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Women vs Hollywood

The Fall and Rise of Women in Film

by Helen O'Hara ...

Narrated by Helen O'Hara ...

Unabridged

11 hours 50 min

'A fascinating polemic' Sunday Times'A powerful, sobering and vital work' The Mail on Sunday'A page-turning read, peppered with humour' Sight & Sound'A must read' Edgar WrightA call to arms from Empire magazine's 'geek queen', Helen O'Hara, that explores women's roles - both in front of and behind the camera - since t... ... Read more

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'A fascinating polemic' Sunday Times'A powerful, sobering and vital work' The Mail on Sunday'A page-turning read, peppered with humour' Sight & Sound'A must read' Edgar WrightA call to arms from Empire magazine's 'geek queen', Helen O'Hara, that explores women's roles - both in front of and behind the camera - since t...
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The Art of Immersive Storytelling

Strategies From the Gaming World

by Margaret Kerrison ...

Narrated by Margaret Kerrison ...

Unabridged

5 hours 54 min

Level up your storytelling with award-winning experience designer, world builder, and former Disney Imagineer.Immersive experiences and interactive exhibits are popping up all over the world, telling stories that engage our imaginations and sense of play like never before.Exploring the parallels between video games and the world’s most exciting, innovative spaces, this sequel to the groundbreaking ... Read more

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Level up your storytelling with award-winning experience designer, world builder, and former Disney Imagineer.Immersive experiences and interactive exhibits are popping up all over the world, telling stories that engage our imaginations and sense of play like never before.Exploring the parallels between video games and the world’s most exciting, innovative spaces, this sequel to the groundbreaking
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Video Production and Editing Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: The Video Editing and Digital Filmmaking

by L.M. Bradley, and Lucas Warehan ...

Narrated by Marcus Mulenga ...

Unabridged

26 min

Video Production and Editing Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: The Video Editing and Digital FilmmakingYou have probably encountered hundreds of videos online and you can easily determine which videos have great quality because they are the ones that grab your attention and make you watch until the end. Being able to create beautiful videos has many benefits, either for personal or professional use. An ... Read more

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Video Production and Editing Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: The Video Editing and Digital FilmmakingYou have probably encountered hundreds of videos online and you can easily determine which videos have great quality because they are the ones that grab your attention and make you watch until the end. Being able to create beautiful videos has many benefits, either for personal or professional use. An
... Read more
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The Sound of Music

The Making of America's Favorite Movie

by Julia Antopol Hirsch ...

Narrated by Donna Postel ...

Unabridged

5 hours 58 min

The Sound of Music is a classic film cherished in the hearts of millions. It won five Oscars, including Best Picture, upon its release in 1965. This tribute to a Hollywood classic is sure to thrill everyone who's ever sung along to "My Favorite Things" at one of the many screenings that still take place today.Through interviews with the cast and crew, in-depth access to memorabilia and personal ... Read more

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The Sound of Music is a classic film cherished in the hearts of millions. It won five Oscars, including Best Picture, upon its release in 1965. This tribute to a Hollywood classic is sure to thrill everyone who's ever sung along to "My Favorite Things" at one of the many screenings that still take place today.Through interviews with the cast and crew, in-depth access to memorabilia and personal
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The Canadian Mounted

A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles

by Mark Leslie ...

Narrated by Mike (A.I. Voice) ...

Unabridged

3 hours 8 min

[Please note that this book is narrated by an AI computer voice]The Prop Book That Keeps on Popping Up!Yes, the cover of this book looks a lot like the one Del Griffith (John Candy) is reading at the New York airport in the 1987 movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles. That same book also appears in 2018's Deadpool 2. It was long believed that this was a prop book. But it was a real book published in ... Read more

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[Please note that this book is narrated by an AI computer voice]The Prop Book That Keeps on Popping Up!Yes, the cover of this book looks a lot like the one Del Griffith (John Candy) is reading at the New York airport in the 1987 movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles. That same book also appears in 2018's Deadpool 2. It was long believed that this was a prop book. But it was a real book published in
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Disparos, plata y celuloide

Historia, cine y fotografía en México 1846-1982

by Ricardo Pérez Montfort ...

