Rob King

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Radley Metzger was one of the foremost directors of adult film in America, with credits including softcore titles like The Lickerish Quartet and the hardcore classic The Opening of Misty Beethoven. After getting his start making arthouse trailers for Janus Films, Metzger would go on to become among the most feted directors of the “porno chic” era of the 1970s, working under the pseudonym Henry Paris. In the process, he produced a body of work that exposed the porous boundaries separating art cinema from adult film, softcore from hardcore, and good taste from bad. Rob King uses Metzger’s work to explore what taste means and how it works, tracing the evolution of the adult film industry and the changing frontiers of cultural acceptability. Man of Taste spans Metzger’s entire life: his early years in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood, his attempt to bring arthouse aesthetics to adult film in the 1960s, his turn to pseudonymously directed hardcore movies in the 1970s, and his final years, which included making videos on homeopathic medicine. Metzger’s career, King argues, sheds light on how the distinction between the erotic and the pornographic is drawn, and it offers an uncanny reflection of the ways American film culture transformed during these decades. Lavishly illustrated with rare photos and publicity images, this book paints a vivid picture of a filmmaker who channeled his artistic aspirations into some of the most disreputable movie genres of his day.

Radley Metzger was one of the foremost directors of adult film in America, with credits including softcore titles like The Lickerish Quartet and the hardcore classic The Opening of Misty Beethoven. After getting his start making arthouse trailers for Janus Films, Metzger would go on to become among the most feted directors of the “porno chic” era of the 1970s, working under the pseudonym Henry Paris. In the process, he produced a body of work that exposed the porous boundaries separating art cinema from adult film, softcore from hardcore, and good taste from bad. Rob King uses Metzger’s work to explore what taste means and how it works, tracing the evolution of the adult film industry and the changing frontiers of cultural acceptability. Man of Taste spans Metzger’s entire life: his early years in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood, his attempt to bring arthouse aesthetics to adult film in the 1960s, his turn to pseudonymously directed hardcore movies in the 1970s, and his final years, which included making videos on homeopathic medicine. Metzger’s career, King argues, sheds light on how the distinction between the erotic and the pornographic is drawn, and it offers an uncanny reflection of the ways American film culture transformed during these decades. Lavishly illustrated with rare photos and publicity images, this book paints a vivid picture of a filmmaker who channeled his artistic aspirations into some of the most disreputable movie genres of his day.

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Sales needs a rebrand in the creative industry. The creative pound contributes £13M every hour to the UK economy – our creative sector is truly world beating. Yet so many creative businesses and agencies still struggle to find consistent sales and growth. How can creatives rapidly grow their business? The book helps creatives shift their mindset from viewing sales as an afterthought to a fundamental part of their business strategy and provides them with the tools and strategies they need to grow and scale their business. This book is the lessons learned and experience of twenty-five years Selling Creativity. Creatives often have a problem with growth and sales. It needn’t be like this. There is a new way for new business.

Sometimes Christians--even those of us who have been following Jesus for a long time--have a sense of something missing. We feel that we should be more comfortable and confident in our relationship with God. We wonder, Shouldn't I be more capable, peaceful, joyful, and spiritual? We are hungry for more. Pastors Rob King and Eric Ferris explore this longing of "something missing" in their effective and inspirational new release by explaining how you can experience an ongoing, renewable, increasing awareness of the Holy Spirit within.

Sometimes Christians--even those of us who have been following Jesus for a long time--have a sense of something missing. We feel that we should be more comfortable and confident in our relationship with God. We wonder, Shouldn't I be more capable, peaceful, joyful, and spiritual? We are hungry for more. Pastors Rob King and Eric Ferris explore this longing of "something missing" in their effective and inspirational new release by explaining how you can experience an ongoing, renewable, increasing awareness of the Holy Spirit within.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has grown from a relatively obscure technology that few recognised to significantly disrupting the workforce in just a few short years. Analysts predict the growth will continue exponentially. But what is the truth? How do you distinguish between the hype and the myths that now surround this topic? Whether it's Bill Gates suggesting RPA should be taxed, or predictions of massive job losses, there is a lot of confusion about what RPA really is and what impact it will have. Whatever industry sector you find yourself in, no matter how large or small, you will find that RPA will become the backbone of your future workforce if you are to continue to meet the changing customer demands. There is a need to act quickly and transform your business now or risk being disrupted by those who have already set out on their automation journey. But then we find that between 30%-50% of automation pilots fail Statements made by vendors how easy it is to implement RPA are somewhat overstated. However, there are some basic lessons learned that can help you find the right path for your organisation. In this book, I will explain the different types of Robotic Process Automation and how to align your business needs to the solutions available and then start and scale your automation journey. This is not a sheep-dip approach but a carefully considered approach that helps you to align your specific business needs to the right solution and the right business model. Implementing RPA is not easy, but neither should it be too difficult if you follow a well-considered approach.

