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The Road to Wellville
Author | : T.C. Boyle |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 1994-05-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0140167188 |
Will Lightbody is a man with a stomach ailment whose only sin is loving his wife, Eleanor, too much. Eleanor is a health nut of the first stripe, and when in 1907 she journeys to Dr. John Harvey Kellogg's infamous Battle Creek Spa to live out the vegetarian ethos, poor Will goes too. So begins T. Coraghessan Boyle's wickedly comic look at turn-of-the-century fanatics in search of the magic pill to prolong their lives--or the profit to be had from manufacturing it. Brimming with a Dickensian cast of characters and laced with wildly wonderful plot twists, Jane Smiley in the New York Times Book Review called The Road to Wellville "A marvel, enjoyable from beginning to end."
Disappearing Tricks
Author | : Matthew Solomon |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0252076974 |
This work revisits the golden age of theatrical magic and silent film to reveal how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. The author treats cinema and stage magic as overlapping practices that together revise our understanding of the origins of motion pictures and cinematic spectacle.
On the High Wire
Author | : Philippe Petit |
Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2019-06-25 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0811228657 |
“On the High Wire is fascinating to read. You will learn about the man, his work, his passion, his tenacity and lucidity” (Marcel Marceau) In this poetic handbook, written when he was just twenty-three, the world-famous high-wire artist Philippe Petit offers a window into the world of his craft. Petit masterfully explains how preparation and self-control contributed to such feats as walking between the towers of Notre Dame and the World Trade Center. Addressing such topics as the rigging of the wire, the walker’s first steps, his salute and exercises, and the work of other renowned high-wire artists, Petit offers us a book about the ecstasy of conquering our fears and reaching for the stars.
The Melancholy of Resistance
Author | : László Krasznahorkai |
Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780811215046 |
From the winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize
Hollywood on Lake Michigan
Author | : Michael Corcoran |
Publisher | : Chicago Review Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2013-06-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1613745788 |
Ranging from the dawn of the silent era to today's blockbusters and independent films, this revamped second edition chronicles the significant contributions by Chicago and Chicagoans to more than a century of American filmmaking. Among the Windy City's unique honors in this history are the development of film technology by early major players Essanay Film Manufacturing Company and the Selig Polyscope Company; the first African American&–owned and operated film studios; the birthplace of gore flicks; the origination and growth of movie palaces; and the importance of the Second City, Goodman, and Steppenwolf theaters as training grounds for the industry's best comedic and dramatic talent. Readers will relish behind-the-scenes stories of local favorites like The Blues Brothers and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, as well as recent box office smashes like Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Fully revised and updated, this premier guide to the Windy City's history in the film industry features new profiles of film locations, more photographs, and exclusive interviews detailing all aspects of the moviemaking process, making it the perfect guide for film lovers and Chicago history buffs alike.
Dirty Words and Filthy Pictures
Author | : Jeremy Geltzer |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2016-01-04 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1477307435 |
Boxing, porn, and the beginnings of movie censorship -- The rise of salacious cinema -- State regulations emerge -- Mutual and the capacity for evil -- War, nudity, and birth control -- Self-regulation reemerges -- Midnight movies and sanctioned cinema -- Sound enters the debate -- Tension increases between free speech and state censorship -- Threats from abroad and domestic disturbances -- Outlaws and miracles -- State censorship statutes on the defense -- Devil in the details : film and the Fourth and Fifth Amendments -- Dirty words : profanity and the patently offensive -- Filthy pictures : obscenity from nudie cuties to fetish films -- The porno chic : from Danish loops to Deep throat -- Just not here : content regulation through zoning -- Is censorship necessary? -- The politics of profanity