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Emerging from the confluence of Greco-Roman mythology and regional folklore, the mermaid has been an enduring motif in Western culture since the medieval period. It has also been disseminated more widely, initially through Western trade and colonization and, more recently, through the increasing globalization of media products and outlets.
Scaled for Success offers the first detailed overview of the mermaid's dispersal outside Europe. Complementing...
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize: An “extraordinary” novel “lit by a moral intelligence at once fierce and tender” (The New York Times Book Review).
In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, an embittered old judge wants only to retire in peace. But his life is upended when his sixteen-year-old orphaned granddaughter,...
In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, an embittered old judge wants only to retire in peace. But his life is upended when his sixteen-year-old orphaned granddaughter,...
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Prologue. Romanticism despaired over the destructive and dark aspects of reason that became evident after the French Revolution of 1789. When radical and cruel reason shattered and collapsed all principles and orders, it bred a deep distrust and skepticism toward reason. Amid the ruins of the mind, Romanticism turned inward, seeking individuality and emotion based on self-confirmation and human instinctive desires. While Romanticism clearly emerged...
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Interesting publication by Denisa Jánská and Monika Horsáková mapping part of the Czech tradition of animated film, the history of the Ostrava studio of the Short Film Prométheus and its current successor QQ studio Ostrava. You will find not only information about the flagship films and rich image material, but also a biography and personal memories of the creators from Ostrava, who left an indelible mark in the history of Czech animated film....
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Este libro analiza las formas audiovisuales experimentales que han tenido presencia desde la segunda mitad del siglo XX en Chile. Trata de cine y video experimental, incluyendo nociones como las de video-arte, cine-expandido, video de artista, video-instalación, video-creación, documental experimental o ensayo audiovisual. Estas prácticas los autores las piensan en conjunto, no como algo pretérito, sino como un presente activo inscrito en una...
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This oversized book is the comprehensive companion to the art and making of the The Venture Bros. and includes a foreword by Patton Oswalt!
Ken Plume sits down with series creators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer to have a conversation about the creation of every single episode through season six and much more. From the earliest sketches of Hank and Dean scribbled in a notebook, pitching the series to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, learning the ins...
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Sus orígenes bañolenses, el sentido lúdico del arte, la vida como una fiesta diaria, Barcelona, Cannes, Locarno, París, Nueva York… Este brindis reaviva el discurso que Albert Serra improvisó como pregonero de las fiestas de San Martiriano: un lúcido recorrido por sus años de formación y un generoso homenaje a todas las personas que lo han ayudado a conformar su particular concepción del cine, el arte y la vida. Una portentosa exhibición...
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¿Qué nos dice el cine peruano del siglo XXI sobre nuestra sociedad actual? Después del fin del conflicto armado interno (1980-2000) y con la reconstrucción del país dentro de la agenda neoliberal, la producción cinematográfica ha crecido en los últimos veinte años, pero este auge se enfrenta a una financiación y exhibición imprevisibles en muchos casos, así como a una limitada capacidad de consolidar un público nacional.⍾Cynthia Vich...
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Federico de Cárdenas ha sido el crítico de cine más prolífico del Perú. Participó durante veinte años en la revista Hablemos de Cine y escribió para muchas otras en diversas oportunidades; aunque lo más copioso de su producción lo vemos en las amplias columnas, y con frecuencia artículos a página entera, que redactó entre 1975 y 2018 en las ediciones dominicales de La Prensa, El Observador y La República, donde escribió durante más...
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Slides for the magic or optical lantern were a major tool for knowledge transfer in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Schools, universities, the church and many public and private institutions all over the world relied on the lantern for illustrated lectures and demonstrations. This volume brings together scholarly research on the educational uses of the optical lantern in different disciplines by international specialists, representing...
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Post-Cinematic Affect is about what it feels like to live in the affluent West in the early 21st century. Specifically, it explores the structure of feeling that is emerging today in tandem with new digital technologies, together with economic globalization and the financialization of more and more human activities. The 20th century was the age of film and television; these dominant media shaped and reflected our cultural sensibilities. In the 21st...
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La televisión se ha expandido por múltiples pantallas gracias a la tecnología digital. Esta versatilidad ha dado pie a una verdadera revolución en el medio, una que, anclando raíces en lo mejor de su tradición, ha encumbrado a la serialidad como uno de los grandes productos culturales de hoy. En esa línea, los autores reunidos en este libro le toman el pulso a la ficción contemporánea, interesándose en las constantes y variantes que operan...
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Los textos aquí compilados reflexionan sobre la soberbia a partir de la literatura, el cine, la filosofía e incluso la televisión, en diferentes contextos históricos y culturales. Algunos ensayos se han tejido desde los clásicos de la cinematografía mundial y no faltan los que se ocupan del tema centrándose específicamente en joyas del cine mexicano.
Éste es el séptimo y último volumen de la serie Historia de los afectos. Ensayos de cine...
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Treintaidós cineastas peruanos representativos de sus respectivas regiones nos dan a conocer las formas de producción, realización, distribución y exhibición de sus filmes. Se pronuncian sobre la falta de apoyo institucional, nos dan su opinión respecto de los concursos convocados por el Ministerio de Cultura, y manifiestan sus expectativas profesionales y artísticas. Asimismo, narran los orígenes de su vocación, su aprendizaje del cine,...
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Few contemporary television shows have been subjected to the critical scrutiny that has been brought to bear on David Lynch and Mark Frost's “Twin Peaks” since its debut in 1990. Yet the series, and the subsequent film, “Fire Walk with Me”, are sufficiently rich that it's always possible for a close analysis to offer something new — and that's what Franck Boulègue has done with “Twin Peaks: Unwrapping the Plastic”. Through Boulègue's...
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Crosscurrents: How Film Policy Developed in Quebec 1960-1983 documents the fight by filmmakers in Quebec for a film policy that would support their ambition to create commercial feature films. In the process, it explores the history of Quebec cinema, charting how the government supports that exist today came into existence through an intense lobbying effort on the part of filmmakers. Further, the author describes how cultural bureaucrats colluded...
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About the Book On the Aisle, Volume 4: Film Reviews by Philip Morency is the fourth in the series of movie reviews written by Philip Morency. This edition contains films ranging from the years 2013 through 2016, with some periodic "oldies but goodies" mixed in. Like Philip's previous three books, On the Aisle, Volume 4 contains brief and to-the-point movie reviews that are geared toward the average moviegoer. It is not really written from a critic's...
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Decimoséptima entrega del célebre «Abecedario del cine mexicano» (precedida de La aventura / búsqueda / condición / disolvencia / eficacia / fugacidad / grandeza / herética / ilusión / justeza / khátarsis / lucidez / madurez / novedad / ñerez / orgánica del cine mexicano), fue publicada por vez primera en su versión impresa por la ENAC, en 2020, presenta en exclusiva material inédito de la investigación en curso del crítico cinematográfico...
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Crossing genres of films, this book contains movies that have lessons in them as a way of finding insights into daily life. While other critics summarize a film, focus on the amount of profanity and nudity it contains, and decide whether it's worthwhile to watch, Herbert Cohen takes a different tactic and views films as life lessons. This collection of meaningful films, with inspiring and emotional stories that help understand the plight of others,...
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