A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey
ISBN: 9780060937867 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) For some of us, moviegoing is an occasional pleasure. Kevin Murphy made it his obsession, and he did it for you. Mr. Murphy, known to legions of fans as Tom Servo on the legendary TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000, went to the movies every day for a year. That's every single day, people. For a whole fricken' year. And not only did he endure, he prevailed -- for this is the hilarious, poignant, fascinating journal of his adventures: the first book about the movies from the audience's point of view. Kevin went to the multiplex, sure. But... For some of us, moviegoing is an occasional pleasure. Kevin Murphy made it his obsession, and he did it for you. Mr. Murphy, known to legions... |
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DVD Confidential: Hundreds of Hidden Easter Eggs Revealed
ISBN: 9780072226638 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This volume shows readers how to find the hidden gems in their existing DVD collections, including out-takes, deleted scenes, alternate endings, video games and more. It features more than 150 titles including Casablanca and new releases like The Lord of the Rings.
This volume shows readers how to find the hidden gems in their existing DVD collections, including out-takes, deleted scenes, alternate endings, video...
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Public Enemies, Public Heroes: Screening the Gangster from Little Caesar to Touch of Evil
ISBN: 9780226550336 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In this study of Hollywood gangster films, Jonathan Munby examines their controversial content and how it was subjected to continual moral and political censure.
Beginning in the early 1930s, these films told compelling stories about ethnic urban lower-class desires to "make it" in an America dominated by Anglo-Saxon Protestant ideals and devastated by the Great Depression. By the late 1940s, however, their focus shifted to the problems of a culture maladjusting to a new peacetime sociopolitical order governed by corporate capitalism. The gangster no longer challenged the establishment;... In this study of Hollywood gangster films, Jonathan Munby examines their controversial content and how it was subjected to continual moral and politic...
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147,99 zł |
From Mouse to Mermaid: The Politics of Film, Gender, and Culture
ISBN: 9780253209788 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) From Mouse to Mermaid, an interdisciplinary collection of original essays, is the first comprehensive, critical treatment of Disney cinema. Addressing children's classics as well as the Disney affiliates' more recent attempts to capture adult audiences, the contributors respond to the Disney film legacy from feminist, marxist, poststructuralist, and cultural studies perspectives. The volume contemplates Disney's duality as an American icon and as an industry of cultural production, created in and through fifty years of filmmaking. The contributors treat a range of topics at issue in... From Mouse to Mermaid, an interdisciplinary collection of original essays, is the first comprehensive, critical treatment of Disney cinema. Address... |
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88,46 zł |
Coming Attractions: Reading American Movie Trailers
ISBN: 9780292705586 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Movie trailers--those previews of coming attractions before the start of a feature film--are routinely praised and reviled by moviegoers and film critics alike: "They give away too much of the movie." "They're better than the films." "They only show the spectacular parts." "They lie." "They're the best part of going to the movies." But whether you love them or hate them, trailers always serve their purpose of offering free samples of a film to influence moviegoing decision-making. Indeed, with their inclusion on videotapes, DVDs, and on the Internet, trailers are more widely seen and... Movie trailers--those previews of coming attractions before the start of a feature film--are routinely praised and reviled by moviegoers and film c... |
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124,92 zł |
An Illustrated History of Horror and Science-Fiction Films: The Classic Era, 1895-1967
ISBN: 9780306808005 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In this book Carlos Clarens, author of Crime Movies (also available from Da Capo/Perseus), George Cukor, and many articles in film magazines, brings his encyclopedic knowledge of films and filmmakers to the subject of horror and science-fiction films of the classic era. Whether discussing the erotic aspects of King Kong, examining the works of Val Lewton, contrasting the director's attitude toward the monster in Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein, accounting for the special genius of Lon Chaney, or comparing the various versions of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr....
In this book Carlos Clarens, author of Crime Movies (also available from Da Capo/Perseus), George Cukor, and many articles in film maga...
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The A List: The National Society of Film Critics' 100 Essential Films
ISBN: 9780306810961 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) People love movies. People love lists. So The A-List is a natural. While there are plenty of encyclopedic lists of films, this compulsively readable book of 100 essays--most written expressly for this volume-flags the best of the best as chosen by a consensus of the National Society of Film Critics. The Society is a world-renowned, marquee--name organization embracing some of America's most distinguished critics: more than forty writers who have national followings as well as devoted local constituencies in such major cities as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta,...
