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Phenomenology's Material Presence: Video, Vision and Experience Gabrielle A. Hezekiah 9781841503103
$60.86Phenomenology's Material Presence: Video, Vision and Experience is an exploration of phenomenology and the aesthetics of the moving image. Drawing on the insights of Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, this seminal work addresses... -
European Film Remakes Eduard Cuelenaere 9781474460651
RRP: $54.58$50.48Combines historical and contemporary approaches to film remakes in Europe Investigates, next to the textual, socio-cultural and political dimensions, the often neglected industrial, financial and production-related dynamics of European remake... -
The Hollywood Meme: Transnational Adaptations in World Cinema Iain Robert Smith 9781474441339
RRP: $50.38$46.81With case studies from the film industries of Turkey, India and the Philippines, 'The Hollywood Meme' is the first comprehensive study of the transnational adaptations of Hollywood movies that have appeared throughout world cinema.Book InformationISBN... -
Undead Apocalypse: Vampires and Zombies in the 21st Century Stacey Abbott 9781474438377
RRP: $46.18$43.09Exploring how the figure of the vampire has been infused with the language of science, disease and apocalypse, while the zombie text has increasingly been influenced by the trope of the 'reluctant' vampire, Stacey Abbott shows how both archetypes are... -
Raymond Bellour: Cinema and the Moving Image Hilary Radner 9781474422895
RRP: $60.88$58.30A comprehensive study of Raymond Bellour, one of the most important foundational theorists of Film StudiesOne of the most influential figures in French film philosophy, Raymond Bellour's interests range across cinema, art, literature and philosophy, and... -
A Dream of Hitchcock Murray Pomerance 9781438472089
$55.63Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438472089Author Murray PomeranceFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Martin Scorsese's Divine Comedy: Movies and Religion Catherine O'Brien (Kingston University, UK) 9781350141605
$73.48This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. Catherine O'Brien draws on the structure of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy to explore Martin Scorsese's feature films from Who's That... -
Casting Might-Have-Beens: A Film by Film Directory of Actors Considered for Roles Given to Others Eila Mell 9780786420179
RRP: $75.58$64.55Some acting careers are made by one great role and some fall into obscurity when one is declined. Would Al Pacino be the star he is today if Robert Redford had accepted the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather? Imagine Tom Hanks rejecting Uma... -
New Transnationalisms in Contemporary Latin American Cinemas Dolores Tierney 9780748645732
RRP: $189.00$173.84Several Latin American films ('Amores Perros', 'Y Tu Mama Tambien', 'Cidade de Deus', 'Central do Brasil', 'Nueve Reinas', 'El Hijo de la Novia') enjoyed an unprecedented level of critical and commercial success in the world film market. These films were... -
Karel Reisz Colin Gardner 9780719085666
RRP: $41.98$37.78Czech-born refugee Karel Reisz (1926-2002) is widely regarded as one of the seminal figures in post-war British cinema. Along with Lindsay Anderson and Tony Richardson, Reisz was a founder member of the independent Free Cinema 'movement' which attacked... -
Women Behind the Camera: Conversations with Camerawomen Alexis Krasilovsky 9780275957445
$157.48Hollywood has seen the number of camerawomen quadruple in the past 15 years. Women Behind the Camera is the first book to offer an in-depth look at the lives of camerawomen and their struggles to succeed in a male-dominated field. Krasilovsky presents... -
Beyond Casablanca: M. A. Tazi and the Adventure of Moroccan Cinema Kevin Dwyer 9780253217196
$42.50In Beyond Casablanca, Kevin Dwyer explores the problems of creativity in the Arab and African world, focusing on Moroccan cinema and one of its key figures, filmmaker M. A. Tazi. Dwyer develops three themes simultaneously: the filmmaker's career and... -
The Making of Alternative Cinema Mario Falsetto 9780275994587
$67.18The massive investments made in Hollywood today mandate tight studio controls on mainstream cinema. As a result, one must often look to alternative outlets in order to see a movie intended primarily as art-or even as a sincere effort at... -
Digital Video Camerawork Peter Ward 9780240516059
