I'm looking for the unexpected, overlooked masterpieces hiding within conventionally marginal artistic genres: novelty Christmas music albums, mass market cowboy novels, direct-to-video action movie sequels, etc.
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posted by Iridic
on May 7, 2013 -
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I'm looking for good books detailing the history of film by decade-- as in a book on 1940's Hollywood, the 60's and the French New Wave, 1970's New Hollywood (in that case Easy Riders, Raging Bulls might be a good suggestion).
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posted by dr handsome
on Feb 5, 2013 -
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I need suggestions of fictional or non-fictional books or films that deal with illness or dying in relation to humor/the absurd.
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posted by Felicity Rilke
on Sep 19, 2012 -
23 answers
What are the books and films that The Hunger Games
rips off pays homage to?
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posted by zardoz
on Mar 23, 2012 -
36 answers
I'm looking for suggestions for science fiction/fantasy/fairy-tales/etc. for young(ish) girls. I'm especially interested in epic stories that are similar to the ones I devoured when I was that age (Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, superhero comics, Dragonlance, etc.), but which are centered on female protagonists and which don't reinforce sexist social messaging about female passivity or objectification.
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posted by gerryblog
on Feb 26, 2012 -
47 answers
Looking for good depictions of people or characters with truly foreign, alien, or mutually irreconcilable views of the world.
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posted by Bufo_periglenes
on Feb 14, 2012 -
29 answers
Next year, I'll be travelling to the Netherlands and (briefly) Belgium, then later a trip to Tallinn, Helsinki and Stockholm. Are there any films or novels I should check out to get a feel for the places before I get there?
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posted by mippy
on Dec 18, 2011 -
22 answers
Have you read or can you point me to any interesting articles about what will be the future of media like films/software/books given the way they are all being distributed online via torrent sites & the like. Will copyright go away or what? I am looking for INTERESTING theoretical speculations, not some person just saying the letter of the current law will be enforced or the usual doomsday-talk.
posted by cmp4Meta
on Jun 15, 2011 -
12 answers
I am a sucker for mysteries that involve clues hidden in photographs/film clips and am looking for other examples(SPOILERS for Blow Up, Veronica Mars and Stieg Larsson inside...)
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posted by sweetkid
on Apr 12, 2011 -
24 answers
In what English movies or books would I most likely be exposed to new words? Any genre and time-period.
posted by keith0718
on Feb 3, 2011 -
34 answers
I've seen The Devil and Daniel Johnston and Stephen Fry's Secret Life of the Manic Depressive and I've read The Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison. What are some other great books and films about manic depression?
posted by Chenko
on Oct 15, 2010 -
9 answers
Please suggest media (books, films, other types) that might help me construct a non-religious, "Why all of life and existence matters" narrative.
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posted by GnomeChompsky
on Sep 6, 2010 -
26 answers
Recommendations for thought-provoking books or essay collections that analyze horror movies, please.
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posted by ifjuly
on Aug 17, 2010 -
18 answers
What film, TV or literary female characters begin as adversaries and end up friendly?
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posted by duckus
on Mar 20, 2010 -
27 answers
I loved the plot of
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. Any recommendations for similar books, shows, or movies?
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posted by reenum
on Oct 28, 2009 -
10 answers
What resources (films, books, websites) can I share with my 13 y/o daughter who has expressed a recent keen admiration and care for the American soldier from the Vietnam War era to the present?
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posted by keith0718
on Sep 3, 2009 -
22 answers
What inventions/societal changes besides cell phones have effectively "ruined" plot devices for stories in movies, TV, books, and so forth?
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posted by ckolderup
on Aug 5, 2009 -
50 answers
Please suggest movies, TV shows and books that feature unrepentant, amoral characters
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posted by reenum
on Jun 10, 2009 -
71 answers
Recommend me some neat blogs, websites or news sources about South Asian culture, please.
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posted by Ziggy500
on Apr 27, 2009 -
6 answers
I'm looking for both films, books, and short stories where the story of a girl or a woman is told solely through the perspective of a male narrator.
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posted by zoomorphic
on Nov 13, 2008 -
31 answers
Suggest online or DVD resources for a new filmmaker to learn about lenses, film formats, shot composition, camera moves, dialogue staging, and other aspects of cinematography & directing?
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posted by pseudostrabismus
on Apr 17, 2008 -
7 answers
Recursion filter: I recently came across the phrase '
Mise en Abyme' and have become fascinated by recursion in literature, language and film. What writings have used these themes in their
form to address the questions they posed?
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posted by 0bvious
on Apr 2, 2008 -
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I'm looking for fictional intragenerational incest narratives -- books, film, television, etc. -- in which the relationship is presented as a tragic love, doomed to failure. I'm not interested in the probably more common (and more realistic) pure trauma narratives. The relationship need not necessarily be physically consummated.
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posted by nobody
on Mar 25, 2008 -
49 answers
I'm doing research (for a writing project) into Film Noirs and Mystery Pulps, and I'm looking for good selections of a certain plot type: the "missing person" scenario.
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posted by SmileyChewtrain
on Mar 11, 2007 -
20 answers
Looking for books, essays, articles, any resources at all about film's relationship to literature.
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posted by meerkatty
on Mar 13, 2006 -
10 answers
Fiction usually comes in two flavours: 1st person narrative or 3rd person description.
What short stories or novels have been written in
2nd person perspective (i.e. from the reader's viewpoint)? Also, are there any movies shot entirely from this angle?
posted by 0bvious
on Jan 17, 2006 -
63 answers
Lately I've been on a sort of Africa kick. I'm mostly ignorant of the continent, and think that's a shame.
Can you recommend good books and films on Africa? (Any aspect is fine: big or small.)
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posted by jdroth
on Sep 18, 2005 -
43 answers
Have the film rights to Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon been sold? In general how does one discover the answer to such a question (what the kids call google-fu is weak with me)?
posted by OmieWise
on Apr 23, 2005 -
22 answers
KeepingUpWithTheKidsFilter: How do you keep up with new books, music, films, etc.? More inside.
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posted by eatcherry
on Jan 12, 2005 -
19 answers
