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  Re: Performance and the Pursuit of Stardom in Anvil: The Story of Anvil

  Last Days Here, Big Star, and This is Spinal Tap

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  Jesse Schlotterbeck Denison University

  Wednesday, August 12, 2015 — 11:29 pm

  Landon, I appreciate your feedback. I've seen Searching for Sugar Man and 20 Feet from Stardom, but A Band Called Death is new to me. I'll add it to my to view list. We could include Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2012) in this discussion as ano ...
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  Re: Celebrity Skinned: Patty Schemel Lesbian Hero featured in film Hit So Hard

  additional films

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  Jesse Schlotterbeck Denison University

  Monday, August 10, 2015 — 4:18 pm

  Shani, Thanks for this post. I have to admit I have not seen this film yet, but with a bit more space to write, I'd be curious to hear some other titles (whether admired or disliked) you could add to this discussion. Is Hit So Hard entirely exception ...
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  Re: Puzzling Spectatorship

  Beyond the Multiplex

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  Jesse Schlotterbeck Denison University

  Wednesday, December 15, 2010 — 4:43 pm

  Barbara Klinger also writes about "puzzle" films and argues that this new genre emerged specifically with the DVD market in mind. The fan research conducted for Beyond the Multiplex (2006) was likely completed five or six years ago, so I'm ...
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  Re: DVDs Like LPs: The Musical Biopic Website and the Contemporary Film Collector

  Cadillac Records and Ray

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  Jesse Schlotterbeck Denison University

  Friday, December 17, 2010 — 7:29 pm

  The site for Cadillac Records works similarly.  It foregrounds a 45rpm record on nearly every page and adopts a visual style that anachronisitically mimics the record covers of jazz label Blue Note Records. Ray 's website (no longer online) also feat ...