Only Victims: A Study of Show Business Blacklisting
ISBN: 9780879100810 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A necessary book with a necessary goal - stressing the importance of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and citing the dangers of what happens when its cherished tradition is jeopardized. In the name of combating Communism liberties were jettisoned, while the art of stool pigeon information dissemination reached a feverish pitch during Hollywood's blacklist period beginning shortly after World War Two with the advent of the Cold War.
A necessary book with a necessary goal - stressing the importance of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and citing the dangers of what happe...
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76,90 zł |
Zero Dances: A Biography
ISBN: 9780879100964 / Angielski / Twarda / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the Orthodox Jewish home of his immigrant parents, Zero Mostel's talent took him to underground night-clubs where he began his career doing stand-up comedy. This biography follows him on to theatre, film and television.
From the Orthodox Jewish home of his immigrant parents, Zero Mostel's talent took him to underground night-clubs where he began his career doing stand...
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141,16 zł |
Keaton: The Man Who Wouldn't Lie Down
ISBN: 9780879101176 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Limelight). ..".the definitive life. I don't think it will ever be superseded ... It is scholarly yet readable, the fullest, most objective and factually detailed book on virtually every aspect of Buster's career and personality: artistic, financial, and pyschological ... full of the most interesting (and surprising) information." Dwight MacDonald, The New York Review of Books "A candid yet compassionate account of Keaton's turbulent personal life...reveals the roots of his humanity ... his pessimism ... his superb spirit of comic gloom ..." Boston Globe
(Limelight). ..".the definitive life. I don't think it will ever be superseded ... It is scholarly yet readable, the fullest, most objective and factu...
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The Vampire Film: From Nosferatu to Bram Stoker's Dracula, Third Edition
ISBN: 9780879102661 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors consider and analyse each picture in detail: its style and approach, plot, acting, cinematography, set design, special effects and finally its quality of achievement. Illustrated with over 200 photographs, many quite rare and never reprinted elsewhere, the book also features an enlarged and updated filmography, which becomes the most complete, accurate and fact-filled listing of vampire films ever published.
The authors consider and analyse each picture in detail: its style and approach, plot, acting, cinematography, set design, special effects and finally...
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107,10 zł |
Ghosts in the Machine: The Dark Heart of Pop Cinema
ISBN: 9780879102852 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Limelight). Looking back on a century that witnessed the emergence of motion pictures to become, almost immediately, a dominant cultural force in our lives, this penetrating and provocative book argues that "movies (like cathedrals) cannot help but display the subconscious impulses oftheir society." From D.W. Griffith to the Marx Brothers to film noir, "what are conceived and consumed as innocent pop movies ... are in fact manifestations of wild horror, superstitious ignorance, fatalistic dread and bigoted savagery."
(Limelight). Looking back on a century that witnessed the emergence of motion pictures to become, almost immediately, a dominant cultural force in our...
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64,05 zł |
Detours and Lost Highways: A Map of Neo-Noir
ISBN: 9780879102883 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Noir 'lives', but like any genre that endures, it has had to continually reinvent itself. While its defining subjects -- violence, sex, greed, loss of innocence -- remain as do its dominant character types -- the femme fatale, her vulnerable male victim and the private eye burdened with his own code of honour -- these ingredients have been blended in strikingly new ways. Charting these ways is what Foster Hirsch accomplishes so brilliantly in this enlightening and entertaining book. He demonstrates how neo-noir has reflected changes in contemporary life from film technology to social values....
Noir 'lives', but like any genre that endures, it has had to continually reinvent itself. While its defining subjects -- violence, sex, greed, loss of...
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85,68 zł |
The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen
ISBN: 9780879103279 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen documents the public's seemingly insatiable fascination with the warrior woman archetype in film and on television. The book examines the cautious beginnings of new roles for women in the late fifties, the rapid development of female action leads during the burgeoning second-wave feminist movement in the late sixties and seventies, and the present-day onslaught of female action characters now leaping from page to screen. The book itself is organized into chapters that group women warriors into sub-genres, e.g., classic Amazons like Xena Warrior...
The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen documents the public's seemingly insatiable fascination with the warrior woman archetype in film and on te...
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107,06 zł |
Film Noir Reader 3: Interviews with Filmmakers of the Classic Noir Period
ISBN: 9780879109615 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The third in the Film Noir series. Directors, producers and actors of film noir tell how it is done. Many film stills are included.
The third in the Film Noir series. Directors, producers and actors of film noir tell how it is done. Many film stills are included.
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98,49 zł |
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 |
The Spy Who Thrilled Us: A Guide to the Best of Cinematic James Bond
ISBN: 9780879109769 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) adds colour graphics, audio and video to today's messaging. This introduction to MMS architecture and standards contains eye-opening case studies of early MMS rollouts by content providers and mobile carriers. It features step-by-step examples of how to design and develop profitable multimedia messaging applications and includes working code that developers can use to jump-start their own projects.
