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Stephen R. Prince Professor Department of Communication Studies Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 24061-0311 sprince@vt.edu (540) 231-5044
Books :
Prince, Stephen, ed., The Horror Film (Rutgers University Press, 2004).
Prince, Stephen, Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film, Third Edition (Needham, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2004) Second Edition, 2001 First Edition, 1997
Prince, Stephen, Classical Film Violence: Designing and Regulating Brutality in Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1968 (Rutgers University Press, July 2003).
Prince, Stephen, ed., Screening Violence. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2000.
Prince, Stephen. A New Pot of Gold: Hollywood Under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980-1989. New York: Scribner’s, 2000. Paperback edition, University of California Press, 2002
Prince, Stephen. The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa, revised and expanded edition. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. Chinese language edition. Variety Publishing/Bardon Chinese Media Agency, 1995. Original edition, Princeton University Press, 1991.
Prince, Stephen, ed. Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Prince, Stephen, Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998.
Prince, Stephen, Visions of Empire: Political Imagery in Contemporary Hollywood Film. New York: Praeger, 1992.
Articles:
Prince, Stephen, “Why Do Film Scholars Ignore Movie Violence?”, Chronicle of Higher Education August 10, 2001, p. B18-B19.
Prince, Stephen, "True Lies: Perceptual Realism, Digital Images and Film Theory," Film Quarterly 49:3 (Spring, 1996), pp. 27-37.
Prince, Stephen, "Historical Perspective and the Realist Aesthetic in High Noon," Film Criticism (Spring-Fall, 1994): 59-71.
Prince, Stephen, "Contemporary Directions in Film Theory: An Introduction," Post Script 13:1 (Fall, 1993): 3-9. Published Spring 1994.
Prince, Stephen, "The Discourse of Pictures: Iconicity and Film Studies," Film Quarterly 47, no. 1 (Fall 1993), pp. 16-28.
Prince, Stephen and Wayne E. Hensley, "The Kuleshov Effect: Recreating the Classic Experiment" Cinema Journal 31, no. 2, Winter 1992, pp. 59-75.
Prince, Stephen, "Memory & Nostalgia in Kurosawa's Dream World," Post Script: Essays on Film and the Humanities special issue on contemporary Japanese cinema, 11, no. 1, Fall 1991 (published Spring 1992), pp. 28-39.
Prince, Stephen, "Power and Pain: Content Analysis and the Ideology of Pornography," Journal of Film and Video 42, No. 2, Summer 1990, pp. 31-41.
Prince, Stephen, "Politics and the Linguistic Sign: V.N. Volosinov's Philosophy of Language," Critical Review 3, No. 3/4, Summer/Fall 1989, pp. 568-578.
Prince, Stephen, "Toward a Social Theory of the Horror Film," Wide Angle, 10, No. 3, July 1988, pp. 19-29.
Prince, Stephen, "TOM HORN: Dialectics of Power and Violence in the Old West," The Journal of Popular Culture, Winter 1988, pp. 119-129.
Prince, Stephen, "The Pornographic Image and the Practice of Film Theory," Cinema Journal, 27, No. 2, Winter 1988, pp. 27-39.
Prince, Stephen, "Patterns of Eastern Thought in Kurosawa's Films," Post-Script, 7, No. 2, Winter 1988, pp. 4-17.
Prince, Stephen, "Dialogue: Linda Williams & Stephen Prince on Film Pornography," Cinema Journal, 27, No. 3, Spring 1988, pp. 50-54.
Book Chapters:
Prince, Stephen, “Violence and Psychophysiology in Horror Cinema,” in Freud’s Worst Nightmares: Psychoanalysis and the Horror Film, ed. Steven J. Schneider (Cambridge University Press, in press).
Prince, Stephen, “The Horror Film: An Introduction,” in The Horror Film, ed. Stephen Prince (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, in press).
Prince, Stephen, “Graphic Violence in the Cinema: Origins, Aesthetic Design and Social Effects,” in Screening Violence, ed. Stephen Prince (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000), pp. 1-44.
Prince, Stephen, “Political Film in the Nineties,” in Film Genre 2000, ed. Wheeler Winston Dixon (New York: SUNY Press, 2000), pp. 63-75.
Prince, Stephen, “Bonnie and Clyde’s Legacy of Cinematic Violence,” in Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde, ed. Lester Friedman (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000).