Narrated by Noé Velázquez ...

Unabridged

7 hours 6 min

En cierto sentido, la historia no es lo que ocurrió, sino lo que creemos que ocurrió.Piense usted en Pancho Villa. La imagen que tiene en la mente fue fijada por una fotografía o una película. Y sucede exactamente igual con Lázaro Cárdenas, Emiliano Zapata, una adelita, «un tendero gallego de los años cincuenta», «un apacible pueblito de provincia», cualquier «rancho de inicios del siglo XX» y, de ... Read more

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En cierto sentido, la historia no es lo que ocurrió, sino lo que creemos que ocurrió.Piense usted en Pancho Villa. La imagen que tiene en la mente fue fijada por una fotografía o una película. Y sucede exactamente igual con Lázaro Cárdenas, Emiliano Zapata, una adelita, «un tendero gallego de los años cincuenta», «un apacible pueblito de provincia», cualquier «rancho de inicios del siglo XX» y, de
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20th Century-Fox

Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation of the Modern Film Studio

by Scott Eyman ...

Narrated by Suehyla El-Attar ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

From New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman, this is the story one of the most influential studios in film history, from its glory days under the leadership of legendary movie mogul Darryl F. Zanuck up to its 2019 buyout by Disney.March 20, 2019 marked the end of an era -- Disney took ownership of the movie empire that was Fox. For almost a century before that historic date, Twentieth ... Read more

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From New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman, this is the story one of the most influential studios in film history, from its glory days under the leadership of legendary movie mogul Darryl F. Zanuck up to its 2019 buyout by Disney.March 20, 2019 marked the end of an era -- Disney took ownership of the movie empire that was Fox. For almost a century before that historic date, Twentieth
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Acting in Film

An Actor's Take on Movie Making

by Michael Caine ...

Narrated by Nicky Rebelo ...

Unabridged

3 hours 12 min

Mr. Caine gives you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to rob him blind! The man who's hypnotized the camera lenses for a quarter of a century reveals the most closely guarded secrets on script preparation, working with the director, forming a character, voice, sound, and movement. Pearl by pearl he lays out the Caine wisdom on everything from set politics to set decorum, the film bureaucracy and more! ... Read more

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Mr. Caine gives you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to rob him blind! The man who's hypnotized the camera lenses for a quarter of a century reveals the most closely guarded secrets on script preparation, working with the director, forming a character, voice, sound, and movement. Pearl by pearl he lays out the Caine wisdom on everything from set politics to set decorum, the film bureaucracy and more!
... Read more
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You Talkin' To Me?

How To Write Great Dialogue

by Linda Seger, John Rainey ...

Narrated by George Newbern ...

Unabridged

5 hours 17 min

Unlike the chitchat of everyday life, dialogue must express character, advance the story, suggest a theme, and include a few memorable lines that audiences will be quoting for decades to come. The best stories have dialogue that sparkles, but it’s easy for inexperienced writers to fall into common pitfalls like creating dialogue that’s wooden or too on the nose. Other writers end up with ... Read more

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Unlike the chitchat of everyday life, dialogue must express character, advance the story, suggest a theme, and include a few memorable lines that audiences will be quoting for decades to come. The best stories have dialogue that sparkles, but it’s easy for inexperienced writers to fall into common pitfalls like creating dialogue that’s wooden or too on the nose. Other writers end up with
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Mother India

by Gayatri Chatterjee ...

Narrated by Rita Sharma ...

