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When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age-until publication the following year of her daughter's memoir, Mommie Dearest. Christina Crawford's book was an immediate bestseller, addressing the infrequently discussed topic of child abuse. When Paramount Pictures released the film, starring Faye Dunaway as Crawford, it was critically panned, and remains one of the most legendary critical bombs in film history....
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"Exacting yet unpredictable, pithy yet complex, Coetzee's The Pole tells the story of Wittold Walccyzkiecz, a vigorous, extravagantly white-haired pianist and interpreter of Chopin who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his concert in Barcelona. Although Beatriz, a married woman, is initially unimpressed by Wittold and his "gleaming dentures," she soon finds herself pursued and ineluctably swept...
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2023
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Ludwig Van Beethoven compuso obras maestras inigualables de la música académica europea, propulsándola del Clasicismo al Romanticismo. Entre ellas se encuentran las nueve Sinfonías, una ópera (Fidelio), las Sonatas para piano y los últimos Cuartetos de cuerdas, considerados por algunos especialistas su mayor creación.Su vida estuvo principalmente consagrada al arte, sorteando todo tipo de enfermedades (incluyendo su legendaria sordera). Excéntrico...
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He defined an era and still helps define a nation, Michael Caine is a cult figure, an icon and a cinematic heavyweight, who has given some of the greatest big-screen performances on either side of the Atlantic. This book is a celebration, documentation, and fascinating insight into the performances that made that icon-the story behind the roles, the reactions, the influences, and-in some cases-the backlash, plus quotes from the man himself on his...
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In this interdisciplinary volume, contributors analyze the expression of Latina/o cultural identity through performance. With music, theater, dance, visual arts, body art, spoken word, performance activism, fashion, and street theater as points of entry, contributors discuss cultural practices and the fashoning of identity in Latino/a communities throughout the US. Examining the areas of crossover between Latin and American cultures gives new meaning...
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Benny Hill is the best known and best loved British comedian on world television-from the USA to the Pacific Rim. Feted for his unique brand of coy awareness, innuendo and saucy songs-but seemingly out of favour in his homeland before his death-Benny Hill can now be rated as having had one of the foremost careers in comedy. Robert Ross tracks Hill's career through the landmark Independent Television specials, early parody sketches for the BBC, film...
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Bienvenidos a la Edad de Oro de Hollywood, una celebración de las películas y las personas involucradas en esas películas, desde la década de 1920 hasta la década de 1960.
Nuestra intención es publicar esta revista electrónica trimestralmente: invierno, primavera, verano, otoño, etcétera. Nuestra superestrella de invierno de 2022 es Gene Tierney. En nuestro artículo sobre Gene puedes leer sobre sus películas, su vida personal y sus luchas...
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An expanded glossary of movie clichés from the Pulitzer Prize—winning film critic.
The popular film critic offers a compilation of witty and wise observations about the film lexicon, including "Fruit Cart," a chase scene through an ethnic or foreign locale, or "The Non-Answering Pet," referring to a dead pet in a horror movie.
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Oscar-winning director David Lean was responsible for some of the most enduring images in British cinema, including the romantic clinches between Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson in “Brief Encounter” and Pip's memorable dash across the marshes in “Great Expectations”. Lean became renowned for his visual epics, painting the cinematic screen in such films as “The Bridge on the River Kwai”, “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Doctor Zhivago”....
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"Tracking the link between film and song through the past fifty years, Nate Patrin reveals the power of music used in movies to move the needle in popular culture. As he surveys the scene-musical and cinematic-across the decades, expanding into the deeper origins, wider connections, and echoed histories that come into play, The Needle and the Lens offers a new way of seeing, and hearing, these iconic soundtrack moments"--
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Sammy Davis Jr. lived a storied life. Adored by millions over a six-decade-long career, he was considered an entertainment icon and a national treasure. But despite lifetime earnings that topped $50 million, Sammy died in 1990 near bankruptcy. His estate was declared insolvent, and there was no possibility of itever using Sammy's name or likeness again. It was as if Sammy had never existed.
Years later his wife, Altovise, a once-vivacious woman...
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Rosie Taravella's "Let's Put on a Show" offers a retrospective collection of her plays from the 1990s, a testament to her unique talent for character-driven humor and truthful narratives. The anthology includes "Pa's Funeral," a comedic exploration of a family unraveled by the patriarch's death and unexpected surprises he leaves behind. "Rose's Bowl-O-Rama" flips the lives of bowling alley workers and patrons when an advertising agency considers them...
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50%-FRAUENQUOTE IN DER THEATERREGIE: DAS ENDE DER KUNST? Als die Leiterin des renommierten Berliner Theatertreffens Yvonne Büdenhölzer im Jahr 2019 die 50%-Frauenquote einführte, wurde sie scharf kritisiert. Schließlich verleitet die Quote geradezu reflexhaft zum Widerspruch: Trifft die eingeladenen Regisseurinnen nicht der Generalverdacht, dass sie es nur aufgrund der Frauenquote ins Rampenlicht geschafft haben? Ist bei so einer Vorgabe sogar...
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