Film

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560256984Author Simon DoonanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Thunder's Mouth PressPublisher Thunder's Mouth PressWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm)...

Wong Kar Wai is known for his romantic and stylish films that explore-in saturated, cinematic scenes-themes of love, longing, and the burden of memory. His style reveals a fascination with mood and texture, and a sense of place figures prominently. In...

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No Crying in Baseball is a rollicking, revelatory deep dive into a one-of-a-kind film. Before A League of Their Own, few American girls could imagine themselves playing professional ball (and doing it better than the boys). But Penny Marshall's genre...

Cleo de 5 a 7 (Cleo from 5 to 7), Agnes Varda's classic 1962 work depicts, in near real-time, 90 minutes in the life of Cleo, a young woman in Paris awaiting the results of medical tests that she fears will confirm a fatal condition. The film, whose...

From 1940 to 1944, the German-owned Continental Films dominated the French film landscape, producing thirty features throughout the Nazi occupation. Charged with producing entertaining and profitable films rather than propaganda, producer Alfred Greven...

Ginette Vincendeau discusses the artistic value of his films in their proper context and comments on Jean-Pierre Melville's love of American culture and his controversial critical and political standing in this English language study.About the...

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The horror film has always been populated by male monsters, many of which do carry out monstrous acts of violation, rape and castration. The horror film is also filled with male monsters who grow fur, change shape, bleed and give birth. What is it that...

A hilarious take on the movie industry and all its foibles. Moving Pictures is filled to the brim with Sir Terry Pratchett's signature wit and cutting humour'An enduring, endearing presence in comic literature' GuardianThe alchemists of the Discworld...

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Genre and Hollywood provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of genre. In this important new book, Steve Neale discusses all the major concepts, theories and accounts of Hollywood and genre, as well as the key genres which theorists have...

The Godfather and Philosophy is comprised of twenty-eight chapters by philosophers, who reflect upon the ethical and metaphysical issues raised in The Godfather novels and movies, beginning with the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo and the 1972 movie by Francis...

Explore the magical world of anime through 30 classic films in this new book from the authors of Ghibliotheque.From box office hits such as Akira, Ghost in the Shell and Your Name to a host of deeper cuts, hidden gems and future classics, this revealing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Gift) 2011.Book InformationISBN 9781608870080Author Andrew WilliamsonPage Count 12Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight...

During his career, Michael Mann has drawn a singular and innovative line within the Hollywood industry. The Last of the Mohicans, Heat, Revelations, Ali, Collateral, Miami Vice, and even Public Enemies, have reshuffled the cards of American cinema to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738456512Author Kelly SawardFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Kelly SawardPublisher Kelly Saward

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692312087Author Laila NabulsiFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Monastrell BooksPublisher Monastrell BooksWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629337159Author Peter BrookerFormat HardbackPage Count 242Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

The Art of Film Projection: A Beginner's Guide is a beautifully produced, comprehensive outline of the materials, equipment and knowledge needed to present the magic of cinema to an enthralled audience. Part manual and part manifesto, The Art of Film...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903254561Author Robin BougieFormat PaperbackPage Count 191Imprint FAB PressPublisher FAB PressWeight(grams) 347g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681370248Author Jonathan GriffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...

Vertigo (1958) is widely regarded as not only one of Hitchcock's best films, but one of the greatest films of world cinema. Made at the time when the old studio system was breaking up, it functions both as an embodiment of the supremely seductive visual...

The easy way for kids to get started with filmmaking If you've been bitten by the filmmaking bug even if you don't have a background in video or access to fancy equipment Digital Filmmaking For Kids makes it easy to get up and running with digital...

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An engrossing A-Z of over 60 gory years of slasher and splatter movies, from Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later to Lucio Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters. Here you will find the low-down on over 250 movies with entries from 23 different countries. The index, which...

Every event is magical when it's inspired by the imaginative Wizarding World of the Harry Potter films! Bursting with gorgeous photography and sprinkled with fascinating behind-the-scenes film facts, Harry Potter: Festivities & Feasts offers step-by-step...

From big city bites to small town tastes, feed your interdimensional demon inside with a smorgasbord of paranormal-inspired recipes with the first-ever official Ghostbusters cookbook! Who you gonna call... to eat?! Featuring more than 50 recipes...

This fascinating book from veteran film journalist Ian Haydn Smith, with a foreword from award-winning director Asif Kapadia, explores 100 of the most compelling documentaries, each with the power to radically change our perceptions and challenge the way...

When Brian De Palma agreed to allow Julie Salamon unlimited access to the film production of Tom Wolfe's best-selling book The Bonfire of the Vanities , both director and journalist must have felt like they were on to something big. How could it lose?...

An exclusive visual history of the creation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featuring original interviews, concept art, and behind-the-scenes photos from the studio's first decade The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593540152Author Matt SingerFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm) 236mm *...

Peter Cowie's book chronicles the life and the 60-year film and stage career of Bergman as he wrestles of themes of love, sex and betrayal with the figure of Death hovering overhead.Blending biographical information with critical comment, Cowie presents...

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Edinburgh-based cartoonist Edward Ross uses comics to illuminate the ideas behind our favourite films. In Filmish, Ross's cartoon alter-ego guides readers through the annals of cinematic history, introducing us to some of the strange and fascinating...

In Life-Destroying Diagrams, Eugenie Brinkema brings the insights of her radical formalism to bear on supremely risky terrain: the ethical extremes of horror and love. Through close readings of works of film, literature, and philosophy, she explores how...

Warning: Watch your wallets and stay out of the bathroom! In a bygone era, when Times Square was crammed with porn shops, gun stores, and drug pushers, disenfranchised moviegoers flocked to the grindhouses along 42nd Street. If the gore epics,...

In Last Night at the Viper Room, acclaimed author and journalist Gavin Edwards vividly recounts the life and tragic death of acclaimed actor River Phoenix-a teen idol on the fast track to Hollywood royalty who died of a drug overdose in front of West...