[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: Check These Out

[Donald Boozer]

This week's posting from the Literature Department at Cleveland Publi=
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Library... located on the second floor of the Main Library, downtown=
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Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue. Click on the lin=
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provided to access the library=92s catalog to reserve any of these=
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titles. For more information, visit our location, call 216-623-2881, =
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email us at =93literature <at> cpl.org.=94


1000 Films to Change Your Life.
Time Out, 2006.
(PN1995 .T46 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D1904978738
"This book is not a guide to viewing, nor a list of 'best ever' films=
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1000 Films to Change Your Life is, instead, a celebration of cinema's=
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emotional power, written by people in the thick of the movie=20
business." =96 from the back cover


The Decline of the Hollywood Empire.
Herv=E9 Fischer.
Talonbooks, 2006.
(PN1993.5.U65 F4713 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0889225451
(Link includes cover art)
"In The Decline of the Hollywood Empire, artist and philosopher Herve=
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Fischer heralds an inevitable move from 35 mm to digital distribution=
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which will take what has until now existed only on the margins of=
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the "entertainment industry" - independent film, amateur film,=20
documentary and other genres - from bit players to starring roles: ho=
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the Trojan horse of digital technology and distribution, in the hands=
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of independent producers, could well toll the bell for Hollywood's=
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hegemony in the business of film."=97from the book jacket.=20


Literature Into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches.
Linda Costanzo Cahir.
McFarland, 2006.
(PN1997.85 .C25 2006)
=93For most people, film adaptation of literature can be summed up in=
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sentence: =91The movie wasn=92t as good as the book.=92 This volume s=
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that this evaluation is not always true and may even be intrinsically=
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unfair. Movies based on literary works, while often billed as=20
adaptations, are more correctly termed translations, and evaluating=
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them fairly takes an awareness of many factors.=94 =96 from the book =
jacket.

Remember, books highlighted here can be borrowed through any CLEVNET=
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library with the touch of a button. Whether you're from Shaker Height=
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Cleveland, Hudson, or Twinsburg, just place a hold through the link=
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provided and choose your library as the pickup location.

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Donald Boozer
Subject Department Librarian
Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org