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The Cinema of Michael Mann

by Steven Rybin ...

Series series Genre Film Auteurs
Few other contemporary Hollywood filmmakers fit the category of 'genre stylist' as well as Michael Mann, the director of such films as Heat, The Insider, Ali, Collateral, Manhunter, Thief, and Miami Vice. Mann's film style marks him as a director who chooses the iconographic backdrop of a genre as a canvas upon which he and his collaborators can craft a unique cinematic vision. The Cinema of ... Read more

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Few other contemporary Hollywood filmmakers fit the category of 'genre stylist' as well as Michael Mann, the director of such films as Heat, The Insider, Ali, Collateral, Manhunter, Thief, and Miami Vice. Mann's film style marks him as a director who chooses the iconographic backdrop of a genre as a canvas upon which he and his collaborators can craft a unique cinematic vision. The Cinema of
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Terrence Malick and the Thought of Film

by Steven Rybin ...

As the director of Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, and The New World, Terrence Malick has created a remarkable body of work that enables imaginative acts of philosophical interpretation. Steven Rybin's Terrence Malick and the Thought of Film looks closely at the dialogue between Malick's films and our powers of thinking, showing how his work casts the philosophy of thinkers such as ... Read more

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As the director of Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, and The New World, Terrence Malick has created a remarkable body of work that enables imaginative acts of philosophical interpretation. Steven Rybin's Terrence Malick and the Thought of Film looks closely at the dialogue between Malick's films and our powers of thinking, showing how his work casts the philosophy of thinkers such as
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Michael Mann

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by Steven Rybin ...

Michael Mann first made his mark as a writer for such television programs as Starsky and Hutch, Police Story, and Vegas. In 1981 he made his feature film directing debut with the James Caan thriller Thief, and in the 1980s he served as a writer and executive producer for the groundbreaking programs Miami Vice and Crime Story. Though he has delved into other genres, Mann’s career as a writer, ... Read more

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Michael Mann first made his mark as a writer for such television programs as Starsky and Hutch, Police Story, and Vegas. In 1981 he made his feature film directing debut with the James Caan thriller Thief, and in the 1980s he served as a writer and executive producer for the groundbreaking programs Miami Vice and Crime Story. Though he has delved into other genres, Mann’s career as a writer,
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Paul Verhoeven’s Cinema of Violence

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The first English-language critical study of the films of Paul Verhoeven, the Dutch director of provocative and vividly imagined films such as Turkish Delight (1973), Robocop (1987), Basic Instinct (1992), Showgirls (1995), Starship Troopers (1997), Black Book (2006), and Elle (2016).Where some audiences find in Paul Verhoeven little more than empty provocation (or, even worse, immoral scandal), ... Read more

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The first English-language critical study of the films of Paul Verhoeven, the Dutch director of provocative and vividly imagined films such as Turkish Delight (1973), Robocop (1987), Basic Instinct (1992), Showgirls (1995), Starship Troopers (1997), Black Book (2006), and Elle (2016).Where some audiences find in Paul Verhoeven little more than empty provocation (or, even worse, immoral scandal),
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Playful Frames

Styles of Widescreen Cinema

by Steven Rybin ...

Series series Techniques of the Moving Image
A widescreen frame in cinema beckons the eye to playfully, creatively roam. Such technology also gives inventive filmmakers room to disrupt and redirect audience expectations, surprising viewers through the use of a wider, more expansive screen. Playful Frames: Styles of Widescreen Cinema studies the poetics of the auteur-driven widescreen image, offering nimble, expansive analyses of the work of ... Read more

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A widescreen frame in cinema beckons the eye to playfully, creatively roam. Such technology also gives inventive filmmakers room to disrupt and redirect audience expectations, surprising viewers through the use of a wider, more expansive screen. Playful Frames: Styles of Widescreen Cinema studies the poetics of the auteur-driven widescreen image, offering nimble, expansive analyses of the work of
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Gestures of Love

Romancing Performance in Classical Hollywood Cinema

by Steven Rybin ...

