Robert Cettl
Biography
A former SAR Research Fellow at the National Film & Sound Archive, Robert has a BA(Hons) in Film Study, a GRAD DIP (Information Study), and a GRAD CERT (TESOL). He is a member of ALIA (Australian Library and Information Association).
Professionally published in print by US scholarly giant McFarland, Robert branched into independent digital publishing shortly following Amazon's release of the Kindle. As publisher at Wider Screenings TM | Transgressor he designs and releases ebooks for local Australian authors, beginning in Adelaide, South Australia.
Though established on Smashwords, Kindle and the new XinXii self-publishing platforms, Robert also distributes through Lightning Source. He balances his time developing self-published projects, freelancing as a designer and independent digital publisher for other authors and developing interactive, scholarly, film review material.
Robert's interest in adult film and erotica has led to repeated entanglements with the popular press. Neverthless, he maintains an avowed, almost obsessive interest in the film analysis of adult X-rated erotic movies. This he hosts in tandem with much mainstream film writing on his website Wider Screenings TM, which also features complete details of his ebook publications, including multi-media versions unavailable on either Smashwords or Kindle. Interested readers are encouraged to visit the website for additional free intellectual content related to movies | ebooks | multimedia.
Robert's current pursuit is interactive, multi-media PDF based ebooks with embedded audio and video material for a completely integrated e-reading experience. Details of these projects can be found at his website.
Where to find Robert Cettl online
Books
Hollywood and the Killer Lesbian
by Robert Cettl
Price: $4.99 USD. 10610 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on January 9, 2013. Nonfiction.
Amidst the socio-sexual upheavals of the 1970s, Hollywood used a re-envisioning of the detective character from traditional film noir to essay the threat to heterosexual patriarchy posed by transgressive homosexuality.
Thus, in one 1972 film emerged American cinema's way of dealing with that threat - the archetype of the Killer Lesbian was cemented!
Neglected Virtues: They Only Kill Their Masters
by Robert Cettl
Price: $3.99 USD. 7110 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on September 14, 2012. Nonfiction.
A female body washed on shore. A doberman suspected of killing her. One detective will soon find the truth. A low-key detective film, They Only Kill Their Masters starred James Garner in an iconographic performance. Now, this seldom seen lost 1970s film is given an en exclusive e-book retrospective critical portrait.
King of the Turkeys: Michael Caine in America
by Robert Cettl
Price: $4.99 USD. 15950 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on July 25, 2012. Nonfiction.
Though an internationally acclaimed, Academy Award winning Actor, Michael Caine has done more flops in American cinema than most actors would care to inlcude on their CV. From Ashanti to The Swarm, The Black Windmill to Jaws the Revenge, this e-book explores the world of Michael Caine's flops, the turkeys that his most ardent fans nevertheless adore.
At the Movies with the Law of Attraction
by Robert Cettl
Price: $2.99 USD. 34710 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on November 21, 2011. Nonfiction.
Popular film criticism informed by the New Age self-help ideal, the Law of Attraction (LOA). Full, detailed accounts of how contemporary and classic films appear when examined through a critical prism informed by LOA experience and belief. A one of a kind book which brings film scholarship to self-improvement literature: from Picoult to Tarantino, James Bond to Star Trek, Woodstock to Snuff.
Neglected Virtues 2
by Robert Cettl
Price: $0.99 USD. 38860 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on February 9, 2011. Nonfiction.
A second e-companion to the home theatre experience. In-depth reviews of 25 rewarding DVD / Blu-Ray movies for discerning adults who value informed choice to guide their viewing selections.
Neglected Virtues
by Robert Cettl
Price: $0.99 USD. 40620 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on February 6, 2011. Nonfiction.
An e-companion to the home theatre experience. In-depth reviews of 25 rewarding DVD / Blu-Ray movies for discerning adults who value informed choice to guide their viewing selections.
Eduardo Cemano & the Birth of the New York City One-Day-Wonder Porno
by Robert Cettl
Price: $2.99 USD. 4300 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on January 31, 2011. Nonfiction.
Before Boogie Nights.
Before Deep Throat.
From the New York underground swinger set he emerged to transform adult filmmaking with a visionary zeal. With a handheld camera he adored naked, copulating bodies. With a sharp intelligence he satirized the same sexual revolution that enabled him. He made two one-day wonders, three adult films, then vanished.
