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Nightmare fuel : the science of horror films / by Nesseth, Nina,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and filmography."A pop-science look at fear, how and why horror films get under our skin, and why we keep coming back for more ... Nesseth explores the strange and often unexpected science of fear through the lenses of psychology and physiology. How do horror films get under our skin? What about them keeps us up at night, even days later? And why do we keep coming back for more? Horror films promise an experience: fear. From monsters that hide in plain sight to tension-building scores, every aspect of a horror film is crafted to make your skin crawl. But how exactly do filmmakers pull this off? The truth is, there's more to it than just loud noises and creepy images. With the affection of a true horror fan and the critical analysis of a scientist, Nesseth explains how audiences engage horror with both their brains and bodies, and teases apart the elements that make horror films tick"--
Subjects: Informational works.; Fear.; Horror films; Motion picture audiences; Horror films;
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The giver [videorecording] / by Bridges, Jeff,1949-; Holmes, Katie,1978-; Lowry, Lois.GiverVideorecording.; Monaghan, Cameron.; Rush, Odeya.; Skarsgård, Alexander.; Streep, Meryl.; Swift, Taylor,1989-; Thwaites, Brenton.; Tremblay, Emma.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Weinstein Company.;
Jeff Bridges, Odeya Rush, Emma Tremblay, Katie Holmes, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard, Taylor Swift, Cameron Monaghan, Brenton Thwaites.The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Control (Psychology); Dystopian films.; Dystopias; Feature films.; Memory; Science fiction films.; Secrets; Social control;
© 2014., Weinstein Company ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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All quiet on the western front [videorecording] / by Abbott, George,1887-1995.; Alexander, Ben,1911-1969.; Alexander, Richard,1902-1989.; Anderson, Maxwell,1888-1959.; Andrews, Del,d. 1942.; Ayres, Lew,1908-1996.; Bakewell, William,1908-; Davis, Owen,1907-1949.; Gleason, Russell,1908-1945.; Goodwin, Harold,1902-1987.; Kolk, Scott.; Laemmle, Carl,1908-1979.; Lucy, Arnold,1865-1945.; Milestone, Lewis,1895-1980.; Remarque, Erich Maria,1898-1970.Im Westen nichts Neues.Videorecording.; Rogers, Walter Browne,1906-1943.; Summerville, Slim,1892-1946.; Wolheim, Louis.; Wray, John,1887-1940.; Universal Studios Home Video (Firm); Universal-International (Firm);
Cinematographer, Arthur Edeson ; film editor, Edgar Adams.Louis Wolheim, Lewis Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander, Scott Kolk, Owen Davis, Jr., Walter Browne Rogers, William Bakewell, Russell Gleason, Richard Alexander, Harold Goodwin, Slim Summerville.A group of young World War I German recruits pass from idealism to disillusionment with war.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD; Dolby digital, full screen presentation.Academy Award for Best Picture, 1929-30
Subjects: Anti-war films.; Death; Feature films.; Soldiers; War films.; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918;
© c2012., Universal Home Video,
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Tracks [videorecording] / by Curran, John.; Davidsonm Robyn,1950-Tracks.Videorecording.; Driver, Adam.; Pearl, Lily.; Wasikowska, Mia,1989-; Mongrel Media.; Métropole Films Distribution.;
Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver, Lily Pearl.Mia Wasikowska stars as writer Robyn Davidson in this dramatic account of Davidson's arduous 1700-mile trek across the Australian desert. With only four camels and a loyal canine to keep her company on the journey from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean, Davidson discovers the value of solitude while being reminded of how it feels to be truly connected with the world. In order to fund her epic adventure, Davidson reluctantly allows prolific National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan (Adam Driver) to capture it on film. Although at first Davidson's desire for solitude finds the disparate pair at odds, over time their adversarial relationship evolves into an abiding friendship.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentatation ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Davidson, Robyn, 1950-; Davidsonm Robyn, 1950-; Deserts; Feature films.; Solitude;
© c2014., Distributed by Mongrel Media,
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Sex, Drugs and String Quartets. by Thackrah, Carla,film director.; Ronin Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Ronin Films in 2003.The Landau String Quartet comes together to rehearse. Each player has travelled a very different path to become a musician. In this dramatised documentary, the musicians reveal the story of that journey. In their own words, they talk of abusive teachers, loss of innocence, seductions, fear and attempts to escape the pressure of discipline. The filmmaker, Carla Thackrah, herself a professional musician, comments: “I’ve always been fascinated by the strong psychological correspondence between a musicians’ self-definition and their instrument. This film is essentially a dramatised documentary around this theme.”Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Social sciences.; Music.; Psychology.; Documentary films.; Artists.;
