History & Criticism

The demise of the New German Cinema and the return of popular cinema since the 1990s have led to a renewed interest in the postwar years and the complicated relationship between East and West German cinema in particular. A survey of the 1950s, as offered...

The scope of this collection is indicative of the breadth and diversity of music's role in cinema, as is its emphasis on musical contributions to 'non-musical' films. By bringing together chapters that are concerned both with the relationship between...

'The contributors supply skilful overviews of the major critical approaches' Sight and Sound, May 1998 covers all the significant theories, debates and approaches to the subject chapter authors are international experts emphasis...

The decade of the 1960s encompassed a "New Wave" of films whose makers were rebels, challenging cinematic traditions and the culture at large. The films of the New Wave in Japan have, until now, been largely overlooked. Eros plus Massacre (taking its...

The Contemporary Hollywood Film Industry is a collection of essays by leading scholars that examines the state of the U.S. film industry, from the l980s to present day. Includes important discussions of the industry's labour and star systems, as well...

For many years, kisses were the only sexual acts to be seen in mainstream American movies. Then, in the 1960s and 1970s, American cinema "grew up" in response to the sexual revolution, and movie audiences came to expect more knowledge about what happened...

In his most innovative and technically challenging film, The Birds, Alfred Hitchcock follows the success of Psycho with a modernist, avant garde horror-thriller, which has spawned many imitators and triggered the cycle for disaster and man versus nature...

Wim Wenders' body of work is among the most formidable in modern cinema: Paris Texas, Wings of Desire, The Buena Vista Social Club, The Million Dollar Hotel. And Wenders writes about cinema as passionately as he produces it. This volume collects three...

Be they period films, cult classics or elaborate directorial love letters, New York City has played - and continues to play - a central role in the imaginations of filmmakers and moviegoers worldwide. The stomping grounds of King Kong, it is also the...

This exhaustive and affectionate history is crammed with information and rare pictures from the famous Shepperton Studios. From assistants to directors, producers, stars, prop men, production managers and studio executives, the author has interviewed...

Examines Western-inspired fashion objects in Japanese cinema between 1923 and 1939 Consults varied primary Japanese-language source material, such as visual analysis of extant films; film fragments and stills from the era; advertising ephemera such as...

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British Cinema: Past and Present responds to the commercial and critical success of British film in the 1990s. Providing a historical perspective to the contemporary resurgence of British cinema, this unique anthology brings together leading...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681373157Author Anjelica HustonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...

This is the definitive collection of data about all aspects of this film. The ten sections focus on characters in the novel, the players and their own histories, costuming (every major garment worn), major set furnishings, the filming schedule, etc...

The newest volume in the Film Theory in Practice Series, Auteur Theory and My Son John offers a concise introduction to authorship and auteur theory in jargon-free language. The book goes on to show this theory can be deployed to interpret Leo McCarey's...

Expanded cinema: avant-garde moving image works that claim new territory for the cinematic, beyond the bounds of familiar filmmaking practices and the traditional theatrical exhibition space. First emerging in the 1960s amidst seismic shifts in the arts,...

The New Iranian Cinema is considered by many to be the most fascinating cultural phenomenon produced within the Islamic Republic of Iran. Containing twelve first-hand interviews with the most renowned film-makers living and working in contemporary Iran,...

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A New History of Documentary Film includes new research that offers a fresh way to understand how the field began and grew. Retaining the original edition's core structure, there is added emphasis of the interplay among various approaches to...

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The directors of the French New Wave were the original film geeks - a collection of celluloid-crazed cinephiles with a background in film criticism and a love for American auteurs. Having spent countless hours slumped in Parisian cinematheques, they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345509611Author J.W. RinzlerFormat HardbackPage Count 372Imprint Random House WorldsPublisher Random House WorldsWeight(grams) 2319gDimensions(mm) 271mm...

A theoretical, interdisciplinary reading of French film and literary texts inspired by the 2008 global financial crisis.About the AuthorCalum Watt, European Project Officer, Universite Paris Nanterre.Book InformationISBN 9781474486453Author Calum...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941084083Author Stephen HooverFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Stephen HooverPublisher Stephen HooverWeight(grams) 286g

Ride Lonesome, the fifth film in the "Ranown cycle," is both the best and most representative of the whole series, which has been called "the most remarkable convergence of artistic achievement in the history of low-budget moviemaking." Director Bud...

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This book is at once a detailed study of a range of individual filmmakers and a study of the modernism in which they are situated. It consists of fifty categories arranged in alphabetical order, among which are allegory, bricolage, classicism,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197566381Author James NaremoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Oxford University Press, USAPublisher Oxford University Press, USA

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879100872Author Stefan SharffFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 250g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515081975Author I Joseph HyattFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Although Indian popular cinema has a long history and is familiar to audiences around the world, it has rarely been systematically studied. This book offers the first detailed account of the popular film as it has grown and changed during the tumultuous...

An informal yet informed journey through the classic works of Japanese cinema and their directors.This is a passionate, personal journey through one of the world's greatest national cinemas, beginning with the classic directors who came to the fore in...

Reveals a crucial dimension of the history of American independent cinemaReveals a crucial dimension of the history of American independent cinemaBook InformationISBN 9781592134250Author Scott MacdonaldFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Temple...

This edited volume provides new readings of the life and career of iconic actress Vivien Leigh (1913-67). Written by experts in theatre and film studies and curators from the Victoria and Albert Museum, it uses newly accessible family archives to explore...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939282460Author Scout TafoyaFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Miniver PressPublisher Miniver PressWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

The first-ever complete study of the Aldwych farce films (1924-1954) and the plays they were based on. The thirteen Aldwych farces were phenomenally successful in the West End between 1922 and 1933. The stars - Ralph Lynn, Tom Walls and Robertson Hare...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609809775Author Godfrey CheshireFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905674718Author James LeggottFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 262gDimensions(mm) 200mm *...