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      Guiltless Pleasures: A David Sterritt Film Reader

      David Sterritt

      David Sterritt is one of the most astute, acclaimed, and thought-provoking critics in America. Guiltless Pleasures: A David Sterritt Film Reader collects his most incisive essays from 1970 to the…

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      Robert Altman: Interviews

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      Through triumph and tribulation alike, Robert Altman has never lost the experimental spirit that brought him into feature filmmaking after twenty years of refining his talent on industrial movies and…

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      Jean-Luc Godard: Interviews

      Presents a varied selection of Jean-Luc Godard’s conversations with critics, scholars, and journalists, spanning the 1960s to the 1990s, and illuminating key facets of his life, work, and ideas. Topics…

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      The Honeymooners

      David Sterritt

      Examines the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of the Honeymooners in the context of postwar American values. This book chronicles the lives of New York City bus driver Ralph Kramden…

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      The Films of Alfred Hitchcock

      David Sterritt

      The introduction gives an overview of Hitchcock’s long career, with special attention to the varied influences on his work.

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      The Films of Alfred Hitchcock

      David Sterritt

      An overview of Hitchcock’s career, with special attention to the varied influences on his work.

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      Spike Lee’s America

      David Sterritt

      Spike Lee has directed, written, produced, and acted in dozens of films that present an expansive, nuanced, proudly opinionated, richly multifaceted portrait of American society. As the only African-American filmmaker…

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      Spike Lee’s America

      David Sterritt

      Spike Lee has directed, written, produced, and acted in dozens of films that present an expansive, nuanced, proudly opinionated, richly multifaceted portrait of American society. As the only African-American filmmaker…

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      The Cinema of Clint Eastwood: Chronicles of America

      David Sterritt

      From A Fistful of Dollars and Dirty Harry to Million Dollar Baby and beyond, takes a close-up look at one of the screen’s most influential and charismatic stars.

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      The Cinema of Clint Eastwood: Chronicles of America

      David Sterritt

      From A Fistful of Dollars and Dirty Harry to Million Dollar Baby and beyond, takes a close-up look at one of the screen’s most influential and charismatic stars.

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      Rock ‘n’ Roll Movies

      David Sterritt

      Presents an eclectic look at the many manifestations of rock in motion pictures, from teen-oriented B-movies to Hollywood blockbusters to avant-garde meditations to reverent biopics to animated shorts to performance…

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      Rock ‘n’ Roll Movies

      David Sterritt

      Presents an eclectic look at the many manifestations of rock in motion pictures, from teen-oriented B-movies to Hollywood blockbusters to avant-garde meditations to reverent biopics to animated shorts to performance…

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      The Films of Jean-Luc Godard: Seeing the Invisible

      David Sterritt (Long Island University, New York)

      In this study, David Sterritt offers an introductory overview of Godard’s work as a filmmaker, critic, and video artist. Linking Godard’s works to key social and cultural developments, The Films…

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      The Films of Jean-Luc Godard: Seeing the Invisible

      David Sterritt (Long Island University, New York)

      In this study, David Sterritt offers an introductory overview of Godard’s work as a filmmaker, critic, and video artist. Linking Godard’s works to key social and cultural developments, The Films…

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      The B List: The National Society of Film Critics on the Low-budget Beauties, Genre-bending Mavericks, and Cult Classics We Love

      David Sterritt,John Anderson

      Features the National Society of Film Critics’ favourite genre movies, low-budget beauties, and cult classics. This book features movies that demand attention despite their lowly births, squalid upbringings, and dubious…

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      Simply Hitchcock

      Author Reviewer David Sterritt (Professor Emeritus of Theater and Film Long Island University)

      Simply Hitchcock traces the career of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), creator of some of the most entertaining and deeply disturbing films of all time.

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      The Beats: A Very Short Introduction

      David Sterritt (Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Film, Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Film, Long Island University)

      This book offers a concise overview of the social, cultural, and aesthetic sensibilities of the Beat Generation, explaining how their drastic visions and radical styles challenged postwar America’s dominant values…

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      Acting

      The chapters in Acting provide a fascinating, in-depth look at the history of film acting, from its inception in 1895 when spectators thrilled at the sight of vaudeville performers, wild-west…

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      Acting

      The chapters in Acting provide a fascinating, in-depth look at the history of film acting, from its inception in 1895 when spectators thrilled at the sight of vaudeville performers, wild-west…

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      Tough Ain’t Enough: New Perspectives on the Films of Clint Eastwood

      Throughout his lengthy career as both an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this point in his career, has emerged…

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      Tough Ain’t Enough: New Perspectives on the Films of Clint Eastwood

      Offers readers a series of original essays by prominent cinema scholars that explore the actor-director’s extensive career. The result is a far-reaching and nuanced portrait of one of America’s most…

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