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The Films of Denys Arcand Jim Leach 9780813598864
RRP: $38.85SciFier: $31.28Denys Arcand is best known outside Canada for three films that were nominated for Academy Awards for Best Foreign-Language Film: The Decline of the American Empire (1986), Jesus of Montreal (1989),... -
Editing and Special/Visual Effects by Charlie Keil
SciFier: $38.94Most moviegoers think of editing and special effects as distinct components of the filmmaking process. We might even conceive of them as polar opposites, since effective film editing is often subtle... -
Producing by Jon Lewis
SciFier: $42.29Of all the job titles listed in the opening and closing screen credits, producer is certainly the most amorphous. There are businessmen (and women)-producers, writer-director- and... -
Directing Virginia Wright Wexman 9780813564296
SciFier: $43.26When a film is acclaimed, the director usually gets the lion's share of the credit. Yet the movie director's job-especially the collaborations and compromises it involves-remains little understood. ... -
The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen by Peter J. Bailey
SciFier: $39.06For three decades, no American filmmaker has been as prolific -- or as paradoxical -- as Woody Allen. From Play It Again, Sam (1972) through Celebrity (1998) and Sweet and Lowdown (1999), Allen... -
Vitagraph: America's First Great Motion Picture Studio Andrew A. Erish 9780813181196
SciFier: $45.28Vitagraph: America's First Great Motion Picture Studio is the first comprehensive examination of the company most responsible for defining and popularizing the American movie. Vitagraph was among the... -
Otto Preminger by Foster Hirsch
RRP: $46.83SciFier: $34.29Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813152905Author Foster HirschFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint -
Engulfed by Bernard F. Dick
SciFier: $48.03From Double Indemnity to The Godfather, the stories behind some of the greatest films ever made pale beside the story of the studio that made them. In the golden age of Hollywood, Paramount was one... -
Double Lives, Second Chances by Annette Insdorf
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $21.91Krzysztof Kieslowski (1941 - 1996) is widely recognised as one of the greatest filmmakers of the latter half of the twentieth century. Beginning as a documentarian who took on controversial subjects... -
Orson Welles and the Unfinished RKO Projects by Marguerite Rippy
RRP: $56.21SciFier: $52.80Orson Welles and the Unfinished RKO Projects: A Postmodern Perspective traces the impact of legendary director Orson Welles on contemporary mass media entertainment and suggests that, ironically, we... -
One Reel a Week Fred J. Balshofer 9780520372429
SciFier: $97.81This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and... -
One Reel a Week Fred J. Balshofer 9780520336193
RRP: $45.56SciFier: $42.87This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and... -
My Life as a Filmmaker Satsuo Yamamoto 9780472053339
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $31.48In his posthumous autobiography, Watakushi no eiga jinsei (1984), Yamamoto reflects on his career and legacy: beginning in the prewar days as an assistant director in a well-established film company... -
Wayne And Ford by Nancy Schoenberger
RRP: $18.75SciFier: $16.74Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307744159Author Nancy SchoenbergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint![Roy Andersson's "Songs from the Second Floor": Contemplating the Art of Existence Ursula Lindqvist 9780295998244](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-ngzg0zcz0u/images/stencil/444x444/products/344774/345863/9780295998244__73821.1690885977.jpg?c=1 "Roy Andersson's "Songs from the Second Floor": Contemplating the Art of Existence Ursula Lindqvist 9780295998244")
Roy Andersson's "Songs from the Second Floor": Contemplating the Art of Existence Ursula Lindqvist 9780295998244
SciFier: $151.58Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson's celebrated and enigmatic film Songs from the Second Floor, his first feature film in twenty-five years, won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in...
Cristi Puiu Monica Filimon 9780252040764
RRP: $121.94SciFier: $96.82Cristi Puiu's black comedy The Death of Mr. Lazarescu announced the arrival of the New Romanian Cinema as a force on the film world stage. As critics and festival audiences embraced the new movement,...
The Red and the Black: American Film Noir in the 1950s Robert Miklitsch 9780252040689
RRP: $138.02SciFier: $110.56Critical wisdom has it that we said a long goodbye to film noir in the 1950s. Robert Miklitsch begs to differ. Pursuing leads down the back streets and alleyways of cultural history, The Red and the...
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Joseph Mai 9780252035289
SciFier: $140.86For well over a decade, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have produced highly original and ethically charged films that immerse their audiences in an intense and embodied viewing experience. Their work...
The Cinema of James Cameron: Bodies in Heroic Motion James Clarke 9780231169769
RRP: $93.80SciFier: $76.49This timely volume explores the massively popular cinema of writer-director James Cameron. It couches Cameron's films within the evolving generic traditions of science fiction, melodrama, and the...
The Cinema of the Dardenne Brothers: Responsible Realism Philip Mosley 9780231163286
RRP: $107.20SciFier: $87.61The brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have established an international reputation for their emotionally powerful realist cinema. Inspired by their home turf of Liege-Seraing, a former industrial...
