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Hal Ashby: Interviews Nick Dawson 9781604735659
RRP: $59.54SciFier: $46.46Hal Ashby (1929-1988) is considered to be the lost genius of the New Hollywood generation. While his name does not bear the familiarity of, say, Robert Altman or Martin Scorsese, his diverse films are among the best known and most beloved of the era... -
The Coen Brothers by William Rodney Allen
SciFier: $48.18Joel and Ethan Coen (b. 1954, 1957) started their careers in obscurity on a shoestring budget cajoled from family and friends in Minneapolis. Working entirely outside the studio system, the Coen brothers scored an unlikely first success in 1984 with... -
Roman Polanski by Paul Cronin
RRP: $47.16SciFier: $46.46Roman Polanski (b. 1933) arrived on the international scene in 1962 with his first feature film, Knife in the Water, and his face would be on the cover of Time magazine by the end of that year. His vibrant, disturbing, and often violent films--including... -
Narrative and Stylistic Patterns in the Films of Stanley Kubrick by Luis M. Garcia Mainar
RRP: $56.68SciFier: $49.12A critical study of the films of Stanley Kubrick, one of the great directors of the century. Garcia Mainar's critical study of the films of the late Stanley Kubrick includes analysis of all but his last work, Eyes Wide Shut, and offers both a formal... -
Divergent Tracks: How Three Film Communities Revolutionized Digital Film Sound Dr. Vanessa Theme Ament (Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Endowed Chair of Telecommunications, Independent Scholar, USA) 9781501359224
SciFier: $186.32By 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... -
The Films of Fred Schepisi Brian McFarlane 9781496835307
RRP: $66.06SciFier: $56.02Fred Schepisi is one of the crucial names associated with the revival of the Australian film industry in the 1970s. The Films of Fred Schepisi traces the lead-up to his critical successes in feature filmmaking, via his earlier award-winning success as a... -
More Than Meets the Eye: Special Effects and the Fantastic Transmedia Franchise Bob Rehak 9781479856701
RRP: $45.34SciFier: $37.52A 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... -
The Museum as a Cinematic Space: The Display of Moving Images in Exhibitions Elisa Mandelli 9781474484268
RRP: $41.56SciFier: $38.59With an innovative and strongly interdisciplinary theoretical framework, this book offers an extensive investigation of the use of audio-visuals in exhibition design.Book InformationISBN 9781474484268Author Elisa MandelliFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
Refocus: The Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman by Lisa Dombrowski
RRP: $170.10SciFier: $152.73Examines an under-analysed period of Robert Altman's career.About the AuthorDr Lisa Dombrowski is a Professor of Film Studies and Professor of East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University Dr Justin Wyatt is an Associate Professor of Communication... -
Journeys on Screen: Theory, Ethics, Aesthetics Louis Bayman 9781474474641
RRP: $52.90SciFier: $47.84Addressing 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... -
Experimental and Independent Italian Cinema: Legacies and Transformations into the Twenty-First Century Anthony Cristiano 9781474474047
RRP: $39.67SciFier: $37.06This is the first English-language anthology on experimental and independent Italian cinema. Providing an overview of the legacies and transformations of Italian vanguard practices of moving images, the book also explores the historical and sociocultural... -
Refocus: the Films of Rachid Bouchareb by Michael Gott
RRP: $49.12SciFier: $44.76ReFocus: The Films of Rachid Bouchareb is the first book-length study of the internationally recognized director's films. Bouchareb was one of France's first filmmakers of North African descent and his career as a director and producer now spans over... -
Contemporary Balkan Cinema: Transnational Exchanges and Global Circuits Lydia Papadimitriou 9781474458443
RRP: $39.67SciFier: $37.06The first inclusive collection to examine post-2008 developments in Balkan cinema, this book brings together a number of international scholars to explore its industrial contexts and textual dimensions. With a focus on transnational links, global... -
Beyond Eastern Noir: Reimagining Russia and Eastern Europe in Nordic Cinemas Anna Estera Mrozewicz 9781474452267