Series series SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema
Examines movie romance in light of our emotional bond to the actors and characters on screen.Gestures of Love considers the viewer's enchantment with charismatic actors in film as the starting point for closely analyzing the performance of love in movies. Written with a thoughtful adoration for the actors who move us, Steven Rybin examines several of cinema's most beloved on-screen movie couples, ... Read more

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Examines movie romance in light of our emotional bond to the actors and characters on screen.Gestures of Love considers the viewer's enchantment with charismatic actors in film as the starting point for closely analyzing the performance of love in movies. Written with a thoughtful adoration for the actors who move us, Steven Rybin examines several of cinema's most beloved on-screen movie couples,
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Shots to the Heart: For the Love of Film Performance

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Series Book 2 - Anthem Impact
Shots to the Heart explores how the work of the film actor inspires, provokes, and refigures our feelings and thoughts about the cinema. The book closely considers the art of film performance, the combined effect of actors’ gestures, movements, and expressions, in relation to the viewer’s sensitive and creative eye. As discrete moments of performative incarnation on-screen slowly accumulate, ... Read more

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Shots to the Heart explores how the work of the film actor inspires, provokes, and refigures our feelings and thoughts about the cinema. The book closely considers the art of film performance, the combined effect of actors’ gestures, movements, and expressions, in relation to the viewer’s sensitive and creative eye. As discrete moments of performative incarnation on-screen slowly accumulate,
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Druid Apprentice

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Series Audiobook 9 - The Colin McCool Paranormal Suspense Series
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8 hours 30 min

Druid apprentice Colin McCool survived his final confrontation with the Dark Druid. But now he's attracted the attention of evil gods who fear his rapid rise in power. With a slew of demigod assassins on his tail, the young druid must fight or be damned to the dead realm of Tech Duinn, forever...DRUID APPRENTICEBook 9 In The Colin McCool Paranormal Suspense SeriesI'm Colin McCool, world-class ... Read more

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Druid apprentice Colin McCool survived his final confrontation with the Dark Druid. But now he's attracted the attention of evil gods who fear his rapid rise in power. With a slew of demigod assassins on his tail, the young druid must fight or be damned to the dead realm of Tech Duinn, forever...DRUID APPRENTICEBook 9 In The Colin McCool Paranormal Suspense SeriesI'm Colin McCool, world-class
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Wood's Fury

Action and Adventure in the Florida Keys

by Steven Becker ...

Narrated by Paul J McSorley ...

Series Audiobook 9 - Mac Travis Adventures
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8 hours 16 min

Sometimes when you try and do the right thing—it turns into disasterLiving on an island, miles from the mainland, Mac Travis thought he could disappear. It was a simple life with no worries and fewer bills. Mac was content working his trap lines, fishing the seasons, and diving. That all ended when he and his mate found a turtle laden down with fifty kilos of pure cocaine floating in the Gulf ... Read more

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Sometimes when you try and do the right thing—it turns into disasterLiving on an island, miles from the mainland, Mac Travis thought he could disappear. It was a simple life with no worries and fewer bills. Mac was content working his trap lines, fishing the seasons, and diving. That all ended when he and his mate found a turtle laden down with fifty kilos of pure cocaine floating in the Gulf
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Flashback

by Steven Henry ...

Series Book 9 - The Erin O'Reilly Mysteries
When you stop running, the past catches up with you.Detective Erin O’Reilly has never needed anyone to tell her she’s tough. She’s taken the worst New York City can throw at her, surviving gunfights, explosions, mobsters, and serial killers. But now, as she returns from a well-earned vacation, she finds there are some enemies that bullets can’t touch. As she and her K-9 partner Rolf dive into ... Read more

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When you stop running, the past catches up with you.Detective Erin O’Reilly has never needed anyone to tell her she’s tough. She’s taken the worst New York City can throw at her, surviving gunfights, explosions, mobsters, and serial killers. But now, as she returns from a well-earned vacation, she finds there are some enemies that bullets can’t touch. As she and her K-9 partner Rolf dive into
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Tales from Harborsmouth

Ivy Granger, #9

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Series Book 9 - Ivy Granger
Demons, faeries, vampires, and wererats—anything is possible in Harborsmouth.Enter an award-winning urban fantasy world where monsters roam the streets and things aren't always what they seem.Tales from Harborsmouth is the first time the Ivy Granger novellas are in one collection and features two exclusive short stories, including the series prequel Frostbite and the newest Ivy Granger tale Thrill ... Read more

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