Prince, Stephen, “Sam Peckinpah: Savage Poet of American Cinema,” in Sam Peckinpah’s ‘The Wild Bunch’ (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999), pp. 1-36.
Prince, Stephen, “’Do You Understand?’: History and Memory in Julia,” in The Films of Fred Zinnemann, ed. Arthur Nolletti (Syracuse, NY: SUNY University Press, 1999), pp. 187-198.
Prince, Stephen, "Psychoanalytic Film Theory and the Problem of the Missing Spectator" in Post-Theory: Reconstructing Film Studies, eds. David Bordwell and Noel Carroll (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996), pp. 71-86.
Prince, Stephen, "Smart Bombs and Celluloid Heroes: Hollywood at War in the Middle East" in The Media and the Persian Gulf War, ed. Robert E. Denton, Jr. New York: Praeger, 1993, pp. 235-256.
Book Reviews:
Review of Ambient Television in Quarterly Review of Film and Video 20 (2003), pp. 68-72.
Review of The Big Tomorrow in Business History Review 75, no. 1 (Spring 2001),pp. 217-220.
Review of Steadicam: Techniques and Aesthetics in Film Quarterly 55, no. 1 (Fall 2001), pp. 69-70.
Review of Overhearing Film Dialogue in Film Quarterly 54, no. 4 (Summer 2001), pp. 59-61.
Review of Men Viewing Violence by Stirling Media Research Institute (London: Broadcasting Standards Commission, 1998) in Men and Masculinities 2, no. 4 (April 2000), pp. 474-476
Review of Robert Burgoyne, Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History in Film Quarterly 53, no. 2 (Winter 1999-2000), pp. 58.
Review of James M. Reilly, Storage Guide for Color Photographic Materials in Film Quarterly 52, no. 3 (Spring, 1999), pp. 62-63.
Review of Charles Tashiro, Pretty Pictures: Production Design and the History Film in Film Quarterly 52, no. 2 (Winter1998-99), pp. 54-55.
Review of Noel Carroll, Theorizing the Moving Image in Film Quarterly 52, no. 2 (Winter1998-99), pp 60-61.
Review of Tony Williams, Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker in Film Quarterly 52, no. 2 (Winter1998-99), p 61.
Review of Jon Lewis, Whom God Wishes to Destroy...Francis Coppola and the New Hollywood in Film Quarterly 50, no. 2 (Winter 1997), p. 61.
Review of Ronald Davis, John Ford: Hollywood’s Old Master in Film Quarterly 50, no. 2 (Winter 1997), p. 62.
Review of Sidney Lumet, Making Movies in Film Quarterly 50, no. 2 (Winter 1997), p. 63.
Review of Ed S. Tan, Emotion and the Structure of Narrative Film in Film Quarterly 51, no. 1 (Fall 1997), p. 45.
Review of Gregory Currie, Image and Mind: Film, Philosophy and Cognitive Science in Film Quarterly 51, no. 1 (Fall 1997), p. 50.
Review of Carole Zucker, Figures of Light: Actors and Directors Illuminate the Art of Film Acting in Film Quarterly 50, no. 1 (Fall 1996), p. 49.
Review of Justin Wyatt, High Concept: Movies and Marketing in the New Hollywood in Film Quarterly 49, no. 3 (Spring 1996), p. 53.
Review of Ian Cameron, The Book of Film Noir in Film Quarterly 49, no. 1 (Fall 1995), p. 63.
Review of R. Barton Palmer, Hollywood’s Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir in Film Quarterly 49, no. 1 (Fall 1995), p. 63.
Review of Vincent LoBrutto, Sound-on-Film: Interviews with Creators of Film Sound in Film Quarterly 49, no. 1 (Fall 1995), p. 64.
Review of Richard W. Haines, Technicolor Movies in Film Quarterly 48, no. 3 (Spring 1995), p. 59.
Review of Michel Chion, Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen in Film Quarterly 48, no. 4 (Summer 1995), pp. 41-42.
Review of Gabriella Oldham, First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors in Film Quarterly 48, no. 1 (Fall 1994), p. 63.
Review of Nicholas Ray, I Was Interrupted: Nicholas Ray on Making Movies in Film Quarterly 48, no. 1 (Fall 1994), p. 64.
Review of William Palmer, The Films of the Eighties in Film Quarterly 47, no. 4 (Summer 1994), pp. 41-42.
