Outer space, whether the homeland of demonic invaders or the destination of intrepid explorers, seems to ignite the wildest imagination of filmmakers and audiences alike. And back on earth we all marvel when our planet is taken over by apes or when in a laboratory beings are created that defy, or perhaps reflect, our own humanity. This lavishly ...
This work discusses how investigative groups proved that Switzerland stole the money of the Jews and helped the Nazis to do the same. It tells how a small group of people, none of them professional historians, pieced together a puzzle of unknown proportions to dismantle the myth of Swiss innocence.
An essential guide to the Western film, this lavishly illustrated collection of writings on Western movies covers close to a century of American cinematic achievement and spans almost a half-century of essays, commentary, and interviews. Every aspect that distinguishes the Western is explored, especially its history, mythology and landscape, often ...
In "Conquest and Redemption", Gregg J. Rickman explains how the Nazis stole the possessions of their Jewish victims and obtained the cooperation of institutions across Europe in these crimes of convenience. He also describes how those institutions are being brought to justice, sixty years later, for their retention of their ill-gotten gains. ...
Following upon the popularity of Film Noir Reader and The Western Reader, this lavishly illustrated collection of essays recalls the movies that over the past century have made us smile, chuckle and laugh -- often uncontrollably. Some of the pieces focus on those stars whose energy, imagination, timing and attitude were irresistibly funny, others ...
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