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The barest awareness of the ubiquity and influence of the media today provides proof enough that our fate is in the hands of the image. But when and how was this fate sealed? Image, Icon, Economy considers this question and recounts an essential thread in the conceptualization of visual images within the Western tradition. This book argues that the extraordinary force of the image in contemporary life—the contemporary imaginary—can be traced back to the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy of the eighth and ninth centuries. It was during this period that the church was compelled to produce an account of the theological status of the religious image that would nevertheless not be open to even the slightest suspicion of idolatry. The solution arrived at was the dual doctrine of the image, invisible (and thus beyond the charge of idolatry) and the icon, visible, and thus perfectly fitted to be placed at the center of a pedagogical and political strategy serving the temporal power of the church. The foundations of this immense philosophical enterprise were laid in no less than the multifarious, interwoven strands of the divine economy, God's overall plan for the salvation of humanity.
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Suggestive and intriguing.......2006-06-17
The fascination in reading this study is its constant and fleeting reference to issues of contemporary political concern: from the Byzantine icon to CNN, from Virgin Birth to women's powerlessness, from the spiritual church to empire, from icon to idol, Christ to anti-Christ. For scholars of Visual Studies, it opens rich perspectives into the object of our concerns, helping us think outside the box of contemporary theory. Read it with Sokurov's film trilogy on twentieth-century sovereigns - and think about twenty-first century sovereigns' return to the idea of religious legitimation.
Stupendous Analysis.......2005-12-27
This is a breathtaking, fascinating discussion on the visual regimes of the Byzantine era and the exigent significance philosophical discourses hold for our image-inflated culture . Mondzain's thick historiography is refreshingly translucent and layered, arousing and transporting even the non-academic reader to an era of vitriolic controversies over the "icon". Her excellent analysis of the term "economy" is an assured lexical-adventure. A must-read for not just art-historians and philosphers but scholars of film as well.
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Boring!.......2007-07-18
I bought this book as a gift; I wish I hadn't. It's just dull. Some of the jokes are even mildly offensive.
good book.......2007-03-15
i borrowed it from the church, and finally i decided to get one myself
ok, but not great.......2007-01-26
a cheap little paperback of older jokes. good for kids 10 and up and people that have them, but if you've read one bob phillips joke book you've pretty much read them all.
Best Good Clean Jokes that are not funny!.......2006-10-05
The other reviewer picked the one joke out of the whole book that was actually funny! The rest are just not that funny, many are not funny at all. I was very disappointed in this book.
A few made me smile (very, very few), but none of them made me want to laugh out loud. Most are very lame, and honestly not very funny.
(If you want to read a FUNNY joke book, then get "The Greatest Joke Book Ever" by Mel Greene. It really is one of best joke books around and almost all are clean jokes too. Much, much better than this book.)
Funniest Book Around.......1998-03-11
This book is the funniest book I've ever read. It has jokes from a to z. Bob really finds the funny part of everything. "Hitler always consults with his consultents before doing something. 'What day am I going to die' asks Hitler. His consultent responds ' On a Jewish holiday.' 'How do you know that?''Because any day you die will become a Jewish holiday!" Everybody should have this bok in hand.
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Best Book review.......2000-04-02
This book is one of the best books that I have ever read. The jokes are good and funny, and I told all of my friends about it and now they want to buy it. You should buy it if you are looking for a good book.
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Bob Phillips, a humorist with more than four million books in print, presents a big, rib-tickling collection that everyone can enjoy. It's good clean fun!
What's the definition of a wedding ring? A one-man band. Which sign does an obstetrician have in the office? Pay as you grow. What's the best description of a boss? The one who is early when you are late and late when you are early. Who's a bore? One who opens his mouth and puts his feats in. These are just a sampling of the thousands of jokes that will provide a laugh a minute for anyone who enjoys wholesome humor. Organized alphabetically by subject, the categories range from Above Average to Zoo, stopping along the way for Famous Last Words, Gotcha, Kids, Psychiatrists, School Days, and more. From one-liners (I've enjoyed talking to you: my mind needed a rest) to elephant jokes, they're perfect for brightening up a bulletin board, lightening up a speech, and bringing laughs to the family dinner table.
