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literature list on: Die Hard (1988)
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#1
cart: Die Hard. In: Variety 331. 1988. No. 12. [July 13] p. 12.
Index:
McTiernan, John
Die Hard (1988)
#2
Combs, James: Pox-eclipse now: The dystopian imagination in contemporary popular movies. In: Crisis cinema: The apocalyptic idea in postmodern narrative film. Edited by Christopher Sharrett. - Washington, D.C.: Maisonneuve Press 1993. (= PostModernPositions 6.) pp. 17-35.
Description:
Discusses also a lot of fantastic films, among them the Die Hard series by John McTiernan and Renny Harlin as well as Sigorney Weaver’s role in the Alien films by Ridley Scott and James Cameron.
Index:
McTiernan, John Harlin, Renny
Weaver, Sigourney
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard II (1990)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Die Hard (Filmreihe)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Utopie ~ Utopia
Postmoderne ~ Postmodern
Politik ~ Politics
Religion: Apokalypse ~ Religion: Apocalypse
#3
Deemer, Charles: The rhetoric of action: Five classic action scenes. In: Creative Screenwriting 2. 1995. No. 4. [Winter] pp. 95-105.
Description:
Discusses Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Jurassic Park as well as John McTiernan’s Die Hard and James Cameron’s True Lies.
Index:
Spielberg, Steven
McTiernan, John
Cameron, James
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Die Hard (1988)
True Lies (1994)
Action ~ Action
#4
Eisenberg, Adam: Exaggerated reality. In: Cinefex 1988. No. 36. [November] pp. 18-31.
Description:
On the special effects for John McTiernan’s Die Hard.
Index:
McTiernan, John
Die Hard (1988)
Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects
#5
Ellis, Robert: Bringing out the meaning: Deacy, Nolan, Scorsese, and what films "mean". In: Journal of Religion and Film 13. 2009. No. 2. [October] p. 6.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Martin Scorsese’s Bringing Out the Dead and Taxi Driver, John McTiernan’s Die Hard, George Stevens’s The Greatest Story Ever Told, Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark and Peter Howitt’s Sliding Doors.
Index:
Scorsese, Martin
McTiernan, John
Stevens, George
Spielberg, Steven
Howitt, Peter
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Taxi Driver (1975)
Die Hard (1988)
Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1963)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982)
Sliding Doors (1997)
Religion ~ Religion
#6
Holt, Travis: Film and telephony: The evolution of cinematic communication. - Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama, M.A. 2011. [Abstract in: Masters Abstracts International 50. 2012. No. 4. (August)]
Description:
Discusses, among others, Fred Walton’s When a Stranger Calls, Wes Craven’s Scream,
Simon West’s When a Stranger Calls, Eric Valette’s One Missed Call, Howard Hawks’s The Big Sleep, John McTiernan’s Die Hard and Die Hard With a Vengeance, Renny Harlin’s Die Hard II and Jan De Bont’s Speed.
Index:
Walton, Fred
Craven, Wes
West, Simon
Valette, Eric
Hawks, Howard
McTiernan, John
Harlin, Renny
De Bont, Jan
When A Stranger Calls (1979)
Scream (1996)
When a Stranger Calls (2006)
One Missed Call (2008)
Big Sleep, The (1946)
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard II (1990)
Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995)
Speed (1994)
#7
Jeffords, Susan: Hard bodies: Hollywood masculinity in the Reagan era. - New Brunswick, New Jersey; London: Rutgers University Press 1994.
Reviews:
Dowell, Pat: [untitled] In: Cineaste 22. 1996. No. 3. [?D] pp. 49-51.
Tomasulo, Frank P.: [untitled] In: Film Quarterly 49. 1995. No. 1. [Fall] pp. 47-49.
