Screen Saviors studies the way in which the social relations that we call "race" are fictionalized and pictured in the movies. It argues that films are part of broader projects that lead us to ignore or deny the nature of the racial divide in which Americans live.
Even as the images of racial and ethnic minorities change across the twentieth century, Hollywood keeps portraying the ideal white American self as good-looking, powerful, brave, cordial, kind, firm, and generous: a natural-born leader worthy of the loyalty of those of another color. The book invites readers to conduct their own analyses of films by showing how this can be done in over 50 Hollywood movies.
This work in the sociology of knowledge and cultural studies relates the movies of Hollywood to the large political agendas on race relation in the United States. Screen Saviors appeals to the general reader interested in the movies or in race and ethnicity as well as to students of com.
Includes a new chapter on the best special edition DVDs and a new chapter on finding hidden easter egg features. Faith and Film Author : Bryan P.
Based on a Stephen King short story, Frank Darabont's screenplay follows the complex year relationship between two convicts who have little in common beyond a will to survive. Darabont has personally written or assembled all of the material, new and old in this expanded Shooting Script edition: Introductions by Stephen King and Frank Darabont The Shooting Script in its original form Detailed analysis of script-to-screen changes 29 pages in all showing how and why scenes were cut and amended Two storyboard sequences, with commentary Stills section of 35 photos in all Afterword by Darabont about his experience in Hollywood.
A 25th anniversary history and celebration of The Shawshank Redemption, one of the most cherished American films of the late twentieth century and one of the finest movies made from a Stephen King story.
The movie not only boasts a great story, it has a great backstory, starting with the dollar deal that eventually led King and co-stars Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman to put their trust in a largely untested director making his first feature film. Although the film received mostly positive reviews on its release in September , the box office was disappointing and it failed to win many awards. Each year, The Shawshank Redemption rises in polls asking film fans to name their favorite movies.
This novella became the movie Stand By Me. How did a low-key prison movie which was considered a box-office flop on its original release become one of the most popular movies of all time? Mark Kermode traces the history of this unexpected audience favourite from the pages of Stephen King's novella 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption', through the icy corridors of Ohio's Mansfield Reformatory whose imposing gothic architecture dominates the film , to the television and video screens on which 'The Shawshank Redemption' became a phenomenon.
An account of one of the most popular films of all time- a true and unexpected audience favourite. It came from the mind of Stephen King You've seen the films, now read the original stories - and get a unique insight into Stephen King's take on the productions. Stephen King. A 25th anniversary history and celebration of The Shawshank Redemption, one of the most cherished American films of the late twentieth century and one of the finest movies made from a Stephen King story.
For use in schools and libraries only. A collection of four tales of outlandish, commonplace, and surprising terror includes such stories as "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" and "The Body. The full title of King's novella , Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption , initially strikes the casual reader as an odd choice.
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