Film

Wydawnictwo: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers

Now available in a two-volume set, these essays from the prestigious collection of the British Film Institute capture the thoughts of some pre-eminent critics, novelists, filmmakers and academics on the most important films of our time. From Camille Paglia on The Birds to Salman Rushdie on The Wizar...

Wydawnictwo: Dell

Movies are more than entertainment...They’re couples therapy!If you’ve ever wondered how to meet Mr. Right, boot Mr. Wrong, inspire Mr. Reluctant to propose, or ignite youthful passion in a middle-aged romance, then we’ve got some good news for you. The help you need is no farther ...

Wydawnictwo: I.B. TAURIS

This is a clear and engrossing account of how popular films in America just after the close of the Second World War played out America's mood at that crucial time. It is also a revisionist challenge to received scholarly understanding of this mood, which has tended to be seen as characterized by an ...

Wydawnictwo: University of Minnesota Press

In the first The Man Who Knew Too Much, Alfred Hitchcock films a clay pigeon crossing the sky, a dark disc resembling a black sun. When the same work takes viewers into a temple for sun worshippers (it turns out to be a front for spies), another black orb is introduced: a black marble used to hypnot...

Wydawnictwo: Routledge

Movie Acting: The Film Reader explores one of the most central but often overlooked aspects of cinema: film acting. Combining classic and recent essays, it examines key issues such as: What constitutes film acting?  How is film acting different from stage acting? How has film acting changed o...

Wydawnictwo: Scribner

The Macmillan Compendium series is a collection of single-volume reference encyclopaedias. This volume presents articles about specific movies, great directors, and big stars integrated with descriptions of basic film genres. It features a sanctioned list of 100 'best' movies, and provides a backdro...

Wydawnictwo: Phaidon Press Ltd

Both entertaining and informative, "Manga Impact" is a vibrant guide to the fascinating world of manga (Japanese comics) and anime (animation). Like Phaidon's best-selling compendium "The Art Book", it acts as an easy-to-use directory on its subject, guiding readers through the very best and brighte...

Wydawnictwo: Routledge

With the recent release of spectacular blockbuster films from Gladiator to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the epic has once again become a major form in contemporary cinema. This new volume in the AFI Film Readers series explores the rebirth of the epic film genre in the contemporary period, a perio...

Wydawnictwo: Rotovision

Thirteen world-class international screenwriters from widely varied cultural and artistic backgrounds have been interviewed for Screenwriting, a book which brings alive the relationship between the words of a script and the final film we see on the screen.Suso D'Amico (writer of 88 scripts including...

Wydawnictwo: Mc Farland & Company

Over 500 films have used Nevada as a backdrop, ranking it in the top five states used as locations. This comprehensive reference work provides information on those works in which the production company physically travelled to Nevada for primary or second-unit filming and the film received a public s...

Wydawnictwo: Rotovision

This eagerly awaited addition to the best-selling Screencraft series is guaranteed to be a huge hit. Based on in-depth interviews with the world's top practitioners, it takes a candid view of what life is like in the director's chair. The interviews are lavishly illustrated with storyboards, marked ...

Wydawnictwo: Phaidon Press Ltd

The Future of Film: 100 New DirectorsFollowing the successful formula of previous Phaidon "10x10" titles, this new book in the series will present 100 of the world's most exceptional emerging film directors, selected by internationally prominent festival directors including Frederic Maire/Locarno, P...

Wydawnictwo: McGraw-Hill

Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. Since 1979, David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson's Film Art has been the best-selling and widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. Taking a skills-centered approach supported by a wide range of examples from various per...

Wydawnictwo: University of Nebraska Press

The adventures and antics of James Bond have provided the world with many of the most gripping story lines of the last half-century. Fleming's novels were bestsellers in their day, and the Bond films have been even more popular, becoming the most enduring and successful film franchise in history. By...

Wydawnictwo: University of Illinois Press

Acting as a corrective to the skewed avant-garde history that neglects women, Women and Experimental Filmmaking gathers essays by some of the top scholars in cinema studies dealing with women experimental filmmakers. Tracking the topic across racial, economic, geographic, and even temporal boundarie...

Wydawnictwo: University of Illinois Press

Wong Kar-Wai traces this immensely exciting director's perennial themes of time, love, and loss, and examines the political implications of his films, especially concerning the handover of former British colony Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China. This book is the first in any language to...

Wydawnictwo: I.B. TAURIS

"La Reine Margot" is a fascinating, very modern film, big scale costume drama, but with Chereau's experimental style. Pidduck investigates in graceful style stardom, genre, sexuality and gender in a single film. The film has an international reputation, is widely available on dvd. Patrice Chereau's ...

Wydawnictwo: Harper Collins

There are a thousand stories in the land of Narnia -- how Andrew Adamson brought The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe to the big screen is one of them. How do you turn a book into a movie? How did the moviemakers capture the magic of Narnia? How did they bring its mystical beasts and creatures to...

Wydawnictwo: Blackwell Science

Examines Wolfgang Petersen's epic film 'Troy' from archaeological, literary, cultural, and cinematic perspectives. This collection addresses the important aspects of the film: its use of Homer's 'Iliad' and the myth of the Trojan War, its presentation of Bronze-Age archaeology, its modern political ...

Wydawnictwo: Harry N. Abrams

Hundreds of disposable cameras were distributed to migrants and Minutemen along the U.S.-Mexico border to document their own journeys. Capturing images from both sides, this poignant collection tells the stories that no news piece, policy debate, or academic study could possibly convey.

Wydawnictwo: Simon & Schuster

A comprehensive guide to film contains entries discussing genres, the impact of motion pictures on society, studios, the technical processes involved in film production, and the history of the format.

Wydawnictwo: Berghahn Books Ltd.

The work of Andrzej Wajda, one of the world's most important filmmakers, shows remarkable cohesion in spite of the wide ranging scope of his films, as this study of his complete output of feature films shows. Not only do his films address crucial historical, social and political issues; the complexi...

Wydawnictwo: University of Minnesota Press

Marc Auge was eleven or twelve years old when he first saw "Casablanca." Made in 1942 but not released in France until 1947, the film had a profound effect on him. Like cinephiles everywhere, Auge was instantly drawn to Rick Blaine's mysterious past, his friendship with Sam and Captain Renault, and ...

Wydawnictwo: Sterling

This will make your day! A richly illustrated retrospective celebrating the life and films of Clint Eastwood-written by renowned film critic, and acclaimed documentary filmmaker, Richard Schickel and with an introduction by the legend himself. Clint Eastwood is a Hollywood-and American-icon: beloved...

Wydawnictwo: Barron's Educational Series Inc

Wydawnictwo: Focal Press

Wydawnictwo: Focal Press

Wydawnictwo: Focal Press

Wydawnictwo: Berghahn Books Ltd.

Andrzej Wajda is considered one of Poland's - many would say of the world's - greatest film directors. During the thirty-five years of his activities in film, theater, and television, his work always arouses strong emotions and provokes intense debates in the media. His films deal with historical an...

Wydawnictwo: Palgrave Macmillan

This title discusses international relations, development and migration, and work, and war in terms of the transformation of democratic institutions. It draws on cinema and theatre, globalization, feminist critiques, and European identity formation. The book explores European artists' critical engag...