Cinema Is A Cat
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Cinema Is A Cat
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Author : Daisuke Miyao
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2019-10-31
Cinema Is A Cat written by Daisuke Miyao and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-31 with Performing Arts categories.
Watching movies every night at home with his cats, film scholar and cat lover Daisuke Miyao noticed how frequently cats turned up on screen. They made brief appearances (think of Mafia boss Marlon Brando gently stroking a cat in a scene from The Godfather); their looks provided inspiration to film creators (Avatar); they even held major roles (The Lion King). In Cinema Is a Cat, Miyao uses the fascinating relationship between cats and cinema to offer a uniquely appealing introduction to film studies. Cats are representational subjects in the nine films explored in this book, and each chapter juxtaposes a feline characteristic—their love of dark places, their “star” quality—with discussion of the theories and histories of cinema. The opening chapters explore three basic elements of the language of cinema: framing, lighting, and editing. Subsequent chapters examine the contexts in which films are made, exhibited, and viewed. Miyao covers the major theoretical and methodological concepts of film studies—auteurism, realism, genre, feminist film theory, stardom, national cinema, and modernity theory—exploring fundamental questions. Who is the author of a film? How does a film connect to reality? What connections does one film have to other films? Who is represented in a film and how? How is a film viewed differently by people of different cultural and social backgrounds? How is a film located in history? His focus on the innate qualities of cats—acting like prima donnas, born of mixed blood, devoted to the chase—offers a memorable and appealing approach to the study of film. How to read audio-visual materials aesthetically and culturally is of limitless value in a world where we are constantly surrounded by moving images—television, video, YouTube, streaming, GPS, and virtual reality. Cinema Is a Cat offers an accessible, user-friendly approach that will deepen viewers’ appreciation of movies, from Hollywood classics like Breakfast at Tiffany’s and To Catch a Thief, to Japanese period dramas like Samurai Cat. The book will be attractive to a wide audience of students and scholars, movie devotees, and cat lovers.
Cats On Film
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Author : Anne Billson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-10-05
Cats On Film written by Anne Billson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-05 with categories.
What is a Catguffin? Which type of cat would be more likely to rip your throat out in a movie - a Catzilla or a Pussilla? What is the difference between a Catagonist and a Heropuss? And what exactly was Jones the cat getting up to while the crew of the Nostromo were trying not to get killed by the xenomorph in Alien?All these questions and many others are answered in CATS ON FILM, the definitive work of feline film scholarship, in which critic and novelist Anne Billson explores the narrative functions of cats in one hundred films, and incidentally shows how they are much more varied and interesting than the narrative functions of dogs.Read about the true nature of Harry Lime's relationship to the kitten in The Third Man, and why the film should perhaps have been retitled The Third Cat. Find out which are the most upsetting Catrifices in the movies, and learn how the White Cat of Evil launched his career as Blofeld's lapcat in the James Bond franchise.CATS ON FILM. No cat-loving film fan can afford to be without it.
Cats On Film
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Author : Anne Billson
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-12-16
Cats On Film written by Anne Billson and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-16 with categories.
This is the budget version of CATS ON FILM, with black and white photos instead of colour ones. What is a Catguffin? Why should you be wary of a Catzilla? What is the difference between a Catagonist and a Heropuss? Who or what is a Modesty Cat, and why does The Third Man have such problems with kitten continuity? All these questions and many others are answered in CATS ON FILM, the definitive work of feline film scholarship, in which critic and novelist Anne Billson explores the many and varied narrative functions of cats by examining their appearances in one hundred films, from blockbusters to art films, foreign films to cult oddities, rom-coms to horror movies. Meet Clovis, Ulysses, Jezebel, Pyewacket, Pumpkin and a clowder of other celebrated film felines, learn how the White Cat of Evil launched his career as Blofeld's lapcat in the James Bond franchise, and thrill to My Day By Jones, in which the cat's eye view of Alien is finally revealed. CATS ON FILM. No cat-loving film fan can afford to be without it.
Fritz The Cinema Cat
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Author : Louise Adela Nye
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Fritz The Cinema Cat written by Louise Adela Nye and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with categories.