Series series BFI Film Classics
Unabridged

2 hours 52 min

Bloomsbury presents Mother India by Gayatri Chatterjee, read by Rita Sharma.Mehboob Khan's 1957 epic family drama Mother India, starring movie legends Nargis, Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar, is a cornerstone of Indian cinema.In her insightful study of this classic, Gayatri Chatterjee draws on new research in the Mehboob studio archive to outline the film's eventful production history, the ambitious ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Mother India by Gayatri Chatterjee, read by Rita Sharma.Mehboob Khan's 1957 epic family drama Mother India, starring movie legends Nargis, Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar, is a cornerstone of Indian cinema.In her insightful study of this classic, Gayatri Chatterjee draws on new research in the Mehboob studio archive to outline the film's eventful production history, the ambitious
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With Great Power

How Spider-Man Conquered Hollywood during the Golden Age of Comic Book Blockbusters

by Sean O'Connell ...

Narrated by Matt Weisgerber ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

If Hollywood had a superhero throne, Spider-Man would be perched upon it. As the most popular superhero in the world, the web-slinger plays a pivotal role in three of the six highest-grossing film franchises in history: the Marvel Cinematic Universe; the Avengers quadrilogy; and the Spider-Man movies themselves.Spidey has come a long way since Marvel guru Stan Lee first concocted him in 1962, but ... Read more

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If Hollywood had a superhero throne, Spider-Man would be perched upon it. As the most popular superhero in the world, the web-slinger plays a pivotal role in three of the six highest-grossing film franchises in history: the Marvel Cinematic Universe; the Avengers quadrilogy; and the Spider-Man movies themselves.Spidey has come a long way since Marvel guru Stan Lee first concocted him in 1962, but
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UNMASKED, OR THE SCIENCE OF IMMORALITY TO GENTLEMEN (UNABRIDGED)

by MARY EDWARDS WALKER ...

Narrated by Jessica Johnson ...

Unabridged

3 hours 35 min

Mary Edwards Walker was a physician and surgeon who served in the Civil War. An abolitionist, prohibitionist, and cross-dressing leader of the women's dress reform movement, she published this lively sex manual in 1878. It is a curious blend of useful information and Victorian sexual mythology, at once puritanical and explicit. ... Read more

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Mary Edwards Walker was a physician and surgeon who served in the Civil War. An abolitionist, prohibitionist, and cross-dressing leader of the women's dress reform movement, she published this lively sex manual in 1878. It is a curious blend of useful information and Victorian sexual mythology, at once puritanical and explicit.
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Transitions

A Director’s Journey and Motivational Handbook

by Pete Chatmon ...

Narrated by Pete Chatmon ...

Unabridged

6 hours 12 min

Becoming a director is not just about making a film, webseries, commercial, or music video. The opportunity to direct for television is not a given because you’ve successfully completed a project in another medium. Turning your passion into your profession requires the ability to make transitions at the exact moment a pivot is needed, with creativity and confidence. This book helps directors ... Read more

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Becoming a director is not just about making a film, webseries, commercial, or music video. The opportunity to direct for television is not a given because you’ve successfully completed a project in another medium. Turning your passion into your profession requires the ability to make transitions at the exact moment a pivot is needed, with creativity and confidence. This book helps directors
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Hollywood Gothic

The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen

by David J. Skal ...

Narrated by David J. Skal ...

Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

The primal image of the black-caped vampire Dracula has become an indelible fixture of the modern imagination. It's recognition factor rivals, in its own perverse way, the familiarity of Santa Claus. Most of us can recite without prompting the salient characteristics of the vampire: sleeping by day in its coffin, rising at dusk to feed on the blood of the living; the ability to shapeshift into a ... Read more

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The primal image of the black-caped vampire Dracula has become an indelible fixture of the modern imagination. It's recognition factor rivals, in its own perverse way, the familiarity of Santa Claus. Most of us can recite without prompting the salient characteristics of the vampire: sleeping by day in its coffin, rising at dusk to feed on the blood of the living; the ability to shapeshift into a
... Read more
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Sleeping with Strangers

How the Movies Shaped Desire

by David Thomson ...

Narrated by David Thomson ...