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Hokum! is the first book to take a comprehensive view of short-subject slapstick comedy in the early sound era. Challenging the received wisdom that sound destroyed the slapstick tradition, author Rob King explores the slapstick short's Depression-era development against a backdrop of changes in film industry practice, comedic tastes, and moviegoing culture. Each chapter is grounded in case studies of comedians and comic teams, including the Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, and Robert Benchley. The book also examines how the past legacy of silent-era slapstick was subsequently reimagined as part of a nostalgic mythology of Hollywood's youth.

Retribution: Ryan Marshall was expecting three months of gruelling hell in SAS Selection. He soon realises that no amount of training could have prepared him for what he would be subjected to. No Good Deed: David Costello's success in the British Army garnered him the resentment of his troop. When thrust into a hostage rescue, Costello must not only free the captives, but also overcome his squad mates' insubordination. Second Chance: A death during an drug fuelled evening leads to Chris Howells' arrest in Las Vegas. Ryan Marshall, a soldier of the British SAS, is sent to break Howells out of jail and smuggle him out of America. Marshall must not only deal with the jailbreak, but also Howells, whose addictions make the journey anything but easy. Extinction: The Controller of an Alethean survey vessel is left with a single option to save his dying people. The problem: the "Causality Pact" prevents him from taking action, leaving him with a choice between the laws of his people, and their very survival.

The Aletheans are a race dedicated to the exploration of the Milky Way galaxy in search of planets like their own. Candidate 11 is one such planet. Survey vessel A-327 was dispatched, and over the decades that followed, her crew studied the primitive world, waiting for the indigenous species to reach atomic realisation. When disaster strikes the Alethean home world, the Controller of A-327 is left with only one option to save his dying people. One thing stands in his way: an ancient law known as The Causality Pact prevents him from taking action, leaving him with a choice between the traditions and laws of his people, and their very survival.

Alethean survey vessel A-327 was dispatched to 'Candidate 11' over five hundred years ago. When a disaster annihilated the Alethean species, A-327 was left adrift in orbit, before being discovered by SAS soldier Ryan Marshall during the Gulf War. Marshall must harness the Alethean legacy, and save Earth from a threat unlike anything humanity has ever faced.

Despite Chris Howells' thriving career, and limitless potential, he cannot escape his vices. A death during an alcohol and drug fuelled evening leads to Howells' arrest in Las Vegas. Facing a possible death penalty for his crime, his father sees no alternative but to send Ryan Marshall, a soldier of the British SAS, to break Howells out of jail and smuggle him out of America. Marshall must not only deal with the jailbreak, but also a defiant Howells, whose addictions make the journey anything but easy. Second Chance is the backstory of Chris Howells, a leading character in The Alethean Legacy.

SAS selection is the toughest military process in the world, and Ryan Marshall was expecting three months of gruelling hell. When John Medforth is selected as his assessor, Marshall soon realises that no amount of training could have prepared him for what Medforth would subject him to. Retribution is the backstory of John Medforth, a leading character in The Alethean Legacy.

From its founding in 1912, the short-lived Keystone Film Company - home of the frantic, bumbling Kops and Mack Sennett's Bathing Beauties - made an indelible mark on American popular culture with its high-energy comic shorts. Even as Keystone brought 'lowbrow' comic traditions to the screen, the studio played a key role in reformulating those traditions for a new, cross-class audience. In "The Fun Factory", Rob King explores the dimensions of that process, arguing for a new understanding of working-class cultural practices within early cinematic mass culture. He shows how Keystone fashioned a style of film comedy from the roughhouse humor of cheap theater, pioneering modes of representation that satirized film industry attempts at uplift. Interdisciplinary in its approach, "The Fun Factory" offers a unique studio history that views the changing politics of early film culture through the sociology of laughter.