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The Hours is David Hare's screen adaptation of Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. In Richmond, England in 1923, Virginia Woolf is setting out to write the first words of her new book. In Los Angeles in 1951, a housewife, Laura Brown, is...

Provides information on changing colors and surface textures using traditional and non-traditional scenic, fine-art, and metal-smithing techniques.Contains anecdotes of dos and don'ts from renowned artisans in the field. Online support material includes...

Examines the cultural significance of the werewolf film Provides the first academic monograph dedicated to developing a cultural understanding of the werewolf film Reconsiders the psychoanalytic paradigms that have dominated scholarly discussion...

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...

This edited collection brings together a team of top industry experts to provide a comprehensive look at the entire media workflow from start to finish. The Media Workflow Puzzle gives readers an in-depth overview of the workflow process, from production...

Night Mail (1936) is one of the best-loved and best-known films in the canon of British documentary cinema. Bringing together the creative talents of Harry Watt, Basil Wright, W. H. Auden and Benjamin Britten, the film gave John Grierson's documentary...

Today's successful cinematographer must be equal parts artist, technician, and business-person. The cinematographer needs to master the arts of lighting, composition, framing and other aesthetic considerations, as well as the technology of digital...

In the decades following his death, many of those who knew James Dean best--actors, directors, friends, lovers (both men and women), photographers, and Hollywood columnists--shared stories of their first-person experiences with him in interviews and in...

This field-defining collection establishes unfinished film projects-abandoned, interrupted, lost, or open-ended-as rich and underappreciated resources for feminist film and media studies. In deeply researched and creatively conceived chapters, scholars...

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...

Both informational and inspirational, THE STEADICAM (R) OPERATOR'S HANDBOOK is the number one comprehensive guide to becoming a successful owner and operator of the Steadicam. Packed with interviews and instruction by the world's premier Steadicam...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506713571Author Way NetflixFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

A nine-and-a-half-hour documentary on the Nazi extermination camps, Shoah (the Hebrew word for "Holocaust") was internationally hailed as a masterpiece upon its release in 1985. Shunning any re-creation, archival footage, or visual documentation of the...

A revolutionary classic of feminist cinema criticism, Molly Haskell's From Reverence to Rape remains as insightful, searing, and relevant as it was the day it was first published. Ranging across time and genres from the golden age of Hollywood to films...

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...

Natalie Wood and "lovely" Richard Beymer, to the mercurial Jerome Robbins and "passionate" Rita Moreno, with whom Chakiris remains friends. "I know exactly where my gratitude belongs," Chakiris writes, "and I still marvel at how, unbeknownst to me at the...

In the 1934 classic It Happened One Night, heiress Claudette Colbert races away from the altar and a conventional marriage and throws herself into a wisecracking rough-and-tumble affair with Clark Gable. The new brand of movies following in the wake of...

Production Design: Visual Design for Film and Television is a hands-on guide to the craft of Production Design and Art Direction. Author Peg McClellan gives an insider's view of the experiences and challenges of working as a Production Designer in film...

Costume is an active agent for performance-making; it is a material object that embodies ideas shaped through collaborative creative work. A new focus in recent years on research in the area of costume has connected this practice in vital and new ways...

The complete screenplay of one of the world's most famous and controversial films "A definitive chronicle of the making of the film" Sheridan Morley, Films & Filming This is the complete companion to Citizen Kane - the film that was "designed to shock"...

The definitive guide to the making of the Prime Video smash hit The Boys, featuring exclusive insights into the origins, themes and production of the show from the cast and crew. The Art and Making of The Boys is a fascinating insight into the...

James Cameron's critically acclaimed movie Avatar was nominated for nine Academy Awards and received countless accolades for its breath-taking visuals and use of 3D technology. But beyond its cinematic splendour, can Avatar also offer us insights into...

Offering a fresh perspective on The General, arguably one of the most successful American films of the silent era, this insightful text analyses its initial critical reception and the thematic and stylistic characteristics of the film that made it...

World War Z is the eagerly awaited film starring Brad Pitt. The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140168310Author Hanif KureishiFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin Books LtdPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 301gDimensions(mm) 200mm *...

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The city has long been an important location for film-makers. Visually compelling and always "modern," it is the perfect metaphor for man's place in the contemporary world.In this provocative collection of essays, a diverse range of films are examined in...

Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri, sparked a remarkable public discussion about feminism, violence, and the representation of women in cinema on its release in 1991. Subject to media vilification for its apparent...

Morton has written the definitive book on this innovative movie by Steven Spielberg...Meticulous research of this caliber is not found in other books on EClose EncountersE. Fans will find Morton's take informative and fascinating. a ELibrary JournalE...

The release of Star Wars in 1977 marked the start of what would become a colossal global franchise. Star Wars remains the second highest-grossing film in the United States, and George Lucas's six-part narrative has grown into something more: a culture...

When the movie business adopted some of the ways of other big industries in 1920s America, women--who had been essential to the industry's early development--were systematically squeezed out of key behind-the-camera roles. Yet, as female producers and...

Raymond Sarlot bought the Chateau Marmont in 1975, but what was originally a business purchase became a love affair as he delved into the hotel's incredible history. From its perch overlooking the Sunset Strip, the glamorous Marmont reigned for decades...

A judge springs out of his car on the way to court in downtown Chicago and takes photographs of an inflatable rat. A while later he inserts these photographs into a decision involving another insufflated rodent used in a union protest. The increasing use...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903364413Author Samantha LayFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 215mm *...

Ever since John Grierson popularized the term "documentary," British non-fiction film has been renowned, sometimes reviled, but seldom properly appreciated. "100 British Documentaries "provides a uniquely accessible, occasionally provocative introduction...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671769819Author Harlan LeboFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Fireside BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 400gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm *...

Rome is a city rich in history and culture and imbued with a realism and romanticism that has captured the imaginations of filmmakers throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With over two and a half thousand years of continuing history, Rome...

At 22, Kate Mulgrew gave birth to a daughter. Having already signed the adoption papers, she was allowed only a fleeting glimpse of her child. Three days later, she returned to work as the star of a popular soap opera. Twenty years later, she went in...

Here it is: the first-time look at the remarkable American multinational mass media empire and its century of entertainment-the story of Twentieth Century Fox (1915-2015). Or, to borrow the title of a classic 1959 Fox film, The Best of Everything. This...