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When Hollywood Loved Britain: The Hollywood 'British' Film 1939-45 by Mark Glancy 9780719048531
RRP: $34.29$31.36Many of the most popular and memorable films of Hollywood's studio era were 'British' films; that is, American films that were set in Britain, based on British literature or history and included the work of British producers, directors, writers, stars... -
Sleeping with Strangers: How the Movies Shaped Desire by David Thomson
RRP: $24.00$15.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101971024Author David ThomsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc -
The Holocaust in Czechoslovak and Czech Feature Films by Sarka Sladovnikova
RRP: $44.60$36.14arka Sladovnikova analyzes the depiction of the Holocaust in Czechoslovak and Czech Feature Films and the relevant literary pretexts. While she charts the social and cultural framework in which the films were made and how this framework changed, she also... -
Slash of the Titans: The Road to Freddy vs Jason by Dustin McNeill 9780692033494
RRP: $42.87$36.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692033494Author Dustin McNeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Harker PressPublisher Harker PressWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm *... -
The Epic Films of David Lean by Constantine Santas 9780810882102
RRP: $96.06$83.86Widely regarded as one of cinema's most accomplished directors, David Lean helmed such classics as Brief Encounter, Great Expectations, and Oliver Twist. He twice received the Academy Award for best director, and two of his films, The Bridge on the River... -
Engaging Characters: Fiction, Emotion, and the Cinema by Murray Smith
RRP: $47.15$42.33Characters - those fictional agents populating the fictional worlds we spend so much time absorbed in - are ubiquitous in our lives. We track their fortunes, judge their actions, and respond to them with anger, amusement, and affection - indeed the whole... -
Storm Over Asia by Amy Sargeant
$48.92"Storm over Asia" ('The Heir to Genghis Khan') was the third of Vsevolod Pudovkin's great silent films. Released in 1928 it confirmed the director's reputation and Soviet cinema's growing stature internationally. It was subsequently re-edited, sonorised... -
3-D Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema by Ray Zone 9780813136110
RRP: $46.31$38.17In 2009, Avatar, a 3-D movie directed by James Cameron, became the most successful motion picture of all time, a technological breakthrough that has grossed more than $2.5 billion worldwide. Its seamless computer-generated imagery and live action stereo... -
Robert Paul and the Origins of British Cinema by Ian Christie
RRP: $48.03$47.67The early years of film were dominated by competition between inventors in America and France, especially Thomas Edison and the Lumiere brothers . But while these have generally been considered the foremost pioneers of film, they were not the only... -
Blood in the Streets: Histories of Violence in Italian Crime Cinema by Austin Fisher 9781474477727
RRP: $37.72$32.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474477727Author Austin FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams)... -
Spectacle of Property: The House in American Film by John David Rhodes
RRP: $41.15$35.01Much of our time at the movies is spent in other people's homes. Cinema is, after all, often about everyday life. Spectacle of Property is the first book to address the question of the ubiquitous conjuncture of the moving image and its domestic... -
Horror, The Film Reader by Mark Jancovich 9780415235624
RRP: $73.74$66.93Horror, The Film Reader brings together key articles to provide a comprehensive resource for students of horror cinema. Mark Jancovich's introduction traces the development of horror film from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to The Blair Witch Project, and... -
Women's Cinema, World Cinema: Projecting Contemporary Feminisms by Patricia White 9780822358053
RRP: $41.15$35.01In Women's Cinema, World Cinema, Patricia White explores the dynamic intersection of feminism and film in the twenty-first century by highlighting the work of a new generation of women directors from around the world: Samira and Hana Makhmalbaf, Nadine... -
Postmodern Theory and Blade Runner by Matthew Flisfeder
$36.33Matthew Flisfeder introduces readers to key concepts in postmodern theory and demonstrates how it can be used for a critical interpretation and analysis of Blade Runner, arguably 'the greatest science fiction film'. By contextualizing the film within the... -
When the Movies Mattered: The New Hollywood Revisited by Jonathan Kirshner
RRP: $37.72$32.23In When the Movies Mattered Jonathan Kirshner and Jon Lewis gather a remarkable collection of authors to revisit the unique era in American cinema that was New Hollywood. Ten eminent contributors, some of whom wrote about the New Hollywood movement as it... -
White Screens/Black Images: Hollywood From the Dark Side by James Snead
RRP: $66.88$58.70Hollywood's representation of blacks has been consistently misleading, promoting an artificially constructed mythology in place of historical fact. But how, James Snead asks, did black skin on screen develop into a complex code for various types of white... -
Post Cinematic Affect by Steven Shaviro 9781846944314
RRP: $18.85$16.83Post-Cinematic Affect is about what it feels like to live in the affluent West in the early 21st century. Specifically, it explores the structure of feeling that is emerging today in tandem with new digital technologies, together with economic... -
Eyes Of Blood: The Hammer Films Dracula Cycle Starring Christopher Lee by Jack Hunter 9781902588247
RRP: $18.78$13.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902588247Author Jack HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Glitter BooksPublisher Creation BooksWeight(grams) 147g -
City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures by Bernard F. Dick
RRP: $42.88$36.09Horror films. Deanna Durbin musicals. Francis the talking mule. Ma and Pa Kettle. Ross Hunter weepies. Theme parks. ET. Apollo 13. These are only a few of the many faces of Universal Pictures. In February 1906 Carl Laemmle, German immigrant and former... -
Soap Opera by Dorothy Hobson 9780745626550
