Native Americans on film : conversations, teaching, and theory /

Table of Contents: “…Dimensions of difference in Indigenous film /…”
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Aesthetic evaluation and film / by Klevan, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…The aesthetic evaluatio nof film. Medium -- Constraint -- Convention -- Choice of expectation -- Encouraging perceptual activity -- Prominence -- Pattern -- Relation -- A note on pedgagogy -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index.…”
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American films of the '70s : conflicting visions / by Lev, Peter, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Patton -- Apocalypse Now -- From Blaxploitation to African American film. Shaft -- Superfly -- Claudine -- Leadbelly -- Killer of Sheep -- Feminisms. …”
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An economic history of film /

Table of Contents: “…The characteristics of film as a commodity / John Sedgwick and Michael Pokorny -- America's master : the European film industry in the United States, 1907-1920 / Gerben Bakker -- Stars and stories : how films became branded products / Gerben Bakker -- Revenue sharing and the coming of sound / F. …”
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LGBTQ film festivals : curating queerness / by Damiens, Antoine

Table of Contents: “…Festivals, Uncut : Queering Film Festival Studies, Curating LGBTQ Film Festivals --…”
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Edith Wharton on film / by Boswell, Parley Ann

Subjects: “…Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 Film adaptations.…”
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The cognitive semiotics of film / by Buckland, Warren

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CHAPTER ONE The Cognitive Turn in Film Theory; CHAPTER TWO The Body on Screen and in Frame; CHAPTER THREE Not What Is Seen through the Window but the Window Itself; CHAPTER FOUR The Institutional Context; CHAPTER FIVE All in the Mind?…”
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Plasma Polymer Films. by Biederman, Hynek

Table of Contents: “…Plasma Polymer Films; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Hynek Biederman; CHAPTER 2 PLASMA DEPOSITION OF FLUOROPOLYMER FILMS IN DIFFERENT GLOW DISCHARGE REGIMES Pietro Favia; CHAPTER 3 DEPOSITION OF SILICON CONTAINING FILMS AND FTIR DIAGNOSTICS Yvan Segui and Patrice Raynaud; CHAPTER 4 CORPUSCULAR DIAGNOSTICS OF PLASMA POLYMERIZATION PROCESSES Michael Zeuner; CHAPTER 5 ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF PLASMA POLYMERS Jacek Tyczkowski; CHAPTER 6 PULSED PLASMA POLYMERIZATIONS Richard B. …”
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Der phantastische Film : instabile Narrationen und die Narration der Instabilität / by Pinkas, Claudia, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Definition des phantastischen Films --…”
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Multilayer Thin Films : Sequential Assembly of Nanocomposite Materials. by Decher, Gero

Table of Contents: “…6.2 Stereospecific Template Polymerization of Methacrylates by Stereocomplex Formation in Nanoporous LbL Films6.3 Preparation and Properties of Hollow Capsules Composed of Layer-by-Layer Polymer Films Constructed through van der Waals Interactions; 6.4 Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Cellular Multilayers Using Layer-by-Layer Protein Nanofilms Constructed through Affinity Interaction; 6.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Polymeric Complexes; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Concept of LbL Assembly of Polymeric Complexes.…”
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Independent Film Producing : the Craft of Low Budget Filmmaking. by Lyons, Suzanne

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Indie Film Producing; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1 Getting Ready to Produce; The Time Was Right; The Landscape is Changing; A Step-By-Step Approach; Wearing Two Hats: Business and Creative; The Business of Film Producing; 2 Timeline for Séance; Timeline for the Film, Séance; September/October 2005: Optioned Screenplay; November/December 2005: Business Plan and PPM; January 2006: Opened an LLC; January/February/March: Funding the Film; March: Finalized Details; April: Soft Prep -- Four Weeks; April: Casting; May 1: Preproduction Begins -- Three Weeks.…”
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Military comedy films : a critical survey and filmography of Hollywood releases since 1918 / by Erickson, Hal, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Repeated Rounds: The "Series" Films; 6. You Know What Sailors Are: Comedies About Seafaring Men; 7. …”
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Classics in film and fiction /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : classics across the film/literature divide /…”
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The Bible on Silent Film : Spectacle, Story and Scripture in the Early Cinema. by Shepherd, David, 1972-

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The New Jew in Film : Exploring Jewishness and Judaism in Contemporary Cinema. by Abrams, Nathan

