Wong Kar-wai's controversial film, "Happy Together", shows two gay Chinese men in Buenos Aires and probes masculinity, aggression, identity and homosexuality. This text examines this memorable film, placing it within the context of other films by Wong Kar-wai and other Hong Kong…
"The first book to lay out the incredible range of the precariat (the vast global workforce, suffering from precarity) as well as a detailed report on the cinematic record of their work and lives"--
"What might Godzilla and Kurosawa have in common? What, if anything, links Ozu's sparse portraits of domestic life and the colorful worlds of anime? In this book, Yomota Inuhiko provides a concise history of Japanese film that shows how cinema tells the story of Japan's modern a…
"Explores the relationship between film and the concept of Romanticism, analyzing the cultural image of the Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt (1811-86), including the ways that he and his music has been represented in films"--
The zombie renaissance in popular culture
This collection addresses the significant cultural phenomenon of the 'zombie renaissance' - the growing importance of zombie texts and zombie cultural practices in popular culture. The chapters examine zombie culture across a range of media and practices including films games, m…
"The Big Screen" tells the enthralling story of the movies: their rise and spread, their remarkable influence in the war years, and their long, slow decline to a form that is often richly entertaining but no longer lays claim to our lives the way it once did.
"The Big Screen" tells the enthralling story of the movies: their rise and spread, their remarkable influence in the war years, and their long, slow decline to a form that is often richly entertaining but no longer lays claim to our lives the way it once did.
What are movies? Once derided as senseless entertainment, they have gradually assumed a place among the arts. Raymond Haberski traces the trajectory of this evolution throughout the twentieth century, from nickelodeon amusements to the age of the financial blockbuster. Haberski …