Unabridged

17 hours 14 min

In this wholly original work of film criticism, David Thomson, celebrated author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, probes the many ways in which sexuality has shaped the movies—and the ways in which the movies have shaped sexuality. Exploring the tangled notions of masculinity, femininity, beauty, and sex that characterize our cinematic imagination—and drawing on examples that range from ... Read more

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In this wholly original work of film criticism, David Thomson, celebrated author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, probes the many ways in which sexuality has shaped the movies—and the ways in which the movies have shaped sexuality. Exploring the tangled notions of masculinity, femininity, beauty, and sex that characterize our cinematic imagination—and drawing on examples that range from
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The De Palma Decade

Redefining Cinema with Doubles, Voyeurs, and Psychic Teens

by Laurent Bouzereau ...

Narrated by Dani Martineck ...

Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

Journey with award-winning filmmaker and author Laurent Bouzereau through acclaimed director Brian De Palma’s renowned—and controversial—horror and thriller films that redefined cinema in the 1970s and early 80s with new interviews and fresh takes.Among a crop of fresh filmmakers including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, and Francis Ford Coppola revolutionizing Hollywood in the ... Read more

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Journey with award-winning filmmaker and author Laurent Bouzereau through acclaimed director Brian De Palma’s renowned—and controversial—horror and thriller films that redefined cinema in the 1970s and early 80s with new interviews and fresh takes.Among a crop of fresh filmmakers including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, and Francis Ford Coppola revolutionizing Hollywood in the
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Producer to Producer

A Step-by-Step Guide to Low-Budget Independent Film Producing

by Melanie Dobson ...

Narrated by Susie Berneis ...

Unabridged

13 hours 56 min

This is a comprehensive bible to low-budget film production for emerging and professional producers. Structured to guide the listener through production meetings, every aspect of the film-production process is outlined in detail. Invaluable checklists—which begin twelve weeks before shooting and continue through principal (and secondary) photography and postproduction—keep the filmmaker on track ... Read more

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This is a comprehensive bible to low-budget film production for emerging and professional producers. Structured to guide the listener through production meetings, every aspect of the film-production process is outlined in detail. Invaluable checklists—which begin twelve weeks before shooting and continue through principal (and secondary) photography and postproduction—keep the filmmaker on track
... Read more
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Burton at the BBC

Classic Excerpts from the BBC Archive

by BBC Audio ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Richard Burton ...

Unabridged

2 hours 48 min

Highlights from Richard Burton’s finest BBC radio performances from the 1940s to the 1980s.Richard Burton was one of the most famous British actors of the twentieth century, renowned for his magical, mellifluous voice. Before Hollywood tempted him away, he worked frequently for the BBC and many of his most electrifying performances were recorded there.This classic compilation features some of the ... Read more

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Highlights from Richard Burton’s finest BBC radio performances from the 1940s to the 1980s.Richard Burton was one of the most famous British actors of the twentieth century, renowned for his magical, mellifluous voice. Before Hollywood tempted him away, he worked frequently for the BBC and many of his most electrifying performances were recorded there.This classic compilation features some of the
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Misterios de la sala oscura

Ensayos sobre el cine y su tiempo

by Fernanda Solórzano ...

Narrated by Fernanda Solórzano, Ana Laura Santana ...

Unabridged

15 hours 47 min

El cine es a un tiempo la más joven de las artes y la que mayor influencia tiene actualmente sobre la ideología de nuestra sociedad.Ya desde el comienzo del siglo XX, Walter Benjamin reflexionaba sobre lo que supondría la masificación del arte que las nuevas técnicas de reproducción hicieron posible, y proponía que en un futuro -sin duda, el que vivimos hoy- las nuevas técnicas tenderían a la ... Read more

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El cine es a un tiempo la más joven de las artes y la que mayor influencia tiene actualmente sobre la ideología de nuestra sociedad.Ya desde el comienzo del siglo XX, Walter Benjamin reflexionaba sobre lo que supondría la masificación del arte que las nuevas técnicas de reproducción hicieron posible, y proponía que en un futuro -sin duda, el que vivimos hoy- las nuevas técnicas tenderían a la
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Hollywood Blackout

The battle for recognition in a white Hollywood

by Ben Arogundade ...

