East-West Encounters: Franco-Asian Cinema and Literature
ISBN: 9781903364697 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. East-West Encounters: Franco-Asian Cinema and Literature is the first book of its kind to examine Franco-Asian film and literary productions in the context of France's postcolonial history. It covers French film-makers' approaches to the Asian 'Other', as well as focusing on the works of Vietnamese and Cambodian directors living and working in France. The book thus examines this important contemporary example of cultural exchange and establishes a dialogue between producers and consumers of exoticised images. It features extensive studies of key texts such as Emmanuelle,...
East-West Encounters: Franco-Asian Cinema and Literature is the first book of its kind to examine Franco-Asian film and literary productions in...
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439,32 zł |
Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex
ISBN: 9781903364802 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hungarian cinema has often been forced to tread a precarious and difficult path. Through the failed 1919 revolution to the defeat of the 1956 Uprising and its aftermath, Hungarian film-makers and their audiences have had to contend with a multiplicity of problems. In the 1960s, however, Hungary entered into a period of relative stability and increasing cultural relaxation, resulting in an astonishing growth of film-making. Innovative and groundbreaking directors such as Miklos Jancso (Hungarian Rhapsody, The Red and the White), Istvan Szabo (Mephisto, Sunshine) and...
Hungarian cinema has often been forced to tread a precarious and difficult path. Through the failed 1919 revolution to the defeat of the 1956 Uprising...
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439,32 zł |
Keeping It Real: Irish Film and Television
ISBN: 9781903364956 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A series of essays considering the nature and direction of Irish film and television. Films discussed include "Odd Man Out," "The Boxer," "Nothing Personal," "I Went Down," "Ryan's Daughter" and "Resurrection Man." A series of essays considering the nature and direction of Irish film and television. Films discussed include "Odd Man Out," "The Boxer," "Nothing ... |
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The Cinema of Italy
ISBN: 9781903364994 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Cinema of Italy, a new addition to the 24 Frames series, looks at the recurring historical, thematic and stylistic features of twenty-four of the most important Italian sound films. Viewing Italian cinema at the intersection of history, politics, art and popular culture, the 24 concise essays of this anthology contextualize each film within both Italian and Western film culture. Alongside the crucial lessons of neorealist masterpieces such as Rossellini's Paisan and De Sica's The Bicycle Thief, this collection looks at how Italian cinema has confronted both the nation's...
The Cinema of Italy, a new addition to the 24 Frames series, looks at the recurring historical, thematic and stylistic features of twenty-four of the ...
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The Cinema of the Low Countries
ISBN: 9781904764014 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Films of the Low Countries have long been regarded as isolated texts. This book points to the interconnectedness between Low Countries films from different genres, regions, languages, and formats. Building on each film's relationship with its particular cultural context, the volume presents twenty-four especially commisioned essays by renowned writers, each one focusing on one key film. The volume covers the work of internationally acclaimed directors such as Joris Ivens, Henri Storck, Paul Verhoeven, and the Dardenne Brothers. Key films discussed include Turkish Delight, The Vanishing,...
Films of the Low Countries have long been regarded as isolated texts. This book points to the interconnectedness between Low Countries films from diff...
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439,32 zł |
Reality TV: Realism and Revelation
ISBN: 9781904764052 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyses new and hybrid genres of television including observational documentaries, talk shows, game shows, docu-soaps, dramatic reconstructions, law and order programming and 24/7 formats such as Big Brother and Survivor.
This book analyses new and hybrid genres of television including observational documentaries, talk shows, game shows, docu-soaps, dramatic reconstruct...
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439,32 zł |
Moving Image Technology: From Zoetrope to Digital
ISBN: 9781904764069 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text provides a thorough introduction into the history and theory of moving image film, video, sound recording and allied technologies. The author explains scientific, technical and engineering concepts clearly, using language that can be understood by non-scientists. Enticknap Integrates a discussion of traditional film-based technologies with the impact of emerging 'new media' technologies such as digital video, e-cinema and the Internet. This is a book designed for students with some technological knowledge studying the humanities who have an interest in becoming better versed in...
