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The Anarchist Cinema examines the complex relationships that exist between anarchist theory and film. No longer hidden in obscure corners of cinematic culture, anarchy is a theme that has traversed arthouse, underground and popular film. James Newton...

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Narrative and spectacle describe two extremes of film content, but the oeuvres of John Cassavetes and David Cronenberg resist such categorization. Instead, Robert Furze argues, the defining characteristic of Cassavetes and Cronenberg's respective...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736217405Author Mary GuillerminFormat HardbackPage Count 322Imprint Precocity PressPublisher Precocity PressWeight(grams) 971gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666726534Author Matthew Dwight MooreFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Cascade BooksPublisher Cascade BooksWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648892547Author Lubomir KockaFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Vernon PressPublisher Vernon PressSeries Cinema and CultureWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781638374060Author Adrian WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Palmetto PublishingPublisher Palmetto PublishingWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629337449Author Renee FarringtonFormat HardbackPage Count 500Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 1842gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622734962Author Lubomir KockaFormat PaperbackPage Count 446Imprint Vernon PressPublisher Vernon PressSeries Cinema and CultureWeight(grams)...

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Terrence Malick's four feature films have been celebrated by critics and adored as instant classics among film aficionados, but the body of critical literature devoted to them has remained surprisingly small in comparison to Malick's stature in the world...

Canadian film director David Cronenberg has long been a figure of artistic acclaim and public controversy. Bursting into view with a trio of shocking horror films in the 1970s, Cronenberg's work has become increasingly complex in its sensibilities and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593937621Author Brian TavesFormat PaperbackPage Count 442Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 23mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593937591Author Mary Ann AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532663253Author Colin Heber-PercyFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Cascade BooksPublisher Cascade BooksSeries Reel Spirituality MonographWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532636585Author Niles SchwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Cascade BooksPublisher Cascade BooksSeries Reel Spirituality MonographWeight(grams)...

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Hayao Miyazaki's career in animation has made him famous as not only the greatest director of animated features in...

One of the most significant contributors to the American independent cinema that developed over the late 1980s and 1990s, Hal Hartley has throughout his career created films that defy convention and capture the stranger realities of modern American life...

By examining three case studies of award-winning soundtracks from cult films-Barton Fink (1991), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), and The English Patient (1996)-it becomes clear that major American film communities, when confronted with the initial...

Film editing is part of the long process of formulating, acquiring and presenting the images and sounds that make a film. The film editor makes decisions about the arrangement of the visual and aural material that they receive in the cutting room, not...

Mobile, smartphone and pocket filmmaking is a global phenomenon with distinctive festivals, filmmakers and creatives that are defining an original film form. Smartphone Filmmaking: Theory and Practice explores diverse approaches towards smartphone...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474428927Author Stefano BaschieraFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Analysing dozens of key animated films, the book examines the emergence of new genres and stylistic approaches, as well as the ongoing blurring of boundaries between animation and live-action and explores how animation in the United States both responds...

Cinema is an affective medium. Films move us to feel wonder, joy, and love as well as fear, anger, and hatred. Today, we are living through a new age of sensibility when emotion is given priority over reason. Hollywood produces movies that employ cheap...

Explores the huge commercial success of contemporary superhero blockbusters and develops a critical theory of digital-era popular serialityAbout the AuthorFeli Brinker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Film Studies, Leibniz University Hannover.Book...

Exposing and illustrating how an ongoing engagement with nihilistic alienation may contribute to, rather than detract from, the value of life, Cinematic Nihilism both challenges and builds upon past scholarship that has scrutinised nihilism in the media,...

The first book-length English-language study of Hong Kong horror filmsDumplings stuffed with diabolical fillings. Sword-wielding zombies. Hopping cadavers. Big-head babies. For decades, Hong Kong cinema has served up images of horror quite unlike those...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474462778Author Dominic LashFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams)...

The first edited collection of essays dedicated to Shyam Benegal's career and films Offers in-depth scholarship on Indian parallel, or new wave, cinema Provides cultural contexts for Benegal's films, including representations of gender, class, and...

The study of amateur filmmaking and media history is a rapidly-growing specialist field, and this ground-breaking book is the first to address the subject in the context of British women's amateur practice.Book InformationISBN 9781474420730Author...

Examines the politics of female authorship in relation to contemporary documentary practicesThis book, like its twin volume 'Female Authorship and the Documentary Image', centres on pressing issues in relation to female authorship in contemporary...

A rare look at the role of special effects in creating fictional worlds and transmedia franchises From comic book universes crowded with soaring superheroes and shattering skyscrapers to cosmic empires set in far-off galaxies, today's fantasy...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474429481Author Keith CorsonFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressSeries ReFocus: The American...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474416795Author Elisa MandelliFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressSeries Edinburgh Studies in...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474456395Author Azadeh FatehradFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressSeries ReFocus: The...

The first comprehensive conceptualisation of Russia and neighbouring Eastern Europe in post-1989 Nordic filmAddressing representations of Russia and neighbouring Eastern Europe in post-1989 Nordic cinemas, this ground-breaking book investigates their...

Addressing the appeal of the journey narrative from pre-cinema to new media and through documentary, fiction and the spaces between, this collection reveals the journey to be a persistent presence across cinema and in cultural modernity.Book...

Punctilious to a fault, Sidney Lumet favored intense rehearsal, which enabled him to bring in most of his films under budget and under schedule. An energized director who captured the heart of New York like no other, Lumet created a vast canon of work...

Examining the centrality of dialogue to American independent cinema, Jennifer O'Meara argues that it is impossible to separate small budgets from the old adage that `talk is cheap'. Focusing on the 1980s until the present, particularly on the films by...

Using paratextual theory to address the accusations of gimmickry often directed towards extreme art films, 'Cultivating Extreme Art Cinema' focuses upon the DVD and Blu-ray object, analysing how sleeve designs, blurbs, and special features shape the...