RRP: $30.86$27.51The soap opera is a major form of media art and popular culture. Revered and reviled by fans and critics, its history spans and reflects social change and plays a vital role in the development of broadcasting. This book traces the genre from its... -
Second Sight: The Selected Film Writing of Adam Mars-Jones by Adam Mars-Jones 9781789141542
$31.10The film review can be a little art form, not just a consumer guide, as this collection shows. Covering more than 30 years of film releases, celebrated critic Adam Mars-Jones guides us through the most entertaining, most appalling, most fantastic films... -
The Star System by Paul McDonald 9781903364024
RRP: $30.86$25.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903364024Author Paul McdonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 194gDimensions(mm) 215mm *... -
Vitagraph: America's First Great Motion Picture Studio by Andrew A. Erish 9780813195346
RRP: $42.88$40.29In Vitagraph, Andrew A. Erish provides a comprehensive examination and reassessment of the company most responsible for defining and popularizing the American movie. This history challenges long-accepted Hollywood mythology that simply isn't true: that... -
On the Eve of the Future: Selected Writings on Film by Annette Michelson
RRP: $61.75$48.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262035507Author Annette MichelsonFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 24mm -
Critical Approaches to TV and Film Set Design by Geraint D'Arcy
RRP: $65.16$59.52The analysis of scenic design in film and television is often neglected, with visual design elements relegated to part of the mise-en-scene in cinema or simply as "wallpaper" in television. Critical Approaches to TV and Film Set Design positions itself... -
The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-First Century by Gian Piero Brunetta 9780691119892
RRP: $54.89$46.18The History of Italian Cinema is the most comprehensive guide to Italian film ever published. Written by the foremost scholar of Italian cinema and presented here for the first time in English, this landmark book traces the complete history of filmmaking... -
Apocalypse Now Scene-by-Scene by John David Ebert 9780985480288
RRP: $27.36$23.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985480288Author John David EbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Post Egoism MediaPublisher Post Egoism MediaWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 229mm... -
Werner Herzog: Ecstatic Truth and Other Useless Conquests by Kristoffer Hegnsvad
$53.31Werner Herzog came to fame in the 1970s as the European new wave explored new cinematic ideas. With films like Signs of Life (1968), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) and Fitzcarraldo (1982), Herzog became the subject... -
Fritz Lang`s Metropolis - Cinematic Visions of Technology and Fear by Michael Minden
RRP: $56.59$47.93A collection of essays -- early seminal works as well as freshinterpretations -- on the famous German expressionist film,Metropolis. Fritz Lang's classic 1927 film Metropolis has justifiably become an icon for the complexities of Weimar culture. Among... -
The Cinema of Neil Jordan by Carole Zucker
RRP: $37.74$13.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905674411Author Carole ZuckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 384gDimensions(mm) 230mm *... -
The 50 MGM Films That Transformed Hollywood: Triumphs, Blockbusters, and Fiascos by Steven Bingen
RRP: $60.04$44.12Movies don't exist in a vacuum. Each MGM movie is a tiny piece of a large, colorful (although often black & white) quilt, with threads tying it into all of the rest of that studio's product, going forward, yes, but also backwards, and horizontally and... -
Haunted by Vertigo: Hitchcock's Masterpiece Then and Now by Sidney Gottlieb
RRP: $68.61$61.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861967421Author Sidney GottliebFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint John Libbey & Co LtdPublisher John Libbey & CoWeight(grams) 544g -
The Encyclopedia of Film Composers by Thomas S. Hischak 9781442245495
$171.39For more than a century, original music has been composed for the cinema. From the early days when live music accompanied silent films to the present in which a composer can draw upon a full orchestra or a lone synthesizer to embody a composition, music... -
The Cinema of John Sayles by Mark Bould 9781905674275
RRP: $37.74$30.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905674275Author Mark BouldFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 396gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 162mm... -
That Was Entertainment: The Golden Age of the MGM Musical by Bernard F. Dick 9781496817334
RRP: $59.95$49.37That Was Entertainment: The Golden Age of the MGM Musical traces the development of the MGM musical from The Broadway Melody (1929) through its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s and its decline in the 1960s, culminating in the notorious 1970 MGM auction when... -
V.F. Perkins on Movies: Collected Shorter Film Criticism by Douglas Pye 9780814346433
RRP: $59.95$52.16Victor Perkins (1936-2016) was a foundational figure for the study of film both as a writer and as an educationalist and teacher who played a key role in establishing film within British higher education.Best known for his 1972 book Film as Film, Perkins... -
Reading the Silver Screen: A Film Lover's Guide to Decoding the Art Form That Moves by Thomas C. Foster 9780062113399
$20.41From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes an indispensable analysis of our most celebrated medium, film. No art form is as instantly and continuously gratifying as film. When the house lights go down and... -
Bad Taste by Jim Barratt
RRP: $22.28$18.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905674879Author Jim BarrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 142gDimensions(mm) 191mm * 114mm... -
Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Book by Richard Meyers 9780979998942
$23.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979998942Author Richard MeyersPage Count 360Imprint Eirini PressPublisher Eirini PressDimensions(mm) 230mm * 152mm * 22mm -
Film, Fashion, and the 1960s by Eugenia Paulicelli 9780253026101
RRP: $51.44$46.76A fascinating look at one of the most experimental, volatile, and influential decades, Film, Fashion, and the 1960s, examines the numerous ways in which film and fashion intersected and affected identity expression during the era. From A Hard Day's Night...