“Unnatural, unnatural, unnatural, unnatural unnatural” . . . but real? The Toolbox Murders (Dennis Donnelly, 1978) and the Exploitation of True Story Adaptations by Wickham Clayton

“…This comes at the conclusion of a film which contains a number of narratological incoherencies and ideological incongruities, as is typical of exploitation films of the period. …”
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Coupling Research on Lubrication and Gear Dynamics Under Different-carrier Ferrofluids by Ren Fenglan, Wei Kun, Jian Guangxiao, Wang Youqiang

“…It is mainly reflected in the increase of oil film thickness and stiffness between gear teeth and the decrease of oil film pressure and amplitude of oil film thickness under dynamic loads. …”
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The Politics of Circularity in Todd Phillips’s Joker (2019) by Guillaume Mouleux

“…The point of this essay is to establish how circularity allows the film to deliver both macro- and micro-political statements, not only addressing issues relevant to society as a whole but also asserting against all odds the film’s place in the official canon of DC Comics. …”
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Enhanced Conductivity of Multilayer Copper–Carbon Nanofilms via Plasma Immersion Deposition by Haotian Weng, Xiwu Zhang, Xuan Liu, Yunhui Tang, Hewei Yuan, Yang Xu, Kun Li, Xiaolu Huang

“…By applying effective medium theory, first-principles calculations, and density of states analysis, the critical roles of copper atom adsorption sites and electron migration pathways within the nanocarbon film were analyzed, elucidating the mechanism of the conductivity enhancement. …”
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Tell Me Lies (Peter Brook, 1968) or How I Learned to Start Worrying about Vietnam by Nicole Cloarec

“…However the film is quite unique in both subject and formal approach. …”
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Analysis of Elasto-hydrodynamic Lubrication Characteristics of Journal Bearings Under Starved Lubrication by Zhao Dongxu, Ni Yanguang, Ma Zikui

“…With the increasing of elastic modulus of sleeves, the eccentricity of journals decreases, the maximum oil film pressure increases, and the minimum oil film thickness increases. …”
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ANALYSIS OF BEARING PERFORMANCE OF HYDRODYNAMIC AND HYDROSTATIC BALL BEARINGS UNDER INTERFACE SLIP BASED ON ORIFICE THROTTLING by ZHOU YiHao, SHEN JingFeng, CHEN YuFei

“…The Reynolds equation and the oil film thickness equation are solved by the finite difference method and the relaxation iterative method. …”
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Study on Influencing Factors of Asphalt-Aggregate Stripping Mechanism by Fuyu Wang, Yan Li, Liting Yu, Weichen Pang

“…The stress generation and release of asphalt film under anhydrous environment and the differences in stripping mechanism of asphalt film under tensile and pressure stress were analyzed. …”
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Influence of Microscopic Particle Flow on Thermal Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication of Spur Gear by Huang Xingbao, Wang Youqiang, Liu Qian, Dong Ning

“…The influence of different mass fraction of MoS₂ on film pressure,film thickness and temperature are analyzed. …”
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Effect of Centrifugal Adhesion of Pollutant on Thermal Elastohydrodynamic of Water-lubricated Hybrid Journal Bearing by Zhang Tonggang, Wang Youqiang, Wang Limei, Xu Caihong

“…The effect of centrifugal attachment on the surface texture of the bearing pad and the film thickness,pressure change of the lubricating film in the contact zone are studied. …”
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Hollywood sur la Lune : les « Scientifilms », les Pulps et l’imaginaire science-fictionnel by Jay P. Telotte

“…This approach locates similar impulses for “reading” and shaping—via film—in stories that involved film or the film industry, in film-related advertising, in editorial matter and readers’ letters, in reviews, and in cover illustrations, all suggesting an interest in, even fascination with “scientifilms,” as they were often termed. …”
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Les jeux de la spectature : paratextes cinématographiques des années vingt et archéologie du virtuel by Fabrice Lyczba

