Performing Arts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780941188432Author Mark W. TravisFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 690g

One of the most distinctive voices in film criticism explores relationships between narrative style and sexual politics. Robin Wood, well known for his books Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan and Hitchcock's Films Revisited, probes the political and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781008984271Author Brian LuffFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 15mm

The increasingly popular films of the Hong Kong New Wave grapple with such issues as East-West cultural conflicts, colonial politics, the divide between rich and poor, the plight of women in a modernizing Asian city, and the identity crises provoked by...

A drama of ambition, murder, remorse and retribution, Boris Godunov charts the decline of a Russian statesman, whose dynastic aims were foiled by a guilty past and an audacious upstart. Based on history and inspired by Shakespeare, Alexander Pushkin's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956501370Author Alan StockwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Vesper Hawk PublishingPublisher Vesper Hawk PublishingWeight(grams) 318g

How do the films of Kubrick communicate mental events of characters in a purely visual manner? And how does the music in his films express meaning when music in essence is an abstract and non-representational art form? Drawing on state-of-the-art...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781887664776Author Gary J SvehlaFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.Publisher Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988392281Author Adam ChamberlainFormat HardbackImprint Fourth HorsemanPublisher Fourth HorsemanWeight(grams) 903g

A wide-ranging introduction to film history, this anthology covers the history of film from 1895 to the present day. The book is arranged chronologically, and each chapter contains an introduction by the editors on the key developments within the period,...

Structured around modes in which one might encounter Asian-themed performances and adaptations, Shakespeare and East Asia identifies four themes that distinguish post-1950s East Asian cinemas and theatres from works in other parts of the world: Japanese...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905674367Author Libby SaxtonFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 468gDimensions(mm) 249mm * 170mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063112582Author Quentin TarantinoFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm) 231mm...

When most people are asked what the first animated movie is, they assume it's Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937. For three years (1923-1926), a young, female animation director, her husband, and four men crafted the oldest surviving...

Film and television create worlds, but they are also of a world, a world that is made up of stuff, to which humans attach meaning. Think of the last time you watched a movie: the chair you sat in, the snacks you ate, the people around you, maybe the beer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307395313Author Chad GervichFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 464gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714529639Author Robin BussFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Marion Boyars Publishers LtdPublisher Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471787815Author Village VoiceFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing Company

This set is one of the cornerstones of film scholarship, and one of the most important works on twentieth century British culture. Published between 1948 and 1985, the volumes document all aspects of film making in Britain from its origins in 1896 to...

A funny, vibrant and moving version of Chekhov's Three Sisters, set amongst the Jewish community in wartime Liverpool. From the award-winning writer Diane Samuels (Kindertransport) and well-known actress and writer Tracy-Ann Oberman. Liverpool, 1946...

From domestic goddess to desperate housewife, What a Girl Wants? explores the importance and centrality of postfeminism in contemporary popular culture.Focusing on a diverse range of media forms, including film, TV, advertising and journalism, Diane...

The title is just the first of many startling asides, observations and insights that fill this guide to Hollywood on the Lacanian psychoanalyst's couch. Zizek introduces the ideas of Jacques Lacan through the medium of American film, taking his examples...

Henry Cyril Paget, 5th Marquis of Anglesey (1875 - 1905) was born to inherit the Empire. Instead, he burned brightly, briefly and transvestitely through his family's vast wealth; putting on fabulous plays starring him. When he died, his vengeful heirs...

Challenging assumptions around Sixties stardom, the book focuses on creative collaboration and the contribution of production personnel beyond the director, and discusses how cultural change is reflected in both film style and cinematic themes.About the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901927795Author Paul LavertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Route PublishingPublisher Route Publishing

Few figures in cinema history are as towering as Russian filmmaker and theorist Sergei Mikhailovitch Eisenstein (1898-1948). Not only did Eisenstein direct some of the most important and lasting works of the silent era, including Strike, October, and...

Disability and Theatre: A Practical Manual for Inclusion in the Arts is a step-by step manual on how to create inclusive theatre, including how and where to find actors, how to publicize productions, run rehearsals, act intricate scenes like fights and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903364475Author Nina DaninoFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 786gDimensions(mm) 247mm * 194mm...

If I were an animal there would be legislation to protect my home, but because I'm just a bloody human they can do whatever the f**k they like. Welcome to the village of Syresham; it's not quite the Cotswolds. Townies have decided they want a lie-in,...

Contemporary media seems incredibly unoriginal, as Hollywood produces an endless flood of remakes, sequels, reboots, and franchises. We watch as the same stories, characters, and images appear again and again in different films, on new platforms, and as...

Aki Kaurismaki is an enigma, an eminent auteur who claims his films are a joke. Since 1983, Kaurismaki has produced classically-styled films filled with cinephilic references to film history. He has earned an international art-house audience and many...

Whether we stream them on our laptops, enjoy them in theatres or slide them into DVD players to watch on our TVs, movies are part of what it means to be socially connected in the twenty-first century. Despite its significant role in our lives, the act of...

The vital synergy between dress and the cinema has been in place since the advent of film. Broaching topics such as vampires, noir, and Marie Antoinette looks, Fashion in Film uncovers the way in which the alliance of these two powerhouse industries use...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312347383Author D B GillesFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Curated from the pages of Star Wars Insider, go behind the scenes to discover how the most terrifying Star Wars villains were brought to the screen in this incredible collection of in-depth interviews and articles. The actors and filmmakers behind...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566081467Author Gavin LevyFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 350g

Maurice, James Ivory's 1987 adaptation of the E.M. Forster novel, follows an Edwardian man's journey from the awakening of his desire for and love of men to self-acceptance. One of the most politically resistant films of the 1980s, Maurice dared to...

Within a short space of time, the film Memento has already been hailed as a modern classic. Memorably narrated in reverse, from the perspective of Leonard Shelby, the film's central character, it follows Leonard's chaotic and visceral quest to discover...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683902010Author George E TurnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 680Imprint Pulp Hero PressPublisher Pulp Hero PressWeight(grams) 894gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...