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JOSH HARTNETT DEFINITELY WANTS TO DO THIS... TRUE STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE SCREEN TRADE
ISBN: 9780732287368 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With a cast that includes Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, John Cusack, and Jodie Foster, this is a first-hand account of the world of modern celebrity.
With a cast that includes Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, John Cusack, and Jodie Foster, this is a first-hand account o...
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73,33 |
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Moving Targets
ISBN: 9783639033342 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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368,24 |
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Figurations of Exile in Hitchcock and Nabokov
ISBN: 9780748636464 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book makes an important contribution to cultural analysis by opening up the work of two canonical authors to issues of exile and migration. Barbara Straumann's close reading of selected films and literary texts focuses on Speak, Memory, Lolita, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Suspicion, North by Northwest and Shadow of a Doubt and explores the connections between language, imagination and exile. Invoking psychoanalysis as the principal discourse of dislocation, the book not only uses concepts such as 'screen memory', 'family romance', 'fantasy' and 'the uncanny' as hermeneutic foils,...
This book makes an important contribution to cultural analysis by opening up the work of two canonical authors to issues of exile and migration. Barba...
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538,76 |
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Machine-Age Comedy
ISBN: 9780195381221 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this latest addition to Oxford's Modernist Literature & Culture series, renowned modernist scholar Michael North poses fundamental questions about the relationship between modernity and comic form in film, animation, the visual arts, and literature. Machine-Age Comedy vividly constructs a cultural history that spans the entire twentieth century, showing how changes wrought by industrialization have forever altered the comic mode. With keen analyses, North examines the work of a wide range of artists--including Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Marcel Duchamp, Samuel Beckett, and David...
In this latest addition to Oxford's Modernist Literature & Culture series, renowned modernist scholar Michael North poses fundamental questions about ...
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632,70 |
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Machine-Age Comedy
ISBN: 9780195381238 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this latest addition to Oxford's Modernist Literature & Culture series, renowned modernist scholar Michael North poses fundamental questions about the relationship between modernity and comic form in film, animation, the visual arts, and literature. Machine-Age Comedy vividly constructs a cultural history that spans the entire twentieth century, showing how changes wrought by industrialization have forever altered the comic mode. With keen analyses, North examines the work of a wide range of artists--including Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Marcel Duchamp, Samuel Beckett, and David...
In this latest addition to Oxford's Modernist Literature & Culture series, renowned modernist scholar Michael North poses fundamental questions about ...
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159,37 |
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Psychological Reflections on Cinematic Terror: Jungian Archetypes in Horror Films
ISBN: 9780275944919 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this examination of the psychology of terror, Iaccino uses Jungian archetypes to analyze significant works in the horror film genre. In the past, Jungian archetypes have been used to interpret mythologies, to examine great works of literature, and to explain why sexual stereotypes persist in our society. Here, for the first time, Iaccino applies such models as the Cursed Wanderers, the Warrior Amazons, the Random Destroyers, and the Techno-Myths to highlight recurrent themes in a wide range of films, from early classics such as Nosferatu to the contemporary Nightmare on Elm Street and... In this examination of the psychology of terror, Iaccino uses Jungian archetypes to analyze significant works in the horror film genre. In the past... |
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381,51 |
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Judenrollen: Darstellungsformen Im Europäischen Theater Von Der Restauration Bis Zur Zwischenkriegszeit
ISBN: 9783484651708 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 367 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der Band versammelt Beitraauml;ge zu der theatralen Darstellung von Juden im europaischen Theater zwischen 1830 und 1940. Zwischen Antijudaismus und Antisemitismus einerseits, juuuml;discher Renaissance und Zionismus andererseits erstreckt sich das Spannungsfeld, in dem Juden auf den Buhnen dargestellt wurden. Kultur- und mentalitatsgeschichtliche Rahmenbedingungen werden in den einzelnen Studien immer mit einbezogen. Der hier vorgelegte Band ist der erste Versuch, Werke des Sprechtheaters und des Musiktheaters unter diesem Gesichtspunkt gemeinsam zu betrachten.
Der Band versammelt Beitraauml;ge zu der theatralen Darstellung von Juden im europaischen Theater zwischen 1830 und 1940. Zwischen Antijudaismus und A...
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849,66 |
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Seers, Witches and Psychics on Screen: An Analysis of Women Visionary Characters in Recent Television and Film
ISBN: 9780786433469 / Angielski / Miękka / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book addresses the pervasive representation of women with unique visionary abilities in postfeminist television series and films from the 1990s to the present. Whether the female characters take the form of seer figures, witches, mediums, or women with the ability to see or know the future, these "women of vision" suggest unique ways of constructing female heroes as saviors in a postfeminist era. These women mediate between the living and the dead or between different worlds of experience, redefining what it means to be "normal" and challenging the traditional boundary between science...
This book addresses the pervasive representation of women with unique visionary abilities in postfeminist television series and films from the 1990s t...
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167,87 |
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Musical Groups in the Movies, 1929-1970
ISBN: 9780786434848 / Angielski / Miękka / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text discusses hundreds of musical groups which appeared in at least one film between 1929 and 1970. Most entries include a brief description of the musical group, a list of the main singers or performers, and when available, a list of the songs performed in each film.
This text discusses hundreds of musical groups which appeared in at least one film between 1929 and 1970. Most entries include a brief description of ...
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275,77 |
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Campus Life in the Movies: A Critical Survey from the Silent Era to the Present
ISBN: 9780786439843 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores themes of college life in 680 live-action theatrically released, feature-length films set in the US and released between 1915 and 2006, evaluating how these movies both reflected and distorted the reality of undergraduate life.
This book explores themes of college life in 680 live-action theatrically released, feature-length films set in the US and released between 1915 and 2...