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Science fiction film / by Telotte, J. P., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…The world of the science fiction film -- Science fiction film: the critical context -- A trajectory of the American science fiction film -- The science fiction film as fantastic text: THX 1138 -- The science fiction film as marvelous text: Close encounters of the third kind -- The science fiction film as uncanny text: RoboCop -- Crossing genre boundaries/bound by fantasy: The fly (1986) -- A note on boundaries.…”
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Doing film studies : a subject guide for students / by Benyahia, Sarah Casey

Table of Contents: “…The canon in practice -- The history of the discipline, or how It became possible to study film -- The history of the canon: the development (and deconstruction) of the film studies canon -- Key approaches: genre theory -- Competing approaches: screen theory -- Reading a film -- Film studies and narrative theories -- Spectatorship and audience studies -- Creative engagement -- Film and identity -- Postmodernism and cultural studies -- Film as industry…”
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World Film Locations. by Solomons, Gabriel

“…World Film Locations.…”
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International politics and film : space, vision, power / by Carter, Sean (Sean R.), Dodds, Klaus

Table of Contents: “…Film and international politics -- Borders -- Exceptional spaces -- Distant others -- Homeland -- Space, vision, power.…”
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The Hollywood family film : a history, from Shirley Temple to Harry Potter / by Brown, Noel

Table of Contents: “…The Middlebrow Family Film, 1940-53 -- 4. The Traditional Family Film in Decline, 1953-68 -- 5. …”
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Film Food and I by White, Francesca

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Film, theory and philosophy : the key thinkers /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction: What is film-philosophy?; I: WHAT IS CINEMA? ; 1. Hugo Munsterberg ; 2. …”
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Spanish horror film / by Lázaro-Reboll, Antonio

Table of Contents: “…(1976) -- The Horror Cycle of Eloy de la Iglesia (1971-1973) -- Devoted to Horror: From Terror Fantastic (1971-1973) to 2000 maniacos (1989-present) -- Post-1975 Horror Production -- Transnational Projections in Contemporary Spanish Horror Film: Nacho Cerdá, Jaume Balagueró and Guillermo del Toro -- Conclusion.…”
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American Film History Selected Readings, Origins To 1960. by Lucia, Cynthia

Table of Contents: “…Early Background: Vaudeville, Blackface Minstrelsy, and Film -- Story Films, Melodrama, and Uplift -- White-Owned Race Film Companies: Competition and Collaboration -- The Minors: Lesser-Known Race Film Companies -- The End: The Coming of Sound -- Notes -- References -- 5 Chaplin and Silent Film Comedy -- The Tramp and Chaplin's Rise to Stardom -- From Willie Work to the Glasses Character: Harold Lloyd -- A Calm Demeanor Beneath a Porkpie Hat: Buster Keaton -- City Lights: A Farewell to Silent Film Comedy -- References…”
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Theorizing Film Acting.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: acting, casually and theoretically speaking / Aaron Taylor -- Aesthetics: understanding and interpreting film acting. Acting matters: noting performance in three films / Brenda Austin-Smith -- Living meaning: the fluency of film Performance / Andrew Klevan -- Play-acting: a theory of comedic performance / Alex Clayton -- Performed performance and the man who knew too much / Murray Pomerance -- Brando sings! …”
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Coming of age in films / by Garrett, Mario

Subjects: “…Coming-of-age films History and criticism.…”
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Film, Theory and Philosophy : the Key Thinkers. by Colman, Felicity

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: What is film-philosophy?; I What is Cinema?; 1. Hugo Münsterberg; 2. …”
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Gramofon, film, typewriter / by Kittler, Friedrich A.

Table of Contents: “…Jean Marie Guyau: Paměť a fonograf ; Rainer Maria Rilke: Prazvuk ; Maurice Renard: Smrt a mušle ; Salomo Friedlaender: Goethe mluví do fonografu -- Film. Salomo Friedlaender: Stroj na fatu morgánu ; Richard A. …”
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Text über Filme : Stilanalysen anhand von Filmrezensionen und filmbezogenen Texten / by Malá, Jiřina, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Zur Typologie der Texte über Filme -- 1.3.1. Der Spiegel -- 1.3.2. Andere Printmedien (Focus, Die Zeit) -- 1.4. …”
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Liquid Film Coating : Scientific principles and their technological implications. by Kistler, Stephan F.

