Stars
ISBN: 9780851706436 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through the intensive examination of films, magazines, advertisingand critical texts, Dyer analyses the historical, ideological and aesthetic significance of stars, changing the way we understand screen icons. Paying particular attention to icons including Marlon Brando, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne."
Through the intensive examination of films, magazines, advertisingand critical texts, Dyer analyses the historical, ideological and aesthetic signific...
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Understanding Film Texts: Meaning and Experience
ISBN: 9780851707990 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title aims to make ideas and procedures in film studies more accessible. Organised around three non-specialist experiences of film - story, character and spectacle - the author uses close study of specific sequences in order to develop an introductory level understanding and appreciation of key elements of film form.
" This title aims to make ideas and procedures in film studies more accessible. Organised around three non-specialist experiences of film - story, chara...
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In Short: A Guide to Short Film-Making in the Digital Age
ISBN: 9780851708928 / Angielski / Twarda / 187 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work looks at the history of the short film and its current role. It focuses on contemporary short-film producers and directors, and its role as a training opportunity for new talent. It also covers issues of distribution, funding, exhibition, festivals, training and publications.
This work looks at the history of the short film and its current role. It focuses on contemporary short-film producers and directors, and its role as ...
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Gangster Film Reader
ISBN: 9780879103323 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1930s the gangster film in the United States coincided with a very real and very sensational gangsterism at large in American society. Little Caesar (1931), The Public Enemy (1931), and Scarface (1932) borrowed liberally from the newspapers and books of the era. With the release of just these three motion pictures in barely more than a year's time, Hollywood quintessentially defined the genre. The characters, the situations, and the icons-from fast cars and tommy-guns to fancy fedoras and fancier molls-established the audience expectations associated with the gangster film that remain...
In the 1930s the gangster film in the United States coincided with a very real and very sensational gangsterism at large in American society. Little C...
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100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember: But Probably Don't
ISBN: 9780879109721 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John DiLeo ventures beyond the obvious, paying tribute to a collection of acting feats that made priceless but often unappreciated contributions to the art of screen acting. So, no Scarlett O'Hara, Michael Corleone or Margo Channing here. But you will find Vivien Leigh, Al Pacino, and Bette Davis in outstanding performances that have been overshadowed by their signature roles. From Lillian Gish in 'Way Down East' (1920) to Renee Zellweger in 'Nurse Betty' (2000), DiLeo takes movie fans on an unpredictable ride through film history, covering eight decades, showcasing a variety of genres and...
John DiLeo ventures beyond the obvious, paying tribute to a collection of acting feats that made priceless but often unappreciated contributions to th...
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85,64 zł |
How To Make a Movie With A Very, Very, Low Budget
ISBN: 9780977050000 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An instructional guide to making a movie with a relatively small budget, this entertaining and informative book dispels the myth that says millions of dollars are needed to make a film. (Performing Arts)
An instructional guide to making a movie with a relatively small budget, this entertaining and informative book dispels the myth that says millions of...
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Hollywood Values
ISBN: 9781403332912 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tagline: We watch the same movies, but we don?t see the same movies. Hollywood Values makes a heroic effort to show that Hollywood bashing doesn?t have it right. Good things are coming out of Hollywood. This book proves it.
Tagline: We watch the same movies, but we don?t see the same movies. Hollywood Values makes a heroic effort to show that Hollywood bashing doesn?t hav...
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142,49 zł |
Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong
ISBN: 9781553954613 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong is a guidebook for exploring the new and exciting destination for exciting and innovative cinema: South Korea. It is the first book of its kind, covering this emerging cinematic powerhouse, which has been likened to Hong Kong, in an easy-to-read and leisure-focused fashion, bringing all the sought-after information on Korean cinema into one convenient package.
Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong is a guidebook for exploring the new and exciting destination for exciting and innovative cinema: South Korea. It is ...
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109,24 zł |
History of X: 100 Years of Sex in Film
ISBN: 9781573926782 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This first comprehensive and most in-depth history of cinematic pornography details sex in film from 100 years ago to today, concentrating on the quarter-century since "Deep Throat," when pornography became a subject of popular culture.
Insightful, entertaining, and bold, "A History of X" takes us from the primitive film studios of the 1900s, where porn got its start as a daring experiment in sexual freedom, to the closed-door, multi-million-dollar porn-film corporations of today. Ford includes exclusive interviews with the stars, the producers, and the distributors as well as detailed... This first comprehensive and most in-depth history of cinematic pornography details sex in film from 100 years ago to today, concentrating on the quar...
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141,33 zł |
Jane Campion: Interviews
ISBN: 9781578060832 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In outstanding films that are sharply focused on unusual women Jane Campion has gained worldwide admiration and respect. This New Zealand director first attracted international attention with her 1989 film Sweetie, an acerbic study of two sisters in a wildly dysfunctional family. She followed this in 1990 with the television miniseries An Angel at My Table, based on the autobiography of New Zealand author Janet Frame. Subsequently released in theatres, the film chronicles the early trials of the young writer. Poor, timid, and physically awkward, Frame was misdiagnosed as... In outstanding films that are sharply focused on unusual women Jane Campion has gained worldwide admiration and respect. This New Zealand director... |
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186,23 zł |
Confessions of a Movie Addict
ISBN: 9781587360855 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book chronicles the author's love affair with film from the 1930s through the beginning of the new millennium. In addition to revealing personal movie-related experiences, film critic Betty Jo Tucker describes encounters with veteran actors.
