Cult Film Stardom
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Author |
: K. Egan |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 259 |
Release |
: 2012-11-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137291776 |
ISBN-13 |
: 113729177X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cult Film Stardom by : K. Egan
The term 'cult film star' has been employed in popular journalistic writing for the last 25 years, but what makes cult stars distinct from other film stars has rarely been addressed. This collection explores the processes through which film stars/actors become associated with the cult label, from Bill Murray to Ruth Gordon and Ingrid Pitt.
Author |
: K. Egan |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 294 |
Release |
: 2012-11-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137291776 |
ISBN-13 |
: 113729177X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cult Film Stardom by : K. Egan
The term 'cult film star' has been employed in popular journalistic writing for the last 25 years, but what makes cult stars distinct from other film stars has rarely been addressed. This collection explores the processes through which film stars/actors become associated with the cult label, from Bill Murray to Ruth Gordon and Ingrid Pitt.
Author |
: Danny Peary |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 608 |
Release |
: 1991 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0671711032 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780671711030 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cult Movie Stars by : Danny Peary
Profiles over 850 cult stars who built their careers on the fringes of movie stardom, playing roles in B-movies ranging from action, horror, kung-fu, mysteries, science-fiction, serials, slashers and westerns.
Author |
: Danny Peary |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 612 |
Release |
: 1991 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015059135627 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cult Movie Stars by : Danny Peary
Author |
: Sarah Thomas |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 222 |
Release |
: 2012-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780857454423 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0857454420 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Peter Lorre: Face Maker by : Sarah Thomas
Peter Lorre described himself as merely a ‘face maker’. His own negative attitude also characterizes traditional perspectives which position Lorre as a tragic figure within film history: the promising European artist reduced to a Hollywood gimmick, unable to escape the murderous image of his role in Fritz Lang’s M. This book shows that the life of Peter Lorre cannot be reduced to a series of simplistic oppositions. It reveals that, despite the limitations of his macabre star image, Lorre’s screen performances were highly ambitious, and the terms of his employment were rarely restrictive. Lorre’s career was a complex negotiation between transnational identity, Hollywood filmmaking practices, the ownership of star images and the mechanics of screen performance.
Author |
: Vanni Codeluppi |
Publisher |
: Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 158 |
Release |
: 2021-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781527566842 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1527566846 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Stardom in Cinema, Television and the Web by : Vanni Codeluppi
In the last 50 years, the social importance of stars has steadily grown, to the point that stars have now become key role models who strongly influence people’s behaviours. This book considers the connections between the three main media (cinema, television and the web) and each of the three phases into which the history of stardom can be divided. The first phase can largely be credited with the creation and codification of contemporary stardom, while the second is linked to the spread of television, which weakened the Hollywood stardom model and gradually transformed the figure of the star, making it more intimate and familiar. In the last of these phases, we have many ‘outsiders’ (personalities from a variety of professional domains and experiences) who are able to achieve considerable social visibility thanks to their skilful use of the web.
Author |
: S. Barbas |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 234 |
Release |
: 2016-04-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137103192 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137103191 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Movie Crazy by : S. Barbas
While the impact that legendary actors and actresses have had on the development of the Hollywood film industry is well known, few have recognised the power of movie fans on shaping the industry. This books redresses that balance, and is the first study of Hollywood's golden era to examine the period from the viewpoint of the fans. Using fan club journals, fan letters, studio production records, and other previously unpublished archival sources, Samantha Barbas reveals how the passion, enthusiasm, and ongoing activism of film fans in Hollywood's golden era transformed early cinema, the modern mass media and American popular culture.
Author |
: Stephen Gundle |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2013-12-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781782382454 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1782382453 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mussolini's Dream Factory by : Stephen Gundle
The intersection between film stardom and politics is an understudied phenomenon of Fascist Italy, despite the fact that the Mussolini regime deemed stardom important enough to warrant sustained attention and interference. Focused on the period from the start of sound cinema to the final end of Fascism in 1945, this book examines the development of an Italian star system and evaluates its place in film production and distribution. The performances and careers of several major stars, including Isa Miranda, Vittorio De Sica, Amedeo Nazzari, and Alida Valli, are closely analyzed in terms of their relationships to the political sphere and broader commercial culture, with consideration of their fates in the aftermath of Fascism. A final chapter explores the place of the stars in popular memory and representations of the Fascist film world in postwar cinema.
