The Films of Paul Morrissey (Cambridge Film Classics)

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The Films of Paul Morrissey is the first appraisal of one of the major figures of American independent cinema. An innovator in the narrative cinema that emerged from Andy Warhol's Factory, Morrissey, as established in this study, was also the force who shaped the most important films that have heretofore been attributed to Warhol. The director's experiments in the use of non-professional actors, controversial subject matter, and language are demonstrated through analysis of his most accomplished achievements, including Mixed Blood, 40 Deuce, and Spike of Bensonhurst. The Films of Paul Morrissey furthermore reveals the director's challenge to the moral, social and political values of contemporary liberalism.

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Interesting, if dry, look at underappreciated filmmaker.......2007-04-10

Paul Morrissey was responsible for Andy Warhol's most commercially successful and infamous films. After joining the Factory in the mid sixties Morrissey quickly became Warhol's defacto manager and in house filmmaker.

His output ran the whole gamut, from the experimental and extremely influential 'Flesh', 'Heat' and 'Trash' to the handsomely mounted (albeit still low budget) perversely funny gore fests 'Flesh for Frankenstein' and 'Blood for Dracula' that are perrenial cult faves. And he discovered stars Joe Dallesandro and Italian beauty Dalila DiLazzaro. Morrissey's originality and skill certainly deserves more attention as a important contributor to independent cinema.

Yacowar's book is a little prosaic and academic in style, perheaps best read as companion pieces to his commentaries on the recently remastered Frankenstein and Dracula DVD's, though ultimately this book seems only mean't for students and cinephiles.

Morrissey in Conversation: The Essential Interviews

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Morrissey in Conversation: The Essential Interviews

Manufacturer: Plexus Publishing
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ASIN: 0859653943

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This remarkable book comprises the most famous statements of Britain’s unlikeliest (and greatest) modern rock ’n’ roll star. Collating classic music press and glossy magazine articles, Morrissey in Conversation describes the rocker's crazy-quilt career in his own words. It’s all here — how the Smiths created 1980s indie rock; the anti-rock credentials, feminist sympathies, and militant vegetarianism; Morrisey’s obsession with pop culture and girl groups, his (a)sexuality, and sardonic salvos against the mediocre. This is the story of how one man bewitched the ‘80s, peaked in the ‘90s, and triumphed in the new millennium.

Paul Mazursky seminar. Paul Morrissey seminar (Dialogue on film)

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Paul Mazursky seminar. Paul Morrissey seminar (Dialogue on film)
Paul Mazursky
Manufacturer: Center for Advanced Film Studies
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00072TX7W

Paul Mazursky, Paul Morrissey ([Seminars / American Film Institute ; pt.1, no. 127])

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Paul Mazursky, Paul Morrissey ([Seminars / American Film Institute ; pt.1, no. 127])
Paul Mazursky
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Paul Morrissey: An American Film Institute Seminar on his work (Seminars / American Film Institute)

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Paul Morrissey: An American Film Institute Seminar on his work (Seminars / American Film Institute)
Paul Morrissey
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ASIN: B0007B6UCY

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The Asian Horror Encyclopedia surveys the horror culture in Asian literature, comics, art and film

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A useful resource in an unexplored area .......2005-02-16

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. And so it is with the "Asian Horror Encyclopedia." Flawed? Absolutely. But as the only book of its kind in English, it stands as a useful and interesting reference guide for those interested in Asian horror. The range of creatures, authors, films, manga, folklore and other is truly startling, covering such sub-genres as the Japanese Cthulhu mythos authors, and Chinese skeptic societies.

None of the entries are particularly long, and there are no pictures to accompany the text. It is very much a case of "wide but not deep." The book started as an encyclopedia of Japanese horror only, but the author found he could not separate the roots of Asian horror from only one culture. Due to this, author Laurence Bush exceeded his language abilities, and had to rely solely on the available translations of others, including unreliable resources such as internet websites and film reviews.

