Movies and Meaning

• Author : Stephen Prince
• Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
• Release : 04 July 2022

Movies and Meaning is a comprehensive introduction to the film industry that focuses on three topics: how movies express meanings, how viewers understand those meanings, and how cinema functions globally as both an art and a business. It examines both how filmmakers create images and sounds and the mechanisms and processes by which viewers make sense of images and stories on screen.

• Author : Stephen Prince
• Publisher : Prentice Hall
• Release : 26 January 2012

Updated in a new 6th edition, Movies and Meaning is a comprehensive introduction to the film industry that focuses on three topics: how movies express meanings, how viewers understand those meanings, and how cinema functions globally as both an art and a business. It examines both how filmmakers create images and sounds and the mechanisms and processes by which viewers make sense of images and stories on screen.

• Author : Kimberly A. Blessing,Paul Tudico
• Publisher : Open Court
• Release : 01 December 2013

"The meaning of life is the most urgent of questions," said the existentiallist thinker Albert Camus. And no less a philosopher than Woody Allen has wondered:"How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?" "Movies and the Meaning of Life" looks at popular and cult movies, examining their assumptions and insights on meaning-of-life questions: What is reality and how can I know it? (The Truman Show, Contact, Waking Life); How do

• Author : Daniel Shaw
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release : 29 June 2017

This book pairs close readings of some of the classic writings of existentialist philosophers with interpretations of films that reveal striking parallels to each of those texts, demonstrating their respective philosophies in action. Individual chapters include significant excerpts from the original texts being discussed and illustrated. Pairings cover Schopenhauer and Waking Life, Stirner and Hud, Kierkegaard and Winter Light, Nietzsche and The Fountainhead, Heidegger, Blade Runner and The Thin Red Line, Camus, Leaving Las Vegas and Missing, Sartre, Husbands and

• Author : Alex Pappademas
• Publisher : Abrams
• Release : 03 May 2022

A tribute to and exploration of the magic behind one of Hollywood's most legendary and unknowable stars, Keanu Reeves, and the profound lessons we can learn from his success There can be no doubt: Keanu Reeves is a phenomenon. He’s at once a badass action star, a hunky dreamboat who People magazine has called “the Internet’s boyfriend,” a vintage motorcycle enthusiast, a niche art book publisher, a living meme, and a legend. He seems to upend every rule

• Author : Sara Anson Vaux
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 04 July 1999

Movies mirror our desires and dreams, but they also shape them, as we struggle to understand ourselves and our world in relation to God. Finding Meaning at the Movies is a guide for groups and indivuduals who wish to explore - through movies - major themes, issues, and questions that we all have in common. Sara Ansen Vaux takes the reader on a cinematic journey, showing how to look for messages of value and meaning by examining not only the

• Author : Grant Horner
• Publisher : Crossway Books
• Release : 04 July 2022

Looking at Christianity and art, the theology of biblical discernment, and a brief history of film, and through analysis of several films, this book equips Christians to think carefully about the art of film.

• Author : Philip M. Taylor
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 04 July 1999

• Author : William D. Romanowski
• Publisher : Baker Academic
• Release : 21 May 2019

This engaging book explores how Christians can most profitably and critically hear, read, and view popular culture through the lens of film. William Romanowski highlights the benefits of a faith-informed approach to cinema that centers on art and perspective and shows how Christian faith contributes to the moviegoing experience, leading to a deeper understanding of movies and life. The book draws examples from classic and contemporary American movies and includes illustrative film stills. Additional resources for professors and students are

• Author : Travis M. Andrews
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release : 04 May 2021

An irreverent yet deeply researched biography about the always offbeat, suddenly meme-able, and wildly popular actor When did you first encounter Jeff Goldblum? Maybe as a deranged killer in his 1974 screen debut in Death Wish? Maybe as a cynical journalist in 1983s The Big Chill? Or a brilliant if egotistical scientist-turned-fly in 1986s The Fly? Perhaps as the wise-cracking skeptical mathematician in 1993s Jurassic Park? Or maybe you’re not a film buff but noticed his face as part of

• Author : Stephen Prince
• Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
• Release : 04 July 1997

This book is designed to give students an in-depth introduction to the motion picture medium. Virtually everyone reading the book knows about the pleasure that movies can offer, the ways they can thrill, amuse, sadden, and excite the emotions.

• Author : Victor H. Green
• Publisher : Colchis Books
• Release : 04 July 2022

The idea of "The Green Book" is to give the Motorist and Tourist a Guide not only of the Hotels and Tourist Homes in all of the large cities, but other classifications that will be found useful wherever he may be. Also facts and information that the Negro Motorist can use and depend upon. There are thousands of places that the public doesn't know about and aren't listed. Perhaps you know of some? If so send in their names and

• Author : Bill Nichols
• Publisher : Univ of California Press
• Release : 04 July 1976

Fifty theoretical essays by distinctively original and influential film critics and filmmakers are grouped in categories having to do with general considerations, structuralism-semiology, political factors, genre, feminism, auteur theory, and mise-en-scene

• Author : Dana Renga
• Publisher : University of Toronto Press
• Release : 05 July 2019

The mafia has always fascinated filmmakers and television producers. Al Capone, Salvatore Giuliano, Lucky Luciano, Ciro Di Marzio, Roberto Saviano, Don Vito and Michael Corleone, and Tony Soprano are some of the historical and fictional figures that contribute to the myth of the Italian and Italian-American mafias perpetuated onscreen. This collection looks at mafia movies and television over time and across cultures, from the early classics to the Godfather trilogy and contemporary Italian films and television series. The only comprehensive

• Author : Robert Capozzi,Cynthia Bové
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 08 December 2014

Reel Vision is a first-of-its-kind cinematic guide that provides an in-depth exploration of the deeper metaphysical meanings and spiritual themes contained in The Matrix, Dark City, Inception, Revolver, and Vanilla Sky. Since movies are non-stop and fast-paced, this book breaks down -- scene-by-scene and step-by-step -- the hidden messages that movie-watchers can easily miss. Films like these have the potential to provide powerful spiritual insight. As we suspend our judgment and allow a film to temporarily become our "reality," pathways