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Charming witty effortlessly debonair and elegant Cary Grant was the ultimate leading man a silver screen icon who seemed to embody all that a movie star should be. But beneath the glamour was a real and complicated man a surprisingly vulnerable ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732297869Author Chad OppenheimFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint TRA PublishingPublisher TRA PublishingWeight(grams) 2498g

With this new edition of Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen, author Todd Debreceni presents the latest techniques and special effects in what has become an industry "bible." In addition to genre-specific considerations, Debreceni covers the...

Ground-breaking in its departure from its predecessors, When Harry Met Sally (1989) established classic romantic comedy themes and tropes still being employed today. Placing the film in its historical, social and generic contexts, Tamar Jeffers-McDonald...

First in a series designed to situate and explain the films of French directors. A concise, accessible and original reading of Truffaut's films. A timely evaluation of the films of a popular director whose work features on most A-level French syllabuses...

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) is one of the most historically pivotal of all films. The first American film of the celebrated German director F.W. Murnau, Sunrise tells the story of a love triangle between characters named only as The Man, The...

Providing a detailed break-down of the skills required to establish and grow a profitable production company, this book enables content creators and filmmakers to navigate the commercial video production world and the needs of its clients.Drawing on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786836267Author Darren Elliott-SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint University of Wales PressPublisher University of Wales PressWeight(grams) 140g

First published in 1951 Arnold Hausers commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art from its origins in the Stone Age through to the Film Age. Exploring the interaction between art and society, Hauser effectively details...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647221652Author Brooke VitaleFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

Little White Lies film magazine presents a The Flip Side of Pulp Fiction, a comic spin on a cult classic. A fleeting yet delightful flipbook experience, The Flip Side of Pulp Fiction is the physical embodiment of a one-liner - the perfect gift for the...

With the release of Star Trek Beyond in 2016, viewers were given a spectacular visual treat as a whole host of new aliens made their appearance for the first time in the rebooted franchise. At the heart of the process of bringing these breathtaking...

This book brings together a host of internationally recognised scholars to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the representation of the child in cinema. Individual chapters examine how children appear across a broad range of films, including...

A rollicking autobiography from the legendary producer of Goodfellas, Rocky, and Raging Bull, and an insider's account of making movies in Hollywood over half a century The list of films Irwin Winkler has produced in his more-than-fifty-year...

This second volume of cinematic eye candy further documents the quickly burgeoning underground film poster movement, a group of artists who challenge Hollywood's marketing machine by bringing clever artwork and design back to movie posters. Nearly 100...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812984767Author Diane KeatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714531915Author Stephen RebelloFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Marion Boyars Publishers LtdPublisher Marion Boyars Publishers LtdWeight(grams)...

Popular culture mirrors the human soul and it can't lie about the state it is in-which is what makes it an essential guide on the quest for self-knowledge. Seen and Not Seen: Confessions of a Movie Autist is a series of autobiographical explorations...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909394230Author David HindsFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint HeadpressPublisher HeadpressWeight(grams) 287g

Imagine you learn that your lover has had you erased from their memory and, in a moment of despair, you have your lover erased from your memory too. Imagine that as you lose your recollections of the bad times together, you realise that you don't want to...

Through conversations held with fifteen of the most accomplished contemporary cinematographers, the authors explore the working world of the person who controls the visual look and style of a film. This reissue includes a new foreword by cinematographer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316070355Author Quentin TarantinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and CompanyWeight(grams)...

Science fiction, more than any other film genre, allows cinema to exhibit its own distinctive matters of expression. Whether these be the state-of-the-art special effects technologies of 2001: A Space Odyssey, or the symbolic imagery of ruined cityscapes...

Movies matter - that is the message of Reel to Real, bell hooks' classic collection of essays on film. They matter on a personal level, providing us with unforgettable moments, even life-changing experiences and they can confront us, too, with the most...

This essential book covers the key areas for A Level Film Studies students, building confidence through a careful, step-by-step approach. The first part of the book establishes a basic understanding of the grounding of film analysis in the various...

Why we're all crazy about Keanu.When even your name is beautiful (Keanu means "cool breeze over the mountains"), it's no surprise that Keanu Reeves was destined to become one of world's biggest and most enduring film stars. Bursting onto our screens in...

- Learn what it takes for editors, cinematographers, directors, producers, lighting technicians, and other filmmakers to work more effectively with visual effects artists on productions, use visual effects as an aid in visual storytelling, reduce...

Whether you are a young actor seeking to land your first screen role or a workshop leader looking for relevant exercises that won't involve vast technical support, this book belongs on your shelf. Many screen actors begin their careers lacking the...

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...

Since cinema's earliest days, literary adaptation has provided the movies with stories; and so we use literary terms like metaphor, metonymy and synecdoche to describe visual things. But there is another way of looking at film, and that is through its...

The Animation Studies Reader brings together both key writings within animation studies and new material in emerging areas of the field. The collection provides readers with seminal texts that ground animation studies within the contexts of theory and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953192601Author Bruce SachsFormat PaperbackPage Count 167Imprint Tomahawk PressPublisher Tomahawk PressWeight(grams) 735g

Personal. Intimate. Deeply moving.An absolutely unputdownable memoir.Do memories ever fade away? They never 'dry up', says Gulzar Saab, 'They keep floating somewhere between the conscious and the subconscious mind. It's a great feeling to swim there...

The Exorcist Effect is a fascinating historical study of the ongoing relationship between horror movies and Western religious culture, with a focus on the period from 1968 to the modern day. Taking its name from the 1973 film The Exorcist, which was...

Contemporary French cinema is an essential introduction to popular French film of the last 35 years. It charts recent developments in all genres of French cinema with analyses of over 120 movies, from Les Valseuses to Cache.Reflecting the diversity of...

Wild Strawberries is probably Ingmar Bergman's most personal film and one which explores his relation to the history of Swedish cinema. This study is written by Philip French, film critic of "The Observer", who has done new research on the Swedish...

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...

With the hilarious 'instant cult classic' "Seagalogy", Vern wrote a book that shook the very foundations of film criticism. Now he's back, and this time he's got all of 'the films of badass cinema' in his sights! From "Die Hard" to "The Discrete Charm of...

"Audrey in Rome" offers a revealing portrait of the star's life in the Eternal City as she truly lived it for more than two decades. This collection is a rare treat for Audrey fans, for thumbing through its pages is like having Hepburn's family scrapbook...

In this book, esteemed television executive and Harvard lecturer Ken Basin offers a comprehensive overview of the business, financial, and legal structure of the U.S. television industry, as well as its dealmaking norms. Written for working or aspiring...