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#1
Abbott, Stacey: It’s Alive!: The splattering of SF films. In: Science fiction double feature: The science fiction film as cult text. Edited by J. P. Telotte and Gerald Duchovnay. - Liverpool: Liverpool University Press 2015. (= Liverpool science fiction texts and studies 52.) p. ?P.
Index:
Cohen, Larry
It’s Alive (1974)
Splatter-Filme ~ Splatter Films
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#2
Basinger, Jeanne: The It’s a Wonderful Life book. - New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1986.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#3
Benamou, Catherine: Grande Otelo, le roi du carnaval. Traduit de l’américain par Serge Grünberg. In: Cahiers du Cinéma 1994. No. 475. [January] pp. 46-47.
Description:
On Orson Welles’s unfinished film project It’s All True.
Index:
Welles, Orson
It’s All True (1942)
#4
Benamou, Catherine: It’s All True as document/event: Notes towards an historiographical and textual analysis. In: Persistence of Vision 1989. No. 7. pp. 121-152.
Index:
Welles, Orson
It’s All True (1942)
#5
Benamou, Catherine L.: It’s All True: Orson Welles’s Pan-American odyssey. - Berkeley, California; London: University of California Press 2007.
Reviews:
Gottlieb, Sidney: [untitled.] In: Cineaste 33. 2008. No. 2. [?D] pp. 72-75.
Hemphill, Jim: [untitled.] In: American Cinematographer. Online edition, October 2008.
Petrie, Graham: [untitled.] In: Michigan Quarterly Review 48. 2009. No. 1. [?D] pp. 141-146.
Index:
Welles, Orson
It’s All True (1942)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
#6
Benamou, Catherine Laure: Orson Welles’s transcultural cinema: A historical/textual reconstruction of the suspended film, It’s All True, 1941-1993. - New York: New York University, Ph.D. 1997. [Abstract in: Dissertation Abstracts International A 58. 1998. No. 9. (March) p. 3342A.]
Index:
Welles, Orson
It’s All True (1942)
#7
Berthomé, Jean-Pierre: It’s All True: Les lambeaux de Fortaleza. In: Positif 1994. No. 396. [?D] pp. 54-57.
Description:
On the film by Bill Krohn, Myron Meisel and Richard Wilson based on an unfinished film project by Orson Welles.
Index:
Welles, Orson
Krohn, Bill
Meisel, Myron
Wilson, Richard
It’s All True (1942)
It’s All True: Based on an Unfinished Film By Orson Welles (1993)
#8
Beuka, Robert: Imagining the postwar small town: Gender and the politics of landscape in It’s a Wonderful Life. In: Journal of Film and Video 51. 1999/2000. No. 3/4. [?D] pp. 36-47.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Natur
Stadt ~ City
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Politik ~ Politics
Krieg ~ War
#9
Bradshaw, Nick: It’s Such a Beautiful Day. In: Sight and Sound NS 23. 2013. No. 6. [June] p. 101.
Index:
Hertzfeldt, Don
It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
#10
Bruce, B.: It’s Alive. In: Movie 1986. No. 31/32. [Winter] pp. 115-117.
Index:
Cohen, Larry
It’s Alive (1974)
#11
Caston, E. K.: Hollywood film narratives relating to angelic intervention 1933-1955: Tradition and community. - Cambridge: University of Cambridge, Ph.D. 2005. [Abstract in Index to Theses with Abstracts 55. 2006. No. 1. p. 15(55-120).]
Description:
Discusses especially Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Religion: Engel ~ Religion: Angels
Religion ~ Religion
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#12
Cohen, Mark: Why return to Bedford Falls? A contribution to understanding the enduring appeal of the film It’s a Wonderful Life. In: Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society 14. 2009. No. 4. [?D] pp. 393-405.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#13
Costello, Matthew: The pilgrimage and progress of George Bailey: Puritanism, It’s a Wonderful Life, and the language of community in America. In: American Studies 40. 1999. No. 3. [Fall] pp. 31-52.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
#14
Cox, Stephen D.: It’s a Wonderful life: A memory book. - Nashville: Cumberland House 2003.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#15
Davis, Blair: Singing sci-fi cowboys: Gene autry and genre amalgamation in The Phantom Empire (1935). In: Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 33. 2013. No. 4. [December] pp. 552-575.
Description:
Compares the film to other genre films like David Butler’s Just Imagine and Alfred L. Werker’s It’s Great to Be Alive.
