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The X-Files and the borders of the post-cold war world

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The X-files and political paranoia about an 'alien nation' speak to the narrative and political indeterminacy marking the end of the cold war. The cold war drew lines, globalizing the borders of the United States through the abstraction of the free world and its communist.

Author: Kinney, Katherine
Publisher: University Film and Video Association
Publication Name: Journal of Film and Video
Subject: Motion pictures
ISSN: 0742-4671
Year: 2001
Science fiction television programs, The X-Files (Television program)

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The pleasures of disappointment: sequels and the Godfather, Part II

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The movie Godfather II is believed to have an unusually impressive sequel. In order to understand this better, the exigencies with which film sequels contend and the typical ways in which filmmakers approach the burdens of Sequel making are examined.

Author: Berliner, Todd
Publisher: University Film and Video Association
Publication Name: Journal of Film and Video
Subject: Motion pictures
ISSN: 0742-4671
Year: 2001
Criticism and interpretation, The Godfather II (Motion picture), Motion picture sequels, Movie sequels

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Eastern European Cinema

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The author presents a method of study and teaching of film criticism of Easter European films. Topics include film distribution, film reviews and representative works.

Author: Iordanova, Dina
Publisher: University Film and Video Association
Publication Name: Journal of Film and Video
Subject: Motion pictures
ISSN: 0742-4671
Year: 1999
International aspects, Eastern Europe, Social policy, Study and teaching, Socialism, Motion pictures, Movies, Distributors (Commerce), Film criticism, Movie criticism

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