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Let your creativity soar with Totoro!
Celebrated for being one of the best hand-drawn films in the history of
animation, My Neighbor Totoro is a true inspiration. This luxe
hardcover sketchbook is a must-have for Totoro fans.
- Cloth case with a foil stamping of Totoro on the cover
- Lay-flat binding for ease of writing or drawing
- Extra-thick blank pages are perfect for sketching—no
ghosting or show-through
- 7 x 9 inches, 128 pages—a great size for all types of
creative work
- A great gift or self-purchase for Studio Ghibli and
animation fans; collectors; artists; and anyone who owns other My
Neighbor Totoro products or loves cute Japanese art, stationery, and
pop culture
My Neighbor Totoro © 1988 Studio Ghibli
Branded as rebels and traitors, the members of the Alliance worked
in the shadows, gathering information and support from across the
galaxy to bring an end to the Empire's tyranny. Concealed within a
secure case, their most vital and sensitive information was
collected by one of Mon Mothma's most trusted aides and kept hidden
until now. Discovered by the Resistance in the ruins of an old
rebel base, these files have been passed among key members of the
Resistance, who have added notes, updates, and new insights to the
documents. A repository of Alliance intelligence, The Rebel Files
weaves together classified documents, intercepted transmissions,
and gathered communications to trace the formation of the Rebel
Alliance. Unlock the secrets of the Rebel Alliance.
Stars and Silhouettes traces the history of the cameo as it emerged
in twentieth-century cinema. Although the cameo has existed in film
culture for over a century, Joceline Andersen explains that this
role cannot be strictly defined because it exists as a
constellation of interactions between duration and recognition,
dependent on who is watching and when. Even audiences of the
twenty-first century who are inundated by the lives of movie stars
and habituated to images of their personal friends on screens
continue to find cameos surprising and engaging. Cameos reveal the
links between our obsession with celebrity and our desire to
participate in the powerful cultural industries within contemporary
society. Chapter 1 begins with the cameo's precedents in visual
culture and the portrait in particular-from the Vitagraph
executives in the 1910s to the emergence of actors as movie stars
shortly after. Chapter 2 explores the fan-centric desire for
behind-the-scenes visions of Hollywood that accounted for the
success of cameo-laden, Hollywood-set films that autocratic studios
used to make their glamorous line-up of stars as visible as
possible. Chapter 3 traces the development of the cameo in comedy,
where cameos began to show not only glimpses of celebrities at
their best but also of celebrities at their worst. Chapter 4
examines how the television guest spot became an important way for
stars and studios to market both their films and stars from other
media in trades that reflected an increasingly integrated
mediascape. In Chapter 5, Andersen examines auteur cameos and the
cameo as a sign of authorship. Director cameos reaffirm the fan's
interest in the film not just as a stage for actors but as a forum
for the visibility of the director. Cameos create a participatory
space for viewers, where recognizing those singled out among extras
and small roles allows fans to demonstrate their knowledge. Stars
and Silhouettes belongs on the shelf of every scholar, student, and
reader interested in film history and star studies.
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