Star Style at the Academy Awards: A Century of Glamour

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From Patty Fox, a fashion coordinator of the Academy Awards, comes the definitive glamour book on the Academy Awards-the most viewed fashion show on earth. In stunning black-and-white photography, author fox highlights the historic gown and the stars who wore the,.

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Good basic overview, but buy in conjunction with other books.......2007-06-15

Patty Fox follows up her _Star Style_ with this book focusing especially on the fashions worn by actresses at the Oscars from the awards' beginning to the present day. This is a nice book, but it's best appreciated in conjunction with the books from Vanity Fair and People on the same subject so that you get a really comprehensive view of Oscar style over the decade. That said, there are photos in this book (and in the other two) that you don't get in the other sources, so IMO it's worth getting.

Wake the dead.......2002-02-15

A dull book for people who know nothing about the subject. The photos are barely accaptable, especially for the subject matter.

Example: Joanne Woodward's extraordinary outfit (given her persona) for the Oscar she gave to Davis Lean for Robert Bolt's screenplay for Doctor Zhivago.

Too much is missed.

A Must-Have for Fashionistas and EVERYONE ELSE!.......2000-03-22

I thought this book was fantastic too. I just want to add that the description of the book above says black/white photography -- there's lots of color photography in this book and the color is gorgeous. There's also a shot of Marilyn Monroe at the Academy Awards and I have never seen it! I especially loved the special sections on Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis and Geena Davis, showing how their fashion evolved (the good taste days, not the bad). There's also a section on men. Some of the early fashion is even better than the recent gowns. I agree. This is a must-have!

FABULOUS!.......2000-03-18

I love this book. There are so many pictures and so much information..it is such a joy to look through! There are great pictures of everyone from Mary Pickford, Norma Shearer, Vivien Leigh to Celine Dion, Kate Winslet, and Gwyneth Paltrow! A must have for film or fashion buffs! Also recommended: "Star Style", also by Patty Fox.

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The Living and the Undead: From Stoker's Dracula to Romero's Dawn of the Dead
Gregory A. Waller
Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OPV6WM

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Pulled back in time to Japan's ancient past, Japanese high school girl Kagome finds her destiny linked to a doglike half-demon named Inu-Yasha, who remembers Kagome's previous incarnation as the woman who killed him - and to the Shikon Jewel, or "Jewel of Four Souls," which can fulfill the greatest dreams of any man or monster. Now Kagome and Inu-Yasha must work together to search for the scattered shards of the jewel before everyone's nightmares are given the power the need to come true.

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A warrior trained from birth to kill demons, Sango is rescued from death and turned against Inu-Yasha by Naraku, the crafty demon whose manipulations have tormented the heroic group repeatedly. Will Sango finally realize just who her true enemy is, or will Inu-Yasha pay the ultimate price at the hands of this expert demon hunter?

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SANGO HUNTS INUYASHA.......2006-07-28

Naraku has tricked the demon killer Sango into thinking that Inuyasha slaughtered her whole village and has even given her a Shikon shard to keep her battered and dying body alive long enough to satiate her revenge! Inuyasha and pals ARE at the demon hunter village, but not for the reason Naraku lied about. They have come seeking out the origin of the Sacred Jewel. They will find out the true story of its creation IF they can convince Sango that they're the good guys and girl of this story, and that Naraku is her family's and village's true killer!

What can I say about Inuyasha that I haven't said already? Tons! I came to the manga after watching all the anime episodes of Inuyasha up to its current releases, so going back to the beginning of the story is like rereading old history, but it's cool. It still galls me the extent to which Naraku has ruined so many people's lives, and really in the end, he's doing this all out of love for Kikyo! Spurned or impossible love makes for dangerous motivations. I think that's a stroke of Takahashi's genius, that one of the most evil villains in manga operates out of love. Another thing I think about after reading Volume 10 are the great characters. Takahashi has made them all likeable and complex with their own motivations and goals. If just one of these main characters was annoying or difficult to like, it would've ruined the whole series. With Sango, we've finally completed the assemblage of heroes that has killing Naraku as their main goal. Let the hunt begin!

A Great Manga.......2005-09-18

I love Inu-Yasha and this manga is great as the rest are. I especailly like this one because it starts with the second half of when Sango, my favorite character, comes in.

The story continues.......2005-08-02

Inuyasha (1997.)

