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Author: Daniel R. Budnik Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476626871 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 260
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The 1980s was the decade when the action film as it's now known came into being. Nonstop, big-budget excitement became the standard as epic adventures like Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Road Warrior set the tone for the summer blockbusters of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris. Homages (and ripoffs) made with lesser budgets followed every hit, especially with the advent of direct-to-video releases. Providing detailed commentary on 284 films, this book explores the excitement, audacity and sheer weirdness of '80s low budget action cinema, from the American Ninja series to dime-a-dozen barbarian pictures to such bargain-basement productions as The Courier of Death, Kill Squad and Samurai Cop.
Author: Daniel R. Budnik Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786497416 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
The 1980s was the decade when the action film as it's now known came into being. Nonstop, big-budget excitement became the standard as epic adventures like Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Road Warrior set the tone for the summer blockbusters of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris. Homages (and ripoffs) made with lesser budgets followed every hit, especially with the advent of direct-to-video releases. Providing detailed commentary on 284 films, this book explores the excitement, audacity and sheer weirdness of '80s low budget action cinema, from the American Ninja series to dime-a-dozen barbarian pictures to such bargain-basement productions as The Courier of Death, Kill Squad and Samurai Cop.
Author: Helen O'Hara Publisher: Portable Press ISBN: 9781684125739 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 0
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Travel back in time to the most bodacious movie decade ever! Don't miss this trip through the movies that defined the ’80s era. Packed with photos and memorabilia of Hollywood stars, this collection of classic cinema blockbusters offers summaries, release dates, trivia, and fun facts on each motion picture. We'll cover the invention of massive-budget action films, the Brat Pack, and even popular foreign flicks of the day. Nobody puts this book in the corner—you’ll be donning your Ray-Bans and immersing yourself in gnarly nostalgia from the neon-colored 1980s in no time!
Author: John Rain Publisher: Birlinn Ltd ISBN: 1913538192 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 286
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The 1980s. A time of fear: fear of the unknown, fear of your neighbours, fear of drugs, fear of sex, fear of strangers, fear of videos, and the very real fear that the world would end at any moment in an awful, and very sudden, nuclear attack. However, in those times of turmoil and worry, there was a comfort that soothed the mind, and acted as a quiet balm: action movies. Video shops were bursting at the seams with rampant gunfire, sex, drugs, rock, roll, cars on fire, people on fire, guns, bombs, and people dressed in army fatigues (and that was just the staff). Heroes were born shrouded in fire and violent revenge, they were not only armed with guns, but also red-hot quips, that served as a muscly arm around the shoulder, and a wink that everything was going to be okay. So thank you Arnold, Sylvester, Sigourney, Bruce, Eddie, Charles, Patrick, Mel, Chuck and everyone else that made it happen. You saved the world, in your own inimitable way. Join John Rain, the author of the critically-acclaimed Thunderbook: The World of Bond According to Smersh Pod, as he examines a choice selection of the greatest action movies from the decade when the explosion was king.
Author: Brian James Lane Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Christmas Eve at the Rigatoni building brings cozy warm feelings of seasonal joy, holiday festivities, and a maniacally paranoid drug-induced delusional boss with armed mindless thugs to do his unreasonable bidding. But, to be fair, he isn't entirely delusional. There is the matter of shape-shifting monsters from realms beyond the stars roaming about the office. I guess that is what set him off, huh? Sandwich delivery guy Reid MacJohns finds out the hard was that the corporate ladder can be killer. Along with the receptionist, Cindy Rivets, the reluctant couple band together in an effort to usurp the trigger-happy security guards with the knowledge that any one of the employees held prisoner as well as their abductors may be a ravenous hungry alien bent on taking over the world. But first, the Rigatoni building. Yes, in business, it is a dog eat dog world. Or a corporate analyst eats human resources director world. In order to save not just Christmas, but the world, our reluctant heroes must first escape their captors to secure the building so that none of them annoying aliens gets out into the winter wonderland just outside the confines of the business office. Can the receptionist and sandwich delivery guy thwart the bad dudes as well as figure out who is who with an office full of employees? Can the weaponless wonders defeat gun-toting guards and then take on extra-terrestrial creatures before Santa finishes his rounds? What will happen on Christmas morning if they don't? Will anyone survive... That DIE HARD Thing! An '80s Action and Horror Flick Mash Up.