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221,82 |
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Like a Splinter in Your Mind: The Philosophy Behind the Matrix Trilogy
ISBN: 9781405125239 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Like a Splinter in Your Mind leads readers through the myriad of philosophical themes within the Matrix trilogy, helping them to gain a better understanding of the films and of philosophy itself.
Like a Splinter in Your Mind leads readers through the myriad of philosophical themes within the Matrix trilogy, helping them to gain a better ...
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448,27 |
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Anatomy of Film, 6e
ISBN: 9780312487119 / Angielski / Miękka / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anatomy of Film provides a solid foundation of film fundamentals while offering rich examples from the past and present. Designed to be used in film-as-literature or introduction to film courses in English, film, or communication departments, Anatomy of Film covers all of the essential elements of film -- from genre, lighting, and editing to music, sound, and narration -- and its student-friendly approach makes it ideal for those new to the discipline. Along with a strong focus on genre, this text also features a chapter devoted to the connection between film and literature....
Anatomy of Film provides a solid foundation of film fundamentals while offering rich examples from the past and present. Designed to be used in...
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308,24 |
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Astro Boy and Anime Come to the Americas: An Insider's View of the Birth of a Pop Culture Phenomenon
ISBN: 9780786438662 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title gives an insider's view into the creation of 'Astro Boy'. It also shows how animated television has blossomed into an ongoing cultural and media phenomenon.
This title gives an insider's view into the creation of 'Astro Boy'. It also shows how animated television has blossomed into an ongoing cultural and ...
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114,15 |
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Frank Borzage: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Romantic
ISBN: 9780786440986 / Angielski / Miękka / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Brings to readers a comprehensive treatment of Borzage, one of America's greatest, if largely forgotten, film directors. After an introduction that decries Borzage's dismissal by later critics and historians, this work shows how his approach to moviemaking reflected his Masonic beliefs. It includes 18 chapters that present Borzage's entire career.
Brings to readers a comprehensive treatment of Borzage, one of America's greatest, if largely forgotten, film directors. After an introduction that de...
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249,07 |
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Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History
ISBN: 9780810842441 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New in Paperback In 1935, two film production companies merged to form one of the most influential corporations in the world--Twentieth Century-Fox. Here is the story of that dynamic company and of the personalities who molded it over the past fifty years, from Darryl F. Zanuk to Barry Diller. Unlike any previous volume on a film studio, this in-depth history is told from a corporate viewpoint, covering the trends that influenced film-making, profit-making incentives, and the creative policies resulting in films like The Grapes of Wrath, the Snake Pit, The Robe, Cleopatra, The Towering...
New in Paperback In 1935, two film production companies merged to form one of the most influential corporations in the world--Twentieth Century-Fox. ...
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508,02 |
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Moving Viewers: American Film and the Spectator's Experience
ISBN: 9780520256965 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Everyone knows the thrill of being transported by a film, but what is it that makes movie watching such a compelling emotional experience? In Moving Viewers, Carl Plantinga explores this question and the implications of its answer for aesthetics, the psychology of spectatorship, and the place of movies in culture. Through an in-depth discussion of mainstream Hollywood films, Plantinga investigates what he terms "the paradox of negative emotion" and the function of mainstream narratives as ritualistic fantasies. He describes the sensual nature of the movies and shows how film emotions...
Everyone knows the thrill of being transported by a film, but what is it that makes movie watching such a compelling emotional experience? In Movin...
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154,67 |
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Cinema and Classical Texts
ISBN: 9780521518604 / Angielski / Twarda / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Apollo was the ancient god of light and the divine patron of the arts. He is therefore a fitting metaphor for cinematography, which is the modern art of writing with moving light. This book interprets films as visual texts and provides the first systematic theoretical and practical demonstration of the affinities between Greco-Roman literature and the cinema. It examines major themes from classical myth and history such as film portrayals of gods, exemplified by Apollo and the Muses; Oedipus, antiquity's most influential mythic-tragic hero; the question of heroism and patriotism in war; and...
Apollo was the ancient god of light and the divine patron of the arts. He is therefore a fitting metaphor for cinematography, which is the modern art ...
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326,46 |
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Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius
ISBN: 9780826470232 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Leni Riefenstahl achieved fame as a dancer, actress, photographer, and director, but her entire career is colored by her association with the Nazi party. Appointed by Hitler, she directed the Nazi propaganda film Triumph des Willens along with her best-known work Olympia, a documentary of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. By 1939 Riefenstahl was arguably the most famous woman film director in the world; yet, after World War II, she was never again accepted as a filmmaker.Rainer Rother's book provides detailed coverage, from original documentation, of those aspects of Riefenstahl's career she... Leni Riefenstahl achieved fame as a dancer, actress, photographer, and director, but her entire career is colored by her association with the Nazi ... |
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293,81 |
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The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film
ISBN: 9780415448536 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Going beyond overtly religious or religion-themed movies, this companion introduces analysis of religious influences to be found in a broad range of mainstream productions & deploys a range of methodologies, including psychoanalytical, theological, & feminist approaches & audience reception.
Going beyond overtly religious or religion-themed movies, this companion introduces analysis of religious influences to be found in a broad range of m...
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1199,94 |
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The Cinematic Jane Austen: Essays on the Filmic Sensibility of the Novels
ISBN: 9780786435067 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Typified by their comedic power often demonstrated by the voice of their narrators, what makes Austen's novels arresting can also produce an unsatisfactory transformation to cinema, where the voice of a narrator becomes obtrusive. This book examines Austen's texts for their inherent cinematic features, analyzing the use of these in films.
Typified by their comedic power often demonstrated by the voice of their narrators, what makes Austen's novels arresting can also produce an unsatisfa...
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167,87 |