This text provides a thorough introduction into the history and theory of moving image film, video, sound recording and allied technologies. The autho...
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109,83 zł |
Moving Image Technology: From Zoetrope to Digital
ISBN: 9781904764076 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text provides a thorough introduction into the history and theory of moving image film, video, sound recording and allied technologies. The author explains scientific, technical and engineering concepts clearly, using language that can be understood by non-scientists. Enticknap Integrates a discussion of traditional film-based technologies with the impact of emerging 'new media' technologies such as digital video, e-cinema and the Internet. This is a book designed for students with some technological knowledge studying the humanities who have an interest in becoming better versed in...
This text provides a thorough introduction into the history and theory of moving image film, video, sound recording and allied technologies. The autho...
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The Trouble with Men: Masculinities in European and Hollywood Cinema
ISBN: 9781904764090 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of original essays focusing on masculinity and film, particularly the representation of European masculinity. Spilt into four sections--stars, class and race, fathers and bodies--areas covered include the Carmen films, Yiddish cinema, romantic comedy and beur cinema.
A collection of original essays focusing on masculinity and film, particularly the representation of European masculinity. Spilt into four sections--s...
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439,32 zł |
The Cinema of John Carpenter: The Technique of Terror
ISBN: 9781904764151 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Carpenter is a seminal figure in the history of horror and science fiction filmmaking. His work in these genres has been highly influential in their ongoing development. This book gives Carpenter's output the sustained critical treatment it deserves. It comprises essays that address the whole of Carpenter's work, as well as others which focus on a smaller number of key films. Some essays take on wide-ranging issues such as Carpenter's approach to remakes and the question of genre, while others are organized around a specific theme or technical aspect of Carpenter's film-making. The...
John Carpenter is a seminal figure in the history of horror and science fiction filmmaking. His work in these genres has been highly influential in th...
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Signs of Life: Cinema and Medicine
ISBN: 9781904764175 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Signs of Life" explores the representation of doctors, nurses, patients, diseases, and disabilities in films such as "Apocalypse Now," "M.A.S.H," "Philadelphia," and "The Tin Drum." "Signs of Life" explores the representation of doctors, nurses, patients, diseases, and disabilities in films such as "Apocalypse Now," "M.A.S.H,"... |
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The Cinema of Scandinavia
ISBN: 9781904764236 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new volume in the "Twenty-Four Frames" series that focuses on twenty-four key films from Scandinavia - Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. Each of these national cinemas is able to boast directors of worldwide renown. Such as Ingmar Bergman, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Victor SjAstrom and more contemporary film-makers such as Lukas Moodysson, Aki KaurismAki and the co-founders of the Dogme 95 movement - Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg and Tomas Kragh-Jacobsen. This book looks at the impact that film-makers from this region have had on their national cinema and the world of film. This book...
A new volume in the "Twenty-Four Frames" series that focuses on twenty-four key films from Scandinavia - Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. Each of ...
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439,32 zł |
The Cinema of Britain and Ireland
ISBN: 9781904764397 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fresh, concise, but wide-ranging introduction and overview to British and Irish cinema, this volume contains 24 essays, each on a separate seminal film from the region. Films ranging from 1928 to 2002 are featured from directors such as John Boorman, Nicolas Roeg, Sally Potter and Jack Clayton. As well as discussions of genre and influences, The Cinema of Britain and Ireland includes in-depth studies of films such as Room at the Top (1958), The Italian Job (1969), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), Orlando (1992),...
A fresh, concise, but wide-ranging introduction and overview to British and Irish cinema, this volume contains 24 essays, each on a separate seminal f...
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The Cinema of France
ISBN: 9781904764472 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An in-depth look at some of the best and most influential French films of all time, The Cinema of France contains 24 essays, each on an individual film. The book features works from the silent period and poetic realism, through the stylistic developments of the New Wave, and up to more contemporary challenging films, from directors such as Abel Gance, Jean Renoir, Marcel Carne, Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Resnais, Agnes Varda and Luc Besson. Set in chronological order, The Cinema of France provides an illuminating history of this essential national cinema and...
