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Personal Views: Explorations in Film (Revised)
ISBN: 9780814332788 / Angielski / Miękka / 438 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robin Wood, the renowned scholarly critic and writer on film, has prepared a new introduction and added three essays to his classic text Personal Views. This important book contains essays on a wide range of films and filmmakers and considers questions of the nature of film criticism and the critic. Wood, the proud -unreconstructed humanist, - offers in this collection persuasive arguments for the importance of art, creativity, and personal response and also demonstrates these values in his analyses. Personal Views is the only book on cinema by Wood never to have been published in... Robin Wood, the renowned scholarly critic and writer on film, has prepared a new introduction and added three essays to his classic text Personal V... |
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Early Cinema: Space, Frame, Narrative
ISBN: 9780851702452 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the twenty years preceding the First World War, cinema rapidly developed from a fairground curiosity into a major industry and social institution, a source of information and entertainment for millions of people. Only recently have film scholars and historians begun to study these early years of cinema in their own right and not simply as first steps towards the classical narrative cinema we now associate with Hollywood.The essays in this collection trace the fascinating history of how the cinema developed its forms of storytelling and representation and how it evolved into a complex...
In the twenty years preceding the First World War, cinema rapidly developed from a fairground curiosity into a major industry and social institution, ...
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Wild Strawberries
ISBN: 9780851704814 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wild Strawberries is probably Ingmar Bergman's most personal film and one which explores his relation to the history of Swedish cinema. This study is written by Philip French, film critic of The Observer. It features a brief production history and detailed filmography.
Wild Strawberries is probably Ingmar Bergman's most personal film and one which explores his relation to the history of Swedish cinema. This st...
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High Noon
ISBN: 9780851704944 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, Phillip Drummond offers a detailed account of High Noon's troubled production context and its early public reception, along with career summaries of the key participants.
In this book, Phillip Drummond offers a detailed account of High Noon's troubled production context and its early public reception, along with ...
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L'Avventura
ISBN: 9780851705347 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study provides a detailed account of the 1960s film, "L'avventura," arguing that in order to appreciate its greatness it is necessary to understand not only that the film is a classic but also that it represents a revolution in cinema.
This study provides a detailed account of the 1960s film, "L'avventura," arguing that in order to appreciate its greatness it is necessary to understa...
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The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema
ISBN: 9780851707532 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work maps the rich, varied cinema of Eastern Europe, Russia and the former USSR. Over 200 entries cover a varitey of topics spanning a century of endeavour and turbulent history from Czech animation to Soviet montage. It includes entries on actors and directors and key figures like Eisenstein.
This work maps the rich, varied cinema of Eastern Europe, Russia and the former USSR. Over 200 entries cover a varitey of topics spanning a century of...
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Irish Film: The Emergence of a Contemporary Cinema
ISBN: 9780851707938 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Energetic film activity in Ireland hasled tocritical debate about the kinds of films that are made and the representation of Ireland they promote. This book explores the images of the Irish found in the cinemas of the USA and Britain and considershow recent Irish-made films might be said to offer a response to them.
" Energetic film activity in Ireland hasled tocritical debate about the kinds of films that are made and the representation of Ireland they promote. Thi...
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Red River
ISBN: 9780851708195 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study explores the thematic complexity of Red River, as well as its historical resonances and its place in film history. The author focuses on the actors' contribution to the movie and on Red River's relationship to other Howard Hawks movie classics.
This study explores the thematic complexity of Red River, as well as its historical resonances and its place in film history. The author focuse...
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To Be or Not to Be
ISBN: 9780851709192 / Angielski / Miękka / 79 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "To Be or Not to Be" (1942), Ernest Lubitsch brought his legendary comic touch to the most unpromising situation: life in Nazi-occupied Poland. In this study, Peter Barnes considers what it is to make comedy out of tragedy.
In "To Be or Not to Be" (1942), Ernest Lubitsch brought his legendary comic touch to the most unpromising situation: life in Nazi-occupied Poland. In ...
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Fellini Lexicon
ISBN: 9780851709345 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Federico Fellini was one of the most inventive of film-makers and he remains one of the best loved. This volume offers and approach to Fellini's work and to the practice of film criticism.
Federico Fellini was one of the most inventive of film-makers and he remains one of the best loved. This volume offers and approach to Fellini's work ...
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166,48 |
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La Regle Du Jeu
ISBN: 9780851709659 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Renoir's famous and controversial comedy of manners has a troubled history. Victor Perkins presents here a sensitive socio-historical study of Renoir's revised edition of the film, released 20 years after its premiere; shaped by the profundity and originality of its form.
Renoir's famous and controversial comedy of manners has a troubled history. Victor Perkins presents here a sensitive socio-historical study of Renoir'...
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63,62 |
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Rio Bravo
ISBN: 9780851709666 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is a study of the classic western film "Rio Bravo," which, according to the author, remains "beyond politics, as an argument as to why we should all want to go on living."
This volume is a study of the classic western film "Rio Bravo," which, according to the author, remains "beyond politics, as an argument as to why we ...
