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Horizons West

Directing the Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood

By: Jim Kitses

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Horizons West

Directing the Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood

By: Jim Kitses

When first published in 1969, Horizons West was immediately recognised as the definitive critical account of the Western film and some of its key directors. This greatly expanded new edition is, like the original, written in a graceful, penetrating and absorbingly readable style. It provides definitive critical analysis of the six greatest film-makers of the Western genre: John Ford, Anthony Mann, Budd Boetticher, Sam Peckinpah, Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood. And it offers illuminating accounts of such classic Westerns as The Searchers, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Once Upon a Time in the West, Shane and many more. Among the completely new material in this edition is Kitses's magisterial account of the work of the greatest of Western directors, John Ford. Kitses also assesses how the Western has been challenged by revisionist historical accounts of the West and the Western, and by movement such as feminism, postmodernism, multiculturalism and psychoanalysis. The product of a lifetime's labour and love, Horizons West is a landmark of scholarship and interpretation devoted to, what is for many, Hollywood's signature genre. It provides a compelling account of the powerful mythology of America's past as forged by Western films and the men who made them.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1838716270

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Gun Crazy

By: Jim Kitses

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Gun Crazy

By: Jim Kitses

Joseph H. Lewis's 'Gun Crazy' is the story of two young lovers who embark on a crime spree. For this book, Kitses researched widely into the film production's history and explored its connection to the crime film tradition and to the dark underside of American society.

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183871605X

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9781838716059

Horizons West

Directing the Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood

By: Jim Kitses

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Directing the Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood

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Gun Crazy

By: Jim Kitses

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1838716041

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Architectures of Excess

Cultural Life in the Information Age

By: Jim Collins

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Architectures of Excess

Cultural Life in the Information Age

By: Jim Collins

First Published in 1995. Much of recent theory has characterized life in media-sophisticated societies in terms of a semiotic overload which, allegedly, has had only devastating effects on communication and subjectivity. In Architectures of Excess, Jim Collins argues that, while the rate of technological change has indeed accelerated, so has the rate of absorption. The seemingly endless array of information has generated not chaos but different structures and strategies, which harness that excess by turning it into forms of art and entertainment. Digital sampling in rap music and cyber-punk science fiction are well-known examples of techno-pop textuality, but Collins concentrates on other contemporaneous phenomena that are also envisioning new cultural landscapes by accessing that array--hyper-self-reflexivity in mall movies, best sellers, and prime-time television; the deconstructive vs. new-classical debate in architecture; the emergence of the "New Black Aesthetic;" the development of retro-modernism in interior design and the fashion industries. The analyses of these disparate, discontinous attempts to develop a meaningful sense of location, in an historical as well as a spatial sense, address a cluster of interconnected questions: How is the array of information being "domesticated?" How has appropriationism evolved from the Pop-Art of the sixties to the sampling of the nineties? How has the relationship between tradition, innovation, and evaluation been altered? Architectures of Excess investigates how these phenomena reflect change in taste and subjectivity, considering how we must account for both, pedagogically.

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263

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Routledge

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1136647139

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9781136647130

British Film

By: Jim Leach

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British Film

By: Jim Leach

This book explores British cinema in relation to its social political and cultural contexts. Each chapter deals with a specific topic and includes close readings of key films from different historical periods. Demonstrating the richness and variety of a national cinema that has traditionally struggled to define itself between the paradigms of Hollywood popular film and European art cinema, British Film provides comprehensive coverage of British cinema and detailed discussion of specific films that can be used in tandem with screenings.

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Cambridge University Press

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052165419X

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The Best of Jim Davidson

Most Requested Selections from the Author's Nationally Syndicated Radio Series

By: Jim Davidson

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The Best of Jim Davidson

Most Requested Selections from the Author's Nationally Syndicated Radio Series

By: Jim Davidson

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jim Davidson is a Christian businessman and a native of Gould in Southeast Arkansas. His career as a public speaker, author, and motivational consultant has spanned more than forty-five years. Some of his many awards and achievements include: Arkansas Salesman of the Year, Chairman of the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce's Diamond Club sales organization, Justice of the Peace in Pulaski County, Chairman of Speakers Bureau of the Pulaski County United Way, Leadership Gavel recipient as voted by members of his Dale Carnegie Class, and honorary member of the DECA & GCE Clubs of Arkansas. He has also been presented with the "Good Neighbor Award" by the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce and is the 2010 "Distinguished Service Award" winner for Conway Public Schools. In November 2013, Jim was given a Senate Citation and the Conway Community Service Award by Senator Jason Rapert during a ceremony at the Faulkner County Library. In 1980, Jim began writing and producing a daily radio program titled "How to Plan Your Life." It has been broadcast by over 300 radio stations coast to coast and heard by thousands of people each weekday. Later, in 1995, he also began writing a weekly newspaper column for his hometown newspaper, the Log Cabin Democrat, in Conway, Arkansas. With over 375 newspapers in thirty-five states running his column since its inception, it is believed to be the most successful self-syndicated column in the history of American journalism. Jim was a staunch member of the Conway Noon Lions Club for over 20 years, holding every leadership position and winning all their awards, including twice being named a Melvin Jones Fellow, the highest award in Lionism. He also served as Chairman of the Annual Golf Tournament and the Harlem Ambassador Fundraiser Event. Publisher's website: http: //sbprabooks.com/JimDavidson

