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Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh by Mike Leigh
RRP: £25.00£17.74This new revised edition brings Mike Leigh's career up-to-date, including his film about J.M.W. Turner, Mr. Turner, and his epic masterpiece, Peterloo.Five-time Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner, the only British director to have won the top prize at both... -
Sirk on Sirk by Jon Halliday
RRP: £25.00£17.23Douglas Sirk is one of the most neglected directors in American cinema. This book aims to rectify that and, through a survey of his career, to re-establish Sirk as one of the great stylists of Hollywood cinema.In 1937 Sirk left Germany, after a... -
The Northman: A Call to the Gods by Simon Abrams 9781803362274
RRP: £49.99£32.41The Northman: A Call to the Gods is the official look at how this epic Viking revenge thriller was conceived, written, cast, and produced by acclaimed director Robert Eggers. Set against the ruthless backdrop of tenth-century Norse territory, The... -
Heretical Aesthetics: Pasolini on Painting by Pier Paolo Pasolini 9781804291283
RRP: £16.99£14.10One of Europe's most mythologized Marxist intellectuals of the 20th century, Pier Paolo Pasolini was not only a poet, filmmaker, novelist, and political martyr. He was also a keen critic of painting. An intermittently practicing artist in his own right,... -
Orson Welles, Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu by Simon Callow
RRP: £14.99£10.95A brilliant biography of the young Orson Welles, from his prodigious childhood and youth, his triumphs with the Mercury Theatre, to the making of Citizen Kane. Vivid, vastly entertaining, this is the definitive Welles biography.Insightful, incisive &... -
How Coppola Became Cage by Zach Schonfeld 9780197556375
RRP: £26.99£23.20An in-depth look at one of the film industry's most audacious working actors In 1982, a gangly teenager named Nicolas Coppola made his film debut and changed his name to Nicolas Cage, determined to distance himself from his famous family. Once he... -
Jacques Tati His Life & Art by David Bellos
RRP: £14.99£11.54The full story of one of France's greatest cinema legends, a clown whose film-making innovation was to turn everyday life into an art form.Jacques Tati's Monsieur Hulot, unmistakable with his pipe, brolly and striped socks, was a creation of slapstick... -
Vampire Movies (Close-Ups, Book 2) by Charles Bramesco
RRP: £9.99£7.19The indispensable, illustrated pocket guide to the world of vampire movies, from Nosferatu to A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night. ALSO AVAILABLE: Close-Ups: Wes... -
Role Models by John Waters
RRP: £10.99£7.05Role Models is a wild and witty self-portrait of John Waters, America's 'Pope of Trash', told through intimate profiles of his favourite personalities - some famous, some unknown, some criminal, some surprisingly middle of the road. From Esther Martin,... -
It's Not Yet Dark by Simon Fitzmaurice
RRP: £7.99£5.35'If you are hungry for truth and beauty, read this book' Roisin Ingle, The Irish Times'A demonstration of a will to live that is breathtaking ... a work of documentary poetry ... an extraordinary read' The Herald'An unforgettable read about what it means... -
Jim Jarmusch by Juan A. Suarez
RRP: £18.99£16.99The first major English-language study of JarmuschAt a time when gimmicky, action-driven blockbusters ruled Hollywood, Jim Jarmusch spearheaded a boom in independent cinema by making now-classic low-budget films like Stranger than Paradise, Down by Law,... -
The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense by Edward White 9781324002390
RRP: £22.99£21.96In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon-what defines it, how it was invented, what it reveals about the man at its core and how its legacy continues to shape our cultural world. The book's twelve chapters... -
Cronenberg on Cronenberg by Chris Rodley
RRP: £14.99£10.78With films such as The Brood and Videodrome, David Cronenberg established himself as Canada's most provocative director. With subsequent movies such as The Dead Zone, The Fly, Dead Ringers and Naked Lunch, Cronenberg demonstrated his ability not only to... -
Clint Eastwood: A Biography by Richard Schickel
RRP: £16.99£12.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679749912Author Richard SchickelFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm)... -
Cassavetes Directs: On The Set of Love Streams by Michael Ventura 9781842432280
RRP: £29.95£20.70In 1983 visionary director John Cassavetes asked journalist Michael Ventura to write a unique film study - an on-set diary of the making of his film Love Streams. Cassavetes laid out his expectations. He wanted 'a daring book, a tough book'. In Ventura's... -
The World is Ever Changing by Nicolas Roeg
RRP: £18.99£13.35Nicolas Roeg is one of the most distinctive and influential film-makers of his generation. The generation of film-makers who define contemporary movie-making - Danny Boyle, Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), Christopher Nolan (The Dark... -
The Cinema of Jan Svankmajer 2e by Peter Hames
RRP: £22.00£17.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905674459Author Peter HamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 163mm... -
Foregone by Russell Banks 9780857304599
RRP: £12.99£8.56At the centre of Foregone is famed Canadian American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife, one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Fife, now in his late seventies, is dying of cancer in... -
The National Theatre Story by Daniel Rosenthal
RRP: £45.00£43.87Winner of the STR Theatre Book Prize 2014 The National Theatre Story is filled with artistic, financial and political battles, onstage triumphs - and the occasional disaster. This definitive account takes readers from the National Theatre's... -
Fellini: The Sixties (Turner Classic Movies) by Anita Ekberg
RRP: £55.00£38.20Style. Beauty. Passion. Vision.These are just a few of the words often used to describe the films of the single most celebrated director in Italy, and one of the most important directors the world has ever known,Federico Fellini. Fifty years since their... -
Gus Van Sant: Icons by Matthieu Orlean