RRP: $83.98$71.30This manual introduces digital camerawork techniques used in television and video production. Written as a practical guide, the author's step-by-step instructions take you through everything you need to know, from camera controls, to editing, lighting... -
Speaking in Images: Interviews with Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers Michael Berry (Book Review Editor, Modern Chinese Literature & Culture) 9780231133319
RRP: $63.00$50.69"I always compare filmmaking to cooking. Shooting is like buying the groceries. You buy all kinds of ingredients and the better ingredients you get, the better chance you have of making the movie you want."-Ang Lee, from Speaking in Images Speaking in... -
Cinemas of the Other: A Personal Journey with Film-makers from the Middle East and Central Asia Goenul Doenmez-Colin 9781841501437
RRP: $86.00$77.68An original collection of recent interviews with filmmakers whose works represent the trends in the film industries of their respective countries. Preceding the interviews, the author provides an introduction delineating historical information regarding... -
Wes Anderson: Why His Movies Matter Mark Browning 9781598843521
$102.88This is the first full-length study devoted to the films of Wes Anderson, one of the most distinctive filmmakers working today. This first full-length consideration of this noted director's work, Wes Anderson: Why His Movies Matter is organized... -
Stan Brakhage: Filmmaker David James 9781592132720
RRP: $65.10$59.28Stan Brakhage: Filmmaker is a collection of essays, photographs, personal statements, and reminiscences about the celebrated avant-garde filmmaker who died in 2003. The director of nearly four hundred short films, including Dog Star Man, Parts I-IV, and... -
Fred Zinnemann: Interviews Gabriel Miller 9781578066988
RRP: $62.90$58.78Fred Zinnemann (1907-1997) was one of Hollywood's most honored directors. In a career that spanned fifty years, he won four Academy Awards and directed such classic movies as From Here to Eternity, A Man for All Seasons, The Day of the Jackal, and High... -
B-Movie Gothic: International Perspectives Justin Edwards 9781474455091
RRP: $50.38$46.81Examines the influence of Gothic B-movies on the cinematic traditions of the United States, Britain, Scandinavia, Spain, Turkey, Japan, Hong Kong and India, highlighting their transgressive, transnational and provocative nature.Book InformationISBN... -
Film Reboots Daniel Herbert 9781474451369
RRP: $189.00$173.84Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474451369Author Daniel HerbertFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressSeries Screen Serialities -
Spanish Erotic Cinema Santiago Fouz-Hernandez 9781474440967
RRP: $60.88$58.30The first comprehensive scholarly study of Spanish erotic cinema, this book covers a significant part of the history of Spanish film, from the 1920s until the present day.Book InformationISBN 9781474440967Author Santiago Fouz-HernandezFormat... -
Contemporary Latin American Cinema: New Transnationalisms Dolores Tierney 9781474431132
RRP: $50.38$46.81Through a textual analysis of six filmmakers (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro, Fernando Meirelles, Walter Salles and Juan Jose Campanella), this book brings a new perspective to the films of Latin America's transnational... -
Framing Empire: Postcolonial Adaptations of Victorian Literature in Hollywood Jerod Hollyfield 9781474429955
RRP: $46.18$43.09Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474429955Author Jerod HollyfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press -
Short Films from a Small Nation: Danish Informational Cinema 1935-1965 C. Claire Thomson 9781474424134
RRP: $189.00$173.84The first book-length study in English of a national corpus of state-sponsored informational filmFor three decades, state-sponsored short filmmaking educated Danish citizens, promoted Denmark to the world, and shaped the careers of renowned directors... -
B-Movie Gothic: International Perspectives Justin D. Edwards 9781474423441
RRP: $189.00$173.84Explores the neglected subject of Gothic B-movies in the Americas, Europe, Asia and AfricaFollowing the Second World War, low-budget B-movies that explored and exploited Gothic narratives and aesthetics became a significant cinematic expression of social... -
James Benning's Environments: Politics, Ecology, Duration Nikolaj Lubecker 9781474417945
RRP: $189.00$173.84For more than forty years, the experimental filmmaker James Benning has been engaged in a systematic investigation of the relations between man, landscape, and the filmic medium, and during the last decade it has become increasingly clear how much these... -