INTRODUCTION:
When I was younger, I was a big-time anime fan. Although little of the Japanese animation was being shown on American TV back then, what little I saw, I liked. It fast became apparent that the Japanese had a much better way of creating animation - one that fused seriousness and comedy perfectly, and one that would appeal to people of all ages - NOT just children. And in recent years I had pretty much abandoned my interest in anime altogether. However, I had always remained curious, and in the more recent years I had heard of a series called Inuyasha that was constantly getting praised. I watched a few episodes, and it wasn't hard to see why. The series was created by Rumiko Takahashi, creator of Ranma 1/2 (a series that remains VERY popular.) Although I liked the episodes I saw on TV, they started somewhere in the middle of things, and I wanted to get the story from the beginning. Since the episode DVDs were too pricey, I opted for the manga (comic/graphic novel) version (most animes are based on manga.) Read on for my review.

STORYLINE OVERVIEW:
Inuyasha has one of those stories that's EXTREMELY tough to put into words, but I'll try my best. Bear with me here, people. Several centuries ago in Japan, there were ongoing wars, between humans and demons alike. In modern-day japan, a girl named Kagome lives on a shrine with her family, and one day one of the demons from the past pulls her down the shrine's well. The well is a linking point between the modern age and the age in the distant past, in which wars were raging constantly. She is revealed to be the reincarnation of a priestess who, several years earier, killed an evil half-demon called Inuyasha. But, through several odd twists of fate, she is forced to join forces with the resurrected Inuyasha, to recover the shards of a sacred jewel, which could be used to greatly increase the powers of and demon, good or evil, who gets their hands on them. Although reluctant to help at first, Kagome finally decides to help Inuyasha, realizing that the well is the warp point between times, she doesn't want to put her family in immediate danger. (I KNOW, that's not the best possible summary. If you want a better one, visit one of the various fansites.)

OPINIONS:
Overall, I am very satisfied with this series - it's been a LONG time since I liked an anime and/or manga this much. Rumiko Takahashi has once again succeded beautifully, combining seriousness with comedy, and creating an excellent storyline fusing history and fantasy alike. It was great to finally get the proper introduction to the series. I urge you to get the proper introduction yourself, as well. If you just start watching/reading somewhere in the middle of the series, you may be left dazed and confused and judge the series based on an awkward first impression. DON'T make that mistake.

CURRENT EDITION:
The edition of this manga currently available is actually a second edition - the first edition is now out of print and is no longer readily available. I'm VERY satisfied with the way the Inuyasha manga got ported to America. First and most importantly, it's uncensored. Many manga series get heavy editing when they get an American release, as do their anime counterparts. Another thing I am happy about is they "Americanized" the reading style, while at the same time staying true to the original projected vision. For those of you who don't know, the Japanese read from right to left, and sometimes mangas are ported in that fashion. Being an American, I'm used to reading from left to right, so I was glad to see that it was ported into English in a "left to right" reading style (and all of the images have been reversed to reflect the change and to stay true to the original vision.) Likewise, these graphic novels are almost two hundred pages each, and since each one costs less than ten bucks, they're a pretty good deal. Overall, it's great to see Inuyasha didn't butchered the way some series do.

OVERALL:
Inuyasha is the best anime/manga series to come along for me in a long time. It's not hard to see why so many people call it one of their favorites. I personally recommend the manga over the anime, since the manga came first and is, therefore, Takahashi's original vision. Likewise, the DVDs are kind of a rip-off pricewise. But whether you decide to do the anime, the manga, or both, you're likely to agree it's an excellent series.

Enter sango Demon slayer .......2004-10-13

This book is great I like the part were sango throughs her boomer rang[the boomer rang bone] at Inuyasha. The main story is sango thinks Inuyasha slayed her village so she goes after him.
with non stop action and plenty of humor this book is amust get for any Inuyasha fan.

Sango arrives bearing more than her boomerang..........2003-05-29

...she also has a major grudge. Naraku has tricked her into believing that it was Inu Yasha that murdered her village, and she is out for revenge. Using her incredibly big boomerang (it's taller than she is!), she attempts to slay the innocent dog demon. But when wounded, she is cared for by her prey. Of course, when she finds out Naraku's plans, she is none too happy. After telling the group a story, she joins up with them.

Things will definitely get more interesting from here on out...

