Dr Deborah Allison

Research

Research Specialisms

Film title sequences; Contemporary UK film exhibition

Previous Projects

Opening title sequences in American feature films since 1930; Symbol and ritual in Kenneth Anger's 'Magick Lantern Cycle'

Current research

Current interests include the 'Dirty Harry' franchise; the films of Michael Winterbottom; UK film exhibition

Publications

Selected publications include "Beyond Saul Bass: A Century of American Film Title Sequences", Film International (online), 30 Jan 2011; "First Things First", Schnitt 55; "You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: Richard Schickel in Conversation", Senses of Cinema 53; "Title Sequences in the Western Genre: The Iconography of Action", Quarterly Review of Film and Video 25:2; "Eaux d'Artifice: Wet Dreams and Water Sports in the Garden of Delights", Senses of Cinema 46; "Courting the Critics/Assuring the Audiences: The Modulation of Dirty Harry in a Changing Cultural Climate", Film International 5:5; "Stephen Frears: Master of Hi-Lo Culture", Film International 5:3; "Film/Print: Novelisations and Capricorn One", M/C Journal 10:2l; "Novelty Title Sequences and Self-Reflexivity in Classical Hollywood Cinema", Screening The Past 20; "Lighting", "Production Process" and "Crew", The Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film; "Multiplex Programming in the UK", Screen 47:1; "Michael Winterbottom", Senses of Cinema 36; "Magick in Theory and Practice: Ritual Use of Colour in Kenneth Anger's Invocation of My Demon Brother", Senses of Cinema 34; "Don Siegel", Senses of Cinema 32; "Hold Me While I’m Naked: Notes on a Camp Classic", Senses of Cinema 32; "Clint Eastwood", Senses of Cinema 28; "Do Not Forsake Me: The Ballad of High Noon and the Rise of the Movie Theme Song", Senses of Cinema 28; "Catch Me If You Can, Auto Focus, Far From Heaven and the Art of Retro Title Sequences", Senses of Cinema 26.

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Email and website

Email: deborah.a@picturehouses.co.uk

Website

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Primary institution

Position

Cinema Programmer

Department

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Faculty

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Institution

City Screen

Address

• City Screen
• Hardy House, 16-18 Beak St.
• London
• W1F 9RD