Quentin Tarantino: Life at the Extremes Aaron Barlow 9780313380044
$138.58This book places Quentin Tarantino at the heart of Hollywood, showing a director who speaks film through film, who examines the world beyond the movies in a way few have previously attempted, and at which fewer still have succeeded.Quentin Tarantino:... -
Clint Eastwood: Evolution of a Filmmaker John H. Foote 9780313352478
$105.02Now a two-time Academy Award winner for best director, twice winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for best director, and recipient of countless other critics prizes and nominations in multiple capacities, Clint Eastwood stands alongside Martin... -
The Last Modernist: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos Andrew Horton 9780313305641
$137.53Theo Angelopoulos is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive contemporary filmmakers and a highly idiosyncratic film stylist. His work, from the early 1970s to The Beekeeper, Landscape in the Mist, The Suspended Step of the Stalk and the recent... -
Edison's Kinetoscope and Its Films: A History to 1896 9780313305085
$137.53Motion pictures were first seen in 1894, when Thomas Edison introduced the Kinetoscope, a device for individually looking at film through a viewer. Over the next three years, Edison manufactured almost 1,000 Kinetoscopes and produced some 250 films to... -
In a Door, into a Fight, Out a Door, into a Chase: Moviemaking Remembered by the Guy at the Door William Witney 9780786422586
RRP: $31.48$26.92Early in 1937, a young film editor went on-location to St. George, Utah, for the filming of Republic's The Painted Stallion. Rain and cast problems put the production hopelessly behind schedule. The studio summarily fired the director and replaced him... -
Directory of Spanish and Portuguese Film-Makers and Films Rafael de Espana 9780313294594
RRP: $105.00$37.44This new book catalogues some 215 prominent film directors from both countries, giving accurate bio-filmographies and providing an in-depth reference source. Full attention is given to the propaganda cinema under dictators Franco and Salazar, to... -
From Film Practice to Data Process: Production Aesthetics and Representational Practices of a Film Industry in Transition Sarah Atkinson 9780748693580
RRP: $189.00$173.84Examines the practices of independent digital feature-filmmaking in contemporary BritainTo what extent have digital innovations transformed the UK film industry? What new practices and processes are emerging within the contemporary UK filmmaking... -
Montage Sam Rohdie 9780719070396
RRP: $31.48$23.90Montage enters into a dialogue with the cinema, probing and playing with its language of motion and stillness, continuity and discontinuity, constraint and openness, time and duration. Comprised of a series of elegantly-written and intellectually... -
The British Musical Film John Mundy 9780719063213
RRP: $41.98$38.24"This book is to be recommended as a good, informative, broad-based survey, useful for students of film, media, drama and cultural studies who are looking for an entry into this broad genre and to use this text as a general resource."Christine... -
Prepping and Shooting Your Student Short Film: A Brief Guide to Film Production Rory Kelly 9780367771201
RRP: $75.58$65.37* A concise and accessible guide written with the specific constraints of a student production in mind, this book will equip any filmmaker with the tools to produce an impactful short film.* Offers practical and effective solutions to the usual... -
Stanley Kubrick: A Narrative and Stylistic Analysis, 2nd Edition Mario Falsetto 9780275972912
$83.98The second edition of Mario Falsetto's extensive analysis of Kubrick's films carefully examines the filmmaker's oeuvre in its entirety--from smaller, early films (The Killing) through mid-career masterpieces (Dr. Strangelove; 2001: A Space Odyssey; A... -
Satyajit Ray: A Study of His Films Ben Nyce 9780275926663
$175.33With 26 films to his credit and numerous international prizes, Satyajit Ray is India's most recognized filmmaker--yet, no extended study of his films has previouly been published in English in the West. Ben Nyce examines each of Ray's films in close... -
Directory of Eastern European Film-Makers and Films 1945-91 Grzegorz Balski 9780313282782
$156.43This book is an original and highly detailed reference work on Eastern European films and is the first of its kind to provide such a wealth and breadth of information. There is full coverage of over 350 major postwar film-makers from nine countries:...