H. R. Giger's Necronomicon
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H. R. Giger's Necronomicon
H. R. Giger
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5 out of 5 stars Awesome, but..........2007-09-17

Giger please release a new book of your artwork one of these centuries. I've been living off these same books since high school!

4 out of 5 stars The artist behind the sci-fi.......2007-09-13

If you have ever marveled at the artistry behind the beast from "Alien," then you would love this book. The look and feel of the world comes from this Swiss artist, who has this book to help explain his work.

There is no way to get totally into the mind of the artist. The wealth of elements would require a psychoanalyst. For many of his works, the artist provides some commentary about his background, which gives you some idea of what influenced him. Further, some photos are included of his life, and these will also show the viewer what helped shape the ideas in his work.

Included are some of his more popular works, but you will not find the alien from the movie (although you will find sketches for House Harkonnen from Dune).

If you are a science fiction or horror fan who is thinking of learning more about art and the artist behind the work, then this would make a fine coffee table addition.

3 out of 5 stars More to do about the idea of Hell than Lovecraft........2006-10-19

H. R. Giger always states that he has been influenced by H. P. Lovecraft, but I see little of that in his work. I love the fact that he takes a title from Lovecraft's fiction and does not formulate any thing but his visions of a black organic Hell. No Cthulhu. No elder gods or old ones. Just Satanic art. I loved his work in the movie Alien, but Satanists and huge fans of H. R. Giger's work will only buy this.

5 out of 5 stars Amazing!.......2006-07-10

Great work of art! Truly unique. Any fan of Giger should get their hands on this quality compilation.

5 out of 5 stars Only "coffee" table book I have........2006-07-06

Being a huge fan of the Alien franchise, it was quite a surprise for me when I first learned that the artist of that titular creature had actually published a book of his artwork. This isn't a book I can take to the beach (its too big) but I have often gone through it on my apartment's roofdeck and have impressed it on my neighbors, who were thoroughly entranced by it. Fantastic art!
Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Cambridge Film Handbooks)
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    Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Cambridge Film Handbooks)

    Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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    ASIN: 0521568315

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    The first collection of critical essays on Luis Buñuel's 1972 Oscar-winning masterpiece,The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, this anthology brings fresh perspectives to the most sophisticated film of this director whose narrative experimentation was always ahead of its time. Combining some of the world's most distinguished scholars on Buñuel and Spanish cinema with new voices in cultural theory, this volume helps us to rethink not only The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, but also Buñuel's entire body of work.
    Joseph Cornell: Stargazing in the Cinema (Yale Publications in the History of Art)
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    Jodi Hauptman
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    ASIN: 0300078382

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    Best-known for evocative box-constructions in which he assembled small objects and ephemera, American surrealist Joseph Cornell was also a devoted fan of the cinema. This book examines for the first time Cornell`s "portrait-homages," created to honor his favorite female movie stars-Hedy Lamarr, Lauren Bacall, Greta Garbo, Jennifer Jones, and others.

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    5 out of 5 stars great photos and text.......2001-09-02

    This work on Cornell is one of the best out there. The author gives a thorough history on the artist and delves into his motivations for making art. The works selected are comprehensive. Quite impressive are the quality of the photos, very clear and detailed.

    5 out of 5 stars Shadow Boxing with Cornell.......2000-07-07

    While having a cohesive collection of photographs of Cornell's multiform works is a plus for any book, Hauptman gets out her microscope and unscrews his shadow boxes, exposing the seam attached to feminist and psychoanalytical critiques. In the process of her research, she delves into Cornell's research as obsession; obsession as research, illuminating his aesthetic and politicizing his seemingly-anti political sexuality. The photographs in this substantial book are excellent and well-chosen and the stills from Cornell's films add a cinematic dimension, often over-looked by Cornell scholars. This book, through close readings of many of Cornell's works, examines his obsession with childhood (& that great goddess of time), Lauren Bacall, Jennifer Jones, and the elusive Garbo (whose disapproval of one of Cornell's boxes, inspired him to destroy it [lucky for you a photo of it is included in this book]). Hauptman avoids the pitfall of falling into an oppositional critique along the lines of gender, yet brightens the sexual politics blurred in the shadow of the boxes. By the final chapter (dealing with Cornell's dedication to Marilyn Monroe (a most-unlikely sensual/sexual subject for a Cornell project), in which Hauptman very astutely identifies the problematics of Cornell's desire to be both master and guardian, I was watery in the eyes. This is a touching critique and underscoring of Cornell, who, for many reasons, some addressed in this book and some not, was both a failed and successful master and guardian--an artist collapsed in a paradox.
    Figures of Desire: A Theory and Analysis of Surrealist Film
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      Figures of Desire: A Theory and Analysis of Surrealist Film
      Linda Williams
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      ASIN: 0520078969