Description:
Discusses many horror and science fiction films; among them Ridley Scott’s Alien, the three Back to the Future films by Robert Zemeckis, Tim Burton’s Batman, John McTiernan’s Die Hard, Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ivan Reitman’s Kindergarten Cop, Richard Donner’s Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon II, Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop, George Lucas’s Star Wars and the two Terminator films by James Cameron. Discusses also the key role of Arnold Schwarzenegger for the action film of the Reagan epoch.
Index:
Reagan, Ronald
Scott, Ridley
Zemeckis, Robert
Burton, Tim
McTiernan, John
Spielberg, Steven
Reitman, Ivan
Donner, Richard
Verhoeven, Paul
Lucas, George
Cameron, James
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Alien (1979)
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future II (1989)
Back to the Future III (1990)
Batman (1989)
Die Hard (1988)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Lethal Weapon (1986)
Lethal Weapon II (1988)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982)
Robocop (1987)
Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope / Star Wars (1977/1997)
Terminator, The (1984)
Terminator II - Judgement Day (1991)
Terminator (Filmreihe)
Back to the Future (Filmreihe)
Körper ~ Bodies
Action ~ Action
Männer ~ Men
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Horror ~ Horror
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#8
Katsahnias, Iannis: Les nouvelles jeunesses situationistes. In: Cahiers du Cinéma 1990. No. 435. [?D] pp. 34-43.
Description:
Discusses, among others, John McTiernan’s Die Hard 2 and Robert Zemeckis’s Back to the Future.
Index:
McTiernan, John
Zemeckis, Robert
Die Hard (1988)
Back to the Future (1985)
#9
Krohn, Bill: Entretien avec Joel Silver. In: Cahiers du Cinéma 1992. No. 462. [?D] pp. 70-74.
Description:
Interview with the producer of John McTiernan’s Die Hard and Michael Lehmann’s Hudson Hawk.
Index:
Silver, Joel
Lehmann, Michael
McTiernan, John
Die Hard (1988)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
#10
Kulle, Daniel: Choreografien des Schmerzes: Actionfilm und die Grenzen der somatischen Empathie. In: Montage/AV 21. 2012. No. 2. p. ?P.
Description:
Discusses, among others, John McTiernans’s Die Hard.
Index:
McTiernan, John
Die Hard (1988)
Action ~ Action
#11
Matthews, Tom: Die Hard lasts forever - How Jeb Stuart and Steven de Souza turn a lone cop on Christmas Eve into a new kind of action hero. In: Creative Screenwriting 13. 2006. No. 6. [?D] pp. 71-75.
Index:
McTiernan, John
Stuart, Jeb
de Souza, Steven E.
Die Hard (1988)
Religion ~ Religion
Helden ~ Heros
Action ~ Action
#12
Nicht kleinzukriegen? Die Rückkehr des sozialen im Film. Hrsg. von Ernst Karpf, Doron Kiesel und Karsten Visarius. - Marburg: Schüren Verlag 2000. (= Arnoldshainer Filmgespräche 16.)
Reviews:
Kiontke, Jürgen: [untitled] In: Medienwissenschaft 2000. No. 4. pp. 471-473.
Description:
Includes a comparison between John McTiernan’s Die Hard and Wolfgang Becker’s Das Leben ist eine Baustelle.
Index:
McTiernan, John
Becker, Wolfgang
Die Hard (1988)
Leben ist eine Baustelle, Das (1996)
#13
Parshall, Peter F.: Die Hard and the American mythos. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 18. 1991. No. 4. [Winter] pp. 134-144.
Description:
On the hero and on the figure of the religious redeemer in film by the John McTiernan.
Index:
McTiernan, John
Die Hard (1988)
Religion ~ Religion
Helden ~ Heros
Mythologie ~ Mythology
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
#14
Saada, Nicolas: La couleur de l’argent. In: Cahiers du Cinéma 1990. No. 434. [?D] pp. 41-45.
Description:
Discusses, among others, John Carpenter’s They Live and John McTiernan’s Die Hard.
