Do the movies have a future? / David Denby.
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TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edDescription: xiii, 347 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781416599470 (hardcover); 9781416599487 (pbk.); 9781439110096 (ebook)Subject(s): Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 21st century | Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Motion picture industry -- Technological innovations | Film criticism -- United StatesLOC classification: PN1993.5.U6 | D46 2012| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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MACHAKOS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Technical section | PN1993.5.U6D46 2012 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 33808 |
Includes index.
Preface -- Introduction: the way we live now -- Trends. Conglomerate aesthetics; Pirates on the ipod: the soul of a new screen; Spectacle: the passion of the Christ, Avatar, Endless summer- digital all the time -- Independent glories. Sideways, Capote, Capturing the Friedmans, The squid and the whale, The diving bell and the butterfly, There will be blood, The hurt locker, Winter's bone -- Stars. Joan Crawford; Fallen idols: movie stars today -- Genres. High school movies; Chick flicks; Romantic comedy gets knocked up -- Directors. Otto Preminger; Victor Fleming; Pedro Almodóvar; Clint Eastwood; The Coen Brothers; Quentin Tarantino: Pulp fiction, Kill Bill: vol. 1, Inglourious basterds; David Fincher/The social network -- Two critics. James Agee; Pauline Kael -- An opening to the future? Mumblecore; Terrence Malick's insufferable masterpiece -- Rise of the planet of the apes.
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