RRP: £39.50£19.78This reference work presents the full range of the filmmaker's artistry (photography, painting and music) through the optic of his films. It is an original work combining all facets of his creation for the first time, bringing a fresh vision of his... -
Emeric Pressburger: Life and Death of a Screenwriter by Kevin Macdonald 9780571178292
RRP: £20.00£13.46A Hungarian Jew who lived and worked in half a dozen European countries before arriving in Britain in 1935, Pressburger's reputation rests on the series of strikingly original films he made in collaboration with Michael Powell under the banner of The... -
Catching The Big Fish by David Lynch
RRP: £19.00£11.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143130147Author David LynchFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 177mm *... -
Accidentally Wes Anderson by Wally Koval 9780316492737
RRP: £40.00£28.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316492737Author Wally KovalFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint VoraciousPublisher VoraciousWeight(grams) 1157gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 193mm * 33mm -
What Do I Know: People, Politics and the Arts by Richard Eyre
RRP: £20.00£14.56Since his successful spell running the National Theatre, Richard Eyre's career as a director of film, theatre and opera has made him a leading cultural figure and a hugely respected commentator on the arts. This book collects over fifty short pieces... -
Other People's Shoes: Thoughts on Acting by Harriet Walter
RRP: £14.99£10.86Harriet Walter's wonderfully practical - and personal - introduction to acting. 'Acting is what I do with who I am', writes Harriet Walter. And in this book she takes us step by step through the processes involved in performance. Each step of the way... -
Fatih Akin's Cinema and the New Sound of Europe by Berna Gueneli
RRP: £29.99£25.99In Fatih Akin's Cinema and the New Sound of Europe, Berna Gueneli explores the transnational works of acclaimed Turkish-German filmmaker and auteur Fatih Akin. The first minority director in Germany to receive numerous national and international awards,... -
Werner Herzog - A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations with Paul Cronin by Paul Cronin
RRP: £40.00£27.01This edition of Herzog on Herzog presents a completely new set of interviews in which Werner Herzog discusses his career from its very beginnings to his most recent productions. Herzog was once hailed by Francois Truffaut as the most important... -
Quentin Tarantino: Interviews, Revised and Updated by Gerald Peary 9781617038754
RRP: £29.95£29.57Here, in his own colorful, slangy words, is the true American Dream saga of a self-proclaimed ""film geek,"" with five intense years working in a video store, who became one of the most popular, recognizable, and imitated of all filmmakers. His dazzling,... -
Su Friedrich: Interviews by Sonia Misra
RRP: £29.95£19.20Su Friedrich (b. 1954) has been described as an autobiographical filmmaker, an experimental filmmaker, a documentary filmmaker, an independent filmmaker, a feminist filmmaker, and a lesbian filmmaker-labels that she sprucely dodges, insisting time and... -
The Westerns and War Films of John Ford by Sue Matheson 9781442261051
RRP: £43.00£39.89Responsible for some of the greatest films of the 20th century-The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, and The Quiet Man among others-John Ford was best known for motion pictures that defined the American West and the face of wartime military. A... -
Start To Finish: Woody Allen and the Art of Moviemaking by Eric Lax
RRP: £15.99£11.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804170840Author Eric LaxFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Music in the Horror Films of Val Lewton by Michael Lee
£113.84Examines how the music in Val Lewton's horror films enhanced the films' aesthetics and visual styleAbout the AuthorMichael Lee, Professor of Musicology, University of Oklahoma.Book InformationISBN 9781474497022Author Michael LeeFormat HardbackPage Count... -
Mike Nichols: A Life by Mark Harris
RRP: £19.99£13.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399562266Author Mark HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Art of Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West: A Critical Appreciation by John Fawell 9780786420926
RRP: £21.99£18.65Few directors are characterized by both extraordinary film craft and the ironic reputation for lowbrow films. Despite his many achievements as a child of the Italian Cinecitta studios, however, Sergio Leone has been judged severely by writers who find... -
My Life in Pieces: An Alternative Biography by Simon Callow
RRP: £14.99£10.86An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the theatre, winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. In My Life in Pieces Simon Callow retraces his life through the multifarious performers, writers, productions and... -
Francois Truffaut by Diana Holmes 9780719045547
RRP: £19.99£15.24First in a series designed to situate and explain the films of French directors. A concise, accessible and original reading of Truffaut's films. A timely evaluation of the films of a popular director whose work features on most A-level French syllabuses... -
Lowering The Tone: & Raising The Roof by Raymond Gubbay
RRP: £18.99£12.67In this much-anticipated autobiography, Raymond Gubbay brings to life his extraordinary fifty-year career as one of the most experienced and well-connected impresarios in British music and entertainment. With a provenance rich in history and talent, he... -
Fascination: The Celluloid Dreams of Jean Rollin by David Hinds
RRP: £15.99£11.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909394230Author David HindsFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint HeadpressPublisher HeadpressWeight(grams) 287g -
The Essential Directors: The Art and Impact of Cinema's Most Influential Filmmakers by Sloan De Forest
RRP: £20.00£14.85For well over a century, those who create motion pictures have touched our hearts and souls; they have transported and transformed our minds, intoxicated and entranced our senses. One artist's vision is the single most prominent force behind the scenes:...