Index:
Brower, Otto
Eason, Breezy Reeves
Butler, David
Werker, Alfred L.
Phantom Empire, The (1935)
Just Imagine (1930)
It’s Great to Be Alive (1933)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#16
Delfini, Daniela / Fuster, Enrique / Galván, José Maria: Verso Dio nel cinema: Viaggio in dieci tappe. - Cinisello Balsamo, Milano: San Paolo 2013. (= Comunicazione: Studi.)
Description:
Includes chapters on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 - A Space Odyssey, Ingmar Bergman’s Tystnaden and Såsom i en spegel, Woody Allen’s The Purple Rose of Cairo, Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times, John Hillcoat’s The Road, Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca, Andrei Tarkovsky’s Soljaris and Stalker, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia, René Clair’s La beauté du diable, John Huston’s The Dead, François Truffaut’s La chambre verte, Theo Angelopoulos’s Mia eoniotita ke mia mera, Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams, Andersen Thomas Jensen’s Adams Æbler, Alain Cavalier’s Thérèse, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and Gladiator, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, David Wark Griffith’s Intolerance, Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, John Lasseter’s Toy Story, Ratatouille by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava, Frédéric Back’s L’homme qui plantait des arbres, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Marc Forster’s Finding Neverland, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Biutiful and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life.
Index:
Kubrick, Stanley
Bergman, Ingmar
Allen, Woody
Gilliam, Terry
Chaplin, Charles Spencer
Hillcoat, John
Niccol, Andrew
Tarkovsky, Andrei Arsenyevich
Anderson, Paul Thomas
Chomette, René [Pseudonym: Clair, René]
Huston, John
Truffaut, François
Angelopoulos, Theodoros
Kurosawa, Akira
Jensen, Andersen Thomas
Cavalier, Alain
Dreyer, Carl Theodor
Scott, Ridley
Lang, Fritz
Griffith, David Wark
Tarantino, Quentin
Lasseter, John
Bird, Brad
Pinkava, Jan
Back, Frédéric
Capra, Frank
Forster, Marc
Iñárritu, Alejandro González
Malick, Terrence
2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)
Tystnaden (1963)
Såsom i en spegel (1960)
Purple Rose of Cairo, The (1985)
Brazil (1985)
Modern Times (1936)
Road, The (2009)
Gattaca (1997)
Soljaris (1972)
Stalker (1978/1979)
Magnolia (1999)
beauté du diable, La (1950)
Dead, The (1987)
chambre verte, La (1977-1978)
Mia eoniotita ke mia mera (1998)
Yume / Konno yume wo mita / Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams / Dreams (1990)
Adams Æbler (2005)
Thérèse (1986)
Ordet (1954)
Blade Runner (1982)
Gladiator (2000)
Metropolis (1925/1926)
Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Througout the Ages (1916)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Toy Story (1995)
Ratatouille (2007)
homme qui plantait des arbres, L’ (1987)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Biutiful (2010)
Tree of Life, The (2011)
Religion ~ Religion
#17
Ebert, Roger: It’s a Wonderful Life. In: Ebert, Roger: The great movies. - New York: Broadway Books 2002. pp. 229 ff.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#18
Elder, Robert K.: Purab aur pachhim and It’s a Wonderful Life / Gurinder Chadha. In: Elder, Robert K.: The film that changed my life: 30 directors on their epiphanies in the dark. - Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press 2011. p. ?P.
Index:
Kumar, Manoj
Capra, Frank
Chadha, Gurinder
Purab aur pachhim (1970)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#19
Fallows, Randall: George Bailey in the vital center: Postwar liberal politics and It’s a Wonderful Life. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 25. 1997. No. 2. [?D] pp. 50-56.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Politik ~ Politics
Krieg ~ War
#20
Fernandez-Vander Kaay, Kathleen / Vander Kaay, Chris: Confronting global disasters. In: Fernandez-Vander Kaay, Kathleen / Vander Kaay, Chris: Indie science fiction cinema today: Conversations with 21st century filmmakers. - Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company 2018. p. ?P.
Description:
Discusses Todd Berger’s It’s a Disaster and Magnetic by Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein.
Index:
Berger, Todd
Cacciola, Sophia
Epstein, Michael J.