Author |
: Sabrina Qiong Yu |
Publisher |
: Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages |
: 320 |
Release |
: 2017-04-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781474404327 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1474404324 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis Revisiting Star Studies by : Sabrina Qiong Yu
Challenges traditional Hollywood-derived models of star studiesIs classical Hollywood stardom the last word on film stars? How do film stars function in non-Hollywood contexts, such as Bollywood, East Asia and Latin America, and what new developments has screen stardom undergone in recent years, both in Hollywood and elsewhere? Gathering together the most important new research on star studies, with case studies of stars from many different cultures, this diverse and dynamic collection looks at film stardom from new angles, challenging the received wisdom on the subject and raising important questions about image, performance, bodies, voices and fans in cultures across the globe. From Hollywood to Bollywood, from China to Italy, and from Poland to Mexico, this collection revisits the definitions and origins of star studies, and points the way forward to new ways of approaching the field.Key featuresFeatures cutting-edge research on stardom and fandom from a range of different cultures, contributed by a diverse and international range of scholarsGenerates new critical models that address non-Hollywood forms of stardom, as well as under-researched areas of stardom in Hollywood itselfRevisits the definitions of stars and star studies that are previously defined by the study of Hollywood stardom, then points the way forward to new ways of approaching the fieldLooks at stars/stardom within a new local/translocal model, to overcome the Hollywood-centrism inherent to the existing national/transnational modelBrings into light various types of previously unacknowledged star textsEmploys a dynamic inter-disciplinary approachContributorsGuy Austin, Newcastle UniversityLinda Berkvens, University of Sussex Pam Cook, University of Southampton Elisabetta Girelli, University of St Andrews Sarah Harman, Brunel UniversityStella Hockenhull, University of WolverhamptonLeon Hunt, Brunel University Kiranmayi Indraganti, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and TechnologyJaap Kooijman, University of AmsterdamMichael Lawrence, University of SussexAnna Malinowska, University of SilesiaLisa Purse, University of ReadingClarissa Smith, University of SunderlandNiamh Thornton, University of Liverpool Yiman Wang, University of California-Santa CruzSabrina Qiong Yu, Newcastle UniversityYingjin Zhang, University of California-San Diego
Author |
: J. P. Telotte |
Publisher |
: University of Texas Press |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2014-02-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780292761858 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0292761856 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cult Film Experience by : J. P. Telotte
"Play it again, Sam" is the motto of cult film enthusiasts, who will watch their favorite movie over and over, "beyond all reason." What is the appeal of cult movies? Why do fans turn up in droves at midnight movies or sit through the same three-hanky classics from Hollywood's golden era? These are some of the questions J. P. Telotte and twelve other noted film scholars consider in this groundbreaking study of the cult film. The book identifies two basic types of cult films—older Hollywood movies, such as Casablanca, that have developed a cult following and "midnight movies," most notably The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Telotte, Bruce Kawin, and Timothy Corrigan offer thought-provoking discussions about why these two types of movies become cult films, the sort of audience they attract, and the needs they fulfill for that audience. Subsequent essays employ a variety of cultural, feminist, ideological, and poststructural strategies for exploring these films. In a section on the classical cult film, the movie Casablanca receives extensive treatment. An essay by T. J. Ross considers Beat the Devil as a send-up of cult films, while another essay by Wade Jennings analyzes the cult star phenomenon as personified in Judy Garland. "Midnight movie madness" is explored in essays on The Rocky Horror Picture Show, movie satires of the 1950s, science fiction double features, and horror thrillers. Illustrated with scenes from favorite movies and written for both fans and scholars, The Cult Film Experience will appeal to a wider audience than the "usual suspects."