later,...
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The Language of FilmAn effective filmmaker needs to have a good understanding of how film language works, and more importantly, how to actively influence an audience's thoughts and feelings and guide their gaze around the screen. Packed with examples from classic and contemporary cinema, The Language of...
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A Carnival of CatsThere's a purrrfect little carnival coming to town, filled with adorable cats of all different kinds! In this hint-and-reveal board book, babies, toddlers and cat-lovers alike will enjoy discovering (and guessing) what breed of cat is hiding on the next page. With playful rhyming...
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The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the Silent Era to 1965For decades, Screen World has been an indispensable resource for both professionals and buffs, packed with essential statistics and facts. Now Screen World editor Barry Monush has compiled an essential work for every film lover's library. This book chronicles the careers of every significant...
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Shake, Wiggle & RollIn Shake, Wiggle & Roll, babies and toddlers will be moving and grooving with playful pups as they show off favorite doggie moves, from chomping and chewing to jumping and leaping. With lively images from the lens of expert animal photographer Carli Davidson, this...
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Fame: Big Time RushThe biggest hit show of for Nickelodeon now hits the comic pages. 4 friends from Minnesota started a pop singing group on the show, and now you can learn the back story of these 4 young men and their co-stars. Find out where Kendall,...
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Japanese Special Effects Cinema: Godfathers of Tokusatsu: Vol. 1"It's a book I can marvel at!"-Norman England, director of Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008) and author of Behind the Kaiju Curtain: A Journey onto Japan's Biggest Film Sets (2021) "This book is a literal treasure trove for tokusatsu enthusiasts who already think...
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show BusinessIn this eloquent and persuasive book, Neil Postman examines the deep and broad effects of television culture on the manner in which we conduct our public affairs, and how "entertainment values" have corrupted the very way we think. As politics, news, religion, education, and...
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The History of Motion GraphicsExpand your knowledge of the aesthetics, forms and meaning of motion graphics as well as the long-running connections between the American avant-garde film, video art and TV commercials. In 1960 avant-garde animator and inventor John Whitney started a company called "Motion Graphics, Inc." to...
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The Art and Making of LuckThe official art book for the animated movie Luck. The Art and Making of Luck showcases, in beautifully illustrated detail, the concept art behind the story of the unluckiest girl in the world: Sam Greenfield. When Sam stumbles into the never-before-seen world of good...
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Movies to Save Our WorldA critical reflection on the power of moviemaking to shape our collective imagination of better futures Through a close analysis of more than seventy popular documentaries and feature movies from around the world, produced in the twenty-first century, this book explores the theme of...
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The Dancing LightThe Dancing Light is the second in a series of books by dance educator Karen Diaz Ensanian, created to facilitate dance making with young children. The book exposes them to beautiful visual art, view photos of young dancers demonstrating science concepts through their movement,...
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Hans Dieter Schaal. Stage Architecture 2001-2021: With an Introduction by Wolfgang WillaschekPlay-acting but also the opera have only seemingly little to do with with our everyday life. Opera is a world of art in which reality is actually very much present, but condensed in such a way that it speaks to us in a particularly...
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Holiday Specials on Television, 1939-2021In November 1939, NBC's fledgling television station W2XBS broadcast the first known holiday special, The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Despite its small viewership (very few TV sets existed at the time), the experimental telecast was a harbinger of a now-beloved American tradition: the holiday...
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A Time for HawkingThis award-winning play explores the world of a young Stephen Hawking, before his life is forever changed by illness and an unexpected cutting insight into a new direction for cosmology. Three young people beginning their academic careers meet at a New Year's Eve party...
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My Travels Through the Maelstrom of Punk RockEnter the world of Professor Peter Smith. I have lived a full, exciting, and unique life. In my youth I lived a conundrum. My rebellious nature drew me my away from my academic studies into the world of punk rock; a very different world...
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The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of MoviesA Los Angeles Times Bestseller Winner of the Best Non-Fiction Book Prize at the 2018 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards "Ben Fritz crafts an electrifying and essential book that carefully chronicles how Hollywood tradition is collapsing and new models are fueling the future....
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