Author: Graham Marsh Publisher: ISBN: Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 136
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From the breathtaking action of Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark to the subtle, evocative exploration of Bertolucci's The Last Emperor, the 1980s was a decade in which filmmakers pulled out all the stops to dazzle audiences and make them jump out of their seats.
Author: Andy Kunz Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 36
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Join Tristan T Mars in his 1980s type Space Sci Fi Action, B Movie adventure. If you love action and martial films made in the 80s this comics is perfect for you. With real Karate techniques and shaolin kung fu fighting forms. Sprinkled with the real cheesiness of the 80s Galaxy and space exploration.The year is 3081, Gioval T Byte is developing a new technology called the Eye project. He is aided by Ryja the last Ninja and his kung fu cyborgs. Gioval T Byte has 31 Million followers on his Galactagram.Tristan T Mars has more than 32 Million followers on his Galactagram! He is a man of action, a man trapped in the 80s, and a true Karateka. He travels the galaxy for adventures, and post all his adventures in his Galactagram account.He loves martial arts, video games, 80s movies and cartoons. He loves to eat popcorn when watching movies. He is very cheesy. He likes taking photographs and selfies. He drives the T-series spacecraft.
Author: Mette Gieskes Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1350415839 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 369
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Pursuing a new and timely line of research in world art studies, Humor in Global Contemporary Art is the first edited collection to examine the role of culturally specific humor in contemporary art from a global perspective. Since the 1960s, increasing numbers of artists from around the world have applied humor as a tool for observation, critique, transformation, and debate. Exploring how humorous art produced over the past six decades is anchored in local sociopolitical contexts and translated or misconstrued when exhibited abroad, this book opens new conversations regarding the functioning of humor and the ways in which art travels across the globe. With contributions by an impressive array of internationally based scholars covering six major continental regions, the book is organized into four distinct geographical sections: Africa and the Middle East, Asia and Oceania, South and North America, and Europe. This structure highlights the cultural specificity of each region while the book as a whole offers a critical perspective on the postcolonial, globalized art network. Reflecting on present-day processes of globalization and biennialization, which confront viewers with humorous art from a variety of cultures and countries, this book will provide readers with a culturally sensitive understanding of how humor has become vital to many contemporary artists working in an unprecedentedly interconnected world.
Author: Hadley Freeman Publisher: ISBN: 9780606389389 Category : Motion pictures Languages : en Pages : 0
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From "Vogue" contributor and "Guardian" columnist Hadley Freeman, a personalized guide to eighties movies that describes why they changed movie-making forever featuring exclusive interviews with the producers, directors, writers and stars of the best cult classics. For Hadley Freeman, movies of the 1980s have simply got it all. Comedy in "Three Men and a Baby," "Hannah and Her Sisters," "Ghostbusters," and "Back to the Future"; all a teenager needs to know in "Pretty in Pink," "Ferris Bueller s Day Off," "Say Anything," "The Breakfast Club," and "Mystic Pizza"; the ultimate in action from "Top Gun," "Die Hard," "Beverly Hills Cop," and "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"; love and sex in "9 1/2 Weeks," "Splash," "About Last Night," "The Big Chill," and "Bull Durham"; and family fun in "The Little Mermaid," "ET," "Big," "Parenthood," and "Lean On Me." In "Life Moves Pretty Fast," Hadley puts her obsessive movie geekery to good use, detailing the decade s key players, genres, and tropes. She looks back on a cinematic world in which bankers are invariably evil, where children are always wiser than adults, where science is embraced with an intense enthusiasm, and the future viewed with giddy excitement. And, she considers how the changes between movies then and movies today say so much about society s changing expectations of women, young people, and art and explains why "Pretty in Pink" should be put on school syllabuses immediately. From how John Hughes discovered Molly Ringwald, to how the friendship between Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi influenced the evolution of comedy, and how Eddie Murphy made America believe that race can be transcended, this is a highly personal, witty love letter to eighties movies, but also an intellectually vigorous, well-researched take on the changing times of the film industry ("The Guardian")."
Author: Daniel R. Budnik
Author: Daniel R. Budnik
Author: Helen O'Hara
Author: John Rain
Author: Jürgen Müller
Author: Brian James Lane
Author: Ron Base
Author: Graham Marsh
Author: Andy Kunz
Author: Mette Gieskes
Author: Hadley Freeman