Murder And The Movies
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Murder And The Movies
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Author : David Thomson
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2020-08-05
Murder And The Movies written by David Thomson and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-05 with Performing Arts categories.
How many acts of murder have each of us followed on a screen? What does that say about us? Do we remain law-abiding citizens who wouldn’t hurt a fly? Film historian David Thomson, known for wit and subversiveness, leads us into this very delicate subject. While unpacking classics such as Seven, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Strangers on a Train, The Conformist, The Godfather, and The Shining, he offers a disconcerting sense of how the form of movies makes us accomplices in this sinister narrative process. By turns seductive and astringent, very serious and suddenly hilarious, Murder and the Movies admits us into what Thomson calls “a warped triangle”: the creator working out a compelling death; the killer doing his and her best; and the entranced reader and spectator trying to cling to life and a proper sense of decency.
Murder At The Movies
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Author : A.E. Eddenden
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2014-10-01
Murder At The Movies written by A.E. Eddenden and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-01 with Fiction categories.
Once more we meet the inimitable Inspector Albert V. Tretheway and his colleague, Constable Jonathan (Jake) Small, in the Canadian city of Fort York in 1939. Pranks begin when Tretheway's beloved bowler hat disappears. Three weeks later Tretheway and Jake investigate a nervous neighbor's report about an anonymous phone tip that her long-dead husband is in her garage. They find instead a live horse wearing Tretheway's missing bowler. The pranks escalate, and only Tretheway connects them and surmises they are movie-inspired. The guessing game begins. Which movie is next? When the fourth prank involves a pre-dug grave, the Hindu Goddess Kali and the murder of a popular Bugle-Major, Tretheway spearheads a chase, cerebral and physical, through more movie murder adventures to a fiery spectacular finale.
Murder At The Movies
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Author : A.E. Eddenden
language : en
Publisher: ChicagoReviewPress + ORM
Release Date : 2014-10-01
Murder At The Movies written by A.E. Eddenden and has been published by ChicagoReviewPress + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-01 with Fiction categories.
A policeman tracks a killer inspired by 1939’s hit films in “an entertaining read . . . chock-full of menace, momentum, and multiple Movietone moments” (Booklist). Inspector Albert V. Tretheway is perturbed when his beloved bowler hat disappears in what seems to be a relatively harmless prank. Three weeks later Tretheway and Constable Jake Small investigate a nervous neighbor’s report of an anonymous phone tip that her long-dead husband is in her garage. What they find there instead is a live horse—wearing Tretheway’s missing bowler. As the pranks escalate, Tretheway connects them and surmises they are inspired by the films showing at the local theater in Fort York, Ontario. The guessing game begins. Which of this year’s Hollywood releases is next? When the fourth prank involves a pre-dug grave, the Hindu goddess Kali, and the murder of a popular Bugle-Major, Tretheway spearheads a chase, both cerebral and physical, through more movie murder adventures to a fiery, spectacular finale . . . “[An] amiable sleuth . . . [A] gently satirical series.” —The New York Times Book Review
The Red Carpet At Cannes
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Author : Duane Byrge
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-05-12
The Red Carpet At Cannes written by Duane Byrge and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-12 with categories.
Hollywood New Times film critic Ryan Hackbart is whisked down the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, dragged in by the French National Police as a suspect in the murder of the lead actress of the festival's opening-night film. Interrogated but released, Ryan is still considered a prime suspect. His passport confiscated, and now hounded by the world media, Ryan's movie-mind clues him that he is the fall guy in a Hitchcock-like thriller - he must solve the murder before the culprit kills him or the police arrest him. Aided by an indomitable female companion, Delisha, Ryan's investigation thrusts him inside the most glamorous film festival in the world and opens his eyes to what is underneath Cannes' red carpet. He's engulfed into a dangerous maelstrom of celebrity, high-fashion, egos, fake news, Russian billionaires and ruthless wannabees. A murder mystery/romance, The Red Carpet at Cannes is a captivating, behind-the-scenes look at the glitz, intrigue, and romance of the world's most celebrated film festival. It's a five-star travelogue straight into a celebrity universe: dazzling parties, scrumptious cuisine, superstar celebrities, high fashion, and movie-world politics.
The Cinema Murder
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Author : Edward Phillips Oppenheimer
language : en
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Release Date : 2021-09-07
The Cinema Murder written by Edward Phillips Oppenheimer and has been published by Lindhardt og Ringhof this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-07 with Fiction categories.
