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Pub. Date
2022.
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206 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
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"In Why It's OK to Love Bad Movies, philosopher and cinematic bottom feeder Matthew Strohl enthusiastically defends a fondness for disreputable films. Combining philosophy of art with film criticism, Strohl flips conventional notions of "good" and "bad" on their heads and makes the case that the ultimate value of a work of art lies in what it can add to our lives. By this measure, some of the worst movies ever made are also among the best. Through...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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"In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with Cinema Speculation, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans--and all movie lovers--could have hoped for. Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he...
9) The killer
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jeffrey is The Killer, hired by the mob for one last job. Lee is the relentless cop trying to stop the killer at any cost. The two enemies form a strange and powerful bond that blurs the lines between good and evil.
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2020.
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"New York Times opinion writer and best-selling author Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seattle's alternative newsweekly The Stranger, where she covered film with brutal honesty and giddy irreverence. In Shit, Actually, Lindy returns to those roots, reexamining beloved and iconic movies from the past 40 years with an eye toward the big questions of our time: Is Twilight the horniest movie in history? Why do the zebras in The Lion...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Your companion for the Twilight Saga books and movies, showcasing the incredible beauty mystery, moods, and places of the real Forks, birthplace of the story fans know and love. Over 250,000 fans have made the pilgrimage to Forks to breathe in the reality that inspired Stephenie Meyer's epic saga. Divided into three segments - Twilight Tour, Moods of Twilight, and Twihards - each segment is a unique journey that takes you deeper into the real-world...
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Wishin' and hopin' volume 2
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"New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb weaves an evocative, deeply affecting tapestry of one Baby Boomer's life--Felix Funicello, introduced in Wishin' and Hopin'--and the trio of unforgettable women who have changed it, in this radiant homage to the resiliency, strength, and power of women. I'll Take You There centers on Felix, a film scholar who runs a Monday night movie club in what was once a vaudeville theater. One evening, while setting...
13) Dogman
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In a seaside village on the outskirts of an Italian city, Marcello is a slight, mild-mannered man who divides his days between working at his modest dog grooming salon, caring for his daughter Alida, and being coerced into the petty criminal schemes of the local bully Simoncino. When Simoncino's abuse finally brings Marcello to a breaking point, he decides to stand up for his own dignity through an act of vengeance, with unintended consequences.
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Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
303 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
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Film scholar David Thomson focuses in on a series of moments-- which his readers will also experience in beautifully reproduced imagery-- from 72 films across a 100-year-plus span. Moments takes readers on an unprecedented visual tour, where the specifics of the imagery the reader is seeing are inextricably tied to the text. Thomson's moments range from a set of Eadweard Muybridge's pioneering photographs to sequences in films from the classic-- Citizen...
17) The movie book
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Pub. Date
2016.
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352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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More than a century after the Lumière brothers made their first movie, the magic of the silver screen refuses to fade. Even silent era classics, such as the futuristic Metropolis, still retain the power to astonish. The talkies introduced new genres-- among them the special-effects blockbuster, first seen in King Kong and reinvented in the 1980s with Steven Spielberg's Jaws-- that continue to inspire and enthrall. In more recent years, technological...
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