RRP: $45.34SciFier: $41.66Addressing representations of Russia and neighbouring Eastern Europe in post-1989 Nordic cinemas, this ground-breaking book investigates their hitherto overlooked transnational dimension.Book InformationISBN 9781474452267Author Anna Estera... -
Douglas Sirk, Aesthetic Modernism and the Culture of Modernity Victoria L. Evans 9781474452021
RRP: $45.34SciFier: $41.66With detailed case studies of 'Final Chord' and 'All That Heaven Allows', Victoria Evans demonstrates how Sirk attempted to dissolve the boundaries of cinema by assimilating elements of avant-garde art, architecture and design into the colour,... -
The Other Hollywood Renaissance Dominic Lennard 9781474442664
RRP: $49.12SciFier: $44.76In the late 1960s, the collapse of the classic Hollywood studio system led in part, and for less than a decade, to a production trend heavily influenced by the international art cinema. Reflecting a new self-consciousness in the US about the national... -
Vampires, Race, and Transnational Hollywoods by Dale Hudson
RRP: $54.79SciFier: $49.39Vampires, Race, and Transnational Hollywoods' explores the movement of transnational Hollywood's vampires, between low-budget quickies and high-budget franchises, as it appropriates visual styles from German, Mexican and Hong Kong cinemas and off-shores... -
Reanimated: The Contemporary American Horror Remake Laura Mee 9781474440646
RRP: $170.10SciFier: $152.73Reanimated offers a new perspective on twenty-first century American horror film remakes. Counter to the critical dismissal of genre remakes as derivative rip-offs, Mee approaches the films as intertextual adaptations which have both drawn from and... -
The New Soundtrack: Volume 8, Issue 1 Stephen Deutsch 9781474439367
RRP: $37.78SciFier: $33.96Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474439367Author Stephen DeutschFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressSeries New... -
Greek Cinema and Migration, 1991-2016 by Philip-Edward Phillis
RRP: $39.67SciFier: $37.06The book provides a response to urgent calls to comprehend the cultural impact of immigration in Greece, and to determine the capacity of contemporary Greek cinema to challenge the logic of Fortress Europe.Book InformationISBN 9781474437042Author... -
Caught in-Between by Agnes Petho
RRP: $39.67SciFier: $37.06This collection of essays explores intermediality as a new perspective in the interpretation of the cinemas that have emerged after the collapse of the former Eastern bloc.About the AuthorAgnes Petho, Professor, Sapientia Hungarian University of... -
Gillian Armstrong: Popular, Sensual & Ethical Cinema Julia Erhart 9781474434324
RRP: $30.22SciFier: $27.80Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474434324Author Julia ErhartFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressSeries Visionaries: The Work... -
The Making and Unmaking of Francoist Kitsch Cinema by Alejandro Yarza
RRP: $54.79SciFier: $49.39Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474431859Author Alejandro YarzaFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press -
Cinema-Monde: Decentred Perspectives on Global Filmmaking in French Michael Gott 9781474431842
RRP: $54.79SciFier: $49.39With contributions from an international range of specialists, and with considerations of works by contemporary directors like Rachid Bouchareb, Abderrahmane Sissako and Rithy Panh, Cinema-monde explores the porous borders around francophone spaces and... -
Ana Kokkinos: An Oeuvre of Outsiders Kelly McWilliam 9781474431071
RRP: $32.11SciFier: $29.33Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474431071Author Kelly McWilliamFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressSeries Visionaries -
Cinema, If You Please: The Memory of Taste, the Taste of Memory Murray Pomerance 9781474428699
RRP: $41.56SciFier: $38.59In Cinema, If You Please, Murray Pomerance explores our ways of watching film in light of socially organized forms of pleasure that date back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.Book InformationISBN 9781474428699Author Murray PomeranceFormat... -
Marguerite Duras: Feminine Subjectivity and Sensoriality Michelle Royer 9781474427852
RRP: $32.11SciFier: $29.33Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474427852Author Michelle RoyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressSeries Visionaries -