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Corny but Wholesome.......2003-10-18
The jokes may be a bit corny and hackneyed, but are great for children and are a refreshing change from the often mean-spirited, expletive-laden trash that passes for humor nowadays. If you want some good clean fun and something your kids can enjoy, you'll like this book.
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True to its title, this book lets Martin Scorsese speak for himself. In what is essentially a long and fascinating interview, David Thompson and Ian Christie encourage Scorsese to recall the whole of his life, from his childhood in Little Italy to the creation of his most recent films. More than any major director working in America today, Scorsese proves himself to be terrifically articulate and wonderfully open when speaking about his life and work.
Scorsese on Scorsese also contains a biography, a filmography and lots of terrific behind-the-scenes photographs.
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Martin Scorsese's challenging and often controversial films are a record of the most personal achievement in modern American cinema. Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Gooodfellas--these titles conjure up a world and a style of filmmaking that he has made his own, one of a savage beauty of great intensity and truth.
The interviews which make up this book chart the journey that Scorsese has taken across the years in search of new subjects to engage and absorb him, and in the process reveal a man who, like Michael Powell and Francios Truffaut, has an unbridled passion for film--a passion which is evident in every frame of his work.
This new, revised edition includes chapters on Goodfellas, Cape Fear, The Age of Innocence, and other projects up to Casino, thus bringing up to date the story of America's most exciting and articulate contemporary filmmaker.
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A Master of His Craft, in His Own Voice.......2007-03-04
Now that Hollywood has finally given Scorsese his due with what amounted to a career-Oscar, the time is ripe to read the revised edition of this superb book. The questions asked of the director are intelligent, not fawning, and his answer's are lengthy and fascinating. The generous space devoted to his childhood and early years help one better understand why Scorsese has been so attracted to a particular genre and how he executes it so well. This director is, of course, immensely knowledgeable about the history of film, and his comments on other directors' work are fascinating. A readable mine of information about one of the most important popular artists of our time.
A Book That Would Satisfy ANY Scorsese Fan.......2002-07-07
I bought this book out of respect and deep admiration for Martin Scorsese. What I got was keen insight into a creative genius. The numerous interviews reveal a side to Scorsese that not many people see outside the camera. It's a lot more personal than that. When he talks about his movies, he ultimately parallels them to what his life was like at that time. So it's a fine blend of his personal life mixed with his professional life. There's also the obvious vibe that this man always was and always will be a student of film; his passion is infinite. Perhaps that's what makes him as influential and well-respected as he is.
You're the best there is, Marty!!
Answers Scorsese Fans' FAQS.......2001-03-30
This reader felt almost privileged to read these interviews, lectures, and conversations with Martin Scorsese. He simply shares everything, and indeed he is, if nothing else, a true fan of movies!
The insightful words of Scorsese, arranged to parallel his filmography up through New York Stories, are annotated by the redoubtable editors Thompson and Christie. Scorsese is arguably the greatest postmodern artist, (and I would have to say the only postmodernist I unhesitatingly adore -with possible exception of Matt Groening), and the reader really gets to see how Scorsese constructs a film. His inspirations are as predictable as directors Pasolini and Powell, yet as diverse as Mahatma Ghandi and Little Richard. He loves all with equanimity and enthusiasm.
That's the joy of this book... the guy loves movies, loves making them, and all that energy just shines through.
Extremely valuable resource for the student of film, but good fun for the humble film buff, too. Bonus: interesting black and white photos you won't find elsewhere. Excellent (though naturally out-of-date) filmography appendix.
A fascinating peek inside the mind of a film master.......2000-12-29
I absolutely devoured this book, essentially reading in two sittings a day apart. A rare and privledged look into the mind of Scorsese in his own words, followers of his work will be thrilled with the insights and anecdotes. Anyone half-aware of the man's work can recognize the thought that goes into it, but these interviews reveal the incredible depth and passion for film and its history that underlies his craft.
An essential read for anyone that considers her- or himself a film buff.