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Screening the East: Heimat, Memory and Nostalgia in German Film since 1989
ISBN: 9780857451286 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ..".contains useful and nuanced readings of the best-known films dealing with themes related to unification, as well as highlighting some equally interesting lesser-known works, in order to provide a rounded picture of German cinema's engagement with these issues in the past 17 years. I am not aware of any other publication that covers such a range of material and this in itself makes the book a valuable contribution to the field." - David Clarke, University of Bath
"This is an extremely rich study of the representation of east German identity and the former GDR in post-unification cinema.... ..".contains useful and nuanced readings of the best-known films dealing with themes related to unification, as well as highlighting some equally inte...
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509,37 |
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The Western Reader
ISBN: 9780879102685 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Covering close to a century of American cinema, and almost a half-century of essays, commentary and interviews, this guide to the Western genre looks at its history, its mythology and landscape from different points of view.
Covering close to a century of American cinema, and almost a half-century of essays, commentary and interviews, this guide to the Western genre looks ...
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The Vampire Film: From Nosferatu to True Blood
ISBN: 9780879103958 / Angielski / Miękka / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Limelight). This newest edition will track the form's evolution from such 1970s reinventions as Count Yorga Vampire and Blacula, The Hunger and Vampire's Kiss in the Eighties, Interview with the Vampire, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and the Blade series in the Nineties, through 30 Days of Night, I Am Legend, and the Underworld series in the first decade of the 21st century. All these films plus celebrated international examples such as Thirst and Let the Right One In and the hit television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, New Amsterdam, Angel, The Vampire Diaries, and True Blood are covered in...
(Limelight). This newest edition will track the form's evolution from such 1970s reinventions as Count Yorga Vampire and Blacula, The Hunger and Vampi...
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Math Goes to the Movies
ISBN: 9781421404844 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mel Gibson teaching Euclidean geometry, Meg Ryan and Tim Robbins acting out Zeno's paradox, Michael Jackson proving in three different ways that 7 x 13 = 28. These are just a few of the intriguing mathematical snippets that occur in hundreds of movies. Burkard Polster and Marty Ross pored through the cinematic calculus to create this thorough and entertaining survey of the quirky, fun, and beautiful mathematics to be found on the big screen. Math Goes to the Movies is based on the authors' own collection of more than 700 mathematical movies and their many years using movie... Mel Gibson teaching Euclidean geometry, Meg Ryan and Tim Robbins acting out Zeno's paradox, Michael Jackson proving in three different ways that 7 ... |
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The Documentary Film Makers Handbook, 2nd Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Documentary Filmmaking
ISBN: 9781441183675 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Introduces the world of low-budget, DIY documentary filmmaking. This book features incisive and helpful interviews with dozens of industry professionals, on subjects as diverse as interview techniques, the NBC News Archive, music rights, setting up your own company, camera hire, filmmaking ethics, and online marketing and distribution.
Introduces the world of low-budget, DIY documentary filmmaking. This book features incisive and helpful interviews with dozens of industry professiona...
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Film Noir FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Hollywood's Golden Age of Dames, Detectives and Danger
ISBN: 9781557838551 / Angielski / Miękka / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (FAQ). Film Noir FAQ celebrates and reappraises some 200 noir thrillers representing 20 years of Hollywood's Golden Age. Noir pulls us close to brutal cops and scheming dames, desperate heist men and hardboiled private eyes, and the unlucky innocent citizens that get in their way. These are exciting movies with tough guys in trench coats and hot tomatoes in form-fitting gowns. The moon is a streetlamp and the narrow streets are prowled by squad cars and long black limousines. Lives are often small but people's plans are big sometimes too big. Robbery, murder, gambling; the gun and the fist;...
(FAQ). Film Noir FAQ celebrates and reappraises some 200 noir thrillers representing 20 years of Hollywood's Golden Age. Noir pulls us close to brutal...
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Lights Camera Booze: Drinking Games for Your Favorite Movies including Anchorman, Big Lebowski, Clueless, Dirty Dancing, Fight Club, Goonies, Home Alone, Karate Kid and Many, Many More
ISBN: 9781612432380 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. MAKE MOVIE NIGHT EPIC
Invite friends over, mix some drinks, press play and drink, drink, drink every time Lights Camera Booze tells you to. It's 80-proof fun in front of the big screen when this book turns your favorite movies into drinking game parodies, including: - Hand-drawn game boards - Rules on when to drink - Themed cocktails for each flick - Post-movie sobriety challenges MAKE MOVIE NIGHT EPIC
Invite friends over, mix some drinks, press play and drink, drink, drink every time Lights Camera Booze<... |
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300: Rise of an Empire: The Art of the Film
ISBN: 9781781167823 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The action adventure "300: Rise of an Empire" is the highly anticipated follow-up to the 2007 international blockbuster 300.
Based on Frank Miller's latest graphic novel "Xerxes," "300: Rise of an Empire" is produced by Gianni Nunnari, Mark Canton, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder and Bernie Goldmann, and directed by Noam Murro from a screenplay by Zack Snyder & Kurt Johnstad. Told in the breathtaking visual style of "300" this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield--on the sea--as Greek general Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) attempts to unite all of Greece by... The action adventure "300: Rise of an Empire" is the highly anticipated follow-up to the 2007 international blockbuster 300.
Based on Frank Miller... |
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