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The American Cinema: Directors And Directions 1929-1968 by Andrew Sarris
RRP: $24.00$22.54The auteur theory, of which film criticAndrew Sarris was the leading American proponent, holds that artistry in cinema can be largely attributed to film directors, who, while often working against the strictures of studios, producers, and scriptwriters,... -
A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day by Alexander Jacoby
RRP: $49.73$42.01This important work fills the need for a reasonably priced yet comprehensive volume on major directors in the history of Japanese film. With clear insight and without academic jargon, Jacoby examines the works of over 150 filmmakers to uncover what makes... -
The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense by Edward White
RRP: $25.71$21.68In 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... -
Beside Myself: An Actor's Life by Antony Sher
$44.70A remarkably candid autobiography, utterly involving and often startlingly revelatory, Antony Sher's Beside Myself is an inspiration to young actors and a treat for seasoned theatregoers. 'I wish I'd read this book when I was starting out. Not only is... -
The Making of Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' by Piers Bizony 9783836584371
RRP: $102.92$99.97Get 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... -
A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting and Filmmaking by Samuel Fuller
RRP: $30.86$23.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557836274Author Samuel FullerFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)... -
The Casablanca Man: The Cinema of Michael Curtiz by James C. Robertson
RRP: $63.45$55.80Michael Curtiz (1888-1962) was without doubt one of the most important directors in film history, yet he has never been granted his deserved recognition and no full-scale work on him has previously been published. The Casablanca Man surveys Curtiz'... -
Magic Hour: A Life in Movies by Jack Cardiff
RRP: $25.71$16.81The most celebrated director of colour photography tells the story of his adventures in celluloid. The 'Magic Hour' is the special light that occurs just at twilight, and a very special light is what cameraman Jack Cardiff brought to films such as The... -
The Quay Brothers: Into a Metaphysical Playroom by Suzanne Buchan
RRP: $41.15$37.15This work is the first thorough analysis of the creative oeuvre of the Quay Brothers. Known for their animation shorts that rely on puppetry, miniatures, and stop-motion techniques, their fiercely idiosyncratic films are fertile fields for Suzanne... -
Mamoulian: Life on Stage and Screen by David Luhrssen 9780813136769
RRP: $42.88$40.41An Armenian national raised in Russia, Rouben Mamoulian (1897--1987) studied in the influential Stanislavski studio, renowned as the source of the "method" acting technique. Shortly after immigrating to New York in 1926, he created a sensation with an... -
Jane Campion on Jane Campion by Michel Ciment
RRP: $51.46$37.57A chronological overview of one of modern cinema's most celebrated directors, featuring interviews with Jane Campion herself Jane Campion on Jane Campion offers a unique perspective on the creative process of one of cinema's greatest contemporary film... -
Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker by David Mikics
RRP: $32.57$27.75An engrossing biography of one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history"A cool, cerebral book about a cool, cerebral talent. . . . A brisk study of [Kubrick's] films, with enough of the life tucked in to add context as well as brightness... -
My Last Sigh: The Autobiography of Luis Bunuel by Luis Bunuel
RRP: $29.16$20.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345803702Author Luis BunuelFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Listening through the lens by Christopher Nupen 9780995757424
RRP: $60.04$57.50BAFTA-AWARD winning documentary-maker, Christopher Nupen has made more than 80 films on classical music and musicians. Here, he tells the story of his varied and often astonishing life and invites us to share his view of `Listening through the Lens'. The... -
The Hateful Eight by Quentin Tarantino
RRP: $30.86$18.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455537334Author Quentin TarantinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Stanley Kubrick: Interviews by Gene D. Phillips 9781578062973
RRP: $51.37$34.00From his first feature film, Fear and Desire (1953), to his final, posthumously released Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Stanley Kubrick excelled at probing the dark corners of human consciousness. In doing so, he adapted such popular novels as The Killing,... -
Refocus: The Films of Doris Wishman by Alicia Kozma
RRP: $36.00$33.83Offers the first book length contribution to Doris Wishman Covers Wishman's vast filmography inclusive of her less discussed later films, hardcore films and nudist films Situates Wishman within larger contexts and movements in American film history... -
The Alfred Hitchcock Encyclopedia by Stephen Whitty 9781442251595
RRP: $138.94$138.25Several decades after his last motion picture was produced, Alfred Hitchcock is still regarded by critics and fans alike as one of the masters of cinema. From silents of the 1920s to his final feature in 1976, the director's many films continue to... -
Michael Mann: Crime Auteur by Steven Rybin 9780810890831
RRP: $154.38$143.26Michael Mann first made his mark as a writer for such television programs as Starsky and Hutch, Police Story, and Vegas. In 1981 he made his feature film directing debut with the James Caan thriller Thief, and in the 1980s he served as a writer and... -
Steven Spielberg and Duel: The Making of a Film Career by Steven Awalt 9780810892606
RRP: $94.34$90.10Since the early 1970s, Steven Spielberg has directed more than two dozen films, many of which have achieved classic status. In addition to critical and commercial successes that include E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan,... -
234mm x 156mm 272 pages 24 b&w illustration(s) ReFocus: The American Directors Series Published June 2020 ISBN Hardback: 9781474462037 Recommend to your Librarian Request a Review Copy ReFocus: The Films of Paul Schrader by Michelle E. Moore
