Violent Playground (1958)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Content 5
3. Introduction 13
4. A Drunkard’s Reformation (1909) 19
5. Tom Gunning 23
6. Blind Husbands (1919) 27
7. Applause (1929) 31
8. Pandora’s Box (Die Büchse der Pandora, 1929) 35
9. The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel, 1930) 39
10. Ganga Bruta (1933) 43
11. Masquerade in Vienna (Maskerade, 1934) 47
12. Modern Times (1936) 51
13. Bewitching Kisses (Besos brujos, 1937) 55
14. Heimat (1938) 59
15. Gone with the Wind (1939) 63
16. Casablanca (1942) 67
17. Mashenka (Машенька, 1942) 71
18. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du paradis, 1945) 75
19. Nosotros los pobres (1948) 79
20. Chains (Catene, 1949) 83
21. Tokyo Story (東京物語, Tōkyō Monogatari, 1953) 87
22. House of Ricordi (Casa Ricordi, 1954) 91
23. The Night of the Hunter (1955) 95
24. All that Heaven Allows (1955) 99
25. The Word (Ordet, 1955) 103
26. Violent Playground (1958) 107
27. Hiroshima mon amour (1959) 111
28. Imitation of Life (1959) 115
29. Oyster Girl (蚵女,Ke nü, 1963) 119
30. A Patch of Blue (1965) 123
31. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) 127
32. Dark of the Sun (1968) 131
33. Love Story (1970) 135
34. The Legend of the Red Lantern (红灯记, Hongdeng ji, 1970) 139
35. Ariana (אריאנה, 1971) 143
36. Insiang (1976) 147
37. Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) 151
38. The Smoking Fish (El pez que fuma, 1977) 155
39. An Unmarried Woman (1978) 159
40. The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun, 1979) 163
41. Ticket of No Return (Bildnis einer Trinkerin, 1979) 167
42. Babylon (1980) 171
43. Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press (Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse, 1984) 175
44. The Official Story (La historia oficial, 1985) 179
45. Where Is the Friend’s House? (Khane-ye doust kodjast, 1987) 183
46. Little Vera (Маленькая Вера, Malen‘kaia Vera, 1988) 187
47. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) 191
48. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios, 1988) 195
49. Coming Out (1989) 199
50. Living in Bondage, Part I (1992) and II (1993) 203
51. Farewell My Concubine (霸王別姬, Bawang bie ji, 1993) 209
52. The Piano (1993) 213
53. In the Heat of the Sun (陽光燦爛的日子, Yángguāng Cànlàn De Rìzi, 1994) 217
54. Bombay (1995) 221
55. The Bridges of Madison County (1995) 225
56. Kikujiro (菊次郎の夏, Kikujirō no natsu, 1999) 229
57. Water Drops on Burning Rocks (Gouttes d’eau sur pierres brûlantes, 2000) 233
58. Erin Brockovich (2000) 237
59. In the Mood for Love (花樣年華, Fa yeung nin wa, 2000) 241
60. Moulin Rouge! (2001) 245
61. Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Sad (Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, 2001) 249
62. Devdas ( 2002) 253
63. Destiny Has No Favorites (El destino no tiene favoritos, 2003) 257
64. Monsieur Ibrahim (Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, 2003) 261
65. Osuofia in London, Part I (2003) and II (2004) 265
66. Brokeback Mountain (2005) 269
67. Rang De Basanti ( 2006) 273
68. The Yacoubian Building (’Imārat Ya’qūbīān, 2006) 279
69. Lust, Caution (色, 戒, Sè, Jiè, 2007) 283
70. Shanghai Baby (2007) 287
71. Sleepwalking Land (Terra Sonâmbula, 2007) 291
72. The Blind Side (2009) 295
73. Invictus (2009) 299
74. The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos, 2009) 303
75. Jaffa ( כלת הים , Kalat Hayam, 2009) 307
76. Pumzi (2009) 311
77. Anchor Baby (2010) 315
78. Even the Rain (También la Iluvia, 2010) 319
79. Melancholia (2011) 323
80. Laurence Anyways (2012) 327
81. The Cut (2014) 331
82. The Theory of Everything (2014) 335
83. Eye in the Sky (2015) 339
84. Masaan (2015) 343
85. The Salesman (Forushandeh, 2016) 347
86. Jackie (2016) 353
87. The Nest of the Turtledove (Гніздо горлиці, Hnizdo horlytsi, 2016) 357
88. Cold War (Zimna wojna, 2018) 361
89. Rafiki (2018) 365
90. Elevator Baby (2019) 369
91. The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (A vida invisível, 2019) 373
92. Joker (2019) 377
93. Hamilton (2020) 381
94. No Hard Feelings/FUTUR DREI (2020) 385
95. Suggestions for Further Reading 389
96. Contributors 393