It’s a Disaster (2012)
Magnetic (2015)
Katastrophen ~ Disasters
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#21
Fischer, L.:Rabbit’s Moon: The pierrot figure in theater, painting and film. In: Millennium Film Journal 1981/1982. No. 10/11. [Fall/Winter] pp. 123-139.
Index:
Anger, Kenneth
Rabbit’s Moon (1950)
Theater ~ Theatre
Kunst ~ Arts, The
#22
Gansera, Rainer: Magische Momente: Ist das Leben nicht schön?. In: Film-Dienst 68. 2015. No. 26. [December 24] p. 34.
Description:
On Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Magie ~ Magic
#23
Garbowski, Christopher: It’s a Wonderful Life as faërian drama. In: Mythlore 23. 2002. No. 4(?N). [?D] pp. 38-48.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#24
Garcia, Maria: Re-inventing Orson Welles. In: Films in Review 45. 1994. No. 5/6. [?D] pp. 12-21.
Description:
Especially on the unfinished 1942 film It’s All True.
Index:
Welles, Orson
It’s All True (1942)
#25
George, remember no man is a failure who has friend’s: It’s a Wonderful Life. In: The movie book. Contributors: Louis Baxter, John Farndon, Kieran Grant, Damon Wise. Consultant editor: Danny Leigh. - New York: DK Publishing 2016. (= Big ideas simply explained.) p. ?P.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#26
Glaspey, Terry W.: It’s a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra (film, 1946). In: Glaspey, Terry W.: 75 masterpieces every Christian should know: The fascinating stories behind great works of art, literature, music, and film. - Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books 2015. pp. 253 ff.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Religion ~ Religion
#27
Glombitza, Birgit: It’s All About Love: Gläserne Bilder vom Fliegen und Fllen. In: EPD Film 20. 2003. No. 3. [March] pp. 45-46.
Index:
Vinterberg, Thomas
It’s All About Love (2002)
#28
Gordon, Andrew: It’s not such a Wonderful Life: The neurotic George Bailey. In: American Journal of Psychoanalysis 54. 1994. No. 3. [?D] pp. 219-233.
Description:
On the character from the Frank Capra classic.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Psychologie ~ Psychology
#29
Gordon, Andrew: You’ll never get out of Bedford Falls: The inescapable family in Amerivan science fiction and fantasy films. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 20. 1992. No. 2. [Summer] pp. 2-8.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Victor Fleming’s The Wizard of Oz, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life as well as the Star Wars and Back To the Future series.
Index:
Fleming, Victor
Capra, Frank
Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Back to the Future (Filmreihe)
Star Wars (Filmreihe)
Fantasy ~ Fantasy
Familie ~ Family
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#30
Graham, Aaron W.: It’s Alive! / It Lives Again / Island of the Alive. In: The Film Journal [Ohio] 2004. No. 10. [October] p. ?P.
Description:
On a DVD edition.
Index:
Cohen, Larry
It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive / Island of he Alive (1987)
DVD ~ DVD
#31
Grob, Norbert: Mittler, Künder, Mahner: Pure Fantasiewesen: Engel im Kino. In: Film-Dienst 56. 2003. No. 26. [December 16] pp. 6-9.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Victor Fleming’s A Guy Named Joe, Steven Spielberg’s Always, Jean Cocteau’s Orphée, Luis Buñuel’s El angel exterminador, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Teorema as well as Wim Wenders’s Der Himmel über Berlin and In weiter Ferne, so nah!.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Fleming, Victor
Spielberg, Steven
Cocteau, Jean
Buñuel, Luis
Pasolini, Pier Paolo
Wenders, Wim
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Guy Named Joe, A (1943)
Always (1989)
Orphée (1950)
angel exterminador, El (1962)
Teorema (1968)
Himmel über Berlin, Der (1987)
In weiter Ferne, so nah! (1993)
Religion: Engel ~ Religion: Angels
Religion ~ Religion
Phantasie ~ Fantasy
#32
Groh, Thomas: Dream a Little Dream Of Me: It’s all about Love. In: Splatting Image 2003. No. 53. [March] pp. 69-70.
Index:
Vinterberg, Thomas
It’s All About Love (2002)
Traum ~ Dreams
#33
Groh, Thomas: It’s All About Love. In: F.LM - Texte zum Film. Online edition, February 2003.
Index:
Vinterberg, Thomas
It’s All About Love (2002)
#34
Group’s dinner and a movie: Friendship, faith, and fun for small groups. - Loveland, Colorado: Group Publishing 2005.