However, as stated in the introduction, Bush only intends to introduce the reader to the wide and varied flavors of horror in Asian countries. I have found my interests piqued by more than one of his shallow notations, enough to do my own research and have a wider area opened up for me. On this level the book works very well, and is recommended.

Flawed but interesting.......2003-01-22

Typos and amateurish enthusiasm flaw this book, but it has a lot of interesting information. A quick check of the Library of Congress shows that this is indeed the only book on Asian, Japanese or Chinese Horror in English. No one else has tried to look at Asian horror as a whole, a huge subject entirely unknown in the West. It has hundreds of entries on subjects as diverse as haunted bridges, Kabuki ghost plays, Oiwa, Asian psychics, Kwaidan, Hearn, Ikiryo, biological horrors, Liaozhai, Yuen Mai, The Ring, etc. It tries to cover too much, but what it does do is fascinating. For example, magical paintings appear to be an entire subgenre in Asian literature. Though the bibliography is hardly exhaustive, it is sufficiently long (10 pages) and its breadth shows that the author did substantiate his work.

The Horror.......2002-11-24

The author admits that "a large part of this book is the product of internet research." He continues by noting that the book "is by no means complete or entirely accurate, as the internet web pages and my skills as a translator are of questionable reliability" (XV). This indeed is an accurate statement, and should serve as a warning not to trust the contents. Not only are there two to three typos per page, but there are also substantial errors in many of the entries (too many to mention here). The author claims that his book is "intended to be a guide for further research," but one wonders about the usefulness of a research guide which is not only inaccurate and badly (if at all) edited, but fails to provide references (even to questionable websites).

Reads Like A Fanzine.......2002-02-22

Occasionally useful as a checklist of obscure English-language sources, but often let down by amateurish slips, the Asian Horror Encyclopedia lacks both an editor prepared to stay the author's outbreaks of fanboy gush and unsupported speculation, as well as a proof-reader who could have corrected the many, many errors. Without an index, it is less obvious that many words are spelt differently each time they occur; though this is a book for English speakers, its usefulness to someone who cannot check the primary sources is severely limited. Seemingly scooping up any information to hand without much sense of its quality, Bush's work reads more like a series of notes than a book in its own right. Researchers in Asian literature may stumble across occasional crumbs of interesting information, but will need to find help elsewhere in digesting them.

Unique Look at Asian Horror Literature.......2001-11-27

The Asian Horror Encyclopedia contains a lot of unique material available for the first time in English. It collects literary and folkloric information to give a complete look at the roots and directions of Asian horror. From Tang Dynasty ghost stories to modern Japanese horror bestsellers, it covers the broad range of this little known subject. It has an article on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos in Japan as well as coverage of many Asian mythos writers. It mentions horror films only if they have a literary or comic-book connection. It is of interest to manga and anime fans as well as those interested in folklore, vampires, werewolves, yokaigaku, Chinese metaphysics or international horror culture in general.

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Play Marbles!
Shar Levine , and Vicki Scudamore
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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ASIN: B000FTBPJQ

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It's a great book and game combo-at a great price.

Don’t lose your marbles—get the best book on the game, along with a fantastic, deluxe 36-marble set, attractively boxed and securely spiral-bound into the volume. From knuckling down to spanning, from Double Ring Two to Against the Wall, find out marble terminology, game rules, and lore, and then start playing right away. Detailed instructions explain different shot techniques, choosing the right marble for the best results, general rules, playing surfaces, set-up, and penalties. Try black snake, bombers, castles, dropsies, odds and evens, poison ring, and many other great games. The guide includes safety tips, facts on collecting marbles, and information on special tournaments, too.

Also available: The Play Marbles book, all by itself.

