This volume analyzes innovative forms of media and music (art installations, television commercials, photography, films,
songs, telenovelas) to examine the performance of migration in contemporary culture. Though migration studies and media studies are ostensibly different fields, this transnational collection of ...
In this first book ever written about the making of this classic and beloved film,
Ray Morton traces the genesis of Amadeus from the conception of the original idea by Shaffer to the development of the screenplay – which turned ...
(Music On Filments). In 1973, Cabaret walked away with eight Academy Awards, including gold statues
for director Bob Fosse and for its stars, Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. Based on the long-running Broadway musical, with a memorable score by John ...
From Chaplin’s brilliant use of Wagner in The Gold Rush to the Bach chorale closing
Scorsese’s Casino, classical music has played a fascinating role in movies. Dean Duncan provides a fresh critical survey of the aesthetics of classical music in ...
This collection brings together interviews with a compelling range of musicians, artists, and activists from
around the globe. What does it mean for an artist to be “political”? Moving away from a narrow idea about politics that is organized around ...
Film music is as old as cinema itself. Years before synchronized sound became the norm,
projected moving images were shown to musical accompaniment, whether performed by a lone piano player or a hundred-piece orchestra. Today film music has become its ...
The seemingly effortless integration of sound, movement, and editing in films of the late 1930s
stands in vivid contrast to the awkwardness of the first talkies. Film Rhythm after Sound analyzes this evolution via close examination of important prototypes of ...
This study explores one of the most popular and successful of genres, yet one that
has not fully enjoyed critical recognition to match. Combining a detailed analysis of individual musicals with an in-depth consideration of racial and gender issues, Susan ...