Dana Polan

Author of Pulp Fiction [BFI Modern Classics]

About the Author

Dana Polan is Professor of Cinema Studies at New York University. His previous books include The LEGO Movie and Scenes of Instruction: The Beginnings of the U.s. Study of Film.

Includes the names: Dana Polan, Dana B. Polan

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Pulp Fiction [BFI Modern Classics] (2000) 68 copies, 1 review

In a Lonely Place [BFI Film Classics] (1993) 35 copies

Scenes of Instruction: The Beginnings of the U.S. Study of Film (2007) 16 copies

The Sopranos (Spin Offs) (2009) 11 copies

Julia Child's The French chef (2011) 9 copies, 1 review

Jane Campion: (2001) 8 copies

Power and Paranoia: History, Narrative, and the American Cinema, 1940-1950 (1986) 8 copies

The LEGO Movie (21st Century Film Essentials) (2020) 5 copies

The political language of film and the avant-garde (1985) 4 copies

Dreams of Flight: "The Great Escape" in American Film and Culture (2021) 3 copies

Close encounters of the third kind (2024) 2 copies

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Mad Men, Mad World: Sex, Politics, Style, and the 1960s (2013) — Contributor — 24 copies

Looking Past the Screen: Case Studies in American Film History and Method (2007) — Contributor — 16 copies

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Gender: male
Education: Sorbonne
Stanford University (PhD)
Cornell University
Occupations: professor
Organizations: New York University

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Julia Child's The French Chef (Spin Offs) by Dana Polan

What made American cooks and non-cooks alike fall in love with Julia Child public television's French Chef? In this book, media researcher Polan explores Child's television style and persona amid other cooking shows and cultural influences of the era. Of particular interest is a lengthy discussion of the pedagogical methods Child employed. Learn how Child influenced televised cooking programs for decades, her meticulous planning, and her ability to reach a wide range of audiences. An show more excellent companion to 2010's AS ALWAYS, JULIA. Highly recommended. (47) show less

Mar 18, 2011

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Pulp Fiction (BFI Film Classics) by Dana Polan