Dolan, Edward F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bison Books 1983
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 791.4375 DOLMcCarthy, Meghan
Summary: "Meghan McCarthy tells the story of the history of movies and the creators who made them. In fascinating detail, she shows how early photography capturing motion became silent films, which led to the first color films"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.4309 MCCMcCarthy, Cecilia Pinto
Summary: From turning sounds and images into digital signals and back again to tricking the brain into seeing things that do not exist, movies involve a wide array of scientific concepts. The Science of Movies showcases the science behind the screen. Easy-to-read text and vivid images bring this subject to life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2017
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 791.43 MCCGifford, Denis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hamlyn 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4309 GIFColby, Jennifer
Contents: On the silver screen -- A star is born -- Talkies and technicolor -- Illusion of reality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Invent ColbyRoman, James W.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwood Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.430973 ROMLarsen, Josh
Contents: Movies are prayers? -- Movies as prayers of praise -- Movies as prayers of yearning -- Movies as prayers of lament -- Movies as prayers of anger -- Movies as prayers of confession -- Movies as prayers of reconciliation -- Movies as prayers of obedience -- Movies as prayers of meditation and contemplation -- Movies as prayers of joy -- Prayer as journey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Christ LarsenKael, Pauline.
Contents: Introduction / Sanford Schwartz -- Movies, the Desperate Art -- from I Lost it at the Movies. The Glamour of Delinquency ; The Golden Coach ; Shoeshine ; Breathless, and the Daisy Miller Doll ; West Side Story ; Lolita ; Jules and Jim ; Billy Budd ; Yojimbo ; Devi ; Hud, Deep in the Divided Heart of Hollywood -- from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Laurence Olivier as Othello ; Marlon Brando: An American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 KAESinger, Matt
Summary: When Gene Siskel, a film critic for the Chicago Tribune, and Roger Ebert, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his work at the Chicago Sun-Times, reluctantly agreed to collaborate on a new movie review show with PBS, there was at least as much sparring off-camera as on. Their antagonistic partnership made for great television, and their signature "Two thumbs up!" would become the most trusted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SINFreeman, Hadley.
Summary: "From Vogue contributor and Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman, a personalized guide to eighties movies that describes why they changed movie-making forever--featuring exclusive interviews with the producers, directors, writers and stars of the best cult classics"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 FRESharpless, Brian A.
Summary: "Horror movies can reveal much more than we realize about psychological disorders--and clinical psychology has a lot to teach us about horror. Our fears--mortality, failure, loneliness--can be just as motivating as our wishes or desires. Horror movie characters uniquely reveal all of these to a wide audience. If explored in an honest and serious manner, our fears have the potential to teach us...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 SHASummary: "Members of the National Society of Film Critics celebrate the wonder of childhood in cinema with original essays commissioned especially for this collection alongside classic reviews from prominent film critics. From animated features to adaptations of beloved novels, the films discussed here range from the early 1890s to the present"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 FORBrownstein, Ronald
Summary: Documents the kaleidoscopic year during which transformative talents from Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, and Beverly Hills heavily influenced pop culture, politics, and social movements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.4 BROKowalski, Kathiann M.
Summary: "Discusses the Scopes "monkey" trial that put evolution on trial in 1925, including the key figures in the court case, the final judgment, and the debate over teaching evolution in U.S. schools"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 345.0288 KOWShepard, Jim
Summary: The Tunnel at the End of the Light argues that some of our most persistent and destructive assumptions, in that regard, might come from the movies. In these ten essays Jim Shepard weaves close readings of film with cultural criticism to explore the ways in which movies work so ubiquitously to reflect how Americans think and act. Whether assessing the “high-spirited glee of American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tin House Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 SHEHarris, Mark
Summary: [Explores] the epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967-Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Doolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde-and through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood, and America, forever.--From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 HAREdwards, Gavin
Summary: Samuel L. Jackson's embodiment of cool isn't just inspirational--it's important. Bad Motherfucker lays out how his attitude intersects with his identity as a Black man, why being cool matters in the modern world, and how Jackson can guide us through the current cultural moment in which everyone is losing their cool. Edwards details Jackson's fascinating personal history, from stuttering...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKSON, SAMUEL L. EDWSchechter, Harold
Summary: Chicago's Jazz Age crime of passion; the fatal hookup in Looking for Mr. Goodbar; the high school horrors committed by the costumed slasher in Scream. These and other cinematic crimes have become part of pop-culture history-- but found inspiration in true events. Schechter explores the real-life headline-making psychos, serial murderers, thrill-hungry couples, and lady-killers who inspired a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 SCHBritt, Ryan
Summary: Using original, deep-access reporting, extensive research, and insightful commentary, The Spice Must Flow brings the true popularity of Dune out into the light for the very first time. With original interviews with the beloved actors and directors behind the films--including Timothée Chalamet, Kyle Maclachlan, Denis Villeneuve, Patrick Stewart, Rebecca Ferguson, Alec Newman, and many more-- The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 813 BRIGefter, Philip
Summary: An award-winning author presents the history and impact of both the theatrical and cinematic versions of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and how it forced audiences to confront deeply-held concepts about relationships, sex and family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2024
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Summary: Explores the medium of film as both art and craft, sensibility and science, tradition and technology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 MONMurray, John A.
Contents: Fables and Distances: an Introduction to Filmmaking in the Southwest -- California: Natural State -- Santa Monica National Recreation Area -- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral -- Alabama Hills -- Joe Kidd -- Death Valley National Park -- Mono Lake -- High Plains Drifter -- Algodones Dune Fields -- Other Locations in Southern California -- Nevada: The Land of Little Rain -- Northern Nevada -- The Iron...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northland Pub. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 MURVankin, Jonathan
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Publisher / Publication Date: A Cappella Book 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 VANHake, Theodore L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gemstone Pub. 1996