Born Twice
Born Twice

Author: Giuseppe Pontiggia

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2007-12-18

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 0307425088

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When a breach birth leaves Paulo severely disabled, his father, the articulate, unsentimental Professor Frigerio, struggles to come to terms with his son’s condition. Face to face with his own limitations, Frigerio confronts the strange way society around him handles Paolo’s handicaps and observes his surprising gifts. In spare, deeply affecting episodes, the professor of language explores the nuanced boundaries between “normal” and “disabled” worlds. A remarkable memoir of fathering, winner of the 2001 Strega Prize, Italy’s most prestigious literary honor, Born Twice is noted Italian author Guiseppe Pontiggia’s American debut. Sometimes meditative, often humorous, and always probing, Pontiggia’s haunting characters linger and resound long after the book is done.

Best Bisexual Erotica
Best Bisexual Erotica

Author: Bill Brent

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781892723109

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These erotic tales of bisexuality really run the gamut -- from Samurai-era Japan to an 18th century French nunnery; from a shape-shifting college dude to a lap-dance stripper to a man cross-living as a woman on the Canadian prairie in the early 1900s. Plenty of three-way affairs and encounters, a moderate dose of bondage and S/M, and three great stories incorporating sex in the restroom! Despite all of this delightful romping, the tone of the book is more serious overall and somewhat darker than in the first volume, with well-developed plots featuring characters dealing (and in some cases, Not dealing) with complex issues. Stories tackle the intricacies of polyfidelity, coming out, and forging a positive bisexual identity. There is a Lot for readers to sink their teeth into, and the range of contributions demonstrates a maturing of the bisexual erotic voice.

Script Girls
Script Girls

Author: Lizzie Francke

Publisher: British Film Inst

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780851704784

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Tracing the history of women in the screenwriting profession-from Gene Gauntier's 1911 version of Ben Hur to Callie Khouri's Thelma and Louise-Francke look sat the lives and fortunes of the women who put pen to screen.

Celluloid Jukebox
Celluloid Jukebox

Author: Jonathan Romney

Publisher: British Film Institute

Published: 1995-05

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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In these essays, critics, film-makers and musicians examine the state of pop cinema past, present and future. The book includes interviews with Quentin Tarantino, David Byrne, Penelope Spheeris, Ry Cooder and Wim Wenders.

Short Orders
Short Orders

Author: Jonathan Romney

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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The nineties have been a turbulent and changing period for cinema. The film critic author created this collection of writings on film, from art house to multiplex, and featuring his take on prominent directors.--Adapted from book jacket.

Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir

Author: Ronald Bergan

Publisher: Skyhorse

Published: 2016-01-05

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 1628726253

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Now back in print, the definitive biography of a seminal figure in film history, whom Orson Welles called “the greatest of all directors.” Jean Renoir’s career almost spans the history years of cinema–from the early silent movies, to the naturalism of the talkies, committed cinema, film noir, Hollywood studio productions, the Technicolor-period comedies and fast television techniques. His film The Grand Illusion remains one of the greatest movies about the effects of war. Decades after its release, Renoir’s The Rules of the Game (1939) is the only film to have been included on every top ten list in the Sight & Sound's respected decennial poll since 1952, cementing Renoir’s influence. André Bazin and François Truffaut praised Renoir as the patron saint of the French New Wave. Jean Renoir: Projections of Paradise gives detailed accounts of Renoir’s working methods and captivating appraisals of his films, and his long and fascinating life from his blissful childhood as the son of the great Impressionist painter August Renoir. This is a must-read for students of film and all fans of entertaining, timeless movies.

Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein

Author: Ronald Bergan

Publisher: Arcade

Published: 2016-01-05

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9781628725773

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Now back in print, this acclaimed biography reassesses a titan of early cinema based on new material released after the fall of the Soviet Union. Sergei Eisenstein: A Life in Conflict tells the dramatic story of one of world cinema’s towering geniuses and principal theorists. Ronald Bergan details Eisenstein’s life from his precocious childhood to his explosion onto the avant-garde scene in revolutionary Russia, through his groundbreaking film career, his relationships with authors and artists such as James Joyce and Walt Disney, and his untimely death at age fifty. Eisenstein’s landmark films, including The Battleship Potemkin and Ivan the Terrible, are still watched, admired, and taught throughout the world. Drawing upon material recently released from the Soviet archives after the breakup of the USSR and from Eisenstein’s personal letters, diaries, and sketches, Bergan shines a new light on the influence of Eisenstein’s early life on his work, his homosexuality, and his keen interest in the West. This book is the definitive biography of an influential director who saw film as the synthesis of all the arts and whose work displayed a passionate and profound grasp of art, science, philosophy, and religion.

The Coen Brothers
The Coen Brothers

Author: Ronald Bergan

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9780752818146

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"Joel and Ethan Coen have pulled off the ultimate balancing act. Despite having their movies financed and distributed by major studios they have somehow managed to remain true independents determinedly rejecting commercial cliches and never giving up their own fiercely idiosyncratic vision." "In this biography of the sibling film-makers, Ronald Bergan, who has played cat and mouse with the Coens over the last few years, traces the brothers' Jewish roots, their beginnings as film geeks in the suburbs of Minneapolis, their battles to get their first feature made and released, the many sources of their inspiration, their unique working methods and their enigmatic, teasing and quirky personalities."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

François Truffaut
François Truffaut

Author: François Truffaut

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9781934110140

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Interviews with the film critic and director who was a key figure in the French New Wave

Anthony Perkins
Anthony Perkins

Author: Ronald Bergan

Publisher: Sphere

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780751506617

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This is the biography of Anthony Perkins, best known for his role as Norman Bates in Psycho. Like his infamous character, Perkins was a loner with a fear of women stemming from his dominant mother, and most of his life was a struggle; but he is also revealed as a charming and talented man.