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252

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Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

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1950015645

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9781950015641

Conversations with Jim Harrison

By: Jim Harrison

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Conversations with Jim Harrison

By: Jim Harrison

The first-ever collection of interviews with this well-known, prolific writer whose books include twenty-two volumes of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction published over a period of thirty-six years

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278

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1578064562

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9781578064564

The Etiquette of Freedom

Gary Snyder, Jim Harrison, and the Practice of the Wild

By: Gary Snyder,Jim Harrison

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The Etiquette of Freedom

Gary Snyder, Jim Harrison, and the Practice of the Wild

By: Gary Snyder,Jim Harrison

Snyder joins his old friend, novelist Harrison, to discuss their loves and lives. This book is a companion to the film "The Practice of the Wild" and comes with a DVD containing the film together with more than an hour of outtakes and expanded interviews.

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130

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Counterpoint LLC

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1582436290

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9781582436296

Jim Harrison

The Essential Poems

By: Jim Harrison

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Jim Harrison

The Essential Poems

By: Jim Harrison

Publishers Weekly called Jim Harrison "an untrammeled renegade genius," a poet who performed "absolutely brilliant and outrageous things with language.

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200

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155659528X

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9781556595288

Wilderness

The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison

By: Jim Morrison

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Wilderness

The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison

By: Jim Morrison

Compiled from the literary estate of the singer who brought a wildly lyrical poetry of the damned to the world of rock 'n' roll. Includes unpublished poems, drawings, photos, and a candid self-interview.

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225

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Vintage

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0679726225

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9780679726227

The American Night

The Writings of Jim Morrison

By: Jim Morrison

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The American Night

The Writings of Jim Morrison

By: Jim Morrison

The celebrated lead singer of The Doors, Jim Morrison is a legend of rock and roll. The American Night presents Morrison's previously unpublished work in its truest form. With their nightmarish images, bold associative leaps, and volcanic power of emotion, these works are the unmistakable artifacts of a great, wild voice and heart.

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Vintage

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0679734627

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9780679734628

It's Been a Pleasure

The Jim Finks Story

By: Jim Finks, Jr.,Will McDonough,Jack Clary,Eric Bishop,Jim Klobuchar,Don Pierson,Brian Allee-Walsh,Gordon Forbes

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It's Been a Pleasure

The Jim Finks Story

By: Jim Finks, Jr.,Will McDonough,Jack Clary,Eric Bishop,Jim Klobuchar,Don Pierson,Brian Allee-Walsh,Gordon Forbes

During a lifetime in professional sports, Jim Finks touched nearly every rung on the ladder. As a player during the National Football League's Golden Era of the 1950's, Finks suffered a broken neck making a tackle and later survived to become a Pro Bowl quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He coached Paul Hornung to a Heisman Trophy at Notre Dame in 1956 before cutting his teeth as general manager of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. From Canada, Finks headed south to help build Super Bowl teams as GM of the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears. He even brought his winning touch to baseball as president of the Chicago Cubs in 1984 before rescuing the New Orleans Saints from pigskin purgatory and elevating them to playoff respectability. Finks spent 26 years as an NFL general manager and was a strong candidate to replace Pete Rozelle as commissioner in 1989 while earning NFL executive of the year awards in 1973 and 1987. Jim Finks was admired for his honesty and integrity in a business where the shafts and knives often fill the air. Finks was a unique individual, and "It's Been a Pleasure" will impart even more of that wisdom.

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0974940607

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9780974940601

Jim Hodges

By: Jim Hodges,Ian Berry,Ron Platt,Allan Schwartzman

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Jim Hodges

By: Jim Hodges,Ian Berry,Ron Platt,Allan Schwartzman

Catalogue accompanying the exhibition JIM HODGES held at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, June 21 - August 31, 2003; the Austin Museum of Art, February 21 - May 23, 2004; the Weatherspoon Art Museum, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, August 8 - October 24, 2004; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, January 27 - May 1, 2005.Includes a dialogue with Jim Hodges conducted by Ian Berry and essays by Ron Platt and Allan Schwartzman.

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Tang Teaching Museum

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0972518800

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9780972518802

The Lords and The New Creatures

By: Jim Morrison

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The Lords and The New Creatures

By: Jim Morrison

Intense, erotic, and enigmatic, Jim Morrison's persona is as riveting now as the lead singer/composer "Lizard King" was during The Doors' peak in the late sixties. His fast life and mysterious death remain controversial more than twenty years later. The Lords and the New Creatures, Morrison's first published volume of poetry, is an uninhibited exploration of society's dark side -- drugs, sex, fame, and death -- captured in sensual, seething images. Here, Morrison gives a revealing glimpse at an era and at the man whose songs and savage performances have left their indelible impression on our culture.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439147779

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9781439147771

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Horizons West

Horizons West

Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy

Horizons West

Horizons West

Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy

Architectures of Excess

Architectures of Excess

British Film

British Film

The Best of Jim Davidson

The Best of Jim Davidson

Conversations with Jim Harrison

Conversations with Jim Harrison

The Etiquette of Freedom

The Etiquette of Freedom

Jim Harrison

Jim Harrison

Wilderness

Wilderness

The American Night

The American Night

It's Been a Pleasure

It's Been a Pleasure

Jim Hodges

Jim Hodges

The Lords and The New Creatures

The Lords and The New Creatures

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