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

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The art of film acting : a guide for actors and directors / Jeremiah Comey. by Comey, Jeremiah

Table of Contents: “…The exercise -- Stage versus film acting -- Becoming a great actor -- Sight reading -- Art of concentration -- The art of not knowing -- More on the art of not knowing -- Working with the director -- The art of acceptance -- The art of giving and receiving -- The senses -- Intimacy, empathy, and intuition -- The audition -- More on the audition -- The comedy audition.…”

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?"…”

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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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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