Film

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938398100Author Lyle BlackburnFormat HardbackPage Count 258Imprint Anomalist BooksPublisher Anomalist BooksWeight(grams) 513gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999481704Author Richard MoggFormat PaperbackPage Count 510Imprint Rickmoe PublishingPublisher Rickmoe Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840686920Author Joe WestwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Creation BooksPublisher Creation Books

100 objects that capture the excitement, mystery, and mythology of Star Wars.See how these artefacts, and many more, impacted key characters and events. From revered heirlooms such as Darth Vader's mask and the Skywalker lightsaber to a Tusken gaderffii...

Drawn to Life is a two-volume collection of the legendary lectures of long-time Disney animator Walt Stanchfield. For over 20 years, Walt mentored a new generation of animators at the Walt Disney Studios and influenced such talented artists such as Tim...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683834588Author Jody RevensonFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

'The foreigner is within me, hence we're all foreigners. If we're all foreigners, there are no foreigners.' - Julia KristevaStrangers Within is an anthology exploring the idea of documentary as encounter through essays, stories, interviews and other...

This story guide for Makoto Shinkai's hit your name. features beautiful scenes from the film, along with background art, character and concept art, storyboards, and a variety of exclusive interviews from the people who brought Mitsuha and Taki's story...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644301173Author Barry AtkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 486Imprint Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.Publisher Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 644g

The Little Book of Marilyn is a tribute to the style, glamour, intelligence, and chutzpah of Hollywood's most iconic star.While the 1950s was in many ways an era of repression for women, Marilyn Monroe broke barriers; rebelled against convention; and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452297289Author Steven AscherFormat PaperbackPage Count 896Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1194g

When first published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, LIVE FROM NEW YORK was immediately proclaimed the best book ever produced on the landmark and legendary late-night show. In their own words, unfiltered and uncensored, a...

For this was the summer when, after the hiatus of the Second World War, French critics were again given the opportunity to view films from Hollywood. The films they saw, including The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity. Laura, Murder, My Sweet, and The...

Few films have captured the hearts and imaginations like The Princess Bride. Based on the book by William Goldman, the 1987 film, directed by Rob Reiner and starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Billy Crystal, Andre the Giant, Carol Kane,...

The auteur theory, of which film criticAndrew Sarris was the leading American proponent, holds that artistry in cinema can be largely attributed to film directors, who, while often working against the strictures of studios, producers, and scriptwriters,...

The screenplay to another offbeat movie by the Academy Award-winning Coen brothers. As a result of a case of mistaken identity, Jeffrey Lebowski - alias The Dude - finds himself entangled in a kidnapping caper as a bag man - a situation that goes from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936168583Author Troy HowarthFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.Publisher Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.

Peter Weir's haunting and allusive Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), set in 1900, tells the story of the mysterious disappearance of three schoolgirls and their teacher on a trip to a local geological formation. The film is widely hailed as a classic of new...

Film noir has been understood as a genre exclusive to Hollywood. But classical US noir's downbeat sensibility also finds expression in later films from Japan, South Korea and China (including Hong Kong) and Taiwan, that have both participated in and been...

Ecohorror represents human fears about the natural world-killer plants and animals, catastrophic weather events, and disquieting encounters with the nonhuman. Its portrayals of animals, the environment, and even scientists build on popular conceptions of...

It's been over thirty-five years since the irrepressible Fraggles first hit the screen in the beloved children's television hit Fraggle Rock. Created by the legendary Jim Henson, along with Michael K. Frith, Jerry Juhl, Duncan Kenworthy, and Jocelyn...

B. Ruby Rich designated a brand new genre, the New Queer Cinema (NQC), in her groundbreaking article in the Village Voice in 1992. This movement in film and video was intensely political and aesthetically innovative, made possible by the debut of the...

They thought they had got away with murder. They were wrong.Discover the vital clues, the crucial evidence, the lucky breaks, the chases, the painstaking detective work, and the unlikely heroes that led to the capture of some of the world's most...

An in-depth look at one of the film industry's most audacious working actors In 1982, a gangly teenager named Nicolas Coppola made his film debut and changed his name to Nicolas Cage, determined to distance himself from his famous family. Once he...

The enormously puzzling TV series The Prisoner has developed a rapt cult following, and has often been described as 'surreal' or 'Kafkaesque.' Alex Cox watched all the episodes of The Prisoner on their first broadcast, at the ripe old age of thirteen. In...

Alicia Malone's Take on Influential Women in Film!"Once again Alicia Malone champions women filmmakers, opening the floodgates to a great new wave of female voices and creative vision." Maria Giese, filmmaker and activist#1 Bestseller in Movies & Video...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385339049Author Syd FieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Delta (imprint of Dell Publishing)Publisher Dell BooksWeight(grams) 248g

In the late 1980s a generation of filmmakers began to flower outside the Hollywood studio system and in the following decade, the independent film movement bloomed. Dozens of lesser-known filmmakers such as Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino began...

The great challenge in writing a feature-length screenplay is sustaining audience involvement from the opening sequence to the closing credits. Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach expounds on an often-overlooked tools can be key in solving this problem...

Mean Streets was Martin Scorsese's third feature film, and the one that confirmed him as a major new talent. On its premiere at the New York Film Festival in 1973, the critic Pauline Kael hailed the film as 'a true original of our period, a triumph of...

On its release in 1988, Grave of the Fireflies riveted audiences with its uncompromising drama. Directed by Isao Takahata at Studio Ghibli and based on an autobiographical story by Akiyuki Nosaka, the story of two Japanese children struggling to survive...

The lengths to which the underworld will go for a legendary prize is unparalleled. What started as a simple logbook with a piece of valuable information was soon stolen, traded, and smuggled around the outer rim and shady ports. With each pirate, thief,...

Explore how history was brought to life on the silver screen and how the Hollywood's epic movies dictated our vision of the past. This lively study analyses how Hollywood producers, directors, designers, costumiers, publicity agents, movie stars, and,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909526891Author Peter SpirerFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Reel Art PressPublisher Reel Art Press

In an ever-growing field of study, this is a major contribution to one of the key areas in cultural studies and cultural theory - the spaces, practices and mythologies of our everyday culture.Drawing on the work of such continental theorists as Henri...

The 1930s to the 1950s in Italy witnessed large increases in film-going, radio-listening, and the sale of music and weekly magazines. The industries that made and sold commercial, cultural products were transformed by the new technologies of reproduction...

You're a part of this too. Dive deeper into Matt Reeves' remarkable film The Batman with this one-of-a-kind edition of the screenplay. The Batman follows the Caped Crusader early in his career, as faces off against sinister serial killer The Riddler,...

Character Design Quarterly (CDQ) is a lively, creative magazine bringing inspiration, expert insights, and leading techniques from professional illustrators, artists, and character art enthusiasts worldwide.Each issue provides detailed tutorials on...

William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) tells the story of three veterans returning from World War II and adjusting to civilian life in a manner unusual for classical Hollywood cinema, with melodrama leavened by authentic detail, personal...

Finalist, 2024 Marshall McLuhan Outstanding Book Award, Media Ecology AssociationHow one company created the dominant aesthetic of digital realism. Just about every major film now comes to us with an assist from digital effects. The results are obvious...