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Since the first moving pictures, no one genre of film has captured the hearts of Americans as has the Western. In Shooting Stars, Archie McDonald, scholar and self-confessed cowboy hero worshipper, presents a rich, informative array of essays on our favorite Western stars. These twelve contributions by established scholars of Western film review the biographical and cinematic lives of stars from the 1920s to the present; together, they constitute a unique collection and a fitting tribute to the influence of these heroes on our lives.

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Since the first moving pictures, no one genre of film has captured the hearts of Americans as has the Western. In Shooting Stars, Archie McDonald, scholar and self-confessed cowboy hero worshipper, presents a rich, informative array of essays on our favorite Western stars. These twelve contributions by established scholars of Western film review the biographical and cinematic lives of stars from the 1920s to the present; together, they constitute a unique collection and a fitting tribute to the influence of these heroes on our lives.

Film theory & criticism --- Film history, theory & criticism

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A mirror of tomorrow, Alfonso Cuarón’s visionary Children of Men (2006) was released to good reviews and poor box office but is now regarded by many as a twenty-first-century masterpiece. Its propulsive story dramatizes a dystopian future when an infertile humanity hurtles toward extinction and an African refugee holds the key to its survival. Cuarón creates a documentary of the near future when Britain’s totalitarian government hunts down and cages refugees like animals as the world descends into violent chaos. In the midst of xenophobia and power abuses that have led to a permanent state of emergency, Children of Men inspires with a story of hope and political resistance. Dan Dinello explicates Children of Men’s politically progressive significance in the context of today’s rise of authoritarianism and white nationalism. Though topical at the time, the film now feels as if it’s been torn from today’s headlines. Examining the film from ideological, psychological, and philosophical perspectives, the book explores the film’s connection to post-9/11 apocalyptic narratives, its evolutionary twist to the nativity story, its warning about the rise of neofascism, and its visual uniqueness as science fiction, delving into the film’s gritty hyper-realistic style and the innovative filmic techniques developed by director Cuarón and his cinematographer, Emmanuel Lubezki. Dinello explores the film’s criticism of the pathologies of a reactionary politics that normalize discriminatory hierarchies and perpetuate vast differences in privilege. Children of Men prods us to imagine an egalitarian alternative with a narrative that urges emotional identification with rebels, outcasts, and racial and ethnic

Film History, Theory, and Criticism --- Film and Media Studies

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The authors analyze feature films from Germany, Italy, Japan, France, Great Britain, and the United States that are characteristic for their cinematic engagement with the past as well as contemporary political and social problems. The volume makes a contribution to the comparative history of post-war societies and at the same time advocates the value of feature films as sources for contemporary history. Zwischen gestern und morgen: Der Titel eines deutschen Spielfilms von 1947 kennzeichnet die Umbruchs- und Übergangsphase der unmittelbaren Nachkriegszeit. Die Autorinnen und Autoren des Bandes analysieren Spielfilme aus Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien, Italien, Japan, der Sowjetunion und den Vereinigten Staaten, die für die filmische Verarbeitung der Vergangenheit sowie der Gegenwartsprobleme und Zukunftserwartungen charakteristisch sind. Damit leistet das Buch einen Beitrag zur vergleichenden Geschichte der Nachkriegsgesellschaften und ist zugleich ein Plädoyer für den zeithistorischen Quellenwert von Spielfilmen.

Filmgeschichte. --- Gesellschaftsgeschichte. --- Nachkriegsgeschichte. --- Post-war history. --- film history. --- social history.

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The Heimat film genre, assumed to be outdated by so many, is very much alive. Who would have thought that this genre - which has been almost unanimously denounced within academic circles, but which seems to resonate so deeply with the general public - would experience a renaissance in the 21st century? The genre's recent resurgence is perhaps due less to an obsession with generic storylines and stereotyped figures than to a basic human need for grounding that has resulted in a passionate debate about issues of past and present. This book traces the history of the Heimat film genre from the early mountain films to Fatih Akin's contemporary interpretations of Heimat. »Die Studie liefert einen profunden Überblick über die filmische Auseinandersetzung mit Heimat und ermöglicht, sich aus der Perspektive des Heimatfilms quellenreich mit der kulturhistorischen Entwicklung Deutschlands auseinanderzusetzen.« Beate Binder, Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, 108/1 (2012) »Ein bisher nicht möglicher Überblick über Heimat-Vorstellungen, wie und soweit sie sich im Unterhaltungsfilm spiegeln; gleichzeitg erlaubt dieser eine genauere Sicht auf die jeweilige Weltsicht der Zeit.« Willi Höfig, Informationsmittel (IFB), 4 (2012) Reviewed in: www.kino-zeit.de, 5 (2011), Stefan Otto GERMANISTIK, 52/3-4 (2012)

Cinema; Film; Heimat; Film History; Genre History; Cultural History; Media Studies; --- Cultural History. --- Film History. --- Film. --- Genre History. --- Heimat. --- Media Studies.