Description:
On films in Church group work. Includes, among others, chapters on Robert Zemeckis’s Cast Away, Tim Burton’s Big Fish, Andrew Davis’s Holes, Peter Weir’s Mosquito Coast and Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Zemeckis, Robert
Burton, Tim
Davis, Andrew
Weir, Peter
Capra, Frank
Cast Away (2000)
Big Fish (2003)
Holes (2003)
Mosquito Coast (1986)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Religion ~ Religion
#35
Hawkins, Jimmy: It’s a Wonderful Life: The fiftieth anniversary scrapbook. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; London: Courage Books 1996.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#36
Hendricks, Gay / Simon, Stephen: The heart and soul of spiritual cinema: Deep exploration of the movies that define the genre. In: Hendricks, Gay / Simon, Stephen: Spiritual cinema: A guide to movies that inspire, heal, and empower your life. - Carlsbad, California: Hay House 2005. p. ?P.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 - A Space Odyssey, the Star Wars films, Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial, Jeannot Szwarc’s Somewhere in Time, Vincent Ward’s What Dreams May Come, Jerry Zucker’s Ghost, Harold Ramis’s Groundhog Day, the Matrix trilogy, M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense, Niki Caro’s Whale Rider and Michael Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Kubrick, Stanley
Lucas, George
Spielberg, Steven
Szwarc, Jeannot
Ward, Vincent
Zucker, Jerry
Ramis, Harold
Wachowski, Andy
Wachowski, Larry
Shyamalan, M. Night
Caro, Niki
Gondry, Michael
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)
Star Wars (Filmreihe)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Somewhere in Time (1980)
What Dreams May Come (1998)
Ghost (1990)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Matrix, The (Filmreihe)
Sixth Sense, The (1999)
Whale Rider (2002)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Religion ~ Religion
#37
Hill, Geoffrey: Illuminating shadows: The mythic power of film. - Boston, Massachusetts; London: Shambhala Publications 1992.
Reviews:
Gibson, Lee: [untitled] In: Post Script 14. 1994/1995. No. 1/2. [?D] pp. 125-126.
Greenberg, Harvey Roy.: [untitled] In: Film Quarterly 46. 1993. No. 4. [Summer] pp. 41-42.
Sanderson, M.: Enlightenment through film. In: Onfilm 10. 1993. No. 2. [?D] p. 10.
Description:
Discusses also a lot of fantastic movies, among them Jules Dassin’s Phaedra, Phil Alden Robinson’s Field of Dreams, Alex Cox’s Repo Man, Frank Oz’s The Little Shop of Horrors and Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Dassin, Jules
Robinson, Phil Alden
Cox, Alex
Oz, Frank
Capra, Frank
Phaedra (1961)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Repo Man (1984)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Mythologie ~ Mythology
#38
Höltgen, Stefan: Es lebt schon wieder. In: F.LM - Texte zum Film. Online edition, October 2009.
Description:
On Josef Rusnak’s It’s Alive.
Index:
Rusnak, Josef
It’s Alive (2008)
#39
Ist das Leben nicht schön? - Nürnberg: Verlag Karin Stähle ?J. (= Super 8 Filmblätter.)
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#40
Ist das Leben nicht schön? - Vogt: Peter Kranzpiller ?J. (= Filmprogramm der Kinoszene 10.)
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#41
Ist das Leben nicht schön? Text von Uwe Wiedleroither. - Stuttgart: Verlag Uwe Wiedleroither ?J. (= Filmprogramm 8.)
Description:
On Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#42
Ist das Leben nicht schön? Text von Uwe Wiedleroither. 2. Auflage. - Stuttgart: Verlag Uwe Wiedleroither 1996. (= Filmprogramm 8.)
Description:
On Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#43
Jewell, R. B.: Orson Welles, George Schaefer, and It’s all true: A "cursed" production. In: Film History 2. 1988. No. 4. pp. 325-335.
Index:
Welles, Orson
Schaefer, George
It’s All True (1942)
#44
Johnston, Trevor: It’s a Wonderful Afterlife. In: Sight and Sound NS 20. 2010. No. 6. [June] p. 77.