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      Linda Williams examines the theoretical and poetic writings of the Surrealists during the period from 1910 to 1930 and traces the emergence of a poetics of the cinematic image based upon the fluid associations of dreams and the unconscious. Incorporating both Lacanian psychoanalytic theory and Metz's methodology on film and dream rhetoric, she analyzes the structure of unconscious desire in four key Surrealist films by Luis Buñuel: Un chien andalou and l'Âge d'or (both co-scripted by Salvador Dali) and Phantom of Liberty and That Obscure Object of Desire.
      Dada and Surrealist Film
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        Dada and Surrealist Film

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        This groundbreaking collection of thirteen original essays analyzes connections between film and two highly influential twentieth-century movements. The essays, which comment on specific films and deal with theoretical and topical questions, are framed by a documentary section that includes a photographic reproduction of the manuscript scenario for Robert Desnos's and Man Ray's L'Etoile de mer, and an introduction by the editor that provides a cogent working model for the difference between Dada and Surrealist perspectives.

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        Introduction, Rudolf E. Kuenzli

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        Dada/Cinema? � Thomas Elsaesser.
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        Yale French Studies, Number 109: Surrealism and Its Others (Yale French Studies Series)
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          This issue of Yale French Studies on “Surrealism and Its Others”examines the works and theories of writers, artists, and thinkers who positioned themselves and their productions in dialogue with Breton’s surrealism. Although surrealism always sought to distinguish itself from other movements and ideologies, its members often celebrated their commonality with many “others” outside of the official group with whom they shared their passions: Marxists, visual artists, filmmakers, psychiatrists, and ethnographers.
          Each of the writers, artists, and thinkers examined here were either temporarily associated with surrealism or were influenced by its collective and open spirit, even if in a primarily opposing or questioning role. In some cases, this outside perspective came from as close as Belgium and other European countries. In other cases, it came from farther away – from North Africa or North America – which reveals surrealism’s engagement with non-European, formerly colonized cultures, reflects its staunchly anti-colonial stance, and confirms the movement as something more than an aesthetic phenomenon. Along with its aesthetic mission, surrealism was also, and perhaps more importantly, a powerful political and social reality. This issue examines works by artists, writers, and theorists who were all, in their own ways, located outside of yet close to surrealism and who provide us with a new perspective on this avant-garde and modernist movement.

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          The Shadow and Its Shadow: Surrealist Writings on the Cinema
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          The Shadow and Its Shadow: Surrealist Writings on the Cinema

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          Here is a classic collection of writings by the Surrealists on their mad love of moviegoing. Forty-odd theoretical, polemical, and poetical essays document Surrealism's scandalous and nonreductive take on film. The essayists include such names as Breton, Aragon, Desnos, Dali, Bunuel, and Man Ray, as well as many of the less famous, though equally fascinating figures of the movement.

          Table of Contents:Available light / Paul Hammond

          Some surrealist advice / The Surrealist Group
          War letter / Jacques Vache
          On decor / Louis Aragon
          Cinema U.S.A. / Philippe Soupault
          Battlegrounds and commonplaces / Rene Crevel
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          The marvelous is popular / Ado Kyrou

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          The lights go up / Jacques Brunius
          Surrealism and cinema / Jean Goudal
          Introduction to black-and-white magic / Albert Valentin
          Crossing the bridge / Jacques Brunius
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          The screen's prestige / Jacques Brunius
          Remarks on cinematic oneirism / Robert Benayoun
          The cinema, instrument of poetry / Luis Bunuel
          Malombra, aura of absolute love / The Romanian Surrealist Group
          Data toward the irrational enlargement of a film: The Shanghai Gesture / The Surrealist Group

          The film and I / Ado Kyrou
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          Another kind of cinema / Marcel Marien
          Intention and surprise / Nora Mitrani
          The ideal summa / Petr Kral
          Turkey broth and unlabeled love potions / Gerard Legrand
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          Larry Semon's message / Petr Kral
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          Manifesto of the Surrealists concerning L'ge d'orr / The Surrealist Group

          Zaroff; or, The prosperities of vice / Robert Benayoun
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          5 out of 5 stars A "must" for film buffs, popular culture and art students........2001-01-04

          Now in a revised and expanded third edition, Paul Hammond's The Shadow And Its Shadow: Surrealist Writings On The Cinema gathers together a fascinating, informative, and challenging collection of writings by Surrealists on their love of, and involvement with, the movies. Here are to be found the writings of Andre Breton, Louis Aragon, Salvador Dali, Many Ray and many others. This highly recommended compendium of commentary is a "must" for professional and academic film history, popular culture, and surrealism reading lists.
          From Enchantment to Rage: The Story of Surrealist Cinema
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            From Enchantment to Rage: The Story of Surrealist Cinema
            Stephen Kovacs
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            Surrealism and Cinema
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              Michael Richardson
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              ASIN: 1845202260

