Film

The essays in this collection address the German television series Babylon Berlin and explore its unique contribution to contemporary visual culture. Since its inception in 2017 the series, a neo-noir thriller set in Berlin in the final years of the...

A collection of essays on fifteen feature-length silent films and two silent serial features. The aims of the collection are threefold: to provide detailed accounts of a wide array of films produced between the early 1910s and the early 1930s; to focus...

Through films that alternate between containment, order, and symmetry on the one hand, and obsession, explosiveness, and a lack of control on the other, Chantal Akerman has gained a reputation as one of the most significant filmmakers working today. Her...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983141235Author Alan WattFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Writers Tribe BooksPublisher Writers Tribe BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

In little more than a century of cinema - Birth of a Nation was one hundred years old in 2015 - our sense of what a film director is, or should be, has shifted in fascinating ways. A director was once a functionary; then an important but not decisive...

This survey of Sally Potter's work explores her cinematic development from the feminist reworking of La Boheme in Thriller to the provocative contemplation of romantic relationships after 9/11 in Yes. Catherine Fowler traces a clear trajectory of...

Following on from Juan Ortiz's fabulous Original Series movie-poster collection, this latest treat for art-loving Trek fans features 178 posters that capture the essence of The Next Generation. Inspired by indie-film and black-light posters, comics and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733150248Author Donald H HewittFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Foreing Films PublishingPublisher Foreing Films PublishingSeries The Digital Filmmaking...

This book follows the hybrid and contradictory history of magic realism through the writings of three key figures - art historian Franz Roh, novelist Alejo Carpentier, and cultural critic Fredric Jameson - drawing links between their political,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399529863Author Lew HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 397g

The collaboration of Ethan Coen and Joel Coen has made for some of the finest American films of recent years, and their screenplays, rich in wit and imaginative detail, are a joy to read.Blood Simple (1984)A cuckolded Texan bar owner hires a slimy...

Dennis Hopper (1936-2010) was one of most charismatic and protean figures to emerge from the American independent film movement of the 1960s and '70s, an incredibly compelling screen presence who helped give cult classics like Easy Rider and Blue Velvet...

Connecting interactive cinema to media ethics and global citizenship Interactive Cinema explores various cinematic practices that work to transform what is often seen as a primarily receptive activity into a participatory, multimedia experience...

Character Animation Crash Course! is a veritable Genies lamp stuffed with everything the aspiring animator could wish for! Renowned animator Eric Goldbergs detailed text and drawings illuminate how to conceive characters "from the inside out to create...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998534411Author Brian McDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Talking Drum, LLCPublisher Talking Drum, LLCWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547520278Author Nicole LaporteFormat PaperbackPage Count 516Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Cengage Learning, IncWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm) 205mm *...

This book explores the ferments of Italian cinema from the mid-50s to the end of the 60s. Unlike France, the Czech Republic or Brazil, Italy did not have a new wave properly understood as a movement. However, while new artistic schools were emerging in...

Sixty years after its release, Singin' in the Rain (1951) remains one of the best loved films ever made. Yet despite dazzling success with the public, it never received its fair share of critical analysis. Gene Kelly's genius as a performer is ...

Henry Willson was one of the quintessential power brokers in Hollywood during the late 1940s and 1950s when he launched the careers of Rock Hudson, Lana Turner, Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, and many others. He was also a true casting couch agent, brokering...

A screenwriter, novelist, labor leader, Hollywood insider, and feminist, Mary C. McCall Jr. was one of the film industry's most powerful figures in the 1940s and early 1950s. She was elected the first woman president of the Screen Writers Guild after...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934602379Author Mark Yoshimoto NemcoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Glenneyre Press LLCPublisher Glenneyre Press LLCWeight(grams) 86gDimensions(mm)...

Explore the creation of Guillermo del Toro's early masterpiece through this visually stunning and insightful look at the spine-chilling classic. Released in 2001, Guillermo del Toro's The Devil's Backbone announced the director as a singular talent with...

An exciting and visually focused tour of the diverse range of films shot on location in London, World Film Locations: London presents contributions spanning the Victorian era, the swinging '60s and the politically charged atmosphere following the 2005...

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Want to learn valuable secrets about making your own low-budget films? This book is at once Tori and Matthew Butler-Hart's personal account of their ten-year adventure running their own film production company and a manual loaded with tips on how to...

In this first special collection celebrating the Star Wars phenomenon, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill's very first Star Wars interviews are revealed, George Lucas discusses his surprising plans for the spin-off Star Wars fiction and more...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557831910Author Paddy ChayefskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationSeries Applause...

The films of the Coen brothers have become a contemporary cultural phenomenon. Highly acclaimed and commercially successful, over the years their movies have attracted increasingly larger audiences and spawned a subculture of dedicated fans. Shunning...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780722357262Author Michael SloanFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Candy Jar BooksPublisher Andrews UK LimitedSeries Lethbridge-StewartWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087946818Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 138Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 13mm

Style. Beauty. Passion. Vision.These are just a few of the words often used to describe the films of the single most celebrated director in Italy, and one of the most important directors the world has ever known,Federico Fellini. Fifty years since their...

Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999), screenwriter and filmmaker of the mid-twentieth-century Left, recognized his writerly mission to reveal the aspirations of his characters in a material society structured to undermine their hopes. In the process, he ennobled...

This book provides a toolkit for unconventional practice-a comprehensive list of unconventional story shapes and the meanings they create, with accompanying case studies, including: one-act structure; two-act structure; passive protagonists; untimely...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476699356Author Michael R PittsFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint McFarland & Co IncPublisher McFarland & Co Inc

The official visual retrospective of the first 25 years of Cartoon Saloon, the award-winning, internationally renowned Irish animation studio behind The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Puffin Rock, and WolfwalkersThe Art of Cartoon Saloon: 25 Years...

This book functions as an introductory guide to experimental filmmaking and the motion picture camera. This new and updated second edition surveys the latest practical methods of experimental film production, as well as the history, theory, and...

Jonathan Demme was one of the most accomplished American film directors of his era, yet despite the scope and variety of his work, he remains underappreciated. After apprenticing with the B-movie impresario Roger Corman, from whom he learned to make...

Jonathan Demme was one of the most accomplished American film directors of his era, yet despite the scope and variety of his work, he remains underappreciated. After apprenticing with the B-movie impresario Roger Corman, from whom he learned to make...

Why Me? First Account for Me, are the memoirs of famed film director Tony Palmer. His vast filmography of over one hundred films ranges from early works with The Beatles, Cream, Rory Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa, to the famous portraits with...

Cine Craft (1974) is an ideal guide to the world of amateur film making, a treasure-house of authoritative information. It covers the equipment, both basic and advanced, and the planning needed for a successful production. It looks at indoor and outdoor...