Film

In An Open Book , this veteran of five marriages, innumerable friendships, practical jokes, horses, love affairs, and intellectual obsessions tells his own story in his own way. It is direct, unadorned, complete,and wonderful reading. Here is Huston on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739413316Author Ricky BakerFormat HardbackPage 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 9781593936600Author Michael A HoeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

It is a common assertion that the history of America is written in its Westerns, but how true is this?In this guidebook John White discusses the evolution of the Western through history and looks at theoretical and critical approaches to Westerns such as...

OFFICIAL STAR WARS IN-UNIVERSE BOOK FEATURING NOTES ON TACTICS, ARMOR, AND VALOR FROM GALACTIC CONFLICTS IN THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE From the Clone Wars and the Rebellion to the clashes with the First Order, the galaxy is defined by war. Star Wars: On the...

An accessible, comprehensive overview of contemporary Irish cinema, this book is intended for use as a third-level textbook and is designed to appeal to academics in the areas of film studies and Irish studies. Responding to changes in the Irish...

Through a career that spanned decades and included dozens of films-among them such American masterpieces asThe Searchers, The Grapes of Wrath, The Quiet Man, Stagecoach, and How Green Was My Valley-John Ford managed to leave as his legacy a body of work...

Shedding new light on an old favourite, this is an enjoyable account of how the film got made, combined with a careful scene-by-scene analysis, a wealth of illustrations and the most complete credits yet assembled.About the AuthorEdward Buscombe is the...

Join industry insiders Bill Kinder and Bobbie O'Steen as they guide readers on a journey through every stage of production on an animated film, from storyboards to virtual cameras and final animation.With unprecedented access to the Pixar edit suite,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784756250612Author SushioFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Pie International Co., Ltd.Publisher Pie International Co., Ltd.

A behind-the-scenes look at director Christopher Nolan's gripping action-thriller Dunkirk, which brings to life one of World War II's most pivotal battles.Book InformationISBN 9781785656798Author James MottramFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Titan...

The Matrix trilogy is unique among recent popular films in that it is constructed around important philosophical questions--classic questions which have fascinated philosophers and other thinkers for thousands of years. Editor Christopher Grau here...

Comic book behind the upcoming new movie starring Sigourney Weaver & Michelle Rodriguez and directed by Walter Hill! A crime noir thriller from the team of critically acclaimed Hard Case Crime comic series, Triggerman - Walter Hill, Matz and Jef! Hitman...

This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. Catherine O'Brien draws on the structure of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy to explore Martin Scorsese's feature films from Who's That...

Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984), an accomplished writer and director of television westerns, did not attract media attention until the release of his second feature-length film, the award-winning Ride the High Country. Peckinpah revealed in early interviews...

The Sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama is a collection of in-depth, substantive interviews with moving-image artists working "avant-doc, that is, making films that explore the territory between documentary and experimental cinema. The book uses...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780357442845Format PaperbackImprint Cengage ELTPublisher Cengage Learning, IncWeight(grams) 322g

Red Squirrel Phonics is a new series of decodable readers from Raintree, packed with real stories using words that children can read. The programme teaches children phonics skills in a sequential and systematic way so that they can learn the sounds...

For more than half a century, Saudi Arabia--through both official and non-governmental channels--has poured billions of dollars into funding and sponsoring religious activities and Islamic causes around the world. The effect has been to propagate...

Yorgos Lanthimos's filmography, lauded for its ambitious world-building and absurdist explorations of human relations, has established him as one of the most distinctive auteurs in contemporary cinema. i shall sing these songs beautifully draws on his...

How should the student set about analysing contemporary American cinema? This book takes an innovative approach to film analysis: each chapter examines the assumptions behind one traditional theory of film, distils a method of analysis from it, and then...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262650397Author Nagisa OshimaFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 20mm

In recent years, there has been something of an explosion in the performance of live music to silent films. There is a wide range of films with live and new scores that run from the historically accurate orchestral scores to contemporary sounds by groups...

During the 1980s, American cinema underwent enormous transformations. Blockbusters like Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., and The Empire Strikes Back earned huge sums for the studios. At the same time, the growth of home video led to new opportunities for...

Because silent cinema is widely perceived as having been exactly that-silent-no one has fully examined how souns was used to accompany the films of this era. Silent Film Sound reconsiders all aspects of sound practices during the entire silent film...

The script for The Lobster is accompanied by a poem by Emma Stone, an essay by Ottessa Moshfegh, and behind-the-scenes set photography by Yorgos Lanthimos.Book InformationISBN 9781735911717Author Yorgos LanthimosFormat HardbackPage Count 188Imprint A24...

The Hereditary Screenplay Book features a foreword by Bong Joon-ho, an essay by writer Leslie Jamison, and Ari Aster's meticulous shot list from the family seance scene.Book InformationISBN 9781733992039Author Ari AsterFormat HardbackPage Count...

This second, revised edition of a pioneering volume, long out of print, presents translations of Japanese Zen poems on sorrow, old age, homesickness, the seasons, the ravages of time, solitude, the scenic beauty of the landscape of Japan, and monastic...

From Thomas Edison's first cinematic experiments to contemporary Hollywood blockbusters, Queer Images chronicles the representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer sexualities over one hundred years of American film. The most up-to-date and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949024708Author Scott RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Fayetteville Mafia PressPublisher Fayetteville Mafia PressWeight(grams)...

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...

With over 160 artifacts of Hollywood marketing excess and ingenuity, For Promotional Use Only celebrates the boom-era of movie promo from 1975-2005. Featuring a foreword by Roger Corman, an essay by Lindsay Zoladz, and an oral history by Caroline Golum...

The first book in the Screenplay Collection features Alex Garland's riveting sci-fi script, essays by queer theorist Jack Halberstam and AI research scientist Murray Shanahan, and concept art by Jock.Book InformationISBN 9781733992008Author Alex...

A collection of late-night, last-ditch recipes and ingenious back-of-the-pantry meals straight from movies.Scrounging includes an introduction by Matty Matheson and scrappy concoctions from 54 films, including The Breakfast Club's Pixy Stix sandwich, The...

In the past twenty years, we have seen the rise of digital effects cinema in which the human performer is entangled with animation, collaged with other performers, or inserted into perilous or fantastic situations and scenery. Making Believe sheds new...

The sound of chainsaws revving on 'haunted' Halloween trails has evoked untold screams since Tobe Hooper's 1974 ""The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"" hit the cinemas. Since that first take-no-prisoners horror movie, Hooper's reputation as a master of horror...

As the movie and music industries have changed, film scoring has become an overwhelmingly independent process. Film composers have more responsibilities than ever before, and they must fulfill them with smaller budgets and shorter schedules. As a result,...

For ten years Jack Nicholson toiled in low-budget films and guest spots in such television shows as Dr. Kildare and The Andy Griffith Show before his breakout performance in Easy Rider. Despite "retiring" in 2010, Nicholson remains one of the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886631241Author Jody RevensonFormat HardbackPage Count 5Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

This is the first edited collection addressing the Saw franchise, which to date is the highest grossing horror series of all time. The films are often derided by critics as ""torture porn,"" and as just an excuse to show blood and gore. This collection...