An absolute must for the Scorsese-reverent.......1999-07-06
There are few filmmakers more brilliant than Martin Scorsese, and this book provides wonderful insight into the sources of his obsessions. Almost any book on Scorsese is worth reading, but this volume gives equal time to his less-appreciated, (but no less wonderful), films like The King of Comedy and After Hours. By far, the most informative book on Scorsese yet.
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No one expressed the heart and soul of the Sixties as powerfully as the Beatles did through the words, images, and rhythms of their music. In Magic Circles Devin McKinney uncovers the secret history of a generation and a pivotal moment in twentieth-century culture. He reveals how the Beatles enacted the dream life of their time and shows how they embodied a kaleidoscope of desire and anguish for all who listened--hippies or reactionaries, teenage fans or harried parents, Bob Dylan or Charles Manson. The reader who dares to re-enter the vortex that was the Sixties will appreciate, perhaps for the first time, much of what lay beneath the social trauma of the day.
Delving into concerts and interviews, films and music, outtakes and bootlegs, Devin McKinney brings to bear the insights of history, aesthetics, sociology, psychology, and mythology to account for the depth and resonance of the Beatles' impact. His book is also a uniquely multifaceted appreciation of the group's artistic achievement, exploring their music as both timeless expression and visceral response to their historical moment. Starting in the cellars of Liverpool and Hamburg, and continuing through the triumph of Beatlemania, the groundbreaking studio albums, and the last brutal, sorrowful thrust of the White Album, Magic Circles captures both the dream and the reality of four extraordinary musicians and their substance as artists. At once an entrancing narrative and an analytical montage, the book follows the drama, comedy, mystery, irony, and curious off-ramps of investigation and inquiry that contributed to one of the most amazing odysseys in pop culture.
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Breathtakingly Literate.......2007-09-22
This isn't yet another "history" about the Beatles, and is, instead, one of the finest books I've read in a very long time regardless of subject matter. Admittedly, at times the text is dense as Beatle lore is contrasted with events of the decade ... but well worth the extra effort to fully engage into what the author is trying to present (i.e. that without John, Paul, George and Ringo, the sixties would have been very different ... very different indeed). The last section, about how his own life intertwines with his subjects is rich in reflection, and will stay with you long after the book is closed.
A Bold Synthesis of Beatledom.......2007-06-09
This is the kind of book I've been wanting to write about the Beatles, but never had the time. Rather than a dull hagiography of all their stories and songs, this is an intelligent synthesis of what the Beatles meant and what they still mean today and will continue to mean down the generations. Not that I agree with everything the author has to say. He takes many interpretive risks, some of which pan out and others that remain...well, speculative. You might not agree with the author that the White Album is their best, or that "Happiness is a Warm Gun" is the key to understanding that album (or that it's about copulation--my own take is that it's a song about heroin addiction), but for him to state that so unequivocally shows an interpretive gusto.
Two things make this a great read. First is the historical contextualization. While amateurish in some respects (obviously the author isn't a professional historian), this book is a bold attempt to integrate the Beatles phenom with the zeitgeist of the age in which they arose, flourished, and died. Second, the author delves into the dreamworld that the Beatles created through their music, their films, their concert tours, and their public image.
Anybody who grew up listening to the Beatles from a young age will likely find resonances in this book with their own experiences. For those of us whose youth was infested with Beatledreams and Beatlenightmares (imagine seeing Yellow Submarine at the age of 4), this book is on the right track.
Not that the definitive interpretation of the Beatles has been written. Not by a long shot. Like all great art, people will be struggling to interpret their songs and their legacy for years to come. Many of the author's insights must be taken with a grain of salt and an ironic sense of humor (such as the notion that they arose from a toilet, metaphorically speaking), but in his bold and stylized analysis, McKinney points us in the right direction for future Beatlemusings.
Like Dreamers Do.......2006-07-20
I was born in 1973, discovered "Beatles" in 1982--there is a vast, yawning ache in me everyday that Devin feels too. It's what drove him to write this book. The Beatles and Stones (et al) in their time stood as avatars--their time was one of purpose, all framed within a purpose-giving context. Devin takes great pains to show that the Beatles were of their context--their context created them--the "push and pull" of their fans creating them as they created their fans-- as these reservoir pups cut their teeth on the very culture they were shaping.
