Film

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879103477Author James UrsiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 971gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

In The Story of Looking, Mark Cousins takes us on a lightning-bright tour - in words and images - through how our looking selves develop over the course of a lifetime, and the ways that looking has changed over the centuries. From great works of art to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915316271Author Nikolas SchreckFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint HeadpressPublisher HeadpressWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 248mm * 171mm * 25mm

Considered one of the finest performers in world cinema, Japanese actor Takashi Shimura (1905-1982) appeared in more than 300 stage, film and television roles during his five-decade career. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with Akira...

They're back - with a grudge to settle! Following the bestselling first and second volumes, here's an all-new collection of artist Scott C's strangely good- natured confrontations between his favorite movie characters. These memorable moments of melee...

LONDON, 1942. A killer going by the name of 'Crimson Jack' is stalking the wartime streets of London, murdering women on the exact dates of the infamous Jack the Ripper killings of 1888. Has the Ripper somehow returned from the grave? Is the...

The demise of the New German Cinema and the return of popular cinema since the 1990s have led to a renewed interest in the postwar years and the complicated relationship between East and West German cinema in particular. A survey of the 1950s, as offered...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312119089Author Professor David HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 400g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903364550Author Jane BarnwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm) 220mm *...

Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard was a critical and commercial success on its release in 1950 and remains a classic of film noir and one of the best-known Hollywood films about Hollywood. Both its opening, with William Holden as the screenwriter Joe...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581152241Author Vincent LoBruttoFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Allworth Press,U.S.Publisher Allworth Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 297g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859655699Author Lee KarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

Previously titled Audio Post-production in Video and Film, this third edition has been completely revised and restructured to provide a step-by-step guide to the professional techniques used to shape a soundtrack through the production process. Covering...

Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear (1991) opens with a shot of water and climaxes on a raging river. Despite, or perhaps because of, the film's great commercial success, critical analysis of the film typically does not delve beneath the surface of Scorsese's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743244763Author Martin GottfriedFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 546gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

For many years, kisses were the only sexual acts to be seen in mainstream American movies. Then, in the 1960s and 1970s, American cinema "grew up" in response to the sexual revolution, and movie audiences came to expect more knowledge about what happened...

Jean Renoir's 1937 film La Grande Illusion is set during the First World War, but its themes of Franco-German conflict, divided loyalties in a time of war and the rise of anti-Semitism made it compelling and controversial viewing. Julian Jackson traces...

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...

Dance and the Hollywood Latina asks why every Latina star in Hollywood history, from Dolores Del Rio in the 1920s to Jennifer Lopez in the 2000s, began as a dancer or danced onscreen. While cinematic depictions of women and minorities have seemingly...

No more than a promising actor with a handful of films to his name when he died in 1955, James Dean has since been elevated to an iconic status surpassed only by Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe. And his image - a blend of '50s cool and tough-guy charm...

Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980) is an esteemed member of the twentieth century's pantheon of outstanding films while also perhaps being the director's most accessible film. It is a rarity in that on the one hand it was a successful mainstream horror...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739413323Author Ricky BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint EASTERN HEROES PUBLISHINGPublisher EASTERN HEROES PUBLISHINGWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781302915278Author Eleni RoussosFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Marvel ComicsPublisher Marvel Comics

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

Regarded as one of the founders of the postwar American independent cinema, the legendary Maya Deren was a poet, photographer, ethnographer, filmmaker and impresario. Her efforts to promote an independent cinema have inspired filmmakers for over fifty...

In recent years the use of film and video by British artists has come to widespread public attention. Jeremy Deller, Douglas Gordon, Steve McQueen and Gillian Wearing all won the Turner Prize (in 2004, 1996, 1999 and 1997 respectively) for work made on...

The Innocence of Memories is an important addition to the oeuvre of Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk. Comprised of the screenplay of the acclaimed film by Grant Gee from 2015 (by the same name), a transcript of the author and filmmaker in...

Rooted in the classic graphic novel series, Valerian and Laureline- visionary writer/director Luc Besson advances this iconic source material into a contemporary, unique and epic science fiction saga. Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913051174Author Robin BougieFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint FAB PressPublisher FAB Press

For so many around the world, it was in the cinema that they saw their first glimpse of martial arts. Through the films of Lau Kar Leung, among others, they came to appreciate the power and skill of many kung fu techniques. However devotees and...

The British Film Industry in 25 Careers tells the history of the British film industry from an unusual perspective - that of various mavericks, visionaries and outsiders who, often against considerable odds, have become successful producers,...

Experience the World of Japanese Pop Culture Through a Whole New Medium-Japanese Food!#1 New Release in Animated Humor & EntertainmentWith dishes inspired by otaku culture, this cookbook brings Japanese anime and manga to chefs of all levels.Experience...

Visual narrative formulas for anyone involved in the film and tape industry.About the AuthorDaniel ArijonBook InformationISBN 9781879505070Author Daniel ArijonFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Silman-James Press,U.S.Publisher Silman-James Press,U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629331430Author William R ChemerkaFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 726gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

This guide for actors and directors develops a valid method for training performers to act from their core--whether they are cold reading, auditioning, or performing for film or television. This book teaches actors how to achieve and respond to...

Illuminating, enriching and wholly delightful, inside you'll find more than 500 stirring quotes to inspire you, enrich you and enchant you.Whether you're hoping to revisit some of cinema's greatest moments, rediscover a much-loved writer or simply to...

Taking a transnational approach to Moroccan cinema, this book examines diversity in its production models, its barriers to international distribution and success, its key markets and audiences, as well as the consequences of digital disruption upon it...

This book provides an in-depth, holistic examination of evaluative aesthetics and criticism as they apply to film. Organised around the explanation of key concepts, it illuminates connections between the work of philosophers, theorists and critics, and...

From early twentieth-century stag films to 1960s sexploitation pictures to the boom in 1970s "porno chic," adult cinema's vintage forms are now being reappraised by a new generation of historians, fans, preservationists, and home video...

2023 Wall Award Finalist, Theatre Library Association How a Hollywood gem transformed the national discourse on post-traumatic stress disorder. Released in 1946, The Best Years of Our Lives became an immediate success. Life magazine called it "the first...