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No Known Cure : The Comedy of Chris Morris
ISBN: 9781844574797 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the first full-length scholarly book on the comedy of Chris Morris, writers discuss his early DJ career, his pioneering radio satire, his television mockumentary, his experimental black comedy and his more recent move into filmmaking. No Known Cure approaches the work of Chris Morris from a diverse range of perspectives in order to fully grapple with his wide-ranging and groundbreaking media output.
In the first full-length scholarly book on the comedy of Chris Morris, writers discuss his early DJ career, his pioneering radio satire, his televisio...
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151,37 zł |
Barbara Stanwyck
ISBN: 9781844576487 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Devoting each chapter to a significant quality of Barbara Stanwyck's performances, Andrew Klevan foregrounds crucial scenes from her films, including Stella Dallas (1937), The Lady Eve (1941), and Double Indemnity (1944). Through the lens of her achievement, Klevan examines the wider concerns of these films while revisiting classic topics from Film Studies - psychoanalysis, medium reflexivity, and the representation of female roles such as the 'sacrificial mother' and the 'femme fatale'. In paying close attention to the various aspects of her skilfully executed...
Devoting each chapter to a significant quality of Barbara Stanwyck's performances, Andrew Klevan foregrounds crucial scenes from her films, including ...
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116,04 zł |
Margaret Rutherford: Dreadnought with Good Manners
ISBN: 9781845135850 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Biography of much-loved actress Margaret Rutherford, famous for her roles in such classic films as 'Blithe Spirit', 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and the Miss Marple films.
Biography of much-loved actress Margaret Rutherford, famous for her roles in such classic films as 'Blithe Spirit', 'The Importance of Being Earnest' ...
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71,94 zł |
James Brown
ISBN: 9781845537432 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For ten years between 1965 and 1975, James Brown was the most popular and cutting-edge of any black artist. As one journalist put it, "before Brown, there was music with a beat. After Brown music had found a groove." The drawing out of this "groove," leveraged on "the one," - or the first and third beats of a 4/4 bar, - would provide the key to much of Brown's subsequent musical success and instil within popular music an unprecedented drive that would characterize not only the funk style, but also provide the rhythmic blueprint for dance music up to the present day. This book explores how...
For ten years between 1965 and 1975, James Brown was the most popular and cutting-edge of any black artist. As one journalist put it, "before Brown, t...
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121,94 zł |
Diaghilev : A Life
ISBN: 9781846681646 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) is a character on the scale of myth. He became a central figure in the artistic worlds of Paris, London, Rome, Berlin and Madrid during the golden age of modern art. This is a rich and revelatory biography of Diaghilev.
Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) is a character on the scale of myth. He became a central figure in the artistic worlds of Paris, London, Rome, Berlin and ...
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100,89 zł |
Cezanne: A life
ISBN: 9781846681707 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today we view Cezanne as a monumental figure, but during his lifetime (1839-1906), many did not understand him or his work. This book tells the story of an artist who was never accepted into the official Salon: he was considered a revolutionary at best and a barbarian at worst, whose paintings were unfinished, distorted and strange.
Today we view Cezanne as a monumental figure, but during his lifetime (1839-1906), many did not understand him or his work. This book tells the story ...
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132,83 zł |
Shockaholic
ISBN: 9781847390363 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is Carrie Fisher's account of her own life, focusing mostly on the Star Wars years. Chosen to play Princess Leia when she was only 19 years old, Fisher delves into the gritty details that made the movie, and herself, such a success.
This is Carrie Fisher's account of her own life, focusing mostly on the Star Wars years. Chosen to play Princess Leia when she was only 19 years old, ...
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46,20 zł |
Wishful Drinking
ISBN: 9781847397836 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An uproarious look at bestselling author Carrie Fisher's Hollywood hangover, adapted from the sold-out one-woman show of the same name which the Los Angeles Times called a 'Beverly Hills yard sale of juicy anecdotes'.
An uproarious look at bestselling author Carrie Fisher's Hollywood hangover, adapted from the sold-out one-woman show of the same name which the Los A...
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46,20 zł |
There and Then: Personal Terms 6
ISBN: 9781847771407 / Angielski / Miękka / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Compulsively readable, wise, and mischievous by turns, this sixth volume from the collection of Frederic Raphael s personal journals chronicles his eventful life in the seemingly glamorous worlds of 1980s Hollywood and literary London. Included are his encounters with Mary Whitehouse and Meryl Streep, vital memories of Dirk Bogarde, and warm reflections on Peter Sellers. Postwar British values and Byron s sex life are subjected to scrutiny; and there are acute portraits of Robert Redford, Shirley Conran, and many others. This account continues the account of time spent, in the words of...
Compulsively readable, wise, and mischievous by turns, this sixth volume from the collection of Frederic Raphael s personal journals chronicles his ev...
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100,68 zł |
Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Burton, Harris, O'Toole and Reed
ISBN: 9781848090187 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The highly entertaining biography of four charismatic and much-loved actors follows them through five decades of boozing, brawling and braggadocio.
"God put me on this earth to raise sheer hell." Richard Burton "I was a sinner. I slugged some people. I hurt many people. And it's true, I never looked back to see the casualties." Richard Harris "Booze is the most outrageous of all drugs, which is why I chose it." Peter O'Toole "I don't have a drink problem. But if that was the case and doctors told me I had to stop, I'd like to think I would be brave enough to drink myself into... The highly entertaining biography of four charismatic and much-loved actors follows them through five decades of boozing, brawling and braggadocio. |
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56,48 zł |
Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rock Star
ISBN: 9781848091764 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What do Postman Pat, Tommy Cooper, Norman Wisdom, and George Best have in common with being abandoned in a Costa Rican jungle after a severe bout of flatulence? Indeed how are they connected to trying to buy an Australian brewery just to get a beer, owning twenty-two cars, an American soccer team, and Swiss mail-order pornography? I suppose we have to come clean and volunteer the name of a certain keyboard genius called Mr. Richard Wakeman. That said, you'll then not be surprised that this second volume of wondrous stories elaborates on violinists falling out of trees, being mauled on live TV...