This book chronicles the author's love affair with film from the 1930s through the beginning of the new millennium. In addition to revealing personal ...
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85,47 zł |
Read the High Country: A Guide to Western Books and Films
ISBN: 9781591581345 / Angielski / Twarda / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Assist readers in their book selections with this guide, which covers titles spanning the entire spectrum of the Western genre--from such classics as those written by Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, and Max Brand to traditional novels by Elmer Kelton and contemporary novels of the West by Annie Proulx, Louise Erdrich, and Larry McMurtry. Mort describes and maps approximately 2000 titles, grouping them by subgenre and theme, and describing their features and plots. Also included are chapters on the history of the genre, six great authors of the genre, a Western timeline, information on resources... Assist readers in their book selections with this guide, which covers titles spanning the entire spectrum of the Western genre--from such classics ... |
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486,11 zł |
A Conservative Christian Reviews The Greatest Movies Ever Made
ISBN: 9781591606192 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Films of Nicholas Ray: The Poet of Nightfall
ISBN: 9781844570010 / Angielski / Miękka / 193 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Films like "Johnny Guitar" and "Rebel Without a Cause" were to ensure cult status for Nicholas Ray. This text discusses his stylistic artistry and abiding thematic concerns and his work with such legends as James Dean, James Mason and Joan Crawford.
Films like "Johnny Guitar" and "Rebel Without a Cause" were to ensure cult status for Nicholas Ray. This text discusses his stylistic artistry and abi...
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168,16 zł |
The B List: The National Society of Film Critics on the Low-Budget Beauties, Genre-Bending Mavericks, and Cult Classics We Love
ISBN: 9780306815669 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What kind of collection could possibly find common ground among The Son of Kong, Platoon, and Pink Flamingos? What kind of fevered minds could conceive of such a list? What are the unheard-of qualities that tie them all together?
The answers: This book. The National Society of Film Critics. And the far-reaching enticements of the B movie itself. Once the B movie was the Hollywood stepchild, the underbelly of the double feature. Today it is a more inclusive category, embracing films that fall outside the mainstream by dint of their budgets, their visions, their... What kind of collection could possibly find common ground among The Son of Kong, Platoon, and Pink Flamingos? What kind of fevere...
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107,90 zł |
Kubrick's Cinema Odyssey
ISBN: 9780851708409 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this multilayered study, Michel Chion offers some keys to understanding Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey." Setting the film in its historical and cultural contexts, Chion goes on to locate it within Kubrick's career.
In this multilayered study, Michel Chion offers some keys to understanding Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey." Setting the film in its historic...
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458,76 zł |
The Griffith Project, Volume 11: Selected Writings by D.W. Griffith; Indexes and Corrections to Volumes 1-10
ISBN: 9781844572328 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Griffith Project is a major international research project commissioned by the Pordenone Silent Film Festival at Sacile. In a series of twelve volumes leading international film scholars provide filmographic details, plot summaries and analysis of all the films where D.W. Griffith was credited as director, writer, producer and supervisor. "
The Griffith Project is a major international research project commissioned by the Pordenone Silent Film Festival at Sacile. In a series of twelve vol...
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The Cinema of Richard Linklater
ISBN: 9781861712387 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. RICHARD LINKLATER
A new study of the American filmmaker Richard Linklater (b. 1960) whose movies include Dazed and Confused, School of Rock, Before Sunrise and A Scanner Darkly. This new edition - the only full-length appreciation of Linklater's available anywhere - includes his latest films - Me and Orson Welles and Inning By Inning. FROM THE FOREWORD Welcome to the world of Richard Linklater, the extraordinary US movie director from Austin, whose broad range of films - from indie (Slacker) to mainstream (School of Rock) - makes it impossible to pigeonhole him.... RICHARD LINKLATER
A new study of the American filmmaker Richard Linklater (b. 1960) whose movies include Dazed and Confused, School of Rock, Befor... |
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177,48 zł |
Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Mannerist
ISBN: 9780810869547 / Angielski / Twarda / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first anthology of essays that focuses solely on Ken Russell in over 30 years, and it seeks to reflect a newly revived interest in his films. The essays re-contextualize Russell's work in light of new approaches to film studies and work to correct, nuance, or amend previous scholarship.
This book is the first anthology of essays that focuses solely on Ken Russell in over 30 years, and it seeks to reflect a newly revived interest in hi...
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528,09 zł |
The Films of the Nineties: The Decade of Spin
ISBN: 9780230613447 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through movies such as Forrest Gump and Titanic, The Films of the Nineties offers a reel-to-reel cultural analysis, chronicling the concept of "spin" as a major sociopolitical persuasion strategy.
Through movies such as Forrest Gump and Titanic, The Films of the Nineties offers a reel-to-reel cultural analysis, chronicling the concept of "spin" ...
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194,97 zł |