Tech-Noir: The Fusion of Science Fiction and Film Noir
Paul Meehan, Tech-Noir: The Fusion of Science Fiction and Film Noir. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2008 ISBN: 978 0 7864 3325 4 US$55.00 (hb) 272pp (Review copy supplied by…
Pop Fiction: The Song in Cinema
Steve Lannin and Matthew Caley (eds), Pop Fiction: The Song in Cinema. Bristol: Intellect Books, 2005. ISBN: 1 84150 078 X 173 pp £14.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Intellect…
Novelty title sequences and self-reflexivity in classical Hollywood cinema
There were things that could be done with film, it was crazy not to do them. (title designer Wayne Fitzgerald) [1] In 1976 Saul Bass designed the opening title sequence for That's…
Jean Cocteau
James S. Williams, Jean Cocteau. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2006. ISBN: 0 7190 5883 X 223pp £40.00 (hb) (Review copy supplied by Manchester University Press) Jean Cocteau's contribution to the…