Six essays in media criticism show how the movies have come to exert an influence on every aspect of contemporary life from consumerism to military policy.
Cassavetes on Cassavetes
Biografie van de Amerikaanse filmregisseur en -producer (1929-1989), gebaseerd op interviews tijdens zijn leven.
"For more than thirty years John Cassavetes, the spiritual father of American independent filmmaking, steered a courageous course freelancing on the fringes of the Hollywood studio system. This is the autobiography he never lived to write." "In his own words Cassavetes tells the…
Nigeria's Nollywood has rapidly grown into one of the world's largest film industries, radically altering media environments across Africa and in the diaspora; it has also become one of African culture's most powerful and consequential expressions, powerfully shaping how African…
Explores what popular films of the 1980s and 1990s say about religion and the values by which we live.
Explores what popular films of the 1980s and 1990s say about religion and the values by which we live.
Explores what popular films of the 1980s and 1990s say about religion and the values by which we live.
In this book, the author argues that we now live in a time when gays are seen, but not necessarily known. Taking on the common wisdom that equates visibility with full integration, the book maps the terrain on which gays are accepted as witty film accessories and sassy sitcom st…
In this book, the author argues that we now live in a time when gays are seen, but not necessarily known. Taking on the common wisdom that equates visibility with full integration, the book maps the terrain on which gays are accepted as witty film accessories and sassy sitcom st…