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Horror and the horror film / / Bruce F. Kawin [[electronic resource]]
| Horror and the horror film / / Bruce F. Kawin [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Kawin Bruce F. <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Anthem Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/6164 |
| Collana | New perspectives on world cinema |
| Soggetto topico | Horror films - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
0-85728-241-7
1-282-13859-6 9786613807977 0-85728-455-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
pt. I. Approaching the genre -- 1. Horror -- Overview -- Origins -- Defining horror -- Taking it all in -- Spectacle and suggestion -- Nightmares and forbidden texts -- Real and imagined horror -- Endings -- Recurring elements -- Beauty -- Reflexivity -- Appeal -- Frames and windows -- 2. The monster at the bedroom window -- Tarantula -- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari -- Nosferatu -- Frankenstein -- King Kong -- The Mummy's Tomb and others -- Back to the Tarantula -- 3. Fear in a frame -- Dreams and reflexivity in Vampyr -- Narrative structure in Dead of Night -- The unfilmable in Peeping Tom -- The Mummy's Tale -- Categories -- pt. II. Subgenres : the book of monsters -- 4. Monsters -- Transforming monsters : Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde and The Thing -- Constructed monsters : Frankenstein -- Composite monsters : Island of Lost Souls and The Fly -- Giants : King Kong and Them! -- Little people : THe Devil-Doll -- Animals : Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Birds and Jurassic Park -- Body parts : The Beast with Five Fingers -- Monsters from outer space : The Thing from Another World and Alien -- Monsters from the lab : "You Made Us Things!" -- Monsters from underwater : It Came from Beneath the Sea -- Plants : Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- Minerals : The Monolith Monsters -- Amorphous monsters : The Blob -- Child monsters : It's Alive, The Brood and The Funhouse -- Parasite : Shivers -- Machines : The Car -- Monsters from underground : The Descent.
5. Supernatural monsters -- Demons and the devil : Faust and The Evil Dead -- Doubles : The Student of Prague -- Vampires : Nosferatu and Dracula -- Witches : Häxan and Suspiria -- Ghosts : The Uninvited and Ringu -- Zombies : White Zombie and Night of the Living Dead -- Mummies : The Mummy's Ghost -- Others back from the dead : The Walking Dead -- Werewolves and other shape-shifters : The Wolf Man and Cat People -- Legendary figures : Candyman -- Nameless forces : Final Destination -- Immortal slashers : Michael, Jason and Freddy -- 6. Humans -- Mad scientists and doctors : Caligari and Mad Love -- Romantics : The Phantom of the Opera -- Human anomalies : Freaks -- Artists : Mystery of the Wax Museum and In the Mouth of Madness -- Believers : The Black Cat, Blood Feast and The Wicker Man -- Sadists and torturers : The Raven, Salò and Hostel -- Ghouls : The Body Snatcher and Ed Gein -- Mad killers : Psycho and Henry : Portrait of a Serial Killer -- Families : The Last House on the Left and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre -- Psychics and Telekinetics : Carrie and Scanners -- The infected : Rabid and 28 Days Later -- Cannibals : Eaten Alive! and Cannibal Holocaust -- Slashers : Scream -- pt. III. Related genres -- 7. Horror comedy -- Monster comedies : Young Frankenstein -- Supernatural comedies : The Return of the Living Dead -- Human comedies : Arsenic and Old Lace -- 8. Horror documentary -- Death on camera -- Autopsy : The Act of Seeing With One's Own Eyes -- Looking at horror. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Horror & the Horror Film |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462263503321 |
Kawin Bruce F. <1945->
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| London : , : Anthem Press, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How movies work [[electronic resource] /] / Bruce F. Kawin
| How movies work [[electronic resource] /] / Bruce F. Kawin |
| Autore | Kawin Bruce F. <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 574 p., [16] p. of plates ) : ill. (some col.) ; |
| Disciplina | 791.43 |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures
Cinematography Motion picture industry Music, Dance, Drama & Film Film |
| ISBN | 0-520-91216-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I: Film and the Physical World -- 1. Film Appreciation -- 2. Parts and Wholes -- 3. Primary Categories -- 4. Montage and Mise-en-Scene in the Narrative Film -- Part II: From Shot to Sequence -- 1. Raw Materials -- 2. The Frame -- 3. Black-and-White and Color -- 4. The Soundtrack -- 5. The Shot -- 6. The Scene -- 7. The Sequence -- Part III: The Him Artist and the Movie Business -- 1. Who Makes a Movie? -- 2. Development -- 3. Pre-production -- 4. Production -- 5. Post-production -- 6. Distribution -- For Further Reading -- A Note to the Instructor -- Glossary of Key Terms -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248198103316 |
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Kawin Bruce F. <1945->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1992 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Selected film essays and interviews / / Bruce F. Kawin ; foreword by Howie Movshovitz [[electronic resource]]
| Selected film essays and interviews / / Bruce F. Kawin ; foreword by Howie Movshovitz [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Kawin Bruce F. <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Anthem Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 215 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 791.43 |
| Collana | New perspectives on world cinema |
| Soggetto topico | Motion pictures |
| ISBN |
0-85728-314-6
0-85728-311-1 1-299-20184-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Violence and politics -- Me Tarzan, you junk -- The whole world is watching -- Violent genres -- Wild blueberry muffins -- pt. 2. Horror and science fiction -- The mummy's pool -- Time and stasis in La Jetée -- Carnival of souls -- pt. 3. Reviews -- Welcome to L.A. -- The fury -- Piranha -- The elephant man -- pt. 4. Interviews -- Interviews -- Lillian Gish -- Howard Hawks -- pt. 5. Literature and narration -- The montage element in Faulkner's fiction -- Horton Foote -- An outline of film voices -- Dorothy's dream: mindscreen in The wizard of Oz -- pt. 6. Getting it right -- Creative remembering and other perils of film study -- Late show on the telescreen: film studies and the bottom line -- Video frame enlargements -- Three endings. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Selected Film Essays & Interviews |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453081803321 |
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Kawin Bruce F. <1945->
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| London : , : Anthem Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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