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) adds colour graphics, audio and video to today's messaging. This introduction to MMS architecture and standards con...
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77,07 zł |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Making of Steven Spielberg's Classic Film
ISBN: 9781557837103 / Angielski / Miękka / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Applause Books). "Morton has written the definitive book on this innovative movie by Steven Spielberg...Meticulous research of this caliber is not found in other books on Close Encounters . Fans will find Morton's take informative and fascinating." Library Journal . Steven Spielberg's 1977 masterpiece used all of the power and magic of cinema to tell a story of man's first meeting with extraterrestrial beings. Renouncing the fear and pessimism of the day, writer/director Spielberg boldly envisioned this as a peaceful, spiritual event full of hope and possibility. This awe-inspiring message...
(Applause Books). "Morton has written the definitive book on this innovative movie by Steven Spielberg...Meticulous research of this caliber is not fo...
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98,32 zł |
The FilmMakers
ISBN: 9781583485897 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Hollywood Studio System A History
ISBN: 9781844570232 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite being one of the biggest industries in the world, the "dream factory" that is Hollywood is little understood outside the business.The Hollywood StudioSystemfills that gap. It is the first book to describe and analyze the complete development, operation, and reinvention of the global corporate entities that produce and distribute most of the films we watch.
Starting in 1920, Adolph Zukor, head of Paramount Pictures, helped to fashion Hollywood into a vertically integrated system, a set of economic innovations that was firmly in place by 1930. For the next three... Despite being one of the biggest industries in the world, the "dream factory" that is Hollywood is little understood outside the business.The Holly...
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509,72 zł |
David Lynch
ISBN: 9781844570300 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Eraserhead have turned David Lynch into an American cult figure. This lively book is a uniquely comprehensive account of the only director to have a smash hit TV series in the same year as winning the Golden Palm at Cannes.
Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Eraserhead have turned David Lynch into an American cult figure. This lively book is a uniquely comprehensi...
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168,16 zł |
David Lynch
ISBN: 9781844570638 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Michel Chion's study of the film and television work of David Lynch has become, since its first English publication in 1995, the definitive book on one of America's finest contemporary directors. In this new edition Chion brings the book up-to-date to take into account Lynch's work in the past ten years, including the major features "Lost Highway, The Straight Story," and "Mulholland Drive. "Newly redesigned and re-illustrated, "David Lynch "is an indispensable companion.
Michel Chion's study of the film and television work of David Lynch has become, since its first English publication in 1995, the definitive book on on...
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509,72 zł |
Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell and Kenyon
ISBN: 9781844571444 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents a visual record of the films of Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon, combined with a discussion of the films and the social context of their production by Vanessa Toulmin, a leading authority on the collection. This book provides an introduction to the work of the M&K company.
Presents a visual record of the films of Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon, combined with a discussion of the films and the social context of their prod...
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560,70 zł |
Pedro Almodovar
ISBN: 9781844571499 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book provides a detailed introduction to the essential themes, style, and aesthetics of Pedro Almodovar's films, put in the context of Spain's profound cultural transitions since 1980. With precise and close analysis, the book covers the major concerns of the most successful of all Spanish film directors and makes direct, clear connections to the logic of Almodovar's aesthetic and stylistic choices. By spanning the entirety of Pedro Almodovar's feature-making career, the book emphasizes the director's sensibility to make the outrageous believable and to always give a unique spin to the...
The book provides a detailed introduction to the essential themes, style, and aesthetics of Pedro Almodovar's films, put in the context of Spain's pro...
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484,24 zł |
100 Videogames
ISBN: 9781844571611 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Videogames are one of the most culturally, socially and economically significant, not to mention pervasive, media forms. This guide provides a map of the most important games since the 1960s. It is aimed at both novices and acolytes alike as it journeys through the interesting, innovative and entertaining titles of the videogames.
Videogames are one of the most culturally, socially and economically significant, not to mention pervasive, media forms. This guide provides a map of ...
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407,78 zł |
100 British Documentaries
ISBN: 9781844571949 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A uniquely accessible, occasionally provocative introduction to the rich and surprisingly varied tradition of British documentary film making. Considers 100 examples from the Victorian era to the present day, representing a wide range of film-makers, styles, genres and subjects. Includes TV as well as film documentaries. A uniquely accessible, occasionally provocative introduction to the rich and surprisingly varied tradition of British documentary film making. Con... |
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407,78 zł |
Blur (Volume 1)
ISBN: 9781934543245 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first of four volumes collecting the complete weekly "Video Views" columns (1999-2001) by cartoonist, author, and film scholar Bissette covers the endless flow of video and DVD releases from June 1999 to March 2000.
The first of four volumes collecting the complete weekly "Video Views" columns (1999-2001) by cartoonist, author, and film scholar Bissette covers the...
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100,52 zł |