“[There's] plenty of sound advice here, and a wealth of games.”—School Library Journal

“A very useful book.”—Booklist

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We Played Marbles
Tres Seymour
Manufacturer: Orchard Books (NY)
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0531300749

The Monsters of Marble Avenue (Springboard Books)

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The Monsters of Marble Avenue (Springboard Books)
Linda Gondosch , and Cat Bowman Smith
Manufacturer: Little Brown & Co (Juv)
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Binding: School & Library Binding

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ASIN: 0316319910

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Marbles: 101 Ways to Play
Joanna Cole , and Michael Street
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The creators of Crazy Eights: And Other Card Games have teamed up to show kids how to have fun with marbles. Here are 101 different marble games to play, from traditional games like Ringer and Marble Arch to newer games like Tic-Tac-Toe and Marble Croquet. In addition to learning the basics of marble playing, kids will also find out about marbles with strange names like onionskins and clambroths. Alan Tiegreen's hilarious illustrations add to the fun, making this a book to be enjoyed by beginners and expert mibsters alike.

All About Marbles : And 20 Games to Play

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All About Marbles : And 20 Games to Play

Manufacturer: House of Marbles
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A clergyman's courtship;: A play in three acts,

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A clergyman's courtship;: A play in three acts,
Thomas Littlefield Marble
Manufacturer: The Penn Pub. Co
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Collected Plays: The Wrong Side of the Park, Mill Hill, Bermondsey, Knightsbridge, Marble Arch, Edwin (Oberon Modern Playwrights)

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Collected Plays: The Wrong Side of the Park, Mill Hill, Bermondsey, Knightsbridge, Marble Arch, Edwin (Oberon Modern Playwrights)
John Clifford Mortimer
Manufacturer: Oberon Books
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John Mortimer is best known as the creator of Rumpole QC, hero of the Rumpole of the Bailey television series. In this second volume of his Collected Plays published by Oberon, these five plays combine London settings with the complexities of relationships between the sexes. Includes: The Wrong Side of the Park, Mill Hill, Bermondsey, Knightsbridge, Marble Arch and Edwin.

Cry freedom: Continued continuity : Universal Pictures present a Marble Arch Production : starring Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilton, and Denzel Washington in Richard Attenborough's film

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Cry freedom: Continued continuity : Universal Pictures present a Marble Arch Production : starring Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilton, and Denzel Washington in Richard Attenborough's film
John Briley
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Giant Book of Sports How These Stars Play The Game Joe DiMaggio, Dempsey Babe Ruth, Rockne Louis Ott Cobb Tilden Budge Day Holman Davis Lujack Robinson Bee Tunney Fulks Beard Varipapa Durocher Marble, history Baseball , history Football Boxing Tennis B

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Giant Book of Sports How These Stars Play The Game Joe DiMaggio, Dempsey Babe Ruth, Rockne Louis Ott Cobb Tilden Budge Day Holman Davis Lujack Robinson Bee Tunney Fulks Beard Varipapa Durocher Marble, history Baseball , history Football Boxing Tennis B
red , black white pictorial endpapers with tiny stain, inner hinges slightly starting , profusely illustrated, back blank free flyleaf Former owner stamp Introduction Mel Allen
Manufacturer: Garden City Pub.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JD34BA

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·All major new zones mapped and labeled
·Over 150 step-by-step quest walkthroughts for the new zones
·Updated strategies for all 24 professions
·Massive coverage of the all-new PVP element: Arena Champions
·Updated spell data, trade skills, and item data for Desert of Flames
·Bonus: Complete maps and quest lists for The Bloodline Chronicles™ and The Splitpaw Saga™, EverQuest II's Adventure Packs
·Official lore, straight from Sony Online Entertainment, featuring vast amounts of history about the world of Norrath and the denizens of the Desert of Flames

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Good book for basics but outdated........2006-03-25

I got this book a while back, shortly after the "Desert of Flames" expansion was released, and was very pleased with it. This book has many maps, quest walk throughs and lots of general info on the game. With the newest expansion "Kingdom of Sky", SOE made many very huge changes in the game, including dropping lots of quests, character advancement revamp, spell names changes and many other things that almost render this book useless. It's still usefull for some very basic game hints but a newer updated book is needed.

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