Stars in Our Eyes

ANGELA NDALIANIS is a senior lecturer in Cinema Studies and New Media at the University of Melbourne. She has contributed articles to various journals, and has written chapters for two anthologies of essays on media. CHARLOTTE HENRY has taught Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Melbourne and in the School of Studies in Creative Arts and the Victorian College of the Arts. Currently the Acquisitions Coordinator at the Australian Film Institute, she is also an active member of Women in Film and Television.

Introduction by Angela Ndalianis Individual Case Studies The Misleading Man: Dennis Hopper by Adrian Martin The Replicator: Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Great Meme-Machine by Louise Krasniewicz and Michael Blitz Choosing Silence: Robert De Niro and the Celebrity Interview by Greg M. Smith The Cultural Impact of Star Images The Keanu Effect--Stardom and the Landscape of the Acting Body: Los Angeles/Hollywood as Sight/Site by Carmel Giarratana More Sign Than Star: Diana, Death, and the Internet by Michael Punt Virtually Touching the Stars--from the Moon to Heaven's Gate and Beyond by Leonie Cooper Directors and Characters as Stars The Auteur as Star: Violence and Utopia in the Films of Sam Peckinpah by Gabrielle Murray Birth of a Hero: Rocky, Stallone, and Mythical Creation by Rikke Schubart Digital Stars in Our Eyes by Angela Ndalianis Index