Review of Paul Smith, Clint Eastwood: A Cultural Production in Film Quarterly 47, no. 3 (Spring 1994), pp. 51-52
Review of Robert J. Stoller and I.S. Levine, Coming Attractions: The Making of an X-Rated Video in Film Quarterly 47, no. 3 (Spring 1994), p. 62.
Review of Edward Branigan, Narrative Comprehension and Film in Film Quarterly 47, no. 2 (Winter 1993-94), pp. 57-58.
Review of Janet Staiger, Interpreting Films: Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema in Film Quarterly 46, no. 2, pp. 51-52.
Review of Marshall Fine, Bloody Sam: The Life and Films of Sam Peckinpah in Film Quarterly, 46, no. 1, Fall 1992, p. 28.
Review of J.P. Telotte, The Cult Film Experience: Beyond All Reason in Film Quarterly, 45, no. 4, Summer 1992, pp. 29-30.
Review of Noel Carroll, Mystifying Movies: Fads and Fallacies in Contemporary Film Theory in Film Quarterly 45, no. 2, Winter 1991-92, pp. 49-51.
Review of Gregory Barrett's Archetypes in Japanese Film in Film Quarterly 45, no. 1, Fall, 1991, pp. 54-55.
Review of William Rothman's The "I" of the Camera in Film Quarterly, 43, no. 4, Summer, 1990, pp. 36-38.
Review of David Desser's Eros plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema in Film Quarterly, 43, no. 2, Winter, 1989-90, pp. 51-53.
Re-Prints:
Stephen Prince, “True Lies: Perceptual Realism, Digital Images and Film Theory” in The Film Cultures Reader ed. Graeme Turner (Routledge, 2002), pp. 115-128.
Prince, Stephen, “Peckinpah and the 1960s” (Dutch translation) in AS/Andere Sinema Mediatuschrift no. 155 (July-September, 2000), pp. 54-82.
Prince, Stephen, “Historical Perspective and the Realist Aesthetic in High Noon,” in The Films of Fred Zinnemann, ed. Arthur Nolletti (Syracuse, NY: SUNY University Press, 1999), pp. 79-92.
Prince, Stephen, “The Discourse of Pictures: Iconicity and Film Studies,” in Film Theory and Criticism, ed. Gerald Mast, Marshall Cohen, Leo Braudy (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), pp. 99-117.
Prince, Stephen, “True Lies: Perceptual Realism and Unreal Images” in Film Quarterly 40 Years Later -- A Celebration (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999), pp 392-411.
Prince, Stephen. “Zen and Selfhood: Patterns of Eastern Thought in Kurosawa's Films” in James Goodwin, ed., Perspectives on Akira Kurosawa (New York: G.K. Hall, 1994), pp. 225-235.
Prince, Stephen. “The Heroic Mode of Kurosawa's Cinema” in James Goodwin, ed., Perspectives on Akira Kurosawa (New York: G.K. Hall, 1994), pp. 251-261.
Encyclopedia Entries:
Prince, Stephen, “Ride the High Country” in Understanding Film Genres, ed. Tom Pendergast and Steven Schneider (New York: McGraw-Hill, forthcoming).
Prince, Stephen, “Film and Ideology” in The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, Vol. 2 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), Michael Kelly ed., pp. 204- 206.
Proceedings:
Prince, Stephen, "Are There Bolsheviks in Your Breakfast Cereal?", Communication & Culture: Language, Performance, Technology & Media, ed. Sari Thomas & William A. Evans, Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1990, pp. 180-184.
Prince, Stephen, "The Question of a Sexuality of Abuse in Pornographic Films," Communication & Culture: Language, Performance, Technology & Media, ed. Sari Thomas & William A. Evans, Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1990, pp. 281-284.
DVD COMMENTARIES AND RELATED PUBLICATIONS:
Prince, Stephen, Ikiru audio commentary (Criterion DVD, January 2004 release)
Prince, Stephen, Straw Dogs audio commentary (Criterion DVD, 2003)
Prince, Stephen, Ran audio commentary (Wellspring DVD, 2003)
Prince, Stephen, Red Beard audio commentary (Criterion DVD, 2002)
Prince, Stephen, Throne of Blood DVD liner notes (Criterion, 2003)
Prince, Stephen, Rashomon DVD liner notes (Criterion, 2002)
Prince, Stephen, “Kurosawa and Mifune,” article appearing on Criterion Co. DVD website (www.criterionco.com)
Prince, Stephen, “Ask the Expert” and “Akira Kurosawa: Essential Films” on PBS’ Great Performances website (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/kurosawa/kurosawa.html).
