BOOK REVIEW: The Films of Victor Mature (James McKay, 2013) – JANA BÉBAROVÁ (translated by ALŽBĚTA RYCHTECKÁ) – Českojazyčná verze recenze je dostupná zde / Czech-language version of the review is available here “Beautiful hunk of a man” – a nickname which would have been fitting for a number of male idols in Hollywood. Most often, however, it was connected with Victor Mature (1913–1999), a well-built dark ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Samuel Fuller: Interviews (Gerald Peary, ed., 2012) – JANA BÉBAROVÁ (translated by ALŽBĚTA RYCHTECKÁ) - Česká verze recenze je dostupná zde / Czech version of the review is available here There are filmmakers with whom to do an interview seems to require superhuman effort. They do not like talking about themselves or commenting on their films; they answer the questions you have prepared with a ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Gloria Grahame, Bad Girl of Film Noir: The Complete Career (Robert J. Lentz, 2011) - JANA BÉBAROVÁ (translated by ALŽBĚTA RYCHTECKÁ) - Česká verze recenze je dostupná zde / Czech version of the review is available here A review of a brand new monograph on Barbara Stanwyck, which rather than being a biography is a manual to her acting career, has recently been published here on 25fps. In a book ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Jane Campion. Authorship & Personal Cinema (Fox, Alistair. 2011) - JANA BÉBAROVÁ (translated by ALŽBĚTA RYCHTECKÁ) - Česká verze recenze je dostupná zde / Czech-language version of the review is available here Jane Campion is one of the most respected directors of today. She gained international recognition with The Piano (1993), which, apart from winning Golden Palm, was awarded three Osc ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Glenn Ford: A Life (Peter Ford, 2011) - JANA BÉBAROVÁ (translated by ALŽBĚTA RYCHTECKÁ) - Glenn Ford (born Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford, 1916–2006) was a renowned actor of classical Hollywood cinema. During the fifty years of his film career, he played more than a hundred characters in film and on television. Even though he seldom had the opportunity to work with great directors or auteurs of h ...
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TV - HUDEBNÍ VIDEA: The Semiotics of Music Videos: It Must Be Written in the Stars - HEIDI PEETERS (překlad Alžběta Rychtecká) - Abstrakt: Článek vytváří sémiotický rámec pro interpretaci populárních videoklipů a předpokládá, že klíčová pro tuto interpretaci je postava hvězdy. Videoklip není chaotickou vizualizací písně. Naopak, tato videa jsou promyšlenými konstrukcemi v čele s hvězdou v roli vypravěče, po ...
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