Play All: A Bingewatcher's Notebook
ISBN: 9780300229707 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A world-renowned media and cultural critic offers an insightful analysis of serial TV drama and the modern art of the small screen
Television and TV viewing are not what they once were--and that's a good thing, according to award-winning author and critic Clive James. Since serving as television columnist for the London Observer from 1972 to 1982, James has witnessed a radical change in content, format, and programming, and in the very manner in which TV is watched. Here he examines this unique cultural revolution, providing a brilliant, eminently entertaining... A world-renowned media and cultural critic offers an insightful analysis of serial TV drama and the modern art of the small screen
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Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film
ISBN: 9780813173917 / Angielski / Twarda / 712 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During his twenty-seven year tenure at Warner Bros., Michael Curtiz directed swashbuckling adventures, westerns, musicals, war epics, romances, historical dramas, horror films, tearjerkers, melodramas, comedies, and film noir masterpieces. In the first biography of this colourful, instinctual artist, Alan K. Rode illuminates the life and work of one of the film industry's most complex figures.
During his twenty-seven year tenure at Warner Bros., Michael Curtiz directed swashbuckling adventures, westerns, musicals, war epics, romances, histor...
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228,93 zł |
The End of the World: Apocalypse and Its Aftermath in Western Culture
ISBN: 9781906924515 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Our fear of the world ending, like our fear of the dark, is ancient, deep-seated and perennial. It crosses boundaries of space and time, recurs in all human communities and finds expression in every aspect of cultural production - from pre-historic cave paintings to high-tech computer games. This volume examines historical and imaginary scenarios of apocalypse, the depiction of its likely triggers, and imagined landscapes in the aftermath of global destruction. Its discussion moves effortlessly from classic novels including Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four...
Our fear of the world ending, like our fear of the dark, is ancient, deep-seated and perennial. It crosses boundaries of space and time, recurs in all...
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235,44 zł |
100 Silent Films
ISBN: 9781844573097 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 100 Silent Films provides an authoritative and accessible history of silent cinema through one hundred of its most interesting and significant films. As Bryony Dixon contends, silent cinema is not a genre; it is the first 35 years of film history, a complex negotiation between art and commerce and a union of creativity and technology. At its most grand on the big screen with a full orchestral accompaniment it is magnificent, permitting a depth of emotional engagement rarely found in other fields of cinema. Silent film was hugely popular in its day, and its success enabled the...
100 Silent Films provides an authoritative and accessible history of silent cinema through one hundred of its most interesting and significant ...
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457,85 zł |
Movies and Mass Culture
ISBN: 9780485300734 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text examines the two-way process of action and reaction by which films shape the identity of a society, its culture and its sense of nationhood; and, in turn, how films are themselves shaped by these forces and matrices. The nation here is America, in which films both effect and reflect changes in the national self-image, the transformation from one kind of nation to another: from an agrarian to an industrial economy; from a nation of producers to one of consumers; from a community of individuals to a mass society.
This text examines the two-way process of action and reaction by which films shape the identity of a society, its culture and its sense of nationhood;...
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223,79 zł |
International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s
ISBN: 9781571815385 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. West German cinema of the 1960s is frequently associated with the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers, collectively known by the 1970s as the "New German Cinema." Yet for domestic and international audiences at the time, German cinema primarily meant popular genres such as exotic adventure films, Gothic crime thrillers, westerns, and sex films, which were dismissed by German filmmakers and critics of the 1970s as "Daddy's Cinema." International Adventures provides the first comprehensive account of these genres, and charts the history of the West German film... West German cinema of the 1960s is frequently associated with the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers, collectively known by the 1970s as ... |
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Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon
ISBN: 9780804844079 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A behind-the-scenes look at the life of the most extraordinary martial artist of all time--Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon is a photographic catalog of all facets of this fascinating man, from the start of his career to his untimely and tragic death in 1973. This book reveals a quiet family man behind the charismatic public persona. It shows the real Bruce Lee--the man who was so much more than an international film and martial arts celebrity. This brilliant photo essay--compiled and edited by Bruce Lee expert John Little with the...
A behind-the-scenes look at the life of the most extraordinary martial artist of all time--Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of ...
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85,68 zł |
Antonin Artaud: Man of Vision
ISBN: 9780804008099 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The extraordinary actor director writer who developed his talent for self-torture into art to become one of the most vital creative forces of the century."
