Download or read book Films on Aging also Film Strips Slide Series Plays written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fade to Gray written by Timothy Shary and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans are living longer and reinventing both work and retirement, but Hollywood movies barely hint at this reality of contemporary society. In many popular films, older characters fade into irrelevance, inactivity, or absurdity, or else they stay in the background as wise elders while younger characters provide the action. Most American films do not attempt to portray the rich variety of experiences or the sensitive aging issues that people confront in the years beyond fifty. Fade to Gray offers one of the first extended studies of the portrayal of older people in American cinema from the silent era to the present. Writing in an accessible style for both general audiences and scholars, Timothy Shary and Nancy McVittie examine social attitudes toward aging through an analysis of hundreds of individual films, including such classics as You Can’t Take It With You (1938), Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Nebraska (2013). They show how representations of the aging process and depictions of older people embracing or enduring the various experiences of longer lives have evolved over the past century, as well as how film industry practices have both reflected and influenced perceptions of aging in American society. Exposing the social and political motivations for negative cinematic portrayals of the elderly, Fade to Gray also gives visibility to films that provide opportunities for better understanding and appreciation of the aged and the aging process.
Download or read book Contemporary Cinema and Old Age written by Josephine Dolan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to explore ‘old age’ in cinema at the intersection of gender, ageing, celebrity and genre studies. It takes its cue from the dual meanings of ‘silvering’ – economics and ageing – and explores shifting formulations of ‘old age’ and gender in contemporary cinema. Broad in its scope, the book establishes the importance of silver audiences to the survival of cinema exhibition while also forging connections between the pleasures of ‘old age’ films, consumer culture, the ‘economy of celebrity’ and the gendered silvering of stardom. The chapters examine gendered genres such as romantic comedies, action and heist movies, the prosthetics of costume, and CGI enabled age transformations. Through this analysis, Josephine Dolan teases out the different meanings of ageing masculinity and femininity offered in contemporary cinema. She identifies ageing femininity as the pathologised target of rejuvenation while masculine ageing is seen to enhance an enduring youthfulness. This book has interdisciplinary appeal and will engage scholars interested in ‘old age’ and gender representations in contemporary cinema.
Download or read book AoA Catalog of Films on Aging written by United States. Administration on Aging and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Silvering Screen written by Sally Chivers and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular films have always included elderly characters, but until recently, old age only played a supporting role onscreen. Now, as the Baby Boomer population hits retirement, there has been an explosion of films, including Away From Her, The Straight Story, The Barbarian Invasions, and About Schmidt, where aging is a central theme. The first-ever sustained discussion of old age in cinema, The Silvering Screen brings together theories from disability studies, critical gerontology, and cultural studies, to examine how the film industry has linked old age with physical and mental disability. Sally Chivers further examines Hollywood's mixed messages - the applauding of actors who portray the debilitating side of aging, while promoting a culture of youth - as well as the gendering of old age on film. The Silvering Screen makes a timely attempt to counter the fear of aging implicit in these readings by proposing alternate ways to value getting older.
Download or read book Coming of Age in Films written by Mario Garrett and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of films is the story of human development. From the very first story that defined the birth of our civilization—the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, a story of immortality, aging and death—comes a tale of why we age. We are a species of storytellers. The stories we tell to each other define who we are. However, since we are living in a world marked by age apartheid, our interaction with people across different generations is becoming more limited. As a result, the information we gain about older people comes mostly from secondary sources. For the general public, films remain the most accessible form of information regarding getting older. From the early exposure of cartoons to more elaborate dramas, our knowledge of what it means to become old relies on our exposure to films. This volume provides insight into how accurate these representations are in line with current knowledge that we have about aging and older adults. Arguing that films present a simplified view of aging, this analysis relies on scientific evidence to explore why and how such stereotypes affect us. Stereotypes have the ability of being internalized and becoming prescriptive of our behavior. Numerous studies have attempted different ways of understanding the impact films have on aging. Theories as seemingly disparate as feminism and disability have contributed to our understanding of how stereotypes influence our aging process. This text builds upon this knowledge and provides new insights by applying current gerontological knowledge—the science of aging—to unpack and analyze the images of aging that films are providing. By readdressing this focus on gerontological theories—as diverse as biology and psychology—the book readdresses an overlooked approach.