What do Postman Pat, Tommy Cooper, Norman Wisdom, and George Best have in common with being abandoned in a Costa Rican jungle after a severe bout of f...
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58,39 zł |
An A-Z of Hellraisers: A Comprehensive Compendium of Outrageous Insobriety
ISBN: 9781848092464 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A quirky and anecdote-driven A Z compendium celebrating the most outrageous, depraved, tortured, and eccentric hellraisers the world has ever seen, from Wild Bill Hickok to Ozzy, Francis Bacon to Belushi, Dean Martin to Courtney LoveThe miscreant mob in this whopper of a book the last word on inebriated misbehavior constitute the most amazing grouping to see inprint: from Alexander the Great, whose drunken revelries once ended with the destruction of an entire city; to W. C. Fields, who passed critical judgement on a brass band by urinating over them from a hotel balcony; Dylan Thomas, who...
A quirky and anecdote-driven A Z compendium celebrating the most outrageous, depraved, tortured, and eccentric hellraisers the world has ever seen, fr...
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53,08 zł |
My Life in Pieces: An Alternative Autobiography
ISBN: 9781848421714 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in paperback Winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the theater. In My Life in Pieces Simon Callow retraces his life through the multifarious performers, writers, productions, and events that have left their indelible mark on him. Now in paperback Winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the th... |
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79,64 zł |
Ingmar Bergman: The Life and Films of the Last Great European Director
ISBN: 9781848850460 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ingmar Bergman was the last and arguably the greatest of the old-style European auteurs and his influence across all areas of contemporary cinema has continued to be considerable since his death in July 2007. Drawing on interviews with collaborators and original research, this book puts Bergman's career into the context of his life and offers a new and revealing portrait of this great filmmaker. Geoffrey Macnab explores the often painfully autobiographical nature of his work, while also looking in detail at Bergman as a craftsman. He considers Bergman's working relationship with his... Ingmar Bergman was the last and arguably the greatest of the old-style European auteurs and his influence across all areas of contemporary cinema h... |
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201,89 zł |
The King's Jester: The Life of Dan Leno, Victorian Comic Genius
ISBN: 9781848854307 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on many previously unused sources, this is first, authoritative, biography of Dan Leno. In telling the full story of Dan's life and career on the stage and screen, Barry Anthony brings to life the everyday life of Victorian Britain, as well as Dan's unique brand of humour and its resonance with later comedians.
Drawing on many previously unused sources, this is first, authoritative, biography of Dan Leno. In telling the full story of Dan's life and career on ...
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201,89 zł |
Korda: Britain's Movie Mogul
ISBN: 9781848856950 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The producer behind such celebrated films as The Four Feathers and The Third Man is one of the most colorful and important figures in the history of the British cinema. This gripping biography tells how with extraordinary ambition, enterprise, and showmanship, Alexander Korda established in Britain a film industry that rivalled Hollywood, built Europe's biggest studio, and created world-class stars, including Charles Laughton and Vivien Leigh. The biography traces Korda's path from his rural childhood in a remote part of Hungary to a British knighthood. Korda's legacy, it...
The producer behind such celebrated films as The Four Feathers and The Third Man is one of the most colorful and important figures in th...
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121,09 zł |
The Luminous Darkness: On Jon Fosse's Theatre
ISBN: 9781849430586 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines the attraction of audiences, actors and directors to these exceptional dramas. Leif Zern finds his way to the core of the dramatic world created by Fosse, analyzing the basic insights on which his writing is based and describing the way various European directors and theatres have chosen to stage his plays.
Examines the attraction of audiences, actors and directors to these exceptional dramas. Leif Zern finds his way to the core of the dramatic world crea...
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80,70 zł |
Gielgoodies!: The Wit and Wisdom (& Gaffes) of John Gielgud
ISBN: 9781849434485 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'A glorious compendium of John's scintillating irreverences and fabulous faux pas... He was one of the greatest of all theatrical personalities, and these utterly characteristic throwaway squibs bring him vividly back to life.' Simon Callow
This delicious feast of -Gielgoodies-, compiled by Gielgud's biographer, reveals a less well-known side to this celebrated man of the theatre: his lightning wit, his love of scandal and gossip, his wicked delight in putting down his fellow-artists, his relish of bawdy humour. Full of startling new material, drawn from many unpublished letters... 'A glorious compendium of John's scintillating irreverences and fabulous faux pas... He was one of the greatest of all theatrical personalities, and t...
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65,56 zł |
Total Recall
ISBN: 9781849839730 / Angielski / Miękka / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Schwarzenegger's TOTAL RECALL is a larger-than-life portrait of his illustrious, controversial and entertaining life in and out of the public eye.
Schwarzenegger's TOTAL RECALL is a larger-than-life portrait of his illustrious, controversial and entertaining life in and out of the public eye.
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56,48 zł |
Life on Air
ISBN: 9781849900010 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. David Attenborough's career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned almost five decades and over the last 25 years he has become a leading natural history programme maker. In these memoirs, he describes the people and animals he has met, and the places around the globe that he has visited.
David Attenborough's career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned almost five decades and over the last 25 years he has become a leading natural...
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51,35 zł |