The extraordinary actor director writer who developed his talent for self-torture into art to become one of the most vital creative forces of the cent...
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Awakening African Women: The Dynamics of Change
ISBN: 9781904303343 / Angielski / Twarda / 205 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book is a comparative analysis of recent films by African male and female filmmakers and literary works by female African authors from Senegal, Mali, the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Togo and Burkina Faso. The films are Finzan (Cheikh Oumar Sissoko, 1990), Women with Open Eyes (Anne-Laure Folly, 1994), and Faces of Women (Desire Ecare, 1985). In addition, the manuscript includes the study of Women are Different (Flora Nwapa, 1986), Double Yoke (Buchi Emecheta, 1983) and So Long a Letter (Mariama Ba, 1980). Curry analyzes the homogeneous themes such as oppression, sabotage, cultural alienation,...
The book is a comparative analysis of recent films by African male and female filmmakers and literary works by female African authors from Senegal, Ma...
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160,60 zł |
International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s
ISBN: 9781571815392 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. West German cinema of the 1960s is frequently associated with the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers, collectively known by the 1970s as the "New German Cinema." Yet for domestic and international audiences at the time, German cinema primarily meant popular genres such as exotic adventure films, Gothic crime thrillers, westerns, and sex films, which were dismissed by German filmmakers and critics of the 1970s as "Daddy's Cinema." International Adventures provides the first comprehensive account of these genres, and charts the history of the West German film industry and... West German cinema of the 1960s is frequently associated with the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers, collectively known by the 1970s as t... |
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142,19 zł |
America in Literature and Film: Modernist Perceptions, Postmodernist Representations
ISBN: 9781409425250 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Utilizing Lacan's psychoanalytic theory and A1/2iA3/4ek's philosophical adaption of it, this book brings into dialogue a series of modernist and postmodernist literary works, films, and critical theory that are concerned with defining America. Ahmed Elbeshlawy demonstrates that how America is perceived in certain texts reveals not only the idealization or condemnation of it, but an imago, or constructed image of the perceiver as well. In turn, texts which particularly focus on demonstrating how other texts about America communicate an untrustworthy message themselves communicate an unreliable...
Utilizing Lacan's psychoanalytic theory and A1/2iA3/4ek's philosophical adaption of it, this book brings into dialogue a series of modernist and postm...
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457,80 zł |
Film, Theory and Philosophy: The Key Thinkers
ISBN: 9781844651849 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An ideal introduction for students, Film, Theory and Philosophy brings together leading scholars to provide a clear, detailed overview of the key thinkers who have shaped the field of film philosophy. From continental philosophers to analytical philosophers, film-makers, film reviewers, sociologists, and cultural theorists, the essays reveal how philosophy can be applied to film analysis and how film can be used to illustrate philosophical problems. But most importantly, the essays explore how cinema has shaped contemporary philosophy and how philosophy has led to a reappraisal of film. This...
An ideal introduction for students, Film, Theory and Philosophy brings together leading scholars to provide a clear, detailed overview of the key thin...
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686,78 zł |
100 Film Musicals
ISBN: 9781844573790 / Angielski / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A selection of 100 films from one of the best-loved genres of Hollywood and world cinema, with entries ranging from 'Gold Diggers of 1933' to 'High School Musical' of 2006, and from the Reggae classic 'The Harder They Come' to Guru Dutt's 'Pyaasa' (1957). The authors' introduction outlines the history and key features of the film musical.
A selection of 100 films from one of the best-loved genres of Hollywood and world cinema, with entries ranging from 'Gold Diggers of 1933' to 'High Sc...
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457,85 zł |
Clearing the Ground: The Field Day Theatre Company and the Construction of Irish Identities
ISBN: 9781847181800 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Clearing the Ground-The Field Day Theatre Company and the Construction of Irish Identities studies the Field Day Theatre Company, with special focus on the plays that they put on stage between 1980 and 1995; it attempts to dissect their policy and observe the way in which this policy influences the discourse of the theatrical productions. Was Field Day simply the cultural wing of Sinn Fein and the IRA, or did they try to give voice to a new critical discourse, challenging the traditional frames of representation? This book focuses on a thorough analysis of the way in which Field Day applied...