And now back to the vast yawning ache. That dynamic has passed forever. Our country is now a circus show, a joke, and we are so sedate on technology we are o-blitherous to it. (Irony: Beatles were the most concentrated example of media influence on a mass culture of the past century) -- But at least what came to us through that technology used to MEAN something, now it's used to sell a new credit card plan. Just consider this example--we are so obviously being raped by our leaders today, so much MORESO than in the 60's, and what do you see happening about it? Are there rallies in the streets, mass movements, standard bearing screamers at the helm like the Beatles? HERE is the essence of why Devin had to write this book--the ache we feel is that we weren't there, -- I mean, we can't HELP but look back at that temerity and believe it was a far more enlightened time than NOW. There could NEVER be any phenomenon REMOTELY akin to the Beatles again, based on the complete lack of CONTEXT that would be needed to feed both need and deed.
So to us it really DOES feel like a dream-- like we woke up at the very end in fact, and JUST MISSED the real, shall we say, meat of the thing. And hoo boy, what foul dust floats in the wake of that dream.
climbinthebackwithyourheadinthecloudsareyou'regone.......2005-07-18
McKinney deftly -- and fearlessly -- punctures holes (enough of them to fill the Albert Hall) in the bloated blimp of Celebrity, then digs through the pockets of the Crabalocker fishwives and pornographic priestesses that litter the crash site. There were no survivors -- except Paul, of course. Goo goo g'joob!
Bubble and Read.......2005-02-07
I loved this book. My favorite Book on The Beatles. It is of high courage to intermingle the stories of the Paul-Is-dead Rumor and the Charles Manson tragedy in the way that Mr. McKinney did. At first it repulsed, and after asking myself why ? i realized that i rejected because it touches the nerve of truth. But the irony is that in mixing The Beatles and Manson in the way that he did, he succeded in separating them. In the U2 movie Rattle and Hum, Bono introduces their version of Helter Skelter by saying: "this is a song Chrales Manson stole from the Beatles, we are stilling it back". If U2 succeded in stilling it back, Mr. McKinney built a wall around it and protected it from future potential stealings. The rest of the book is great too. Congratulations.
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Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History.(Book Review) : An article from: Notes
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Title: Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History.(Book Review)
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If you're looking to learn about the game of chess—and win—The Everything® Chess Basics Book provides you with the perfect introduction. Endorsed by the United States Chess Federation and coauthored by Anne Ashton, Director of Marketing, Advertising, and Outreach for the U.S.C.F. and Peter Kurzdorfer, editor of Chess Life magazine, The Everything® Chess Basics Book is an authoritative guide that appeals to chess players of all ages—and skill.
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Excellent value for money.......2003-12-22
Having played a very average game of chess on and off for many years, I realised that I was not improving my chess and bought this book. I found it excellent value for money, and it really gave me new insight into the finer rules, tactics and strategies. Being of middle age and having eyes that are getting older, I first compared similar books such as the "Dummies" and "The Complete Idiot's" introductory books on chess, and then decided on this one because of the easy-to-read format. The chess diagrams are large and clear, and so are the letter size and general page layout. In addition the chess notations are all in bold print. The information is presented clearly and lucidly, and the book's writing style is also aimed at younger readers so that my young son will also be able to read it - and all this at a very reasonable price. I can strongly recommend this introductory book, not only for beginners but also for the player who wishes to refresh and upgrade his/her chess knowledge and improve his/her game.
Great For Beginners!.......2003-09-01
I was not a very good chess player (rated 950 USCF)
but when I found this book and read through it, my rating went up by a couple hundred! my rating after reading that book was 1350 USCF a nice book for the absolute beginner! My rating now is 1750 USCF.
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The Complete Actors' Television Credits, 1948-1988
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Chronicles the individual performances of 1,587 performers from 1948 to 1988 (including cartoon, pilot, variety, telefilm, and documentary credits). While only a few reference sources deserve to be called essential, this important work justifies superlatives. --ARBA
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