Index:
Chadha, Gurinder
It’s a Wonderful Afterlife (2009)
#45
Karasek, Hellmuth: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) (Ist das Leben nicht schön?). In: Karasek, Hellmuth: Mein Kino: Die hundert schönsten Filme. - Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe 1994. pp. 201-204.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#46
Karetnikova, Inga: Seven masterpieces of 1940s cinema. - Oxford; Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann 2006.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life and Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Hitchcock, Alfred
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Notorious (1946)
#47
Klingenmaier, Thomas: Ist das Leben nicht schön? In: Filmgenres: Fantasy- und Märchenfilm. Hrsg. von Andreas Friedrich. - Stuttgart: Reclam Verlag 2003. (= Universal-Bibliothek 18403.) pp. 43 ff.
Description:
On Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Märchen ~ Fairy Tales
Fantasy ~ Fantasy
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#48
Kohler, Marie Lynore: Film and architecture: Discovering the self-reflection of Frank Capra and Frank Lloyd Wright through contextual analysis. - Paradise, Nevada: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, M.A. 2000. [Abstract in: Masters Abstracts International 38. 2000. No. 6. p. 1399.]
Description:
Discusses, among others, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Wright, Frank Lloyd
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Architektur ~ Architecture
#49
Kriest, Ulrich: It’s All About Love. In: Film-Dienst 56. 2003. No. 6. [March 11] pp. 28-29.
Index:
Vinterberg, Thomas
It’s All About Love (2002)
#50
Krohn, Bill: Histoire d’un film fantôme. Traduit de l’américain par Serge Grünberg. In: Cahiers du Cinéma 1994. No. 475. [January] pp. 40-41.
Description:
On Orson Welles’s unfinished film project It’s All True.
Index:
Welles, Orson
It’s All True (1942)
#51
Lamm, Robert: "Can we laugh at God?" Apocalyptic comedy in film. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 19. 1991. No. 2. [Summer] pp. 81-90.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, George Roy Hill’s Slaughterhouse Five and Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove.
Index:
Jones, Terry
Capra, Frank
Hill, George Roy
Kubrick, Stanley
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Slaughterhouse Five (1971)
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1963)
Tod ~ Death
Religion ~ Religion
Monty Python ~ Monty Python
Humor ~ Humor
Religion: Apokalypse ~ Religion: Apocalypse
#52
Lauder, Robert E.: It’s a Wonderful Life: Divine benevolence and love of neighbor. In: Image and likeness: Religious visions in American film classics. Edited by John R. May. - New York; Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press 1992. (= Isaac Hecker Studies in Religion and American Culture.) pp. 135-144.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Religion ~ Religion
#53
lor: It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive. In: Variety 327. 1987. No. 4. [May 20] p. 108.
Index:
Cohen, Larry
It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive / Island of he Alive (1987)
#54
Luke, Timothy W.: Xmas ideology: Unwrapping the American welfare state under the Christmas tree. In: Sexual politics and popular culture. Edited by Diane Raymond. - Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press 1990. pp. 219-230.
Description:
On Hollywood christmas films. Discusses, among others, Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life and George Seaton’s Miracle on 34th Street.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Seaton, George
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Religion ~ Religion
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Weihnachten ~ Christmas
Politik ~ Politics
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#55
Lyons, Donald: Dead reckoning. In: Film Comment 29. 1993. No. 6. [November/December] p. 75.
Description:
On the reconstruction of Welles’s fragmentary film It’s All True.
Index:
Welles, Orson
It’s All True (1942)
#56
Magid, Ron: Island of the Alive. In: Cinefantastique 17. 1987. No. 3/4. [June] p. 20.
Description:
On Larry Cohen’s It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive.
Index:
Cohen, Larry
It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive / Island of he Alive (1987)
#57
Mamet, David: Crisis in happyland. In: Sight and Sound NS 12. 2002. No. 1. [January] pp. 22-23.
Description:
On the political background of Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Politik ~ Politics
#58
Mörchen, Roland: Eine Zeit der Wunder: Sublimierte Wirklichkeit: Frank Capras Ist das Leben nicht schön?. In: Film-Dienst 53. 2000. No. 26. [December 19] pp. 18-19.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Wunder ~ Miracles
#59
Muir, John Kenneth: It’s Alive 3: Island of the Alive. In: Muir, John Kenneth: Horror films of the 1980s. - Jefferson, North Carolina; London: McFarland & Co 2007. p. ?P.
Index:
Cohen, Larry
It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive / Island of he Alive (1987)
Horror ~ Horror
#60
Nicolaï, M.: Les anges du ciné. In: Télérama 1994. No. 2345. [?D] p. 91.