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The authoritative guide to Japanese film, completely revised and updated. Thoroughly revised and updated, the latest edition of this authoritative volume by Donald Richie, the foremost Western expert on Japanese film, gives us an incisive, detailed, and fully illustrated history of the country's cinema. Called "the dean of Japan's arts critics" by Time magazine, Richie takes us from the inception of Japanese cinema at the end of the nineteenth century, through the achievements of Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu, then on to the notable works of contemporary filmmakers. This revised edition includes analyses of the latest trends in Japanese cinema, such as the revival of the horror genre, and introduces today's up-and-coming directors and their works. As Paul schrader writes in his perceptive foreword, Richie's accounting of the Japanese film "retains his sensitivity to the actual circumstances of film production (something filmmakers know very well but historians often overlook) . . . and shows the interweave of filmmaking-the contributions of directors, writers, cinematographers, actors, musicians, art directors, as well as financiers." Of primary interest to those who would like to watch the works introduced in these pages, Richie has provided capsule reviews of the major subtitled Japanese films commercially available in DVD and VHS formats. This guide has been updated to include not only the best new movie releases, but also classic films available in these formats for the first time.

Customer Reviews:

A great read..........2007-09-03

There are two reasons why I enjoyed reading A Hundred Years of Japanese Film. The first is I have many of the films the author writes about. From Late Spring to Early Summer, from Manji to The Seven Samurai, from After Life to When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, I have watched a small cross-section of Japanese movies and it allowed me to understand many of the points he was trying to make.
Also, the author Donald Richie, has done the commentary of many of the above films, which means I already have a feel of where he is going with his views and observations. Overall the author is a very serious person when it comes to Japanese films, how they developed and what has happened to them over the years. A great book for anybody already deeply interested on the subject.

Huge fan.......2007-08-23

I am a huge fan of Japanese cinema and this book was an excellent accompaniment to my already huge collection.

Too superficial.......2007-06-23

I've seen this book assigned as the basic text for top college courses on Japanese cinema, and seen it praised by Amazon reviewers. Much as I hate to write about books I didn't like, I must make an exception here for the sake of future buyers. This is not college-level material, and it's way below five stars. It is a 200-page plus list of names and titles put in narrative form, with a batch of overly concise plot summaries at the back. None of the authors, works or topics mentioned ever gets more than a few lines of attention. You will be lucky to find a full paragraph on anything that you find interesting. Surprisingly for a history of cinema, the book gives no in-depth analyses of individual works or filmmakers, makes no mention of the institutional developments in the filmmaking industry, and fails to position works within contemporary aesthetic movements or intellectual debates. In a word, this book is too superficial to be of any use.

As others noted, there are some perceptive observations scattered here and there, but these only serve to show how much better this author could have done, had he conceived this as something a little more substantial. The thing is, as far as I know there isn't a solid history of Japanese cinema in English around, and we have to make do with what is available.

Edit: I stand corrected. There IS a new history of Japanese cinema in English in print: Isolde Standish, A New History of Japanese Cinema.

He knows what he's talking about!.......2007-02-07

Donald Richie has spent a good part of his life living in Japan and has been reviewing Japanese films for just as long. He personally knows many of the film makers and so his reviews carry weight and are sensative to the changes in Japanese film-making. A must buy for the serious fan of films made in Japan.

The heart and soul, and mind, behind Japanese movies.......2007-01-11

I scout around for shortcuts to the Japanese mind, having a mild interest in the subject. This is the best I've found. The text usefully comments on the Japanese temperament, traces through film the trends in that temperament over the first two-thirds of the 20th C, and through those trends gives insight into the experience of the Japanese, through their film directores, in becoming "Westernized." I felt it could give me as much insight as I was ready for. And of course once I needed more I could view the movies themselves--a useful guide to sources of video and DVDs is included. Wonderful writing, from a trustworthy guide. An enjoyable read.