INVITED LECTURES:
“Cinema and Cinematography in the 21st Century,” University of Oklahoma, October 2003.
“American Film at the Turn of the New Century,” Middlebury College, September 2002.
“The Golden Age of Film: Akira Kurosawa,” Collegiate Women’s Association of Japan, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 27, 2002.
“Aesthetics of Violence in Hollywood Film,” George Gerbner Lecture, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, March 21, 2002.
“The Film Legacy of Akira Kurosawa,” Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 21, 2001.
“The Legacy of Akira Kurosawa Outside Japan,” invited lecture, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Oct. 14, 2000.
“Favorite Films: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”, Hollins University, July 2000.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
“Do Film Scholars Ignore Movie Violence” Workshop, participant, Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Denver, 2002.
“Film and Censorship: Regulating Screen Violence in the Age of Terrorism” Workshop, participant, Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Denver, 2002.
“Peckinpah and After: Modern and Postmodern Approaches to Cinema Violence,” Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Washington D.C., 2001.
“Graphic Screen Violence: Problems of Visual Rhetoric, Aesthetic Pleasure, and Viewer Response,” International Communication Association Conference, Acapulco, Mexico, June 2000.
Workshop, “Teaching Film Studies in the Neoconservative University,” Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Chicago, 2000.
Workshop, “New Directors, New Directions,” Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Chicago, 2000.
“Film Structure and Viewer Assessments of Screen Violence,” Film, Mind, and Viewer Symposium, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, May, 1999.
Workshop: “Pluralism and Method in Film Studies,” Society for Cinema Studies Conference, West Palm Beach, 1999.
“From Cinema to Software: Hollywood in the 1980s,” Society for Cinema Studies Conference, West Palm Beach, 1999.
“American Film in the 1980s: A Decade of Transformation”, invited lecture, Hollins University, November 1997
“Bonnie and Clyde’s Legacy of Cinematic Violence,” Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Montreal, 1997.
“Cinematic Transformations of Basic Perceptual Experience,” Institute for Cognitive Studies in Film and Video Annual Conference, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS, March 1997
“No, Not Yet! Cinema and Personal Survival in Kurosawa’s Recent Films,” Conference on Japanese Literature and Cinema, Dartmouth College, November 1997
"Ultraviolence, Natural Born Killers and Sam Peckinpah," Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Dallas, 1996.
"Perceptual Realism and Unreal Images," Society for Cinema Studies Conference, New York City, 1995.
"Violence and Melancholy in Peckinpah's Films," Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Syracuse, 1994.
“Film vs. Video: What Happens When Motion Pictures are Transferred to Videotape,” Virginia Tech International Club, January 1993
“Akira Kurosawa’s Films,” Virginia Tech International Club, October 1993
"Smart Bombs and Celluloid Heroes: Hollywood at War in the Middle East," presented at the Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Pittsburgh, 1992.
"Visual and Cultural Constructions of the Persian Gulf War," Chair of panel, Society for Cinema Studies Conference, Pittsburgh, 1992.
"Reassessing the Kuleshov Effect: Mythological Uses of Empiricism," presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, Atlanta, 1991.
"The Kuleshov Effect: Recreating the Classic Experiment," presented at the Fourth Annual Visual Communication Conference, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 1990.
"Cross-Cultural Pictorial Communication: Lessons from the Japanese Cinema," presented at the Seventh International Conference on Culture and Communication, Philadelphia, PA, 1989.
"Kurosawa's Seven Samurai: Class, History and the Organic Community," presented at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988.
"Japanese Filmmakers' Responses to Hollywood," presented at the Speech Communication Association conference, New Orleans, LA, 1988.
"Visual Codes: A Cross-Cultural Perspective," presented at the Eastern Communication Association conference, Baltimore, MD, 1988.
"Power, Pleasure and Pain in Pornographic Feature Films," presented at the International Communication Association conference, Montreal, Canada, 1987.
"The Pornographic Image and the Practice of Film Theory," presented at the Society for Cinema Studies conference, Montreal, Canada, 1987.
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