The Adventure of the Real: Jean Rouch and the Craft of Ethnographic Cinema Paul Henley 9780226327143
RRP: $136.68SciFier: $135.53Though relatively unsung in the English-speaking world, Jean Rouch (1917-2004) was a towering figure of ethnographic cinema. Over the course of a fifty-year career, he completed over one hundred...
Alien Legacies: The Evolution of the Franchise Nathan Abrams (Professor of Film, Professor of Film, Bangor University) 9780197556023
SciFier: $126.95The 1979 film Alien has left an indelible mark on popular culture. Directed by Ridley Scott, at the time known primarily for making advertisements, and starring then-unknown actor Sigourney Weaver in...
Short Film Distribution: Film Festivals, the Internet, and Self-Promotion Jason Moore 9781936420148
RRP: $50.85SciFier: $34.14Designed for aspiring filmmakers or for a course in short film distribution, this book teaches the fundamentals of promoting and distributing short films and videos. Chapters cover the elements of...
Ozu's Anti-Cinema Kiju Yoshida 9781929280261
SciFier: $72.63Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781929280261Author Kiju YoshidaFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint
The Student Filmmaker Survival Guide by Josh Ellis
RRP: $76.38SciFier: $60.25The Student Filmmaker Survival Guide familiarizes readers with the critical concepts and processes involved in the production of a film or television show. The handbook helps budding filmmakers...
Akira Kurosawa by Peter Wild
SciFier: $30.73'Most directors have one film for which they are known or possibly two', Francis Ford Coppola has said, 'Akira Kurosawa has eight or nine.' Through his many masterpieces such as Rashomon, Seven...
Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained: The Continuation of Metacinema Oliver C. Speck 9781628926606
SciFier: $42.87Django Unchained is certainly Quentin Tarantino's most commercially-successful film and is arguably also his most controversial. Fellow director Spike Lee has denounced the representation of race and...
Steven Spielberg FAQ by Barry Monush
RRP: $20.09SciFier: $18.59One of the most popular directors and producers in film history Steven Spielberg is considered a founding pioneer of theyNew Hollywood era. EStephen Spielberg FAQE presents an all-encompassing look...
Refocus: the Films of Doris Wishman Alicia Kozma 9781474482349
SciFier: $130.70Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474482349Author Alicia KozmaFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint
Western China on Screen: An Urban Exploration Hongyan Zou 9781474477857
SciFier: $130.70Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474477857Author Hongyan ZouFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint
Sino-Enchantment: The Fantastic in Contemporary Chinese Cinemas Kenneth Chan 9781474460842
SciFier: $131.64Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474460842Author Kenneth ChanFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint
Regarding Frank Capra by Eric Smoodin
SciFier: $47.15In this innovative historical examination of the American movie audience, Eric Smoodin focuses on reactions to the films of Frank Capra. Best known for his Hollywood features-including It Happened...
Liberating Hollywood by Maya Montanez Smukler
RRP: $40.19SciFier: $34.29Winner of the 2018 Richard Wall Memorial Award from the Theater Library AssociationLiberating Hollywood examines the professional experiences and creative output of women filmmakers during a unique...
Hollywood on Location: An Industry History Joshua Gleich 9780813586267
RRP: $166.16SciFier: $132.27Location shooting has always been a vital counterpart to soundstage production, and at times, the primary form of Hollywood filmmaking. But until now, the industrial and artistic development of this...
Sound: Dialogue, Music, and Effects Kathryn Kalinak 9780813564265
SciFier: $43.48Sound has always been an integral component of the moviegoing experience. Even during the so-called "silent era," motion pictures were regularly accompanied by live music, lectures, and sound effects...
Ryan's Daughter: The Making of an Irish Epic Paul Benedict Rowan 9780813183664
RRP: $26.73SciFier: $24.09Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813183664Author Paul Benedict RowanFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint
Columbia Pictures by Bernard F. Dick
RRP: $33.50SciFier: $31.96The recent $3.4 billion purchase of Columbia Pictures by Sony Corporation focused attention on a studio that had survived one of Hollywood's worst scandals under David Begelman, as well as ownership...
The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row by Bernard F. Dick
SciFier: $32.88Ben Hecht called him "White Fang," and director Charles Vidor took him to court for verbal abuse. The image of Harry Cohn as vulgarian is such a part of Hollywood lore that it is hard to believe...
The Cinema of Richard Linklater: Walk, Don't Run Rob Stone 9780231179201
RRP: $117.92SciFier: $96.04From Slacker (1991), a foundational work of independent American cinema, to the Before trilogy, Richard Linklater's critically acclaimed films and aesthetic ambition have earned him a place as one of...
Eastwood's Iwo Jima: Critical Engagements with Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima Anne Gjelsvik 9780231165655
RRP: $37.52SciFier: $36.60With Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Clint Eastwood made a unique contribution to film history, being the first director to make two films about the same event...