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As Prescribed. by Hardman, Holly,film director.; Video Project (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Video Project in 2022.Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, Ativan — all belong to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines aka benzos. Commonly prescribed as treatments beyond their approved uses, news and entertainment media portray them in terms of either addiction and abuse or as innocuous medications that help relax nerves. AS PRESCRIBED documents a strikingly different narrative, following eye-opening stories amidst a mis-prescription epidemic resulting in illness and injury for countless patients.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Psychology.; Medicine.; Health.; Mental health.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.;
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A Cure for Fear. by Wilson, Lana,film director.; Topic Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Topic Studios in 2018.Dr. Merel Kindt is a clinical psychologist with a new way to treat, or even eliminate, phobias and the effects of emotional trauma: first you confront the thing you’re scared of—then you take a pill, a beta-blocker called propranalol. Amazingly, it seems to work. In this four-part documentary series, we follow the doctor as she cares for patients terrified of everything from butterflies to needles, and begins to question just how fundamental fear really is to human nature.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Social sciences.; Psychology.; Mental health.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.;
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Korengal [videorecording] / by Beller, Marty,film composer.; Hetherington, Tim,cinematographer.; Junger, Sebastian,film director,cinematographer.; Levine, Michael,1961-; Quested, Nick,1970-; Battle Films,production company.; Goldcrest Pictures.; Outpost Films.; Saboteur Media,production company.; Virgil Films (Firm);
Edited by Michael Levine ; cinematography, Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger ; music composed by Marty Beller.Picks up where Restrepo left off. Explains how war works, what it feels like and what it does to the young men who fight it. As one cheers when they kill an enemy fighter, another looks into the camera and asks if God will ever forgive them for all the killing. As one grieves the loss of his friend in combat, another explains why he missed the war after his deployment ended and he would go back in a heartbeat if he could.18A.DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; 1.78:1 widescreen ; 5.1 Dolby and stereo.
Subjects: United States. Army. Airborne Brigade, 173rd; Afghan War, 2001-; Documentary films.; Soldiers; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; War films.; War;
© 2014., Virgil Films,
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The wolfpack [videorecording] / by Moselle, Crystal,producer,director.; Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Video Service Corp.;
Bhagavan Angulo, Govinda Angulo, Jagadisa Angulo, Krsna Angulo, Mukunda Angulo, Narayana Angulo.The six Angulo brothers have grown up in their Manhattan apartment, home schooled by their parents, rarely if ever leaving their apartment. Their only connection to the outside world is television and the movies they watch and act out, complete with homemade costumes, in the apartment. When one of the brothers sneaks out for a few days on his own, the whole family dynamic is changed when he returns home.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Angulo, Bhagavan.; Angulo, Govinda.; Angulo, Jagadisa.; Angulo, Krsna.; Angulo, Mukunda.; Angulo, Narayana.; Biographical films.; Brothers; Documentary films.; Recluses;
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Every day [videorecording] / by Andrews, Jesse,screenwriter.; Bello, Maria,1967-actor.; Bregman, Anthony,film producer.; Cron, Peter,film producer.; Grass, Christian,film producer.; Himoff, Kathryn,editor of moving image work.; Rice, Angourie,2001-actor.; Ryan, Debby,1993-actor.; Smith, Justice,actor.; Stoffers, Rogier,director of photography.; Sucsy, Michael,1973-film director.; Teague, Owen,1998-actor.; Trijbits, Paul,film producer.; Wheeler, Elliott,composer.; Zumann, Lucas Jade,2001-actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Levithan, David.Every day.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.; Filmwave (Firm),production company.; Likely Story (Firm),production company.; Orion Pictures,production company.; Silver Reel Pictures (Firm),production company.;
Director of photography, Rogier Stoffers ; editor, Kathryn Himoff ; music, Elliott Wheeler.Angourie Rice, Justice Smith, Owen Teague, Lucas Jade Zumann, Jacob Batalon, Debby Ryan, Maria Bello.The story of Rhiannon, a sixteen-year old girl who falls in love with a mysterious soul named 'A' who inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and A work each day to find each other, not knowing what or who the next day will bring. The more the two fall in love, the more the realities of loving someone who is a different person every 24 hours takes a toll, leaving Rhiannon and A to face the hardest decision either has ever had to make.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA Rating: PG-13; for thematic content, language, teen drinking, and suggestive material.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Romance films.; Feature films.; Levithan, David.; Identity (Psychology); Interpersonal relations; Teenage girls; Transmigration;
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