Opening in a desolate Derbyshire coal-mining village, young student Philip Romilly finds himself rejected and despondent, resorting to desperate measures in order to secure future prospects for himself. Soon established in New York with a successful career – elements of Philip’s past return to haunt him. Can he ever truly be free? A melodramatic mystery from author E. Phillips Oppenheim. E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was a hugely prolific and highly popular British author of novels and short stories. Born in Tottenham, London, Oppenheim left school as a teenager and worked for his leather-merchant father for 20 years prior to launching his literary career. Oppenheim published five novels under the pseudonym ‘Anthony Partridge’ before establishing his reputation as a writer under his own name. An internationally successful author, Oppenheim’s stories revolved mainly around glamourous characters, luxurious settings, and themes of espionage, suspense, and crime. He is widely regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of the thriller and spy-fiction genre as it is recognised today. Oppenheim’s incredible literary success meant that his own life soon began to mirror that of his opulent characters. He held lavish, Gatsby-style parties at his French Villa and was rumoured to have had frequent love affairs aboard his luxury yacht. Oppenheim’s success earned him the cover of Time magazine in 1927. Some of his most well-known novels include ‘The Great Impersonation’, ‘The Long Arm of Mannister’ and ‘The Moving Finger’.
Jack The Ripper
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Author : Denis Meikle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Jack The Ripper written by Denis Meikle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Performing Arts categories.
No murderer in history is more enduringly fascinating, notorious, or mysterious than Jack the Ripper. And few are as cinematic, instantly evoking images of menacing alleyways, flickering gaslights and hansom cabs, swirling fog, prostitutes in their tawdry finery, and the cape-shrouded figure of a faceless stalker. In this absorbing guide, Denis Meikle looks at Jack the Ripper on the large and small screen. Close attention is paid to such standards as Baker and Berman's 1958 "Jack the Ripper" and Hammer Studio's 1971 "Hands of the Ripper, " as well as many less familiar examples of the Ripper genre. Meikle brings the story right up to the present with a penetrating account of the filming of "From Hell, " based on the groundbreaking graphic novel by Alan Moore and starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham. Horror, costume drama, conspiracy theory: all the cinematic angles are explored, as the author uncovers the murky origins of the slasher genre.
The Moment Of Psycho
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Author : David Thomson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-11-24
The Moment Of Psycho written by David Thomson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-24 with Performing Arts categories.
It was made like a television movie, and completed in less than three months. It killed off its star in forty minutes. There was no happy ending. And it offered the most violent scene to date in American film, punctuated by shrieking strings that seared the national consciousness. Nothing like Psycho had existed before; the movie industry -- even America itself -- would never be the same. In The Moment of Psycho, film critic David Thomson situates Psycho in Alfred Hitchcock's career, recreating the mood and time when the seminal film erupted onto film screens worldwide. Thomson shows that Psycho was not just a sensation in film: it altered the very nature of our desires. Sex, violence, and horror took on new life. Psycho, all of a sudden, represented all America wanted from a film -- and, as Thomson brilliantly demonstrates, still does.
The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures
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Author : Paul Fischer
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2022-04-05
The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures written by Paul Fischer and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-05 with Performing Arts categories.
Louis Le Prince invented the motion picture in 1890. He applied for, and was granted, patents in four countries. And then, a month before unveiling it to the world...he disappeared. And was never seen again.Three years later, Le Prince's invention was finally made public - by a man who claimed to have invented it himself. The man's name was Thomas Edison.This book is the story of the birth of motion pictures, restoring the father of the invention to his rightful place in history.
Murder In The Movies
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Author : Esther Luttrell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-06-01
Murder In The Movies written by Esther Luttrell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-01 with Fiction categories.
Katlin Wallace stumbles into a nightmare as bizarre as anything ever dreamed up by Hollywood's most prolific screen writers. When Katlin and her retired detective husband left their Hollywood agency to move to central Florida, she thought she'd left everything to do with the film industry behind...until she returned to see a friend through her darkest hours. Helen Allison's daughter, Lane, once known as America's Sweetheart, had been a star the magnitude of Doris Day and Debbie Reynolds. She left it all for love and was content at last, happily married and the mother of three. That's why Helen knew beyond a doubt that Lane had nothing to do with her husband's death. With the press convinced that Katlin is covertly helping to clear the former movie star of murder charges, she is thrust into the spotlight. Avoiding the news media, circling like sharks, is easy. But there is no safe haven from someone who fears Katlin is getting close to discovering the truth...
The Blue Movie Murders
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Author : Ellery Queen
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2015-09-29
The Blue Movie Murders written by Ellery Queen and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-29 with Fiction categories.
A killing shocks the erotic film underworld in a mystery featuring Mike McCall, the political troubleshooter introduced in The Campus Murders. The film is called The Wild Nymph, and it may be the finest pornographic movie ever made. A relic of the 1950s, when erotic cinema was more artistic than smutty, it was filmed on a shoestring budget by the enigmatic genius Sol Dahlman. But 20 years later, the film has been forgotten and Dahlman has become a recluse. Finding him will be a deadly proposition. A Hollywood producer comes to the state capital in search of Dahlman, hoping to capitalize on pornography’s growing mainstream acceptance. He meets Mike McCall, the governor’s top troubleshooter, whose only interest in pornography is in keeping women’s lib protestors from picketing the theaters. When Dahlman is found dead, it falls to McCall to stop the bloodshed. Sex can be controversial, but murder is always taboo.