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Your next stop-mutants, monsters, and mushroom clouds. America, the only country to have dropped the Bomb, and Japan, the only country to have suffered its wrath, naturally portray the nuclear threat through different cinematic lenses, and Apocalypse...

From the inception of cinema to today's franchise era, remaking has always been a motor of ongoing film production. Hollywood Remaking challenges the categorical dismissal in film criticism of remakes, sequels, and franchises by probing what these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788893065498Author Francesco PrimeranoFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Youcanprint Self-PublishingPublisher Youcanprint Self-PublishingWeight(grams)...

This is an exploration of the potent blend of Arthurian legend, cartoon animation, and cultural and artistic trends from 1933 to the present day. In more than 170 theatrical and televised short cartoons, televised series and specials, and feature-length...

This is a critical examination of the ways that ageing and old age are represented and given meaning in popular film. Arguing that the narratives, discourses, and philosophical positions that underlie filmic depictions of growing older are historical and...

This collection of 20 essays pays homage to a filmmaker who had a reputation for delivering the most movie for the least amount of money. Edgar G. Ulmer delivered classics like ""The Black Cat"", starring Bela Lugosi, and was nicknamed 'The King of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648220166Author Catherine F OlenFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint WorldPublisher WorldWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 18mm

Action Cinema Since 2000 addresses an increasingly lively and evolving field of scholarship, probing the definition and testing the potential of action cinema to reframe the mode for the 21st century. Contributors examine a broad range of content,...

Widely acclaimed as America's greatest living film director, Martin Scorsese is also, some argue, the pre-eminent Italian American artist. Although he has treated various subjects in over three decades, his most sustained filmmaking and the core of his...

Young Man in Movieland is the autobiography of Jan Read, a young man from a quiet Scottish town, who seemed destined to follow in his father's footsteps. Instead of pursuing a career in chemistry, however, Read's passion for the cinema and a bit of luck...

Women authors have explored fantasy fiction in ways that connect with feminist narrative theories, as examined here by Katherine J. Weese in seven modern novels. These include Margaret Atwood's ""Lady Oracle"", Iris Murdoch's ""The Sea, the Sea"",...

First published on March 9, 1907, The Moving Picture World was the first trade paper of the film industry. It continued until December 31, 1927.This index directs researchers to the appropriate pages of the magazine for biographical and career data on...

Both brawls and elaborate martial arts have kept movie audiences on the edges of their seats since cinema began. But the filming of fight scenes has changed significantly through the years - mainly for the safety of the combatants - from improvised...

The numerous anti-bullying programmes in schools across the United States have done little to reduce the number of reported bullying instances. One major flaw in a majority of the programs and other books on bullying is that little attention has been...

As the popularity of film grew and audiences demanded longer stories, Hollywood began borrowing plots as well as actors and directors from Broadway - some of these play-to-films were triumphs and others were inexplicable duds. This reference work is an...

The rise of independent horror filmmaking has spurred a growth of ""indie"" horror film festivals, promising promotional and distribution opportunities for selected motion pictures. Why have some filmmakers spent thousands of dollars on festival entry...

n the past decade, spanning from the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis to the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, rural poverty in the United States has risen dramatically. The impact of the pandemic is set to intensify these inequalities as the...

Modern Romanian filmmaking has received wide international recognition. In only a decade (2001 to 2011), a group of promising young film makers have been embraced as important members of European cinema. The country developed a new fervour for filmmaking...

Blondie, Boston Blackie, Ellery Queen, The Lone Wolf, Gasoline Alley, Jungle Jim... There were 27 film series produced and released by Columbia Pictures from 1926 through 1955. This reference book covers the origins of the popular fictional characters...

In the 25 years covered by this fascinating book, 160 songs were nominated for Academy Awards. Many of them are well known, but many remain forgotten. This work tells the stories behind all these songs, year by year. After announcing the nominated songs,...

This work provides a history of the Argentine film industry - starting with the earliest film exhibitions in 1897 - and covers film music, broadcasting, the introduction of film with sound, the impact of the American film industry on the Argentine, and...

Emphasizing the role of documentary in shaping a nation-state's image, demonstrating social development and promoting cultural exchanges, this book examines the changes in China's national image in documentaries at home and abroad since 1949.Based on...

A comprehensive introduction to film music for the general student, the film historian, and the aspiring cinematographer. It is a historically structured account of the evolution of music in films. The book is arranged as a chronological survey and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845830663Author Tony LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 105Imprint Telos Publishing LtdPublisher Telos Publishing Ltd

New in Paperback! In 1935, two film production companies merged to form one of the most influential corporations in the world-Twentieth Century-Fox. Here is the story of that dynamic company and of the personalities who molded it over the past fifty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772771169Author Raymond AaronFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint 10-10-10 PublishingPublisher 10-10-10 PublishingWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788650328Author James OvertoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Zoodoo Publishing Book to MoviePublisher Zoodoo Publishing Book to MovieWeight(grams)...

Is there a shark movie that is scarier than Jaws? What is the sneaky secret hidden in the Loch Ness monster's name? How did the Gill-man in Creature from the Black Lagoon become a romantic hero? Do mermaids count as sea monsters? What terrifying sea...

BOND - JAMES BOND. He's a global literary and entertainment phenomenon. But few know there is a hidden, esoteric side to Bond and his creator, Ian Fleming - and all those secrets are revealed here. Using the celestial language of astrology, RA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786466122Author David J. HoganFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint McFarland & Co IncPublisher McFarland & Co IncWeight(grams) 525g

Music has been an important part of the film experience since the beginning, largely produced by tinny in-theater pianos and later by synchronized turntables and more sophisticated technology. But it was the talkie revolution that brought music to the...

In this rich cultural history, Pamela Roberston Wojcik examines America's ambivalent and shifting attitude toward homelessness through a close study of film cycles from five distinct historical moments that show characters as unhomed and placeless,...

Casablanca is a movie about love and loss, virtue and vice, good and evil, duty and treachery, courage and weakness, friendship and hate. It is a story that ends well, but only because the main characters make a heartbreaking choice. Casablanca is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937872045Author Alain BurreseFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Tgw BooksPublisher Tgw BooksWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 9mm

Reel Gender is a groundbreaking collection that addresses the collective realities and the filmic representations of Palestinian and Israeli societies. The eight essays, by leading scholars, demonstrate how Palestinian and Israeli film production-despite...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837910465Author Jack GoldsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Acorn Books LtdPublisher Andrews UK Limited

The life and work of motion picture director Robert Altman (1925-2006) is interpreted from a variety of perspectives in this collection of essays. Included are insights on Altman and his five-decade career from actors, historians, film scholars, and...

Motorcyclists are typically portrayed on film as dangerous, rebellious outlaws. But, to be fair, they have also been portrayed as cool, philosophical thinkers and confused, sensitive hunks. American-International handled the earliest portrayals in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734781670Author John LemayFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Bicep BooksPublisher Bicep BooksWeight(grams) 140g

In Episode Four of Doctor Who's ""Stones of Blood,"" 14 minutes and 22 seconds into the show, a crow lands on a large ""rock,"" causing it to shake. In Episode One of ""State of Decay,"" at 9:37, the hole in Aldric's pants mysteriously grows a patch. 32...