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Stars of Country Music: Uncle Dave Macon to Johnny Rodriguez (Da Capo Paperback)
Bill C. Malone
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Stars of Country Music
uncle Dave to Johnny Rodriguez Macon
Manufacturer: University Of Illinois Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K6NQNW

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STARS OF COUNTRY MUSIC - UNCLE DAVE MACON TO JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ

Manufacturer: Univ of Ill Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H1812Q

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Stars Of Country Music - Uncle Dave Macon To Johnny Rodriguez
Bill C. and Mcculloh, Judith - Editors Malone
Manufacturer: Univ. Of Illinois Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IX2SQS

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Stars of Country Music: Uncle Dave MacOn to Johnny Rodriguez
University of Illinois Press
Manufacturer: University Of Illinois Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K2PPA8

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Stars of Country Music: Uncle Dave MacOn to Johnny Rodriguez
D. MacNeil
Manufacturer: Van Nostrand Reinhold (Trade)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0442051085

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STARS OF COUNTRY MUSIC: UNCLE DAVE MACON TO JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ.
Bill C. and Judith McCulloh, eds. Malone
Manufacturer: Urbana, Illinois U.P., 1975. 476 pp. Fine copy in dust jacket.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UE043Y

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A perfect name guide to spice up any baby shower name game. Baby names aren't handed down anymore, and the coolest names are as much from pop culture as from the Bible. Hybrid names from popular and arcane sources in literature, television, and film create some very memorable name combinations. Includes the amusing trivia behind the names' origins and is sure to spark scads of arguments in expectant families everywhere!

Customer Reviews:

If you want to name your child after a movie character..........2006-03-23

This is hardly the book I thought it was going to be, it's filled with movie and tv character's names. If you want to name your child after Starsky and Hutch, or Dr. Richard Kimble from the Fugitive, or possible Luke Skywalker, I guess this is the book for you. Or if you're just interested in a few odd facts about a few given movies, that's in here too...
For me, I'm sticking to more contemporary naming books.

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Former child actor Paul Petersen once said, "Fame is a dangerous drug and should be kept out of the reach of children." It is certainly true that many child actors have fallen prey to the dangers of fame and suffered for it later in life, but others have used fame to their advantage and gone on to even more successful careers in adulthood.

This work is a compilation of interviews with 39 men and women who, as children, worked in the motion picture industry in Hollywood. They all handled their childhood celebrity differently. Lee Aaker, Mary Badham, Baby Peggy, Sonny Bupp, Ted Donaldson, Edith Fellows, Gary Gray, Jimmy Hunt, Eilene Janssen, Marcia Mae Jones, Sammy McKim, Roger Mobley, Gigi Perreau, Jeanne Russell, Frankie Thomas, Beverly Washburn, Johnny Whitaker, and Jane Withers are among those interviewed. They talk candidly about their experiences on and off the set, the people they worked with, and what they did after their careers ended. The pros and cons of being a child actor and the effects that it had on them later in life are discussed at great length.

Customer Reviews:

Bait and Switch.......2005-01-30

The name "Growing Up On the Set" implies that you would learn:

· What it's like to go on auditions.
· What it's like to memorize a script.
· What it's like to reherse and reherse and...

I learned none of this. I learned what movies each of the actors was in and what celebrities each one worked with. That's about it. It has nothing to do with what it's like to be a child actor.
-- Jay Roberts

Cinema Kid Stars Look Back.......2002-05-17

Tom and Jim Goldrup are two brothers who have been seeking out Hollywood character actors (many long forgotten, a few still before the cameras) and getting them to talk about their lives and careers. The Goldrups have self-published three thick volumes, each containing 40 to 50 interviews, since the mid 1980s.

Here, in their fourth volume, they turn their attention to actors whose film careers began in childhood. As in the previous three volumes, the interviewers are unobtrusive, and let the actors speak almost entirely for themselves. Unlike the previous three volumes, which were marred by huge numbers of grammatical and formatting errors, this one seems to have undergone some proofreading. The proofreader seems to poop out about 3/4 of the way along, but the results remain fairly intelligible throughout.

Of the 39 actors interviewed, I'd guess that the names of only a handful would be familiar to any given reader. Some performers made only two or three films, while others continued active for decades. All tend to have very mixed feelings about their film careers. The interviewers have two or three standard questions that they raise at the end of each interview, eliciting responses concerning "funny things that happened during filming," "dangerous stunts you were involved in," and "would you do it over again, knowing what you know now, and would you let your own child or grandchild get involved in the ways you were?"

Each interview is fascinating in its own way, and each also offers a look, through the eyes of a child, at many a world-famous actor whom the child worked with. Considering the stories one hears today about the monster egos of the fairly minimally talented "stars" we have around in 2002, it comes as a refreshing counterbalance to hear how genuinely nice and down-to-earth some of the best known stars of the 1930s and 1940s were. You can't fool kids!

Often fascinating reading, and recommended.

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Growing Up on the Set: Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television
Tom Goldrup
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MU4PXQ

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