Ebert, Roger.
Contents: 3 Women -- Ace in the Hole -- Adaptation -- After Dark My Sweet -- After Hours -- The Age of Innocence -- Army of Shadows -- Atlantic City -- Au Revoir les Enfants -- Babel -- The Band Wagon -- Baraka -- The Battle of Algiers -- Bergman's trilogy 1: Through a Glass Darkly -- Bergman's trilogy 2: Winter Light -- Bergman's trilogy 3: The Silence -- The Best Years of Our Lives -- The Big Red One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4375 EBEMcCarthy, 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4375 EBEEbert, Roger.
Summary: A new compilation of one hundred essays by the film critic presents his analyses of the films that epitomize the finest examples of cinematic art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4375 EBESteiner, Max
Contents: Medley: Main title ; Prologue (5:19) -- Medley: It had to be you ; Shine (2:01) -- Knock on wood (1:15) -- Rick and Renault ; The very thought of you (underscore) (1:09) -- Arrival of Ilsa and Victor at Rick's ; Love for sale (underscore) (1:14) -- Play it Sam, play "As time goes by" ; Avalon (underscore) ; As time goes by (underscore) (4:57) -- Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Movie Music 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC CASSinger, 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 SINSummary: "This brand-new edition of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die covers more than a century of movie history. Every film profile is packed with details including the director and cast, a plot summary and production notes, and little-known facts relating to the film's history, "--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series, Inc. 2019
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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 FRESummary: Between 1970 and 1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch movies: The allegorical freak-out "El topo," the graphic horror of "Night of the living dead," the outrageous filth fest "Pink flamingos," outlaw reggae's "The harder they come," the phenomenal "Rocky horror picture show," and the darkly disturbing "Eraserhead." Discover the stories behind the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Starz Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MIDSummary: Film director Martin Scorsese presents a look at the American film and its practitioners, from silents to the movies of the 1970s, and discusses how it has shaped his own artistic vision.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PERSummary: "Iris Carr is travelling across Europe by train when she unwittingly becomes embroiled in a sinister Balkan plot. Feeling disoriented after a fall, Iris is befriended by Miss Froy, an elderly English woman sharing her carriage. But when she wakes up from a few hours' sleep, Miss Froy has vanished without a trace. As fellow passengers claim the lady never existed, Iris faces danger and intrigue...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LADSchechter, 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 SCHMonaco, James.
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 MONSummary: Explores the hidden history of the American exploitation film. From the tents of carnie roadshows of the early 20th century to "Nudie Cuties," blood-soaked gore fests, biker flicks, blaxploitation and beyond. Looks at the films, the filmmakers, shysters and hustlers who made it all happen. Includes over 2 hours of outtakes, classic grindhouse trailers, and long lost, never-before-seen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber, Inc. 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AMEMeister, Cari
Summary: It is Snowy the Shetland pony's birthday and Princess and Seb have planned a surprise trip to the movies to celebrate--but three horses in a movie theater are bound to result in one smelly situation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MEISummary: "A unique and wonderful collection of 54 rare and restored short films from the inflammable years of cinema. Movies were once made on nitrate film stock, which has a chemical composition similar to gunpowder and is highly vulnerable to fire and decay.This remarkable seven-hour anthology, organized in eight thematic groups over three DVDs, presents amazing treasures from the vaults of Lobster...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flicker Alley 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SAVSummary: Aside from taking an audience's breath away, special effects are often used simply for logistical reasons, such as when an actor or actress is unavailable for a shoot and must be woven into the scene later. In this program, experts in the field of special effects discuss how they create images that range from the spectacular to the invisible. Postproduction specialists discuss and demonstrate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program captures more than a century of moviemaking, from the pioneering work of the Lumiere brothers and the early silent classics to recent box office hits and modern masterpieces of world cinema.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Prepare yourself for a terrifying onslaught of monstrous man-eating Graboid, flying Ass-Blasters, and heat-seeking Shriekers in this complete collection of all Seven movies in the Tremors franchise. Throughout the years and may International locations, the Graboids have evolved and become ever more menacing and deadly. Only the gonzo survivalist Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) can stop them all....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TRESummary: At the heart of this film is the question of whether Leni Riefenstahl was a Nazi, as her detractors claim, or whether she was the victim of society-- a naive, young woman who made Triumph des Willens on assignment, and simply did a very good job. This film does not judge, and Riefenstahl (a fiesty 90 during production) is genuine in her protest. Or has the passage of 50-plus years simply...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 1998
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WONSummary: Help students build their shooting, lighting, and recording skills with this detailed guide to professional-quality video production. This program focuses on the real-world techniques of producer Bill Cote, a 25-year veteran of the television industry, who uses footage from a recently wrapped film to demonstrate proper equipment operation. Divided into four main chapters covering...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Farrell, Dan
Summary: Presents a guide to movie making for young readers, detailing how to write a script, use cinematography to convey emotion, and edit a film.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2017
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Summary: Presents a guide to movie making for young readers, detailing how to write a script, light a set, and edit a film.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walter Foster Jr. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J791.4 BLOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT STEM BlofieldFischer, Paul
Summary: "A nonfiction thriller packed with tension, passion, and politics, [this book] offers a rare glimpse into a secretive world, illuminating a fascinating chapter of North Korea's history that helps explain how it became the hermetically sealed, intensely stage-managed country it remains today"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2015