An in-depth look at some of the best and most influential French films of all time, The Cinema of France contains 24 essays, each on an individ...
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Basics Animation 02: Digital Animation
ISBN: 9782940373567 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Basics Animation 02: Digital Animation takes a comprehensive look at the history of the medium, its growth and development over the last 50 years. This book features exciting contributions from innovators and pioneers in the medium as well as present day practitioners in the cinema, game, and television industries. Basics Animation 02: Digital Animation takes a comprehensive look at the history of the medium, its growth and development over the last 50 ... |
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125,15 zł |
The Bible in Film -- The Bible and Film: Reprinted from Biblical Interpretation Volume 14,1-2
ISBN: 9789004151901 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Biblical scholars and students are finding the role of the Bible in film an increasingly absorbing and rewarding topic. There are films that retell biblical narratives and there are films that allude to the Bible or otherwise build on or appropriate biblical themes and images. The eleven lively and provocative articles in this volume explore both types of film, showcasing the cinema's impact on the perception of the Bible in modern culture. Originally published as issue 1-2 of Volume 14 (2006) of Brill's journal Biblical Interpretation. For more details on this journal, please click...
Biblical scholars and students are finding the role of the Bible in film an increasingly absorbing and rewarding topic. There are films that retell bi...
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367,13 zł |
The Last Great American Picture Show: New Hollywood Cinema in the 1970s
ISBN: 9789053566312 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The French Connection, The Last Picture Show, M.A.S.H., Harold and Maude--these are only a few of the iconic films made in the United States during the 1970s. Originally considered a "lost generation," the 1970s are increasingly recognized as a crucial turning point in American filmmaking, and many films from the era have resurfaced from oblivion to become a reference for new directorial talents. The Last Great American Picture Show explores this pivotal era in American film history with a collection of essays by scholars and writers that firmly situates the decade as the time...
The French Connection, The Last Picture Show, M.A.S.H., Harold and Maude--these are only a few of the iconic films made in the United States du...
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349,27 zł |
Film Remakes as Ritual and Disguise: From Carmen to Ripley
ISBN: 9789053567845 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first full-length history of the remake in cinema, "Film Remakes as Ritual and Disguise" is also the first book to explore how and why these stories are told.
Anat Zanger focuses on contemporary retellings of three particular tales— "Joan" "of Arc," "Carmen," and "Psycho"— to reveal what she calls the remake’ s “ rituals of disguise.” Joan of Arc, Zanger demonstrates, later appears as the tough, androgynous Ripley in the blockbuster "Alien" series and the God-ridden Bess in Lars Von Trier’ s "Breaking the Waves," Ultimately, these remake... The first full-length history of the remake in cinema, "Film Remakes as Ritual and Disguise" is also the first book to explore how and why these stori...
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71,12 zł |
The Cinema of Attractions Reloaded
ISBN: 9789053569443 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Twenty years ago, noted film scholars Tom Gunning and Andre Gaudreault introduced the phrase "cinema of attractions" to describe the essential qualities of films made in the medium's earliest days, those produced between 1895 and 1906. Now, The Cinema of Attractions Reloaded critically examines the term and its subsequent wide-ranging use in film studies.
The collection opens with a history of the term, tracing the collaboration between Gaudreault and Gunning, the genesis of the term in their attempts to explain the spectacular effects of motion that lay at the heart of early... Twenty years ago, noted film scholars Tom Gunning and Andre Gaudreault introduced the phrase "cinema of attractions" to describe the essential qualiti...
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Moving Forward, Looking Back: The European Avant-Garde and the Invention of Film Culture, 1919-1939
ISBN: 9789053569603 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, the first full critical overview of the film avant-garde, ushers in a new approach—and in the process creates its own subject. While many books have studied particular aspects of the European film avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, Moving Forward, Looking Back provides a much-needed summary of the theory and practice of the movement, while also emphasizing aspects of the period that have been overlooked. Arguing that a European perspective is the only way to understand the transnational movement, the book also pioneers a new approach to the alternative cinema network that...
This book, the first full critical overview of the film avant-garde, ushers in a new approach—and in the process creates its own subject. While ...
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71,12 zł |