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              Tracing the work of Luis Buuel, Jacques Prevert, Nelly Kaplan, Walerian Borowcyzk, Jan vankmajer, Raul Ruiz and Alejandro Jodorowsky, this book charts the history of surrealist filmmaking in both Europe and Hollywood from the 1920s to the present day. At once a critical introduction and a provocative re-evaluation, Surrealism and Cinema is essential reading for anyone interested in surrealist ideas and art and the history of film.
              The Age of Gold: Surrealist Cinema (Persistence of Vision, 3)
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                The Age of Gold: Surrealist Cinema (Persistence of Vision, 3)
                Robert Short
                Manufacturer: Creation Books
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                ASIN: 1840680598

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                Spiralling out of the Surrealist movement alongside the art, photography and manifestos, were a number of experimental films, notably Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel's Un Chien Andalou and L'Age d'Or. The Age of Gold revisits these two seminal films and explores their making, themes and images, the scandal and riots that accompanied their release, and their impact and influence on modern-day cinema.

                Fully illustrated throughout, The Age of Gold also documents the cinematic theories of Antonin Artaud and traces the parallels in avant-garde and Dadaist film-including the work of Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray.

                Robert Short is a lecturer at the -University of East Anglia, England. Previous publications include Hans Bellmer, Surrealism: Permanent Revelation and Dada & Surrealism.

                An Index to Music Published in The Etude Magazine, 1883-1957 (Mla Index and Bibliography Series)
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                  E. Douglas Bomberger
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                  ASIN: 0810852837

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                  The Etude magazine, published continuously from 1883 to 1957, included musical compositions in every issue, for a total of over 10,000 works. This index provides bibliographic access to the music for the first time, with detailed listings of the contents of each issue as well as indexes by composer, title, text author, and instrumentation.
                  An Index to Music Published in The Etude Magazine, 1883-1957.(L'edition musicale dans la presse parisienne au XVIIIe siecle: Catalogue des annonces)(Book Review): An article from: Notes
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                    An Index to Music Published in The Etude Magazine, 1883-1957.(L'edition musicale dans la presse parisienne au XVIIIe siecle: Catalogue des annonces)(Book Review): An article from: Notes
                    Philip Vandermeer
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                    Title: An Index to Music Published in The Etude Magazine, 1883-1957.(L'edition musicale dans la presse parisienne au XVIIIe siecle: Catalogue des annonces)(Book Review)
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                    AN INDEX TO MUSIC PUBLISHED IN THE ETUDE MAGAZINE, 1883-1957. Music Library Association Index and Bibliography Series, 31
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                      E. Douglas. Bomberger
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                      The Great Canadian Trivia Book 2
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                        Did a Canadian kill famed escape artist Harry Houdini? Are the streets of Yellowknife really paved with gold? What was Canada's connection to those famous "Paul McCartney is dead" rumours of the late 1960s? And just how long does it take a drop of water to flow from Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean? The Great Canadian Trivia Book II brings you all these answers and more. In the much-anticipated sequel to their bestseller, The Great Canadian Trivia Book, award-winning writers Mark Kearney and Randy Ray dig even deeper into Canada's curious characters, storied past, natural phenomena, cultural idiosyncrasies, and the peculiarities of our leisurely pursuits. In the pages of this intriguing book, you'll discover the Canadian who was responsible for introducing the glove to professional baseball, the story behind Canada's blue two-dollar bill, how the robbery phrase "hands up" was connected to Canada, and whether a goalie can take a face-off in a hockey game. Think it's unlikely a Canadian might have been president of the United States? That Sir John A. Macdonald was the only one in his family to achieve political fame? Or that a Canadian rock group would turn down a chance to play at the famous Woodstock festival of 1969? The Great Canadian Trivia Book II will have you thinking again. And again.
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                          How Great Decisions Get Made: 10 Easy Steps for Reaching Agreement on Even the Toughest Issues
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                          Don Maruska
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                          All too often, solving tough work issues can become a tug of war as clashing departments, priorities, personality styles, and other concerns threaten to destroy any possibility of a successful conclusion. But by sharing hopes, and focusing on information rather than debate, the path to agreement can become wonderfully clear.