Clearing the Ground-The Field Day Theatre Company and the Construction of Irish Identities studies the Field Day Theatre Company, with special focus o...
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187,37 zł |
Shockaholic
ISBN: 9780743264839 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This memoir from the bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge and Wishful Drinking gives you an intimate, gossip-filled look at what it's like to be the daughter of Hollywood royalty. Told with the same intimate style, brutal honesty, and uproarious wisdom that locked Wishful Drinking on the New York Times bestseller list for months, Shockaholic is the juicy account of Carrie Fisher's life. Covering a broad range of topics--from never-before-heard tales of Hollywood gossip to outrageous moments of celebrity desperation; from alcoholism to illegal...
This memoir from the bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge and Wishful Drinking gives you an intimate, gossip-filled look at wha...
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73,01 zł |
The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture: Backwoods Horror and Terror in the Wilderness
ISBN: 9781137353719 / Angielski / Twarda / 257 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture argues that complex and often negative initial responses of early European settlers continue to influence American horror and gothic narratives to this day. The book undertakes a detailed analysis of key literary and filmic texts situated within consideration of specific contexts.
The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture argues that complex and often negative initial responses of early European settlers continue to influence...
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506,99 zł |
Cinemaps: An Atlas of 35 Great Movies
ISBN: 9781594749896 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Acclaimed artist Andrew DeGraff has created beautiful hand-painted maps of all your favorite films, from King Kong and North by Northwest to The Princess Bride, Fargo, Pulp Fiction, even The Breakfast Club--with the routes of major characters charted in meticulous cartographic detail. Follow Marty McFly through the Hill Valley of 1985, 1955, and 1985 once again as he races Back to the Future. Trail Jack Torrance as he navigates the corridors of the Overlook Hotel in The Shining. And join Indiana Jones on a globe-spanning journey from...
Acclaimed artist Andrew DeGraff has created beautiful hand-painted maps of all your favorite films, from King Kong and North by Northwest
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128,79 zł |
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Sixth Edition
ISBN: 9780375711848 / Angielski / Miękka / 1168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With more than 100 new entries, from Amy Adams, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Cary Joji Fukunaga to Joaquin Phoenix, Mia Wasikowska, and Robin Wright, and completely updated, here from David Thomson The greatest living writer on the movies (John Banville, New Statesman); Our most argumentative and trustworthy historian of the screen (Michael Ondaatje) is the latest edition of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, which topped Sight & Sound s poll of international critics and writers as THE BEST FILM BOOK EVER WRITTEN.
3/7" With more than 100 new entries, from Amy Adams, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Cary Joji Fukunaga to Joaquin Phoenix, Mia Wasikowska, and Robin Wright, and...
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171,78 zł |
Tracing the Borders of Spanish Horror Cinema and Television
ISBN: 9780415348638 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This critical anthology sets out to explore the boom that horror cinema and TV productions have experienced in Spain in the past two decades. It uses a range of critical and theoretical perspectives to examine a broad variety of films and filmmakers, such as works by Alejandro Amenabar, Alex de la Iglesia, Pedro Almodovar, Guillermo del Toro, Juan Antonio Bayona, and Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza. The volume revolves around a set of fundamental questions: What are the causes for this new Spanish horror-mania? What cultural anxieties and desires, ideological motives and practical interests... This critical anthology sets out to explore the boom that horror cinema and TV productions have experienced in Spain in the past two decades. It us... |
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Adapting Gaskell: Screen and Stage Versions of Elizabeth Gaskellâ (Tm)S Fiction
ISBN: 9781443851411 / Angielski / Twarda / 185 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a range of perspectives on Elizabeth Gaskell and adaptation. The contributors--Alan Shelston, Raffaella Aninucci, Thomas Recchio, Brenda McKay, Katherine Byrne, Patricia Marchesi, Marcia Marchesi and Loredana Salis--discuss the afterlives of Gaskell's fiction, from the author as adaptor of her own work to the role of the BBC in re-inventing Gaskell's narratives. Loredana Salis is to be congratulated for bringing together a collection that tackles the remediation of Gaskell's fiction from Gaskell's own time to the 21st century, enabling Gaskell to join those authors, most...
This book offers a range of perspectives on Elizabeth Gaskell and adaptation. The contributors--Alan Shelston, Raffaella Aninucci, Thomas Recchio, Bre...
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203,44 zł |