People love movies. People love lists. So The A-List is a natural. While there are plenty of encyclopedic lists of films, this compulsively readable b...
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138,51 zł |
The X List: The National Society of Film Critics' Guide to the Movies That Turn Us on
ISBN: 9780306814457 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) National Society of Film Critics dares to go where few mainstream critics have gone before-to the heart of what gets the colored lights going, as they say in A Streetcar Named Desire. Here is their take on the films that quicken their (and our) pulses-an enterprise both risky and risque, an entertaining overview of the most arousing films Hollywood has every produced. But make no mistake about it: This isn't a collection of esoteric "critic's choice" movies. The films reflect individual taste, rubbing against the grain of popular wisdom. And, because of the personal nature of the...
National Society of Film Critics dares to go where few mainstream critics have gone before-to the heart of what gets the colored lights going, as they...
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What's That From?: The Ultimate Quiz Book of Memorable Movie Lines Since 1969
ISBN: 9780312141455 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Do you know what films have given us the following quotes? And how are you at movie trivia? Do you know what films have given us the following quotes? |
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85,85 zł |
How to Go to the Movies
ISBN: 9780312299941 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Since moving to New York City over a decade ago, Quentin Crisp has brought his love of the cinema and his notorious wit together in a series of essays on films and film stars. A veteran film-goer of seventy years who has kept a vigilant eye on changing Hollywood styles and the public tastes that follow, Mr. Crisp discusses both films and stars with his typical panache and dexterity and leads his readers with polite madness to a clear, straightforward moral, proving himself to be an unexpected champion of good sense. Along the way Mr. Crisp shares his personal encounters with the likes of... Since moving to New York City over a decade ago, Quentin Crisp has brought his love of the cinema and his notorious wit together in a series of ess... |
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103,03 zł |
The Best DVDs You've Never Seen, Just Missed or Almost Forgotten: A Guide for the Curious Film Lover
ISBN: 9780312343620 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Want to look further than the nearest mega-plex? If just trudging to the latest Hollywood blockbuster doesn't appeal to you, The Best DVDs You've Never Seen, Narrowly Missed or Almost Forgotten is the perfect companion. Inside, the film critics of The New York Times have made their top choices for those movies that are unjustly obscure, overlooked or just plain forgotten. * Newly updated reviews of 500 films---all available on... Want to look further than the nearest mega-plex? |
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133,09 zł |
Outsider Features: American Independent Films of the 1980s
ISBN: 9780313276071 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In the early 1980s, serious American independent films including "Stranger Than Paradise," "Blood Simple," and "She's Gotta Have It" attracted ever-widening audiences, culminating with Steven Soderbergh's award-winning "sex, lies, and videotape." This film, which won the Cannes Film Festival's top award and took more than $30 million at the box office in the United States alone, capped a remarkable decade for off-Hollywood filmmakers. "Outsider Features" takes an in-depth look at 10 of the most successful independent feature films made during this decade, from John Sayles's seminal and... In the early 1980s, serious American independent films including "Stranger Than Paradise," "Blood Simple," and "She's Gotta Have It" attracted ever... |
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301,46 zł |
Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada
ISBN: 9780313299315 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This new volume in the Greenwood Press series Reference Guides to the World's Cinema discusses the films and personalities of the Canadian cinema. This guide encompasses the diverse output of both the English and French Canadian communities and includes 175 films and 125 filmmakers and actors. Alphabetically arranged entries discuss important films, actors, directors, shorts, and a number of experimental films. With few exceptions, films are included only if their production company was incorporated in Canada. Similarly, filmmakers and actors represent people who have worked primarily in... This new volume in the Greenwood Press series Reference Guides to the World's Cinema discusses the films and personalities of the Canadian cinema. ... |
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328,86 zł |
Video Versions: Film Adaptations of Plays on Video
ISBN: 9780313301858 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Many of our favorite films began as plays--some as well known as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and some not so well known as You've Got Mail's origin, a 1937 play Parfumerie by Miklos Laszlo. Video Versions identifies nearly 300 films and their theatrical origins, providing readers with an overview of the films and highlighting similarities and differences to the source plays. Perfect for teachers, students, and anyone interested in theater and film, it is the most complete resource available for video versions of plays. Each entry provides: the... Many of our favorite films began as plays--some as well known as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and some not so well known as You've Got... |
