... little different from carnivorous zombies. The film is Romero's version of Jean-Luc Godard's “return to zero” in Le gai savoir (1969). It also parallels Brian DePalma's intention in directing Home Movies (1979). Diary of the Dead may also be seen...

..., documented account of Grant’s life, and one based on extensive archival research, including the star’s own personal papers and home movies. The Introduction also addresses what in recent times has become one of the key issues in accounts of his life, his sexuality, stating that there are few signs that he...

...Home Movies Hardly Silent. Matt Malzkuhn and Ted Supalla, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2025. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197663172.003.0001 This chapter introduces the rich, untapped world of Deaf-made home movies, exploring their cultural, historical, and linguistic...

...Home Movies Hardly Silent. Matt Malzkuhn and Ted Supalla, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2025. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197663172.003.0002 This chapter explores the evolution of amateur filmmaking and its significance in the Deaf community. It begins by highlighting...

...Home Movies Hardly Silent. Matt Malzkuhn and Ted Supalla, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2025. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197663172.003.0005 This chapter examines the ethnographic methodologies used to highlight Deaf voices through home movie archives, emphasizing...

...Home Movies Hardly Silent. Matt Malzkuhn and Ted Supalla, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2025. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197663172.003.0007 This chapter examines the intricate cultural insights revealed through theme-based ethnographic analysis, focusing on material...

...Péter Forgács, based in Budapest, is best known for his award-winning films built on home movies from the 1930s to the 1960s that document ordinary lives soon to intersect with offscreen historical events. This book offers an exploration of the imagination and skill with which Forgács reshapes...

...This chapter provides an in-depth interview with Péter Forgács about filmmaking. Through his series of videos, Forgács dedicates himself to the retrieval of home movies and amateur films made in Europe from the 1930s to the 1950s and to recycling these films into memorable excursions into moments...

..., skepticism, and irony are three standard responses to the nonfiction film, responses that may have more potency with regard to the reframing and rethinking of home movies that is part of Forgács’s project. Forgács introduces a mode of comparison into Maelstrom that is both extreme...

...This chapter focuses on Péter Forgács’s video films. Forgács’s video films concentrate on periods of extraordinary upheaval and cultural loss—World War II and the establishment of east-bloc Communism. His video films are structured almost entirely of home-movie footage shot by amateur photographers...

...Amateur stereo photography and 3D moviemaking are traced and their influence, along with that of 3D photo clubs, on the beginnings of the 3D movie boom in Hollywood. The practice of amateur 3D moviemaking with “home movies” and 3D is also traced up to the present day. American Cinematographer...

...This chapter analyzes the home movies and family albums of Eva Braun. As Adolf Hitler’s mistress, Braun had unprecedented access to Hitler and his immediate circle, thus giving her images the potential to reveal many secrets about herself and Hitler. It interprets the images for their conversation...

...This chapter marks a return to De Palma's roots in comedy with Home Movies (1980), which was similar to The Wedding Party (1964–65), Greetings (1968), and Hi, Mom! (1970), all made in the 1960s. Another sense in which the new film...

...In this chapter, Michael McCluskey looks at amateur films/home movies about rural Britain, including footage of Sussex, Yorkshire, Cornwall and Kent, in order to understand changes in rural areas and to make new connections between media history and social history. He argues that these films...

...The Music of the Future. Martin Munro, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2024. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197759790.003.0004 Chapter 3, “Sound Touristics,” draws on the extensive, previously neglected resource of home movies (mostly available online) made about Haiti...

... a young woman and cannibalized her (judged insane, he is not in jail) and on his brother Jun who is addicted to mutilating himself. The home movies of the Sagawa family suggest an idyllic childhood and loving parents. For De Corporis Humani Fabrica (2022), the filmmakers explore a variety...

...Home Movies Hardly Silent. Matt Malzkuhn and Ted Supalla, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2025. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197663172.003.0004 This chapter examines how Deaf filmmaking authentically documents cultural identity and language through grassroots efforts...

...Home Movies Hardly Silent. Matt Malzkuhn and Ted Supalla, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2025. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197663172.003.0008 This chapter explores the intersection of Deaf culture, amateur filmmaking, and the ways Deaf individuals textualize...

...Home Movies Hardly Silent. Matt Malzkuhn and Ted Supalla, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2025. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197663172.003.0010 This chapter explores how Deaf home movies serve as cultural artifacts, blending personal narratives with broader Deaf...

... filmmakers have created often remarkable fictional worlds. Covering a broad range of historical eras, identifying amateur takes on several different genres and recognising diverse production methods, its contributors demonstrate the importance of amateur film-making beyond the ‘home movie’, and illustrate...