RRP: $44.58$38.95Paul Schrader's unique relationship to the role of the author (as screenwriter, director and critic) has long informed his cinema, and raises complicated questions about the definition of the auteur. This volume of essays - one of the first collections... -
The First True Hitchcock: The Making of a Filmmaker by Henry K. Miller
RRP: $39.45$30.40Hitchcock's previously untold origin story.Alfred Hitchcock called The Lodger "the first true Hitchcock movie," the one that anticipated all the others. And yet the story of how The Lodger came to be made is shrouded in myth, often repeated and much... -
Refocus: The Films of François Ozon by Loïc Bourdeau
RRP: $36.00$33.83Examines Fran ois Ozon, one of France's most prolific and best known international (queer) directors Analyses films including Potiche, Frantz and By the Grace of God, and shows how Ozon's work is deeply influenced by literature, cinema and music ... -
Shakespeare's Lost Play: In Search of Cardenio by Gregory Doran
RRP: $25.71$18.63Gregory Doran's account of his quest to re-discover Cardenio, the lost play written by Shakespeare and John Fletcher. A thrilling act of literary detection that takes him from the Bodleian Library in Oxford, via Cervantes' Spain to the stage of the Royal... -
Almodovar on Almodovar by Frederic Strauss
RRP: $29.14$20.89Pedro Almodovar's influence on European popular culture has been immense. From a small village in rural Spain to international acclaim for his many wonderfully vivid and outrageous films, Almodovar On Almodovar tells the story of the man and his films... -
Altman on Altman by David Thompson
RRP: $29.14$20.70In Altman on Altman, one of American cinema's most incorrigible mavericks reflects on a brilliant career.Robert Altman served a long apprenticeship in movie-making before his great breakthrough, the Korean War comedy M*A*S*H (1969). It became a huge hit... -
Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh by Amy Raphael 9780571204694
RRP: $34.31$25.97Five-time Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner, the only British director to have won the top prize at both Cannes (for Secrets & Lies) and Venice (for Vera Drake), Mike Leigh is unquestionably one of world cinema's pre-eminent figures. Now, in this definitive... -
Wes Craven: Interviews by Shannon Blake Skelton
RRP: $51.37$19.47With a career spanning four decades, Wes Craven (1939-2015) bridged independent exploitation cinema and Hollywood big-budget horror. A pioneer of the modern horror cinema, Craven directed such landmark films as The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have... -
Refocus: The Films of Rakhshan Banietemad by Maryam Ghorbankarimi
RRP: $44.58$41.20Offers the first English language book on the films and the career of Iranian director Rakhshan Banietemad Devotes specific attention to Banietemad's long career in documentary filmmaking, which has been neglected in much of the scholarly works thus... -
Refocus: The Films of Xavier Dolan by Andree LaFontaine
RRP: $37.72$31.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474444583Author Andree LaFontaineFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams)... -
Refocus: The Films of Wallace Fox by Gary D Rhodes 9781399505642
RRP: $42.87$36.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399505642Author Gary D RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press -
Music in the Horror Films of Val Lewton by Michael Lee 9781474497039
RRP: $34.29$29.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474497039Author Michael LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press -
Lucas: His Hollywood Legacy by Richard Ravalli 9780813198781
RRP: $108.06$87.51George Lucas is an innovative and talented director, producer, screenwriter, and filmmaker whose prolific career spans decades. While he is best known as the creative mind behind the Star Wars franchise, Lucas first gained notoriety with his 1973 film... -
Archive by Sofia Coppola 9781915743138
RRP: $94.34$90.45Archive is the first book by Sofia Coppola, covering the entirety of her singular and influential career in film. Constructed from Coppola’s personal collection of photographs and ephemera, including early development work, reference collages,... -
The Cinema of Rithy Panh: Everything Has a Soul by Leslie Barnes 9781978809802
$114.94Nominated for 2022 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Book award Born in 1964, Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh grew up in the midst of the Khmer Rouge's genocidal reign of terror, which claimed the lives of many of his relatives. After escaping to... -
Hitchcock's Magic by Neil Badmington 9780708323694
$35.32Why are we drawn to the work of Alfred Hitchcock so long after his final film appeared? What is the source of Hitchcock's magic? This book answers these questions by focussing upon the fabric of the films themselves, upon the way in which they enlist and... -
The Cinema of Francesco Rosi by Gaetana Marrone 9780190885632
RRP: $175.82$165.39Francesco Rosi is one of the great realist artists of post-war Italian, indeed post-war world cinema. In this book, author Gaetana Marrone explores the rich visual language in which the Neapolitan filmmaker expresses the cultural icons that constitute... -
Of Haunted Spaces: Cinema, Heterotopias, and China's Hyperurbanization by Ute Meta Bauer 9789811858932
RRP: $35.94$29.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789811858932Author Ute Meta BauerFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint National University of Singapore PressPublisher National University of Singapore Press -
Atom Egoyan by Emma Wilson 9780252034305
$182.80The films of Atom Egoyan immerse the viewer in a world of lush sensuality, melancholia, and brooding obsession. From his earliest films Next of Kin and Family Viewing, to his coruscating Exotica and recent projects such as Where the Truth Lies, Egoyan... -
Mark Lewis: Films 1995-2000 by Catherine Pavlovic 9780953863402
RRP: $25.73$16.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953863402Author Catherine PavlovicFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Film & Video UmbrellaPublisher Film & Video Umbrella