Index:
Carpenter, John
McTiernan, John
They Live (1988)
Die Hard (1988)
#15
Schäfer, Karl-Heinz: Spaßvogel mit Muckis. In: Cinema [Hamburg] 1990. No. 11(150). [?D] pp. 46-47.
Description:
On Bruce Willis and his roles in the two Die Hard films by John McTiernan and Renny Harlin.
Index:
McTiernan, John
Harlin, Renny
Willis, Bruce
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard II (1990)
Die Hard (Filmreihe)
#16
Scherer, Brigitte: "Spiel’s noch einmal, Sam!" Zitate, Motive und Remakes. In: Ganz-Blättler, Ursula / Großkopf, Monika / Scherer, Brigitte / Wahl, Ute: Morde im Paradies: Amerikanische Detektiv- und Abenteuerserien der 80er Jahre. - München: Ölschläger 1994. (= kommunikation audiovisuell 19.) pp. 154-183.
Description:
On TV series based on successful film concepts. Compares, among others, the Booker series with John McTiernan’s Die Hard and Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer with Robert Siodmak’s The Dark Mirror. Discusses also various series using motifs from Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon.
Index:
McTiernan, John
Siodmak, Robert
Kurosawa, Akira
Booker (TV)
Die Hard (1988)
Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer / New Mike Hammer, The (TīV)
Dark Mirror, The (1946)
Rashomon (1950)
Abenteuer ~ Adventure
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Mord ~ Murder
Detektive ~ Detectives
Fernsehen ~ Television
#17
Stirb langsam. - Wien: ?V ?J. (= Neues Filmprogramm 8895.)
Index:
McTiernan, John
Die Hard (1988)
#18
Stirb langsam (Die Hard). - Nürnberg: Verlag Karin Stähle ?J. (= Super 8 Filmblätter.)
Index:
McTiernan, John
Die Hard (1988)
#19
Tasker, Yvonne: Dumb movies for dumb people: Masculinity, the body, and the voice in contemporary action cinema. In: Screening the male: Exploring masculinities in Hollywood cinema. Edited by Steven Cohan and Ina Rae Hark. - New York; London: Routledge 1993. pp. 230-244.
Description:
Discusses, among others, the two Die Hard films by John McTiernan and Renny Harlin.
Index:
McTiernan, John
Harlin, Renny
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard II (1990)
Die Hard (Filmreihe)
B-Filme ~ B Films
Action ~ Action
Körper ~ Bodies
Männer ~ Men
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#20
Terror im Hochhausturm - eine Action-Wundertüte mit FX-Appeal. In: Geheim. Hrsg. von Dirk Manthey und Jörg Altendorf. Autoren: Christian Hellmann, Artur Jung, Andreas Kern und Richard Pleuger. - Hamburg: Kino Verlag 1990. (= Cinema Filmbuch.) pp. 167-172.
Description:
On action and stunt scenes in John McTiernan’s Die Hard.
Index:
McTiernan, John
Die Hard (1988)
Action ~ Action
Haus ~ House
#21
Turner, George: Sophisticated visuals on grand scale for Die Hard. In: American Cinematographer 69. 1988. No. 12. [December] pp. 60-70.
Index:
McTiernan, John
Die Hard (1988)
#22
Williams, Stanley David: Narrative argument validity and film popularity. - Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University, Ph.D. 1998. [Abstract in: Dissertation Abstracts International A 60. 1999. No. 1. (July) p. 8A.]
Description:
On the possibility of planing suxccessfull film sequels. Discusses, among others, James Cameron’s The Terminator and Terminator II - Judgement Day, Richard Donner’s Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon II as well as John McTiernan’s Die Hard and Renny Harlin’s Die Hard II.
Index:
Cameron, James
Donner, Richard
McTiernan, John
Harlin, Renny
Terminator, The (1984)
Terminator II - Judgement Day (1991)
Lethal Weapon (1986)
Lethal Weapon II (1988)
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard II (1990)
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