Fritz, a real live cat, lives at the cinema on Salt Spring Island in Bitish Columbia, Canada. He was born to a once wild bush-cat in a dresser drawer, and his favourite pastime was to curl up on a warm lap and watch movies on TV. He especially liked the one about cats in Paris, so he decided, when fully-grown, to set out for the city with the "spectacular tower". Fritz himself tells his adventurous story of how he wandered through fields and woods before arriving at an old community hall. He was thrilled to discover it's huge "living-room" full of comfy seats and a huge TV screen where movies were shown. Making himself at home on various laps ( sometimes with surprising results!), Fritz even got to go up into the forbidden projection booth. He was much-loved and pampered by the many people who came to the hall, and even had two houses built especially for him. He even had his own special tower! One day, however, a stranger drove by and catnapped Fritz! The whole island was frantic to get him back, and a much-publicized search got underway. It was reported on the radio, in the newspapers and even on the TV news! Fritz became famous overnight. In his story, he often mentions characters from movies, so you can have fun trying to guess them! Humourous and often touching, this story of a real "local hero" will appeal to the child in everyone.
Cat People
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Author : Kim Newman
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-07-25
Cat People written by Kim Newman and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-25 with Performing Arts categories.
Novelist and critic Kim Newman assesses the horror noir Cat People (1943), produced by Val Lewton and directed by Jacques Tourneur. This important and influential film is considered in the light of its place in film history and as a work of ambitious horror. The new edition includes a postscript about the sequel, The Curse of the Cat People.
Movie Cats
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Author : Susan Herbert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Movie Cats written by Susan Herbert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Cats categories.
Susan Herbert's innovative and witty feline renderings of cats in human situations, from Shakespearean drama to masterpieces of Western art, have won her a large and admiring public. Now she draws on her lifelong fascination with cinema to give us a series of scenes from classic films - all with cats playing the leading roles.
Fritz The Cinema Cat Gets His Wings
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Author : Louise Adela Nye
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Fritz The Cinema Cat Gets His Wings written by Louise Adela Nye and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
Fritz tells the touching, humorous story of his last days on Salt Spring Island. Reluctant to leave, he's finally encouraged by another cat-spirit to go to the "other side."
Fritz The Cinema Cat
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Author : Louise Adela Nye
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Fritz The Cinema Cat written by Louise Adela Nye and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
Save The Cat
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Author : Blake Snyder
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Save The Cat written by Blake Snyder and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Performing Arts categories.
This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat!
Chris Marker
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Author : Chris Darke
language : en
Publisher: Whitechapel Art Gallery, Londo
Release Date : 2014
Chris Marker written by Chris Darke and has been published by Whitechapel Art Gallery, Londo this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Art categories.
This important study -- published in conjunction with the Whitechapel's acclaimed exhibition -- is the first comprehensive survey of filmmaker Chris Marker's influential oeuvre, surveying the entirety of his prolific career Illustrated throughout, the book charts Marker's unique commentaries on societies at times of upheaval, from his early writing and photography to his later use of CD-ROM and appropriation of web technology. Integrating his films within the display, it also brings together for the first time all of Marker's multimedia installations. Alongside a wealth of images that chart Marker's substantial creative output, Chris Marker: A Grin Without a Cat also explores the filmmaker's shift from word to image, the commissioning of his multimedia installations and the subsequent interplay of media. It includes key essays by the curators Christine van Assche, Chief Curator, Centre Pompidou, Paris, writer and film critic Chris Darke, and Whitechapel Gallery curators Magnus Af Petersens (Chief Curator) and Habda Rashid (Assistant Curator); texts by critics Raymond Bellour and Arnaud Lambert; plus the first English translations of two key early writings by Marker, an essay on Jean Cocteau's film Orphée (1950) and his short story Till the End of Time (1947), which takes place the day after VJ day amidst a torrential rainstorm and features a demobilised soldier subject to apocalyptic visions, anticipating Marker's most famous film, La Jetée (1962). Chris Marker (1921-2012), born Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve in Paris, was a prescient multi-media filmmaker as well as a writer, editor, poet, cartoonist, and activist. Marker completed his first feature film Olympia 52 in 1952 and soon became affiliated with the Left Bank Cinema movement that included filmmakers such as Alain Resnais and Agnès Varda. In 1962 he made his best-known film, La Jetée, which won him an international audience. A great lover of cats, when asked for a photograph of himself he would send a picture of a cat.