                          How Great Decisions Get Made. shows how to bring out the best in people, so that the process of decision making cements groups together rather than pulling them apart. The book gives readers a simple 10-step process to help their people overcome seemingly intractable differences, paving the way for groups to:

                          * Embrace a world view filled with the possibility of creating better results together * Shift their attention from the stale "What should we do?" to a fresh "How can we achieve what we really want?" attitude * Tap into who they are to define and articulate their hopes

                          Readers looking for quick, exciting ways to energize their often contentious decision-making process will find all the help they need, from real-life scenarios showing the process in action to a self-assessment checklist. How Great Decisions Get Made provides the key to overcoming barriers, making people feel great about the work they do, and achieving extraordinary results.

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                          5 out of 5 stars 1 of 5 fundamental books for smart decision-making.......2005-09-13


                          This book comes recommended by Margaret Wheatley, author of "Leadership and the New Science," which in turn inspired Robert Buckman, CEO of Buckman Labs, to write "Building a Knowledge-Driven Organization. These two books, and two others, Clayton M. Christensen & Michael E. Raynor, "The Innovator's Solution" and Steve Denning's "The Springboard: How Storytelling Ignites Action in Knowledge-Era Organizations" combine with this one by Don Maruska to offer a perfect small library for any person desiring to advance "collective intelligence" and "smart teams."

                          Some may consider the book simplistic, but I do not. It has just the right amount of text and white space, and its organization as well as its points are compelling.

                          When the author itemizing the obstacles to cooperation and information sharing: battling egos, conflicting styles, lack of commitment and follow-though, office politics, knee-jerk actions, seemingly irreconciliable differences, an atmosphere of defeatism (or a culture of unfounded arrogance), and a legacy of distrust, he is talking about the $70 billion a year U.S. Intelligence Community that I am so familiar with, and he is probably also talking about the Department of Homeland Security, every local, state, and national organization associated with the catastrophic failure to cope with Hurricane Katrina, and just about any corporation or other organization out there.

                          His ten easy steps merit listing here, not to rob the book of its punch, but to emphasize that each chapter on each of these steps is hugely sensible, implementable, and profitable: 1( enlist everyone including secretaries and maintenance folks; 2) discover shared hopes rather than differing problems; 3) uncover the real issues; 4) identify all options (in ignored foreign opinion, the US foregos most really implementable options); 5) gather the right information, and all of it; 6) get everything on the table; 7) write down choices; 8) map the solutions; 9) look ahead; and 10) stay charged up.

                          These are NOT as simple as they sound, nor are they easily implementable without an understanding of the context and the methods that the author lays out in his coherent, concise, and comprehensible manner.

                          His emphasis on full information, and exploring all the options ("look at the whole tree, not just the limb you are on" all resonate when one thinks about how badly the US has screwed up the so-called "Global War on Terror." First we cut taxes, gutted the Treasury, installed political cronies in key organizations that in turn drove out all the experts long ready for retirement; then we alienated all our allies, provided special tax deductions on gas guzzlers, and invaded Iraq under false pretenses. Now we are creating more terrorists every day than we are able to kill in a year.

                          For a specific sense of how pathetic our national-security decision making is, see my review of David J. Rothkopf's "Running the World." In New Orleans we had a mayor that left town ahead of the crowd; a governor in denial; a head of FEMA with no clue; and a President on vacation not to be bothered. Not a single one of these have any idea how to actually do reality-based decision-making, or even how to guide a sound inclusive non-ideological decision dialog (not a debate, which the author stresses over and over will destroy the ability to be open-minded).

                          America is facing some very serious challenges at all levels, from family, neighborhood, and schoolhouse, to statehouse and White House. This book is much more serious than "7 Habits," and much more likely--when read with the other books I mention above--to help serious people arrive at serious decisions.

                          5 out of 5 stars An excellent blueprint for decision-making success.......2004-02-17

                          "Don Maruska has provided an excellent blueprint for decision-making success. His book, How Great Decisions Get Made, is an indispensible tool for anyone involved in leadership, in both the public and private sectors. I have had the good fortune to watch Don use these principles firsthand, and I marvel at how he has translated his 10 easy steps into a clear, straightforward guide. This book is one that is destined to be pulled off my shelf for guidance, time and time again." Dr. Steven M. Ladd, Superintendent of Schools.

                          5 out of 5 stars How Great Decisions Get Made:10 Easy Steps For Reaching Agre.......2004-01-27

                          Don Maruska is a genius. His 10 Steps to reaching agreement are a simple process that any group or organization should use to deal with complex issues. This simple system removes ego from the decision making process and avoids the "me too' speeched that drag out a meeting, polarize the participants and add nothing to resolution of the issues. Don's system enables the group to reach quality agreements quickly and harmoniously.

                          5 out of 5 stars a practical guide for life.......2003-11-21

                          I think Don's work is one of the most useful "life affirming tools" I have encountered in my 35 year career. It is useful not only in business, but also in family life with spouse and children. I highly recommend his book and methodology to all who want to simplify their life but also be responsible for their actions. I loved it!

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