A companion to film comedy / edited by Andrew Horton and Joanna E. Rapf.

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La dama y Galán Aquiles (El monstruo de los jardines) by Calderón de la Barca, Pedro

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A companion to Spanish cinema / edited by Jo Labanyi and Tatjana Pavlović.

Table of Contents: “…Further Reading6 Strategic Auteurism; Introduction (Susan Martin-Márquez); Neville, Berlanga, and de la Iglesia: A Strategically Disruptive Auteurism (Steven Marsh); Authorizing Screenwriting: Rafael Azcona and Pedro Beltrán (Santos Zunzunegui); Jesús Franco: From Pulp Auteur to Cult Auteur (Antonio Lázaro-Reboll); Pere Portabella: The Politics and Aesthetics of Auteurism (Santos Zunzunegui); Editing in the Woman Auteur (Susan Martin-Márquez); Notes; References; Further Reading; Part III Genre; 7 Comedy and Musicals; Comedy in Spanish Cinema: An Overview (Steven Marsh).…”
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Commedia dell' arte : story, style / Peregrine Productions (Burwood, Vic.)

Table of Contents: “…Beginnings of Commedia dell' Arte (2:42) -- Art Forms Included in Commedia dell' Arte (0:55) -- Italian Mask Theater (2:16) -- Ancient Greek Theater (2:43) -- Christianity and Theater Arts (1:27) -- Cultural Rebirth in Italy (3:16) -- Italy: Masked Celebrations (3:15) -- Commedia dell' Arte Stock Characters: Pantalone the Miser (2:44) -- Commedia dell' Arte Stock Characters: Arlecchino and Brighella (1:07) -- Stock Character Representation (4:31) -- Stock Character: Crafty Gentleman (1:09) -- Stock Character: The Doctor (2:59) -- Stock Characters: Romantic Leads (3:44) -- Stock Character: Female Servant (2:50) -- Classic Character Masks: Antihero Figure (2:24) -- Classic Character Masks: Hero Figure (3:00) -- Early Puppet Theater: Slapstick Humor (1:51) -- Commedia dell' Arte: Improvisation (3:42) -- Traveling Companies of Performers (1:31) -- Golden Age of Commedia dell' Arte (3:24) -- Commedia dell' Arte Mime (1:06) -- Theater Troupe in Shakespeare's England (3:53) -- Comedy Changes in Italy (2:00) -- Puppets: Far-Reaching Influence of Commedia dell' Arte (4:34) -- Stock Characters/Universal Characters (4:16) -- Commedia del' Arte Today (1:47) -- Influence of Commedia dell' Arte on Western Comedy (2:35)…”
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The reluctant film art of Woody Allen / Peter J. Bailey. by Bailey, Peter J., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…That old black magic: Woody Allen's ambivalent artistry -- Strictly the movies: Play it again, Sam -- Getting serious: the antimimetic emblems of Annie Hall -- Art and idealization: I'll fake Manhattan -- Strictly the movies ii: how Radio days generated nights at the movies -- Life stand still here: Interiors dialogue -- In the stardust of a song: Stardust memories -- Woody's mild Jewish Rose: Broadway Danny Rose -- The fine art of living well: Hannah and her sisters -- If you want a Hollywood ending: Crimes and misdemeanors -- Everyone loves her/his illusions: The purple rose of Cairo and Shadows and fog -- Poetic license, bullshit: Bullets over Broadway -- Let's just live it: Woody Allen in the 1990s -- Because it's real difficult in life: Husbands and wives -- Rear condo: Manhattan murder mystery -- That voodoo that you do so well: Mighty Aphrodite -- And what a perfect plot: Everyone says I love you and Zelig -- How we choose to distort it: Deconstructing Harry -- From the neck up: Another woman and Celebrity -- Allen and his audience: Sweet and lowdown -- Confrontation and escape: Allen's twenty-first-century meditations on comedy and tragedy -- The magic of luck: Scoop, Magic in the moonlight, and Match point -- The heart still wants what it wants: Vicky Cristina Barcelona and You will meet a tall dark stranger -- "People reinvent themselves, don't they?"…”

The reluctant film art of Woody Allen / Peter J. Bailey. by Bailey, Peter J., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…That old black magic: Woody Allen's ambivalent artistry -- Strictly the movies: Play it again, Sam -- Getting serious: the antimimetic emblems of Annie Hall -- Art and idealization: I'll fake Manhattan -- Strictly the movies ii: how Radio days generated nights at the movies -- Life stand still here: Interiors dialogue -- In the stardust of a song: Stardust memories -- Woody's mild Jewish Rose: Broadway Danny Rose -- The fine art of living well: Hannah and her sisters -- If you want a Hollywood ending: Crimes and misdemeanors -- Everyone loves her/his illusions: The purple rose of Cairo and Shadows and fog -- Poetic license, bullshit: Bullets over Broadway -- Let's just live it: Woody Allen in the 1990s -- Because it's real difficult in life: Husbands and wives -- Rear condo: Manhattan murder mystery -- That voodoo that you do so well: Mighty Aphrodite -- And what a perfect plot: Everyone says I love you and Zelig -- How we choose to distort it: Deconstructing Harry -- From the neck up: Another woman and Celebrity -- Allen and his audience: Sweet and lowdown -- Confrontation and escape: Allen's twenty-first-century meditations on comedy and tragedy -- The magic of luck: Scoop, Magic in the moonlight, and Match point -- The heart still wants what it wants: Vicky Cristina Barcelona and You will meet a tall dark stranger -- "People reinvent themselves, don't they?"…”
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