Description:
On angels in film, especially on Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life and Wim Wenders’s Der Himmel über Berlin.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Wenders, Wim
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Himmel über Berlin, Der (1987)
Religion: Engel ~ Religion: Angels
#61
Noakes, John A.: Bankers and common men in Bedford Falls: How the FBI determined that It’s a Wonderful Life was a subversive movie. In: Film History 10. 1998. No. 3. pp. 311-319.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) ~ FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
#62
Plesset, Ross: It’s Tough to be a Bug. In: Cinefantastique 33. 2001. No. 3. [June] pp. 58-59.
Description:
On the animated film.
Index:
Bailey, Chris
It’s Tough to be a Bug (1999)
Animation ~ Animation
#63
Riccomini, Donald R.: Christian signature and archetype in Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life. In: Journal of Religion and Film 13. 2009. No. 1. [April] p. 9.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Religion ~ Religion
#64
Rodrig, A.: La vie est belle. In: Cinématographe 1983. No. 95. [December] p. 58.
Description:
On Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#65
Ryan, Susan: Context for an unfinished text: Towards an understanding of It’s All True. In: Persistence of Vision 1989. No. 7. pp. 113-120.
Index:
Welles, Orson
It’s All True (1942)
#66
Saada, Nicolas: Aux rythmes du Brésil. In: Cahiers du Cinéma 1994. No. 475. [January] pp. 42-45.
Description:
On Orson Welles’s unfinished film project It’s All True.
Index:
Welles, Orson
It’s All True (1942)
Brasilien ~ Brazil
#67
Scahill, Andrew: Deviled eggs: Teratogenesis and the gynecological gothic in the cinema of monstrous birth. In: Demons of the body and mind: Essays on disability in gothic literature. Edited by Ruth Bienstock Anolik. - Jefferson, North Carolina; London: McFarland 2010. pp. 197-216.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby and Larry Cohen’s It’s Alive.
Index:
Polanski, Roman
Cohen, Larry
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
It’s Alive (1974)
Religion: Teufel ~ Religion: Devil
Natur ~ Nature
Literatur ~ Literature
Körper ~ Bodies
Horror ~ Horror
Geburt ~ Birth
Dämonen ~ Demons
Böse, Das ~ Evil, The
Behinderung ~ Disability
#68
Schmöller, Verena: Was wäre, wenn ... im Film: Spielfilme mit alternativen Handlungsverläufen. - Marburg: Schüren 2012. (= Marburger Schriften zur Medienforschung 36.)
Reviews:
Weyand, Gabriele: [untitled.] In: Medienwissenschaft 2013. No. 2. pp. 215-217.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Brett Ratner’s Family Man, María Ripoll’s The Man with Rain in His Shoes, Harold Ramis’s Groundhog Day, Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Przypadek, Tom Tykwer’s Lola rennt, Peter Howitt’s Sliding Doors and the Back to the Future films.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Ratner, Brett
Ripoll, María
Ramis, Harold
Kieslowski, Krzysztof
Tykwer, Tom
Howitt, Peter
Zemeckis, Robert
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Family Man (2000)
Man with Rain in His Shoes, The (1998)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Przypadek (1981)
Lola rennt (1998)
Sliding Doors (1997)
Back to the Future (Filmreihe)
#69
Schmöller, Verena: Was wäre, wenn ... im Film: Spielfilme mit alternativen Handlungsverläufen. - Passau: Universität Passau, Dissertation 2011.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Brett Ratner’s Family Man, María Ripoll’s The Man with Rain in His Shoes, Harold Ramis’s Groundhog Day, Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Przypadek, Tom Tykwer’s Lola rennt, Peter Howitt’s Sliding Doors and the Back to the Future films.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Ratner, Brett
Ripoll, María
Ramis, Harold
Kieslowski, Krzysztof
Tykwer, Tom
Howitt, Peter
Zemeckis, Robert
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Family Man (2000)
Man with Rain in His Shoes, The (1998)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Przypadek (1981)
Lola rennt (1998)
Sliding Doors (1997)
Back to the Future (Filmreihe)
#70
Sieck, Thomas: It’s a Wonderful Life. In: Enzyklopädie des phantastischen Films. 61. Ergänzungslieferung. - Meitingen: Corian-Verlag, April 2001.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
#71
Stam, Robert: Orson Welles, Brazil, and the power of blackness. In: Persistence of Vision 1989. No. 7. pp. 93-112.
