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One of the greatest film directors America has produced, Sam Peckinpah revolutionized the way movies were made. In this detailed and insightful study, Bernard F. Dukore examines Peckinpah's fourteen feature films as a coherent body of work. He...

Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre is an advanced level reference guide which surveys the rich and diverse traditions of classical and contemporary performing arts in Asia, showcasing significant scholarship in recent years. An international team of...

A comprehensive study of George Clooney's work through the lens of ten of his most iconic roles. A new title in the fascinating Anatomy of an Actor series from world-renowned cinema magazine Cahiers du cinema. This book explores the career of George...

This major study reconstructs the vast history of European drama from Greek tragedy through to twentieth-century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity. Throughout history, drama has performed and represented political, religious, national, ethnic,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595461479Author Paul E RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 386g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780557203345Author John Howard ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 363g

The Politics and Poetics of Camp is a radical reappraisal of the meaning and discourse of camp. The contributors look at both the meaning and the uses of camp performance, and ask: is camp a style, or a witty but nonetheless powerful cultural critique?...

'Paris in the Cinema' offers a new approach to the representation of Paris on screen. Bringing together a wide range of renowned French and Anglophone specialists in film, television, history, architecture and literature, the volume introduces,...

Gaspar Noe's Irreversible is uncompromising and visceral, an essential piece of modern cinema. Punctuated by dazzling avant-garde techniques, the film depicts, in reverse-chronological order, a woman's rape and her boyfriend and friend's subsequent hunt...

Acting as a corrective to the skewed avant-garde history that neglects women, Women and Experimental Filmmaking gathers essays by some of the top scholars in cinema studies dealing with women experimental filmmakers. Tracking the topic across racial,...

Jeff Nuttall: Anything But Dull is the first full-length biography of the poet, performance artist, provocateur, and polymath Jeff Nuttall, who famously wrote "I paint poems, sing sculptures, draw novels." Nuttall was a key figure in the...

Richard Lowenstein's 1986 masterpiece Dogs in Space was and remains controversial, divisive, compelling and inspirational. Made less than a decade after the events it is based on, using many of the people involved in those events as actors, the film...

Todd Haynes's films are intricate and purposeful, combining the intellectual impact of art cinema with the emotional accessibility of popular genres. They are also underpinned by a serious commitment to feminism and queer theory. From his 1985 student...

Celebrated as Pixar's "Chief Creative Officer," John Lasseter is a revolutionary figure in animation history and one of today's most important filmmakers. Lasseter films from Luxo Jr. to Toy Story and Cars 2 highlighted his gift for creating emotionally...

Documenting theatrical and stage events under the often dramatic lighting designed for the production provides a number of specific photographic challenges, and is unlike most every other branch of photography. Theatre & Stage Photography provides an...

"I don't think there is a more hilariously anarchic talent on the loose in British theatre" (The Times) This monologue, premiered in 1996 at The National features a mysterious female French book thief, an oriental violinist and the Temple of...

"A realist with a sense of humor, Chasse is both stringent and encouraging as she covers every aspect of creating a successful production." -Booklist starred review How to Make and Distribute a Documentary without Losing Your Mind or Going...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781484025550Author Joseph L BrunoFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

This book rigorously examines the work of leading contemporary playwright Martin Crimp. It examines his plays, adaptations, translations and versions, treats them as texts and performance events and argues that their challenge to audiences derives from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244346157Author Michael ChurchillFormat PaperbackImprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 152g

Bob Dylan's big- and small-screen career has been laced with images that complement the music and lyrics he has shared with the world for over half a century. "Nothing to Turn Off" is a study of those moving pictures, indelibly stamped with...

The 2018 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest is the 11th edition of this book and as usual it's packed with statistical details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of new analysis, over 337 pages, our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906964955Author Richard GermainFormat PaperbackPage Count 261Imprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906964955Author Richard GermainFormat PaperbackPage Count 261Imprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781542932004Author Rich MarottaFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

This groundbreaking study engages with the theoretical aspects of realism - a long neglected area in film studies.. Contributes to an understanding of how popular films use realist forms to address contentious social and political issues such as social...

To win a screen role, an actor must learn to contend with an on-camera audition. Understanding how to make the crucial adjustments to one's craft that this kind of audition requires is vital to the career of any screen actor.Auditioning On Camera sets...

`The Plea on Oath' is a story of a bright and gifted boy.... will have you gripped, inspiring, powerful, intensive story as you read about how the boy grew up to become a Doctor, a thriller of his own hard work but not so much to show for it as he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781987534948Author Senor MardoFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

A timely book that identifies the practice of '(syn)aesthetics' in artistic style and audience response, which helps to articulate the power of experiential practice in the arts. This exciting new approach includes interviews with leading practitioners...

This new study provides an introduction to TV aesthetics and viewership from the 1940s to the present day, at a time when television as a medium is 'converging' with the pc and laptop.About the AuthorGlen Creeber is Senior Lecturer in Television Studies...

Finding Balance: Fitness, Health, and Training for a Lifetime in Dance gives an overview of issues faced by all performing dancers: injury and treatment; technique and training; fitness; nutrition and diet; and career management. The text includes both...

Finding Balance: Fitness, Health, and Training for a Lifetime in Dance gives an overview of issues faced by all performing dancers: injury and treatment; technique and training; fitness; nutrition and diet; and career management. The text includes both...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244390556Author Michelle AshtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904851806Author David PermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Rockingham PressPublisher Rockingham Press

Domingo, arguably the greatest tenor of our time, is the subject of the first opera book in the "Royal Opera House Heritage" series, which focuses on the special relationship he has enjoyed with the Company and with the Royal Opera House since his debut...

Domingo, arguably the greatest tenor of our time, is the subject of the first opera book in the "Royal Opera House Heritage" series, which focuses on the special relationship he has enjoyed with the Company and with the Royal Opera House since his debut...

This is John Wolfson's edition of the libretto of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Grand Duke. This revision solves difficulties that have plagued the libretto, by reverting to the original ideas from Gilbert's plot book.Book InformationISBN...

Available once again, the definitive biography of the pioneering Black performer-the first nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award-who broke new ground in Hollywood and helped transform American society in the years before Civil Rights movement-a...

What does it mean to study Shakespeare within a multicultural society? And who has the power to transform Shakespeare? The Diverse Bard explores how Shakespeare has been adapted by artists born on the margins of the Empire, and how actors of Asian and...