Table of Contents: “…Front ; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; COATING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:; PHYSICS AND MATERIAL INTERACTIONS OF COATING PROCESSES; CAPILLARY HYDRODYNAMICS AND INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA; WETTING: STATIC AND DYNAMIC CONTACT LINES; SURFACTANTS: STATIC AND DYNAMIC; COATING RHEOLOGY: COMPONENT; THE FATE OF THIN LIQUID FILMS; METHODS OF INVESTIGATING COATING PROCESSES; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; ASYMPTOTIC METHODS FOR THE MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF COATING FLOWS; ADVANCES IN COMPUTATIONAL; THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COATING PROCESSES; ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF INTERNAL; PREMETERED COATING PROCESSES.…”
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The Poetics of Poetry Film Film Poetry, Videopoetry, Lyric Voice, Reflection. by Tremlett, Sarah

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover -- Half Title -- Frontier spices -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Table of contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: Poetry, Song, Philosophy -- The Combined Lyric Aesthetic -- Illuminated Verse -- The Figurative Visual Poem -- Philosophy through Poetry: China and the Lyric Aesthetic in Poetry and Painting -- Part One Form and Structure -- Terminology across Time -- Poetry Films, Film Poems and Video Poems / Videopoems -- Pioneer Works -- Cinematic Poems -- Vita Futurista -- Film Poems -- Cinépoème -- Poetry Film…”
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The naval war film : genre, history, national cinema / by Rayner, Jonathan (Jonathan R.)

Table of Contents: “…British naval films and the documentary feature -- Post-war British naval films and the service comedy -- Hollywood and the one-ocean war -- The submarine war and the submarine film -- American films of the Cold War -- 'Damm the photon torpedoes!' …”
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Authorship in film adaptation /

Table of Contents: “…Acevedo-Muñoz -- Adaptation as adaptation : from Susan Orlean's The orchid thief to Charlie (and "Donald") Kaufman's screenplay to Spike Jonze's film / Frank P. Tomasulo -- From obtrusive narration to crosscutting : adapting the doubleness of John Fowles's The French lieutenant's woman / R. …”
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Film and comic books /

Table of Contents: “…Malone -- Old Malay heroes never die: the story of Hang Tuah in films and comics / Jan van der Putten and Timothy P. …”
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Film, politics, and Gramsci / by Landy, Marcia, 1931-

Table of Contents: “…They Were Sisters: Common Sense, World War II, and the Woman's Film; 6. Looking Backward: Versions of History and Common Sense in Recent British Cinema; 7. …”
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British films of the 1970s. by Newland, Paul

“…Manchester Film Studies…”
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European film theory /

Table of Contents: “…European film theory : from crypto-nationalism to trans-nationalism / Paul Coates -- The aesthetics of race in European film theory / Tobias Nagl -- The disunity of film theory and the disunity of aesthetics / Casey Haskins -- Real location, fantasy space, performative place : double occupancy and mutual interference in European cinema / Thomas Elsaesser -- Film as philosophy : a mission impossible? …”
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African film and literature : adapting violence to the screen / by Dovey, Lindiwe

Table of Contents: “…Cinema and violence in South Africa -- Fools and victims : adapting rationalized rape into feminist film -- Redeeming features : screening HIV/AIDS, screening out rape in Gavin Hood's Tsotsi -- From black and white to "coloured" : racial identity in 1950s and 1990s South Africa in two versions of A walk in the night -- Audio-visualizing "invisible" violence : remaking and reinventing Cry, the beloved country -- Cinema and violence in francophone West Africa -- Losing the plot, restoring the lost chapter : Aristotle in Cameroon -- African incar(me)nation : Joseph Gaï Ramaka's Karmen geï (2001) -- Humanizing the Old Testament's origins, historicizing genocide's origins : Cheick Oumar Sissoko's La genèse (1999).…”
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American film cycles : reframing genres, screening social problems, & defining subcultures / by Klein, Amanda Ann, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: love at first sight -- Real gangsters do cry: a cyclical approach to film genres -- A dying serpent : understanding how film cycles change over time -- I was a teenage film cycle: the relationship between youth subcultures and film cycles -- Not only screen but the projector as well: the relationship between race and film cycles -- Conclusion: love, disdain, and the future of cycle studies.…”
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The naval war film : genre, history, national cinema / by Rayner, Jonathan (Jonathan R.)

Table of Contents: “…British naval films and the documentary feature -- Post-war British naval films and the service comedy -- Hollywood and the one-ocean war -- The submarine war and the submarine film -- American films of the Cold War -- 'Damm the photon torpedoes!' …”
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