Narrated by Ben Arogundade ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

On 29 February 1940, African American actor Hattie McDaniel became the first person of colour, and the first Black woman, to win an Academy Award. The moment marked the beginning of Hollywood's reluctant move toward diversity and inclusion.Since then, minorities and women have struggled to attain Academy Awards recognition within a system designed to discriminate against them. For the first time, ... Read more

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On 29 February 1940, African American actor Hattie McDaniel became the first person of colour, and the first Black woman, to win an Academy Award. The moment marked the beginning of Hollywood's reluctant move toward diversity and inclusion.Since then, minorities and women have struggled to attain Academy Awards recognition within a system designed to discriminate against them. For the first time,
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TALES OF THE VIDEO NASTY

A Dramatic Adventure

by Nathan Toulane ...

Narrated by Joy Hayward ...

Unabridged

4 hours 52 min

A carefree memoir of growing up during the golden age of VHS and video rental stores in the 1980s. This humorous nostalgia trip rewinds to an era of chunky plastic tapes, horror movie sleepovers, and rewinding woes. Relive the magic of discovering cinema through the blurry analogue footage, cheesy effects, and garish cover art of the VHS generation. A warm remembrance of all that was sublime and ... Read more

$19.96 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

A carefree memoir of growing up during the golden age of VHS and video rental stores in the 1980s. This humorous nostalgia trip rewinds to an era of chunky plastic tapes, horror movie sleepovers, and rewinding woes. Relive the magic of discovering cinema through the blurry analogue footage, cheesy effects, and garish cover art of the VHS generation. A warm remembrance of all that was sublime and
... Read more
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The Thin Man

Murder Over Cocktails

by Charles Tranberg ...

Narrated by Holly Palance ...

Unabridged

10 hours 24 min

The Thin Man films are one of the most highly regarded and successful series of films from Hollywood's classic era. This book looks at the people who populated the films, including full chapter profiles of its stars, William Powell and Myrna Loy, whose chemistry together was a huge reason for the success of the films. As Nick and Nora Charles they knocked the stereotypes of on-screen marriage out ... Read more

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The Thin Man films are one of the most highly regarded and successful series of films from Hollywood's classic era. This book looks at the people who populated the films, including full chapter profiles of its stars, William Powell and Myrna Loy, whose chemistry together was a huge reason for the success of the films. As Nick and Nora Charles they knocked the stereotypes of on-screen marriage out
... Read more
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Smart Pop Explains Marvel Movies and TV Shows

Smart Answers for Questions that Pop Up

by The Editors of Smart Pop ...

Narrated by Pete Cross ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Smart Pop Explains
Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

Who is Iron Man? What’s an Infinity Stone? When did Captain America become the first Avenger? Why does everyone love Loki even though he’s a bad guy?It’s easy for new fans to get overwhelmed by the sprawling mythology and complexity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which now spans more than 20 films and TV shows. Unlike encyclopedias and guides that offer diehard fans trivia, details, and deep ... Read more

$22.97 AUD

Who is Iron Man? What’s an Infinity Stone? When did Captain America become the first Avenger? Why does everyone love Loki even though he’s a bad guy?It’s easy for new fans to get overwhelmed by the sprawling mythology and complexity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which now spans more than 20 films and TV shows. Unlike encyclopedias and guides that offer diehard fans trivia, details, and deep
... Read more
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The Birds

by Camille Paglia ...

Narrated by Gabrielle Glaister ...

Series series BFI Film Classics
Unabridged

4 hours 10 min

Bloomsbury presents The Birds by Camille Paglia, read by Gabrielle Glaister.Drawing on Daphne du Maurier's short story and contemporary newspaper reports of bird attacks in California, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) featured Tippi Hedren in her first starring role. Camille Paglia's compelling study considers the film's aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities, and analyses its depiction of ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents The Birds by Camille Paglia, read by Gabrielle Glaister.Drawing on Daphne du Maurier's short story and contemporary newspaper reports of bird attacks in California, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) featured Tippi Hedren in her first starring role. Camille Paglia's compelling study considers the film's aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities, and analyses its depiction of
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