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Discovering World Religions at 24 Frames Per Second
ISBN: 9780810859968 / Angielski / Twarda / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Discovering World Religions at 24 Frames Per Second takes students beyond the written page, offering an exploration of religious traditions through the study of feature films and focusing mainly on Eastern traditions. Biographical sketches of directors whose films tend to focus on a particular religious tradition are also included, such as Zhang Yimou, Hayao Miyazaki, Deepa Mehta, and Akira Kurosawa. This book provides the necessary background information on the various religions before looking at how their ideas can be understood not through texts but through the cinematic medium. To keep...
Discovering World Religions at 24 Frames Per Second takes students beyond the written page, offering an exploration of religious traditions through th...
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787,98 zł |
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Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema
ISBN: 9781442247017 / Angielski / Twarda / 566 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As early as 1909, African Americans were utilizing the new medium of cinema to catalogue the world around them, using the film camera as a device to capture their lives and their history. The daunting subject of race and ethnicity permeated life in America at the turn of the twentieth century and due to the effect of certain early films, specific television images, and an often-biased news media, it still plagues us today. As new technologies bring the power of the moving image to the masses, African Americans will shoot and edit on laptop computers and share their stories with a global...
As early as 1909, African Americans were utilizing the new medium of cinema to catalogue the world around them, using the film camera as a device to c...
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789,50 zł |
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Film Noir Production: The Whodunit of the Classic American Mystery Film
ISBN: 9781138201477 / Angielski / Twarda / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. David Landau s Film Noir Production: The Whodunit of the Classic American Mystery Film is a book meant for those who like a good story, one the Noir Films always delivered, concentrating on the characters more than anything else. Readers will find in these pages many behind-the-scenes tales of the productions of certain hard-boiled film classics and the prime players involved in their creation, from Darryl Zanuck and Raymond Chandler to John Seitz and Billy Wilder. This book features:
David Landau s Film Noir Production: The Whodunit of the Classic American Mystery Film is a book meant for those who like a good story, one ... |
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796,26 zł |
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Philosophy Through Film
ISBN: 9780367408480 / Angielski / Twarda / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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796,26 zł |
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Historical Dictionary of Ian Fleming's James Bond: Fact and Fiction
ISBN: 9780810861909 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Twelve novels and nine short stories define one of the most extraordinary fictional characters of all time, creating the basis for the most successful movie series in cinematographic history, watched by more than half the world's population. The single person probably more responsible than any other for glamorizing the murky world of espionage is Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, who himself lived a remarkable double life of spy and writer. Everyone has an opinion on why 007 became so successful, but one possible explanation is the ingenious formula of fact, fiction, and sheer fantasy....
Twelve novels and nine short stories define one of the most extraordinary fictional characters of all time, creating the basis for the most successful...
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805,23 zł |
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The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fifth Edition
ISBN: 9781526159267 / Angielski / Miękka / 970 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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811,13 zł |
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Historical Dictionary of Holocaust Cinema
ISBN: 9781538184370 / Angielski / 19-11-2024 Książka dostępna od: 19-11-2024 |
Termin ukazania się książki: 19-11-2024
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782,31 zł |
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The Encyclopedia of Epic Films
ISBN: 9780810882478 / Angielski / Twarda / 712 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Soon after film came into existence, the term epic was used to describe productions that were lengthy, spectacular, live with action, and often filmed in exotic locales with large casts and staggering budgets. The effort and extravagance needed to mount an epic film paid off handsomely at the box office, for the genre became an immediate favorite with audiences. Epic films survived the tribulations of two world wars and the Depression and have retained the basic characteristics of size and glamour for more than a hundred years. Length was, and still is, one of the traits of the epic, though...
Soon after film came into existence, the term epic was used to describe productions that were lengthy, spectacular, live with action, and often filmed...
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854,39 zł |
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Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema, Second Edition
ISBN: 9781538139042 / Angielski / Twarda / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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854,39 zł |
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The Ridley Scott Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9780810869516 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From his first feature film, The Duellists, to his international successes Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise, Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, and American Gangster, Ridley Scott has directed some of the most compelling films of the last 30 years. The Ridley Scott Encyclopedia is the first book that focuses on all aspects of his work in a wide-ranging career that spans nearly 50 years. Each entry is followed by a bibliography of published sources, both in print and online, making this the most comprehensive reference on Scott's body of work.
From his first feature film, The Duellists, to his international successes Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise, Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, and Ame...
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862,71 zł |
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Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion
ISBN: 9781844571253 / Angielski / Twarda / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A guide to directors who have worked in the British and Irish film industries between 1895 and 2005. Each of its 980 entries on individuals directors gives a resume of the director's career, evaluates their achievements and provides a complete filmography. It is useful for those interested in film-making in Britain and Ireland.