Who is he?
Get introduced in ebook.
Sensational Movie Monologues
by Robert Cettl
Price: $6.99 USD. 44060 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on January 31, 2011. Nonfiction.
Theatre may claim the monologue as its own but the movies have since claimed it as part and parcel of a successful hit. The best, most powerful and most memorabke movie moments are often in the form of sensational movie monologues: fifty of the best are compiled in this e-anthology as source material for aspiring actors and film buffs alike.
Lolita vs. God's Law
by Robert Cettl
Price: $2.99 USD. 5190 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on January 30, 2011. Nonfiction.
A case study in Australian film censorship. Christian Australia felt Adrian Lyne's film of Lolita went too far - it violated God's Laws by validating and encouraging paedophilia. The Christian Right gathered en masse to lobby the Australian Parliament to ban the film and in so doing place God's Law above freedom of speech. Did they succeed?
The Integrity of Aberration
by Robert Cettl
Price: $2.99 USD. 9860 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on January 30, 2011. Nonfiction.
Can a pornographer have "moral rights"? Under universal copyright law, indeed he/she can. Yet film censorship law in Australia is such that the pornographer's rights are indeed being violated, in defiance of UN decree and the Berne Act. Can anyone actually argue in favor of a pornographer's moral rights, with a straight face? Yes indeed!
Objectionable Material
by Robert Cettl
Price: $2.99 USD. 7010 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on January 30, 2011. Nonfiction.
Does the library have an ethical responsibility and obligation to collect | archive so-called "objectionable" material such as pornography and obscenity? How is this obligation affected by government imposed censorship within a so-called democracy? Objectionable Material brings to popular ebook one of the most controversial issues facing contemporary information management.
Film Tales
by Robert Cettl
Price: $4.99 USD. 53000 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on January 30, 2011. Nonfiction.
An anthology of anecdotes from a century of movie backstories, covering all genres from action to horror, erotica to cult and romance to drama. Well-kept secrets, legends and backstage folklore from the movie-making experience are collected in an ebook companion to the home theatre experience.
Film Talk
by Robert Cettl
Price: $2.99 USD. 59570 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on January 30, 2011. Nonfiction.
Your favourite movie quotes in the one handy e-resource: an e-anthology of the most memorable, sexiest, strangest and funniest quotes from a century of cinema. "Are you talking to me?" Damn straight! Film Talk is definitely the ebook guide to quoting the Movies in the Age of Home Theatre.
Film Tags
by Robert Cettl
Price: $2.99 USD. 41080 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on January 28, 2011. Nonfiction.
Often, what gets lost in all the movie hype is the creation of the hype itself. A film tagline has an important function in movie marketing: not only must it generate enough interest in the film to lure audiences but it must also accurately encapsulate the movie's tone. Yet, there has never been an anthology of film taglines - until now!
Australian Film Tales
by Robert Cettl
Price: $4.99 USD. 45620 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on January 27, 2011. Nonfiction.
From the drunken brawl that scarred Mel Gibson's face and led to his casting in Mad Max to the Australian ex-pat who immortalized American disco music in Saturday Night Fever to the outrage over an American superhero movie claiming to be Australian content to get a tax rebate! A unique collection of Aussie movie anecdotes by a former SAR Fellow at Australia's National Film & Sound Archive.
The Altruistic Pornographer
by Robert Cettl
Price: $2.99 USD. 5240 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on January 25, 2011. Nonfiction.
A semi-satire: the radical inversion of religious-based Patriarchal ideology in opposition to state-sponsored censorship in order to argue the essential relationship between "pornography" and secular humanist | atheist ideals as inherent in the transgressive art of sexual altruism: the "pornographer" as contemporary anti-hero, heretic and, naturally, immoral political subversive.
Censorship: a Cruel Picture
by Robert Cettl
Price: $2.99 USD. 3900 words.
Published by Wider Screenings | Transgressor on January 23, 2011. Nonfiction.
Case study of Australian film censorship practice regarding the 1976 Swedish movie Thriller: a Cruel Picture banned in Australia and with DVD versions ordered confiscated by Customs as a prohibited import.
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