Description:
On It’s All True.
Index:
Welles, Orson
It’s All True (1942)
Brasilien ~ Brazil
#72
Stiglegger, Marcus: Die Wiege des Bösen. In: Filmgenres: Horrorfilm. Hrsg. von Ursula Vossen. - Stuttgart: Reclam 2004. pp. 199-202.
Description:
On Larry Cohen’s It’s Alive.
Index:
Cohen, Larry
It’s Alive (1974)
Horror ~ Horror
#73
Thomas, Deborah: Reading Hollywood: Spaces and meanings in American film. - London; New York: Wallflower Press 2001. (= Short Cuts 5.)
Reviews:
Chopra-Gant, Mike: Hollywood spaces. In: Film-Philosophy 7. 2003. No. 5. [February] p. ?P.
Leuffen, Michael: [untitled] In: Medienwissenschaft 2003. No. 1. pp. 111-112.
Thomas, Deborah: A reply to Mogg and Chopra-Gant. In: Film-Philosophy 7. 2003. No. 6. [February] p. ?P.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life and Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo.
Index:
Capra, Frank
Hitchcock, Alfred
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Vertigo (1958)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#74
Thomson, C. Claire: It’s all about snow: Limning the post-human body in Solaris and It’s All about Love. In: New Cinemas 5. 2007. No. 1. [?D] pp. 3-21.
Index:
Tarkovsky, Andrei Arsenyevich
Vinterberg, Thomas
Soljaris (1972)
It’s All About Love (2002)
Körper ~ Bodies
#75
Valenti, P.: The theological rhetoric of It’s a Wonderful Life. In: Film Criticism 5. 1981. No. 2. [Winter] pp. 23-34.
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Religion ~ Religion
#76
Walter, Klaus-Peter: Ubit’ Drakona. In: Enzyklopädie des phantastischen Films. 28. Ergänzungslieferung. - Meitingen: Corian-Verlag, Februar 193.
Index:
Sacharow, Mark
Ubit’ Drakona (1988)
#77
Walters, James: Alternative worlds in Hollywood cinema. - Bristol; Portland, Oregon: Intellect 2008.
Reviews:
Sterrir, David: Visions and revisions: Hollywood’s alternative worlds. In: Film-Philosophy 14. 2010. No. 1. [?D] pp. 310-317.
Wilson, D. Harlan: [untitled.] In: Science Fiction Studies 37. 2010. No. 2(?N). [?D] pp. 331-332.
Description:
Includes chapters on Victor Fleming’s The Wizard of Oz, Fritz Lang’s The Woman in the Window, Michael Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Harold Ramis’s Groundhog Day, Vincente Minelli’s Brigadoon and Gary Ross’s Pleasantville.
Index:
Fleming, Victor
Lang, Fritz
Gondry, Michael
Capra, Frank
Ramis, Harold
Minelli, Vincente
Ross, Gary
Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
Woman in the Window, The (1944)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Brigadoon (1954)
Pleasantville (1998)
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#78
Welch, Bob: Ist das Leben nicht wunderschön? 52 Inspirationen vom schönsten Weihnachtsfilm aller Zeiten. Aus dem Englischen von Christian Rendel. - Basel; Gießen: Brunnen 2013.
First edition:
[Little lessons from It’s a Wonderful Life]
Index:
Capra, Frank
It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
Weihnachten ~ Christmas
#79
Die Wiege des Bösen. - Nürnberg: Verlag Karin Stähle ?J. (= Phantopia-Filmprogramm 715.)
Description:
On Larry Cohen’s It’s Alive.
Index:
Cohen, Larry
It’s Alive (1974)
#80
Witmer, Jon D.: A handicrafted holiday special. In: American Cinematographer 93. 2012. No. 12. [December] pp. 24-30.
Description:
Interview with cinematographer Ralph Kaechele on It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!.
Index:
Caballero, Mark
Walsh, Seamus
Kaechele, Ralph
It’s a SpongeBob Christmas! (2012)
Technik: Kamera ~ Technology: Camera
#81
Wood, Anna: It’s a Boy/Girl Thing. In: Sight and Sound NS 17. 2007. No. 2. [February] p. 64.
Index:
Hurran, Nick
It’s a Boy Girl Thing (2006)
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