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'Open your mind to extreme possibilities'Scully's desire to be recognised as 'a medical doctor', ooze, mouthfuls of difficult dialogue and the tendency for characters not to make it through the pre-titles sequence were just a few of the tragically underexamined elements...
Editeur :
Gateway
Parution :
2013-10-31
ePub
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More than any other series, THE AVENGERS typified the Swinging Sixties - beginning in 1961 with Patrick Macnee starring with Ian Hendry in a grainy, realistic spy thriller, and ending in 1969 with Macnee and the glamorous Linda Thorson blasting off into space in a...
Editeur :
Gateway
Parution :
2013-10-31
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STAR TREK is one of the world's most popular and enduring science fiction franchises, spanning decades' worth of TV, film, comics, books and more. This book - originally published just as DEEP SPACE NINE was first being produced - analyses the rebirth and renaissance of...
Editeur :
Gateway
Parution :
2013-10-31
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When it was originally published, the Discontinuity Guide was the first attempt to bring together all of the various fictional information seen in BBC TV's DOCTOR WHO, and then present it in a coherent narrative. Often copied but never matched, this is the perfect guide...
Editeur :
Gateway
Parution :
2013-10-31
Collection :
Gateway Essentials
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This book examines the position of black and mixed-race characters in Irish film culture. By exploring key film and television productions from the 1990s to the present day, the author uncovers and interrogates concepts of Irish identity, history and nation. In 2009,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-09-24
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Funny, fearless and absolutely filthy-nearly 3,000 more uncensored, dirty, sick, and deeply politically incorrect jokes, covering just about every topic imaginable, from adultery to (sex in) Zoos, including an assortment of bad taste lists. A worthy, all-new follow-on...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2013-09-19
Collection :
Mammoth Books
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Is a common European Holocaust memory possible? The author approaches this question by analyzing Polish and German cinema after 1989, and the public debates on the past that have surrounded the filmic narratives. Of all media, cinema has exerted the broadest impact in...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-09-16
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Hollywood superstar; Oscar-winning director; greatest stage actor of the twentieth century. The era abounded in great actors - Gielgud, Richardson, Guinness, Burton, O'Toole - but none could challenge Laurence Olivier's range and power. By the 1940s he had achieved...
Editeur :
Maclehose Press
Parution :
2013-09-12
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Suffering from «manopause» and «Low T», underemployed and unwilling to grow up, «the other guy» has emerged as an important figure in modern media masculinity. From the films of Judd Apatow to sitcoms and popular music, this new breed of man is desperately attempting to...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-09-01
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A celebration of Britain's favourite actress, Judi DenchThe very name Judi Dench encourages a warm and admiring response from the public and fellow actors alike. Her wide-ranging career includes numerous Shakespearean performances (most recently in ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2013-08-22
ePub
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Of all the playwrights from the age of Louis XIV, only Molière’s work is still regularly performed in France and beyond. This book analyses certain elements of the plays that may explain Molière’s longevity: a plausible chain of events peppered with shocks and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-08-09
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Since the late 1990s, German cinema has gone through a period of astonishing productivity and success that has made it the focus of scholarly analysis once more. What can contemporary German cinema tell us about current German society and its problems? What are the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-07-03
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The Spike Lee Enigma is an exploration of ideology and political economy in the films and career of one of America's most controversial filmmakers. Since the 1980s Spike Lee has created numerous films that are socially challenging, some would even say radical, while...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-07-01
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An authoritative companion that offers a wide-ranging thematic survey of this enduringly popular cultural form and includes scholarship from both established and emerging scholars as well as analysis of film noir's influence on other media including television and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-06-27
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166,95€
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This is a major new assessment of the American movie industry in the 1990's, focusing on the development of new communication technologies such as cable and home video and examining their impact on the production and distribution of motion pictures.
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-06-26
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Offre spéciale
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21,50€
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Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853) was one of the most formative influences of the romantic movement, inspiring such major figures as Novalis and Hoffmann. Not only did his tales and novels shape the course of German romantic fiction; as a translator he helped to...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2013-05-29
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The first full biography of Britain's leading actress of her time.Whether it is her sunny temperament, her gift of laughter, her wide-ranging abilities, or all three, Judi Dench is without doubt a star. Shortlisted for a 1998 Oscar for her performance as Queen Victoria...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2013-05-23
ePub
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For over four decades, Martin Scorsese has been the chronicler of an obsessive society, where material possessions and physical comfort are valued, where the pursuit of individual improvement is rewarded and where male prerogative is respected and preserved. Scorsese...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-08
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Steven Spielberg is known as the most powerful man in New Hollywood and a pioneer of the contemporary blockbuster, America’s most successful export. His career began a new chapter in mass culture. At the same time, American post war liberalism was breaking down. This...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-03
Collection :
America Through the Lens
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Offre spéciale
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20,40€
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Gerade Goethes Faust eignet sich als Vorlage für Hollywoodfilme. Allerdings handelt es sich dabei um Adaptionen und Transformationen der Thematik, nicht um direkte Übernahmen. Gründe dafür liegen u. a. in den unterschiedlichen politischen, kulturellen und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-02
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