“…As early as the 1920s, the Classical Hollywood fiction film was described through two discursive formations: the discourse of entertainment and dreams on the one hand, the discourse of realism on the other hand. …”
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On Being Between: Apocalypse, Adaptation, McCarthy by Stacey Peebles

“…Cormac McCarthy’s career-long interest in ideas of apocalypse is most evident in his 2006 novel The Road, which was then adapted for film by John Hillcoat in 2009. Apocalypse can be understood as a liminal state, existing in between the old and new worlds, a similar kind of space to that inhabited by film adaptations, which are situated both in relation to their source text and also as new artworks. …”
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Усвоение студентами исторической лексики на материале фильма „Иван Васильевич меняет профессию”... by Gizela Grabińska

“…This paper focuses on the use of films, in particular the film Ivan Vasilievich Is Changing His Profession (which is known in the USA under the title Ivan the Terrible: Back to the Future), in Russian classes with students. …”
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Gone With the Wind, 80 ans d’images. Entretien avec Pierre Berthomieu by Pierre Berthomieu, Emmeline Gros, Marie-Pierre Burquier

“…In an interview with Gaumont’s artistic director Denis Peyrat, a journalist came to the conclusion that “film posters do not obey any miracle recipe.” However, when we consider the many posters of Gone With the Wind or when we talk about the film itself—a film that has survived the years and has never been the object of any remake—we can legitimately wonder if there are not any secret ingredients that would actually account for its longevity. …”
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Analysis of Cycloidal Pinwheel Drive Lubrication Characteristic based on Fractal Rough Surface by Fushuai Zhang, Ju Han, Muai Wang, Tianyou Bai

“…Combining the surface topography model of pin tooth and cycloid tooth constructed by fractal theory，and the proposed film thickness formula of line contact lubricated with grease based on the Herschel-Bulkley model，the minimum film thickness in the meshing process of modified pin tooth and cycloid tooth is investigated. …”
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Antibacterial and Anticancer Potentials of Presynthesized Photosensitive Plectranthus cylindraceus Oil/TiO2/Polyethylene Glycol Polymeric Bionanocomposite by Musarat Amina, Nawal M. Al Musayeib, Nawal A. Alarfaj, Maha F. El-Tohamy, Gadah A. Al-Hamoud

“…The suggested film is based on the utility of naturally extracted P. cylindraceus oil in the formation of the polymeric bionanocomposite film decorated with TiO2 nanoparticles. …”
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Gender (im)balance in the Russian cinema: on the screen and behind the camera by Xenia Leontyeva, Olessia Koltsova, Deb Verhoeven

“…This article examines the binary gender composition of film project teams and the gendered representation of film characters as factors for cinema attendance. …”
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Judas Iscariot: The Archetypal Betrayer and DeMille’s Cine-Biblical Salvation within The King of Kings (1927) by Anton Karl Kozlovic

“…DeMille, the legendary cofounder of Hollywood, progenitor of Paramount studio, and unsung Christian auteur was a master of the American biblical epic whose indelible classics became the template for numerous ancient epics thereafter. Utilising humanist film criticism as the guiding analytical lens, the critical DeMille, film and religion literature was selectively reviewed and his silent Jesus film, The King of Kings (1927) was closely examined to reveal his dramatic construction of Judas Iscariot, which was briefly compared to some cinematic rivals to highlight its frequent superiority. …”
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Ideological and Historiographic Influences on the Popularization of the History on the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. An Analysis of the Lithuanian Documentary Discourse (1998-2007) by Rūta Šermukšnytė

“…The article uses specific film and TV examples to support two assertions: (1) The ideological intentions of film and TV authors give priority to explanations of the past influenced by the ideology of nationalism; (2) The preference among film and TV authors for critical Lithuanian historiography in terms of nationalist interpretations is associated with the goals they have set for themselves of revising concepts of the past that have taken hold in society. …”
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