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  • Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoiaby Wheeler Winston Dixon

    Edinburgh University Press 2009; US$ 113.99

    Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia is an overview of 20th- and 21st-century noir and fatalist film practice from 1945 onwards. The book demonstrates the ways in which American cinema has inculcated a climate of fear in our daily lives, as reinforced, starting in the 1950s, by television, and later videocassettes, the web, and the Internet, to create,... more...

  • A History of Horrorby Wheeler Winston Dixon

    Rutgers University Press 2010; US$ 25.95

    Ever since horror leapt from popular fiction to the silver screen in the late 1890s, viewers have experienced fear and pleasure in exquisite combination. A History of Horror, with rare stills from classic films, is the only book to offer a comprehensive survey of this ever-popular film genre. Chronologically examining over fifty horror films from... more...

  • Visions of Paradiseby Wheeler Winston Dixon

    Rutgers University Press 2006; US$ 23.95

    Depictions of sex, violence, and crime abound in many of today's movies, sometimes making it seem that the idyllic life has vanished-even from our imaginations. But as shown in this unique book, paradise has not always been lost. For many years, depictions of heaven, earthly paradises, and utopias were common in popular films. Illustrated throughout... more...

  • Death of the Mogulsby Wheeler Winston Dixon

    Rutgers University Press 2012; US$ 27.95

    Death of the Moguls is a detailed assessment of the last days of the ?rulers of film? from Hollywood?s classical era, covering 20th Century-Fox, Selznick International Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, Warner Brothers, Universal Pictures, Republic Pictures, Monogram Pictures and Columbia Pictures. Using rare,... more...

  • Streamingby Wheeler Winston Dixon

    The University Press of Kentucky 2013; US$ 24.95

    Film stocks are vanishing, but the iconic images of the silver screen remain -- albeit in new, sleeker formats. Today, viewers can instantly stream movies on televisions, computers, and smartphones. Gone are the days when films could only be seen in theaters or rented at video stores: movies are now accessible at the click of a button, and there are... more...

  • A Short History of Filmby Wheeler Winston Dixon; Gwendolyn Audrey Foster

    Rutgers University Press 2008; US$ 26.95

    The history of international cinema is now available in a concise, conveniently sized, and affordable volume. Succinct yet comprehensive, A Short History of Film provides an accessible overview of the major movements, directors, studios, and genres from the 1880s to the present. More than 250 rare stills and illustrations accompany the text, ... more...

  • 21st-Century Hollywoodby Wheeler Winston Dixon; Gwendolyn Audrey Foster

    Rutgers University Press 2011; US$ 24.95

    21st-Century Hollywood introduces readers to the global transformations of today's movies and describes the decisive roles that Hollywood is playing in determining the digital future for world cinema. It offers clear, concise explanations of a major paradigm shift that continues to reshape our relationship to the moving image. Filled with numerous... more...

  • A Short History of Filmby Wheeler Winston Dixon; Gwendolyn Audrey Foster

    Rutgers University Press 2013; US$ 29.95

    This updated edition presents new and amended coverage of film in general as well as the final works and birth/death dates of notable directors. Its expanded focus on key films brings the new edition firmly into the digital era and chronicles the death of film as a production medium. With more than 250 rare color and black-and-white stills, the book... more...

  • City That Never Sleepsby Murray Pomerance; Wheeler Winston Dixon; Barry Keith Grant; Aaron Baker; Gwendolyn Audrey Foster; Paula J. Massood; Steven Alan Carr; Joe McElhaney; William Rothman; David Sterritt; David Gerstner; Randy Thom; Elizabeth Weis; Scott Bukatman; Pamela Grace; David Desser; William Luhr; Peter Lehman

    Rutgers University Press 2007; US$ 24.95

    New York, more than any other city, has held a special fascination for filmmakers and viewers. In every decade of Hollywood filmmaking, artists of the screen have fixated upon this fascinating place for its tensions and promises, dazzling illumination and fearsome darkness.The glittering skyscrapers of such films as On the Town have shadowed the... more...

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