Magic and Myth of the Movies
Author | : Parker Tyler |
Publisher | : Harvill Secker |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1971-01-01 |
Genre | : Motion picture plays |
ISBN | : 9780436540028 |
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Author | : Parker Tyler |
Publisher | : Harvill Secker |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1971-01-01 |
Genre | : Motion picture plays |
ISBN | : 9780436540028 |
Author | : Parker Tyler |
Publisher | : Facsimiles-Garl |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Trinkett Clark |
Publisher | : Roberts Rinehart Pub. |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
A collection of works of well-known children's book illustrators such as N.C. Wyeth, Chris Van Allsburg, Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seuss, Edward Gorey, Tomi Ungerer, and others
Author | : Michael Scott |
Publisher | : Yearling |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2022-05-03 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0593381726 |
Myths, legends, and magic are woven together in a collection of enthralling Irish fairy tales from the New York Times bestselling author of the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series. A haunting midnight dance that steals children away... An eerie fairy island that appears once every seven years... A magical silver horse that emerges from the depths of a dark lake... Venture into the Otherworld with eleven timeless, enchanting Irish fairy tales that uncover the haunting, hidden world of the Sidhe--the fairy-folk. A master of Irish mythology, bestselling author Michael Scott has crafted stories guaranteed to enthrall young readers who love magic, legends, and lore. And don't miss the companion collection of Irish folktales, Legends & Lore!
Author | : Mary S. Henderson |
Publisher | : Spectra |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0553378104 |
The companion to the Star wars exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum explores the mythology used as the basis for the Star wars movie trilogy
Author | : James Combs |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2015-09-04 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1443881554 |
This book builds upon the author’s extensive previous work on the movies, adopting a more comprehensive and inquisitive stance for the study of moving pictures as a cultural movement and ludenic innovation. It returns to earlier analysis and commentary on this new invention and recreation quickly termed “the movies”, and develops the initial impression of both moviegoers and observers that the movies appealed because they were fun. As such, the book examines the characteristics that made films so enjoyable, namely their use of magic, presentation of myth, and persistence of mnemonic recollection. The enduring appeal of moving pictures remains consistent, even though the medium has proliferated and diversified, so much so that now a good portion of the human race spends a great deal of time looking at moving pictures. The book is eclectic and exploratory, designed to urge consideration of moving pictures in this larger perspective as something that has changed and perhaps enriched the lives of many people, leaving inquirers the task of calculating the enormous significance and consequences of our motion picture experience for the conduct of our lives. Such an effort is not without merit, since it now seems quite clear that the whole world is watching.
Author | : Colin McGinn |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2007-02-13 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1400077206 |
How is watching a movie similar to dreaming? What goes on in our minds when we become absorbed in a movie? How does looking “into” a movie screen allow us to experience the thoughts and feelings of a movie’s characters? These and related questions are at the heart of The Power of Movies, a thoughtful, invigorating, and remarkably accessible book about a phenomenon seemingly beyond reach of our understanding. Colin McGinn–“an ingenious philosopher who thinks like a laser and writes like a dream,” according to Steven Pinker–enhances our understanding of both movies and ourselves in this book of rare and refreshing insight.
Author | : Robert Sklar |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2012-10-31 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 030775684X |
Hailed as the definitive work upon its original publication in 1975 and now extensively revised and updated by the author, this vastly absorbing and richly illustrated book examines film as an art form, technological innovation, big business, and shaper of American values. Ever since Edison's peep shows first captivated urban audiences, film has had a revolutionary impact on American society, transforming culture from the bottom up, radically revising attitudes toward pleasure and sexuality, and at the same time, cementing the myth of the American dream. No book has measured film's impact more clearly or comprehensively than Movie-Made America. This vastly readable and richly illustrated volume examines film as art form, technological innovation, big business, and cultural bellwether. It takes in stars from Douglas Fairbanks to Sly Stallone; auteurs from D. W. Griffith to Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee; and genres from the screwball comedy of the 1930s to the "hard body" movies of the 1980s to the independents films of the 1990s. Combining panoramic sweep with detailed commentaries on hundreds of individual films, Movie-Made America is a must for any motion picture enthusiast.
Author | : Douglas E. Cowan |
Publisher | : University of California Press |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2019-01-29 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0520293991 |
Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes looks at fantasy film, television, and participative culture as evidence of our ongoing need for a mythic vision—for stories larger than ourselves into which we write ourselves and through which we can become the heroes of our own story. Why do we tell and retell the same stories over and over when we know they can’t possibly be true? Contrary to popular belief, it’s not because pop culture has run out of good ideas. Rather, it is precisely because these stories are so fantastic, some resonating so deeply that we elevate them to the status of religion. Illuminating everything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Dungeons and Dragons, and from Drunken Master to Mad Max, Douglas E. Cowan offers a modern manifesto for why and how mythology remains a vital force today.
Author | : James Combs |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2010-08-11 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1443824690 |
This book is a study of the “Great Movies,” that fluid category of feature films deemed by various authorities—film societies, critics, academics, and movie enthusiasts—to be the enduring and memorable works of cinematic history. But what are they about? In Wit’s End, the author attempts to “make sense” of these films in order to understand their greatness in the context of their relation to other films and to the worlds they come from and recreate on screen. To that end, we employ the conceptual power of pragmatic social theory and the rich idea of aesthesis to explore and arrange these films as a means of understanding what they express about the universality of human life in our keen use of wit, organization of social wont, and direction of cultural way. It is hoped that such an inquiry will illuminate the glory of the great films and contribute to the advance of film studies.