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328,86 zł |
A Guide to Films on the Korean War
ISBN: 9780313303166 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Written by a knowledgeable film critic and Korean War scholar, this is the only guide exclusively devoted to the study of Hollywood and television films based on the Korean War, 1950-1953. It opens with eight short essays, discussing the appeal of the war film genre, government and filmmaker cooperation, the isolation of Korean War films from other war films, why John Wayne didn't make a Korean War film, the other actors who did, the plots of Korean War films, television and Korean War films, and the myths resulting from films. Eighty-four films are then discussed in alphabetically... Written by a knowledgeable film critic and Korean War scholar, this is the only guide exclusively devoted to the study of Hollywood and television ... |
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493,29 zł |
Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland
ISBN: 9780313303777 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This volume adds Sweden and Finland to the growing list of countries included in Greenwood Press' "Reference Guides to the World's Cinema" series. Both well known and other important but less known persons and films are included in the reference work which spans the silent film era to the 1990s. The volume is divided into two sections, one devoted to the Swedish entries and the other to the Finnish entries. An introduction to each section overviews the developments and trends in that particular country's film industry. Scholars of European film studies and of Scandinavian studies will... This volume adds Sweden and Finland to the growing list of countries included in Greenwood Press' "Reference Guides to the World's Cinema" series. ... |
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411,08 zł |
A Guide to Charlie Chan Films
ISBN: 9780313309854 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) There are over fifty Chan films and an additional three Spanish language Chan films. This guide reviews the forty-four extant Chan films. Entries, alphabetically arranged, include a unique annotated cast list, a comparative rating system, production information, analysis and plot synopsis, a performance critique, and a collection of Chan sayings, which vary from film to film. An introduction discusses the history and literary origins of the Chan films and the formulaic devices common to the films. Film scholars and fans of the Charlie Chan films will appreciate the extensive... There are over fifty Chan films and an additional three Spanish language Chan films. This guide reviews the forty-four extant Chan films. Entries, ... |
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350,78 zł |
The Frankenstein Film Sourcebook
ISBN: 9780313313509 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The endurance of the Frankenstein narrative as a modern cinematic myth is undeniable. Its flexibility has produced classic and contemporary horror film-most notably the Universal films of the thirties-but it has also resulted in unusual hybrids, such as musical horror-comedy ("The Rocky Horror Picture Show"), hyperbolic parody ("Flesh for Frankenstein"), and science fiction (the "Alien" and "Terminator" series). This sourcebook provides a complete guide to all of the story's filmic incarnations-including essential information such as cast, creative personnel, and plot summaries-and also... The endurance of the Frankenstein narrative as a modern cinematic myth is undeniable. Its flexibility has produced classic and contemporary horror ... |
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328,86 zł |
Filmography of World History
ISBN: 9780313326813 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Global in scope and a practical tool for students and teachers of history, Filmography of World History: A Select, Critical Guide To Feature Films That Engage The Past includes description and analysis of over 300 historical films. A companion to Grant Tracey's Filmography of American History, this critical reference book selects movies that represent aspects of world history from the middle ages through the twentieth century. These films adopt as their subject a wide range of historical events, people and societies of Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Canada, and Latin... Global in scope and a practical tool for students and teachers of history, Filmography of World History: A Select, Critical Guide To Feature Fil... |
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274,05 zł |
Encyclopedia of Film Noir
ISBN: 9780313333064 / Angielski / Twarda / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) When viewers think of film noir, they often picture actors like Humphrey Bogart playing characters like Sam Spade in "The Maltese Falcon," the film based on the book by Dashiell Hammett. Yet film noir is a genre much richer. The authors first examine the debate surrounding the parameters of the genre and the many different ways it is defined. They discuss the Noir City, its setting and backdrop, and also the cultural (WWII) and institutional (the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, and the Production Code Administration) influences on the subgenres. An analysis of the low budget and... When viewers think of film noir, they often picture actors like Humphrey Bogart playing characters like Sam Spade in "The Maltese Falcon," the film... |
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438,48 zł |