Download or read book Films on Aging written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book KWIC s Film Forum written by Duke University. Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book About Aging written by and published by Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology California. This book was released on 1981 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Visions of Aging written by Amir Cohen-Shalev and published by Apollo Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interface of old age and cinema provides a fascinating yet uncharted territory in the humanities and social sciences. In Visions of Aging, two central perspectives are explored: movies on old age by old filmmakers and movies on old age by younger artists. The first perspective focuses on the cinematic representation of aging from within, whereas the second examines the ways aging is viewed from the outside. The distinction is based on the schism between the phenomenology of aging and its social representation. The one hinges on intrinsic qualities of "old age style" or "late style" while the second addresses attitudes towards old age in general, as well as towards aging artists and the reception (or rejection) of their late films. The author combines these general perspectives as they shift between text and context, beginning with aging from the outside in order to introduce the semantics and pragmatics of the context (reception and filmmaking stylistic change; midlife images of old age) and continuing into the world of aging as cinematically represented from within by old filmmakers - an often idiosyncratic, metaphysical, and sometimes unapproachable world. By providing a roadmap that charts previous scholarly paths of inquiry, this book offers a panoramic view of the direction of this new field of cinematic gerontology, and is essential reading for students and scholars of cinema, humanistic gerontology, psychology of art, the sociology of old age, and popular culture.
Download or read book A Selected Guide to Films on Aging written by Prakash C. Sharma and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book About Aging written by and published by Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology California. This book was released on 1979 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book About Aging written by Mildred Allyn and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 1981-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elder Horror written by Cynthia J. Miller and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As baby boomers gray, cinematic depictions of aging and the aged are on the rise. In the horror genre, fears of growing old take on fantastic proportions. Elderly characters are portrayed as either eccentric harbingers of doom--the crone who stops at nothing to restore her youth, the ancient ancestor who haunts the living--or as frail victims. This collection of new essays explores how various filmic portrayals of aging, as an inescapable horror destined to overtake us all, reflect our complex attitudes toward growing old, along with its social, psychological and economic consequences.
Download or read book The Becoming of Age written by Pamela H. Gravagne and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-04-26 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Becoming of Age is an examination of the ways that aging and old age are represented in popular film. Arguing that the ideas behind cinematic depictions of aging are historical and open to revision, the author looks at how movies both promote negative portrayals of aging and challenge its persistent cultural devaluation. Movies are a site of struggle where the representation and the reality of aging intertwine, and they have the power not only to reflect but to reconstruct our understanding.
Download or read book Filming the New Age of Aging written by Gini Scott and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-11 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FILMING THE NEW AGE OF AGING features photographs from 8 days of filming from July 6-13, 2018 in central Contra Costa County -- in Lafayette, Concord, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, and Danville. The film is an 80 minute documentary which is a stand-alone feature and the first episode in a TV series. The film features 15 interviews with individuals 80 and older living very active lives and with 8 experts who work with seniors. These experts include physical therapists, chiropractors, trainers, health and wellness coaches, nutritionists, psychologists, and others helping seniors live a healthier, longer life. As the profiles and interviews illustrate, older individuals live longer than ever, and some seniors have even more energy and are more productive than many much younger individuals. The documentary features an overview of the major characteristics of older healthy individuals and the attitudes and activities that keep them young and what people can do to improve their health before they are 80. The film also discusses the techniques for living longer, remaining active and healthy, and having an improved quality of life. The highlights of these interviews in the documentary are drawn from about 20 hours of filming -- and especially interesting are the many stories shared by the interviewees and experts. The following photos feature the different interviewees and experts and a day of shooting seniors 80 and over participating in a variety of activities.
Download or read book About Aging written by and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 1977 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