A guide to directors who have worked in the British and Irish film industries between 1895 and 2005. Each of its 980 entries on individuals directors ...
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873,32 zł |
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The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films
ISBN: 9781442271326 / Angielski / Twarda / 580 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume highlighting the movies that were produced after the Franco's death in 1976--a new era in which creative expression emerged from the censorship imposed by an autocratic dictator. The titles included herein represent a national cinema to reflect a public sentiment about a society in the wake of systematic artistic suppression.
This volume highlighting the movies that were produced after the Franco's death in 1976--a new era in which creative expression emerged from the censo...
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885,70 zł |
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A Companion to D. W. Griffith
ISBN: 9781118341254 / Angielski / Twarda / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Once regarded as irrelevant by the Hollywood he helped to establish, D.W. Griffith is now considered one of the most important directors in film history. Griffith was instrumental in the emergence of cinema′s transitional period of the early 20th Century, when the nickelodeon–era short gave way to the multi–reel feature, and when motion pictures became both a national pastime and a form of artistic expression. His crucial role in the development of filmic style and narrative conventions made him one of the first auteurs of the American cinema and a key figure in its aesthetic... Once regarded as irrelevant by the Hollywood he helped to establish, D.W. Griffith is now considered one of the most important directors in film hi... |
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891,96 zł |
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Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema
ISBN: 9781579581466 / Angielski / Twarda / 658 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The largest film industry in the world after Hollywood is celebrated in this expanded and updated edition. Covering the range of Indian film, this encyclopaedia includes more coverage of mainstream productions from the 1970s to the 1990s, and a comprehensive name index.
The largest film industry in the world after Hollywood is celebrated in this expanded and updated edition. Covering the range of Indian film, this enc...
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899,00 zł |
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Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History
ISBN: 9780415832106 / Angielski / Twarda / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1899, when film projection was barely three years old, Herbert Beerbohm Tree was filmed as King John. In his highly entertaining history, Robert Hamilton Ball traces in detail the fate of Shakespeare on silent films from Tree's first effort until the establishment of sound in 1929. The silent films brought Shakespeare to a wide public who had never had the chance to see his plays in the theatre. And Shakespeare gave the film makers an air of respectability that was badly needed by a medium with a reputation for frivolity. This work, first published in 1968, brings history to life... In 1899, when film projection was barely three years old, Herbert Beerbohm Tree was filmed as King John. In his highly entertaining history, Robert... |
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899,00 zł |
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Visions of Yesterday
ISBN: 9780415726818 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Film is an important source of social history, as well as having been a popular art form from the early twentieth century. This study shows how a society, consciously or unconsciously, is mirrored in its cinema. It considers the role of the cinema in dramatizing popular beliefs and myths, and takes three case studies American populism, British imperialism, German Nazism to explain how a nation s pressures, tensions and hopes come through in its films. Examining the American cinema is accomplished by analysing the careers of three great directors, John Ford, Frank Capra and Leo McCarey,... Film is an important source of social history, as well as having been a popular art form from the early twentieth century. This study shows how a s... |
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899,00 zł |
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Hollywood in the Age of Television
ISBN: 9780415726627 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of papers examines the evolving relationship between the motion picture industry and television from the 1940s onwards. The institutional and technological histories of the film and TV industries are looked at, concluding that Hollywood and television had a symbiotic relationship from the start. Aspects covered include the movement of audiences, the rise of the independent producer, the introduction of colour and the emergence of network structure, cable TV and video recorders. Originally published in 1990. This collection of papers examines the evolving relationship between the motion picture industry and television from the 1940s onwards. The institu... |
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899,00 zł |
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A Companion to Literature and Film
ISBN: 9780631230533 / Angielski / Twarda / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Companion to Literature in Film provides state-of-the-art research on world literature, film, and the complex theoretical relationship between them. 25 essays by international experts cover the most important topics in the study of literature and film adaptations.
A Companion to Literature in Film provides state-of-the-art research on world literature, film, and the complex theoretical relationship betwee...
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929,82 zł |
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Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema
ISBN: 9780810857957 / Angielski / Twarda / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The cinema of Japan predates that of Russia, China, and India, and it has been able to sustain itself without outside assistance for over a century. Japanese cinema's long history of production and considerable output has seen films made in a variety of genres, including melodramas, romances, gangster movies, samurai movies, musicals, horror films, and monster films. It has also produced some of the most famous names in the history of cinema: Akira Kurosawa, Hayao Miyazaki, Beat Takeshi, Toshiro Mifune, Godzilla, The Ring, Akira, Rashomon, and Seven Samurai. The Historical Dictionary of...
The cinema of Japan predates that of Russia, China, and India, and it has been able to sustain itself without outside assistance for over a century. J...
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943,17 zł |