Talkies, Road Movies and Chick Flicks: Gender, Genre and Film Sound in American Cinema Heidi Wilkins 9781474425902
RRP: $45.34SciFier: $41.66The representation of gender in film remains an intensely debated topic, particularly in academic considerations of US mainstream cinema where it is often perceived as perpetuating rigid, binary views of gender, and reinforcing patriarchal, dominant... -
Directing Screen Performances Robert Klenner 9781474249591
RRP: $54.79SciFier: $28.01The core goal of Directing Screen Performances is to teach aspiring directors how to prepare and work with actors. Through a practical exploration of the major approaches to contemporary screen acting, you will learn how to formulate your own effective... -
Final Cut Pro X Beyond the Basics by Tom Wolsky
RRP: $94.48SciFier: $93.23Going beyond where introductory books leave off and written for experienced editors, especially those new to Final Cut Pro X, this new and revised edition of Final Cut Pro X Beyond the Basics is brimming with cutting-edge methods to bring your editing... -
Postwar Renoir: Film and the Memory of Violence Colin Davis 9781138695863
RRP: $81.25SciFier: $80.36This book re-assesses director Jean Renoir's work between his departure from France in 1940 and his death in 1979, and contributes to the debate over how the medium of film registers the impact of trauma. The 1930s ended in catastrophe for both for... -
Essential Effects: Water, Fire, Wind, and More Mauro Maressa 9781138101074
RRP: $75.58SciFier: $75.07Animate the world around you! Follow along with veteran Disney effects artist Mauro Maressa as he teaches you how to create and animate natural phenomena like water, fire, smoke, lightning, lava, mud, and wind. Essential Effects will help you plan, draw,... -
Anton Wilson's Cinema Workshop 4TH Edition by Anton Wilson
RRP: $22.68SciFier: $22.66Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780935578263Author Anton WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint American CinematographerPublisher American CinematographerWeight(grams) 394gDimensions(mm)... -
Francois Truffaut and Friends by Robert Stam
RRP: $58.59SciFier: $46.29One of Francois Truffaut's most poignantly memorable films, Jules and Jim, adapted a novel by the French writer and art collector Henri-Pierre Roch. The characters and events of the 1960s film were based on a real-life romantic triangle, begun in the... -
Film and Authorship by Virginia Wright Wexman
RRP: $58.59SciFier: $44.40During the 1960s, when cinema first entered the academy as a serious object of study, the primary focus was on auteurism, or on films authorship. Burgeoning cinema studies courses demonstrated how directors were the authors of work that undermined (or... -
The Films of George Roy Hill
RRP: $54.79SciFier: $47.08As late as 1976, George Roy Hill was the first and only director to have two films on the all-time top ten box office hits: ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"" and ""The Sting"" (both starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman). A filmmaker with a... -
Far-Flung Families in Film by Daniela Berghahn
RRP: $170.10SciFier: $167.21Why have films with diasporic family narratives increased in popularity in recent years? How do representations of the diasporic family differ from those of more dominant social groups? How does diasporic cinema negotiate the conventions of film genres... -
Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out by Jed Dannenbaum
RRP: $28.33SciFier: $24.08There is no foolproof formula for great filmmaking, but emerging filmmakers can learn from CREATIVE FILMMAKING FROM THE INSIDE OUT how they can uncover and strengthen their inherent creativity. Based on interviews conducted by professors from USC's... -
Catherine Breillat Douglas Keesey 9780719085628
RRP: $37.78SciFier: $35.89This is the first English-language book on controversial female director Catherine Breillat, whose films include Romance, A ma soeur! (Fat Girl), Anatomy of Hell and The Last Mistress. This volume explores the director's complex relation to religion and... -
David Lean by Melanie Williams
RRP: $160.65SciFier: $147.40'A rule of mine is this', said William Goldman in 1983, 'there are always three hot directors and one of them is always David Lean.' One of the best known and most admired of British film makers, David Lean had a directorial career that spanned five...