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One of the most controversial films of its time, The Wild Bunch is the epitome of the no-holds-barred filmmaking of the 1960s and 1970s. Since its 1969 release, it has come to be recognized not only as an iconic Western, but as one of the most important...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647225742Author Insight EditionsFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

Comprehensive and beautifully designed, Grease: The Director's Notebook also includes all new exclusive interviews with the key cast members and crew, including Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, and Stockard Channing, original script pages, call sheets,...

Analyses of specific, animated films with timecodes give concrete lessons with pinpointed examples: Flee, Soul, Porco Rosso, and The Triplets of Belleville. Makes acting theory simple and straightforward for non-expert animation professionals and...

Dressed to Kill is a unique and detailed analysis of naval uniform and its historical, social and economic contexts in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This fully updated and expanded second edition examines the significance of male fashion and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635901764Author William E. JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher Semiotext (E)

This collection departs from the observation that online forms of communication-the email, blog, text message, tweet-are actually haunted by old epistolary forms: the letter and the diary. By examining the omnipresence of writing across a variety of...

They thought they had got away with murder. They were wrong.Discover the vital clues, the crucial evidence, the lucky breaks, the chases, the painstaking detective work, and the unlikely heroes that led to the capture of some of the world's most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683838609Author Insight EditionsFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802137760Author David WeddleFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

Mad movie ad collector Michael Gingold returns with Ad Nauseam II, a deep dive into his personal collection of horror movie newsprint notices from the 1990s and 2000s. Feast your nostalgic eyes on more than 500 striking ads for the big-budget Gothics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783283012908Author Steve CarverFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Edition OlmsPublisher Edition OlmsWeight(grams) 1415g

Over forty years after the release of the iconic hit, Escape from New York: The Official Story of the Film delves into the archives to showcase the creation of the movie. Directed by John Carpenter and released in 1981, Escape from New York thrilled...

As the Walt Disney Studio entered its first decade and embarked on some of the most ambitious animated films of the time, Disney hired a group of "concept artists" whose sole mission was to explore ideas and inspire their fellow animators. They Drew as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616555924Author VariousFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Dark Horse ComicsPublisher Dark Horse ComicsWeight(grams) 2165g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915316233Author Vincent A. AlbaranoFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint HeadpressPublisher Headpress

Hard Science Fiction Films that Predict Future Technology"As the breakneck advance of technology takes us into a world that is both exciting and menacing, sci-fi films give us an inkling of what is to come, and what we should avoid." -Seth Shostak,...

The definitive oral history of the cult classic Dazed and Confused, featuring behind-the-scenes stories from the cast, crew, and Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater.Dazed and Confused not only heralded the arrival of filmmaker Richard Linklater,...

It is often claimed that the French invented cinema. Dominating the production and distribution of cinema until World War 1, when they were supplanted by Hollywood, the French cinema industry encompassed all genres, from popular entertainment to...

Harryhausen - The Movie Posters showcases the posters from all of Ray's movies, from 1949's Mighty Joe Young, to Clash of the Titans in 1981. There has never been a book published devoted solely to the promotional art associated with the films themselves...

Get closer than ever to the movie that changed the movies. This behind-the-scenes spectacular of 2001: A Space Odyssey sheds light on the lead actors, senior production designers, special-effects experts and masterminds of Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814347188Author Sean RedmondFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Wayne State University PressPublisher Wayne State University PressWeight(grams) 152g

John Wayne's name is synonymous with not only the tough cowboys of the Wild West, but also the all-American war hero. Rising beyond the standard recognition that most Hollywood actors get, Wayne achieved an unparalleled level of success as a walking and...

What is it about ancient monsters that popular culture still finds so enthralling? Why do the monsters of antiquity continue to stride across the modern world? In this book, the first in-depth study of how post-classical societies use the creatures from...

Horror films in the 1990s have routinely defied definition. Many critics and fans have referred to the 1990s as the decade that horror forgot with few notable entries in the genre. However, horror did exist in the 1990s and it went mainstream by...

Operating out of a tiny office on Madison Avenue in the early 1960s, a struggling company called Marvel Comics presented a cast of brightly costumed characters distinguished by smart banter and compellingly human flaws. Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683837831Author Daniel WallaceFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 1474gDimensions(mm) 290mm *...

Dive into an incredible gourmet universe of anime, from the great classics of the 80s to newcomers on the small screen. Re-discover the most essential and popular works of the moment in this collection in the most gourmet way possible, from the One...

John Wayne worked on film sets around the globe. This book follows the trail, from his beginnings on the Fox backlot to his final filming in Lone Pine, California. Locations in Mexico, Normandy, Rome, Madrid, London, Ireland, Libya and Africa are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683834816Author Insight EditionsFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

This companion piece to Susan Hayward's Film Ecology focuses on ecology-documentaries produced in the first 20 years of the new millennia (2000-2019). Using Kate Raworth's regenerative economic theoretical model as set out in Doughnut Economics, this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913051327Author John Llewellyn ProbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint FAB PressPublisher FAB Press

The Art of the Wind Rises is the latest in the perennially popular line of Studio Ghibli artbooks, which includes interviews, concept sketches, and finished animation cels from the studio behind such classics as Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro. The...

Two of Captain Underpants' funniest and most fearsome adventures in one! Includes a full sheet of stickers! No one loves Halloween more than George Beard and Harold Hutchins. Join...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786064707Author Dan BettridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint John Blake Publishing LtdPublisher John Blake Publishing Ltd

Late for a meeting, lost your keys or having romance problems?Sometimes we all need a little guidance, and this new series pitches our favourite super-heroes against tricky situations we will all recognise, from battles with body positivity to pacifying...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739247805Author Rick BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint EASTERN HEROES PUBLISHINGPublisher EASTERN HEROES PUBLISHINGWeight(grams)...

A great collectors book for fans of Disney Oscar-nominated Wreck it Ralph movies and a resource for animation and film students. Features exclusive content on the making of Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 Through never-before-seen concept...

In They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun-Fu and The New Age of Action, bestselling authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross take you behind the scenes of a franchise that includes three...

Excel as a Cameraman in today's evolving film industry with this updated classic. Learn what to do - and what NOT to do - during production and get the job done right the first time. This seventh edition covers the basics of cinematography and provides...