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Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema
This open access study of the film Grendel Grendel Grendel,
directed by Alexander Stitt, presents it as a masterpiece of
animation and design which has attained a national and
international cult status since its release in 1981. The film,
based on the novel, Grendel, by John Gardner, is a loose adaptation
of the Beowulf legend, but told from the point of view of the
monster, Grendel. Grendel Grendel Grendel is a mature, intelligent,
irreverent and quite unique animated film - it is a movie, both in
terms of content and of an aesthetic that was well ahead of its
time. Along with a brief overview of Australian animation and a
contextualization of where this animated feature fits within the
broader continuum of Australian (and global) film history, Dan
Torre and Lienors Torre provide an intriguing analysis of this
significant Australian animated feature. The ebook editions of this
book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on
bloomsburycollections.com.
By exploring a range of films about American women, this book
offers readers an opportunity to engage in both history and film in
a new way, embracing representation, diversity, and historical
context. Throughout film history, stories of women achieving in
American history appear few and far between compared to the many
epic tales of male achievement. This book focuses largely on films
written by women and about women who tackled the humanist issues of
their day and mostly won. Films about women are important for all
viewers of all genders because they remind us that the American
Experience is not just male and white. This book examines 10 films,
featuring diverse depictions of women and women's history, and
encourages readers to discern how and where these films deviate
from historical accuracy. Covering films from the 1950s all the way
to the 2010s, this text is invaluable for students and general
readers who wish to interrogate the way women's history appears on
the big screen. Focuses on 10 films with an emphasis on racial and
class diversity Explores where storytelling and historical accuracy
diverge and clarifies the historical record around the events of
the films Organized chronologically, emphasizing the progression of
women's history as portrayed on film Accessible for general readers
as well as students
Whether you judge by box office receipts, industry awards, or
critical accolades, science fiction films are the most popular
movies now being produced and distributed around the world. Nor is
this phenomenon new. Sci-fi filmmakers and audiences have been
exploring fantastic planets, forbidden zones, and lost continents
ever since George Melies' 1902 film A Trip to the Moon. In this
highly entertaining and knowledgeable book, film historian and pop
culture expert Douglas Brode picks the one hundred greatest sci-fi
films of all time. Brode's list ranges from today's blockbusters to
forgotten gems, with surprises for even the most informed fans and
scholars. He presents the movies in chronological order, which
effectively makes this book a concise history of the sci-fi film
genre. A striking (and in many cases rare) photograph accompanies
each entry, for which Brode provides a numerical rating, key
credits and cast members, brief plot summary, background on the
film's creation, elements of the moviemaking process, analysis of
the major theme(s), and trivia. He also includes fun outtakes,
including his top ten lists of Fifties sci-fi movies, cult sci-fi,
least necessary movie remakes, and "so bad they're great"
classics-as well as the ten worst sci-fi movies ("those highly
ambitious films that promised much and delivered nil"). So climb
aboard spaceship Brode and journey to strange new worlds from
Metropolis (1927) to Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).
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