Film

This 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 most recently, The Last Mistress. This volume explores the director's complex relation...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345494764Author J.W. RinzlerFormat HardbackPage Count 372Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncSeries Star WarsWeight(grams)...

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Shakespeare's plays were immensely popular in their own day -- so why do we refuse to think of them as mass entertainment? In Pleasing Everyone, author Jeffrey Knapp opens our eyes to the uncanny resemblance between Renaissance drama and the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903364468Author Searle KochbergFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 624gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 187mm...

Orson Welles called Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947) "a giant" whose "talent and originality are stupefying." Jean Renoir said, "He invented the modern Hollywood." Celebrated for his distinct style and credited with inventing the classic genre of the Hollywood...

A celebration of a timeless classic, this companion volume, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the release of the iconic film, is the perfect book for any fan of Audrey Hepburn or the cinema. This gorgeously illustrated tribute to Breakfast...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629335810Author Austin TrunickFormat HardbackPage Count 558Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 907gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Fifty Contemporary Film Directors examines the work of some of today's most popular and influential cinematic figures. It provides an accessible overview of each director's contribution to cinema, incorporating a discussion of their career, major works...

Pedro Almodovar's influence on European popular culture has been immense. From a small village in rural Spain to international acclaim for his many wonderfully vivid and outrageous films, Almodovar On Almodovar tells the story of the man and his films...

With his recent theatrical success, The Play What I Wrote, Braben shows that the audience for the spirit of the incomparable Eric and Ernie is just as alive today as it was in their glory years. Now, the key figure behind their success, scriptwriter...

Commissioned by Oliver Stone in 2015 to commemorate the Russian Revolution, Tariq Ali's captivating screenplay of the life and times of Vladimir Lenin puts flesh on the bones of the historical record and gets its pulse racing. From the author of The...

This new and updated fourth edition of Film Production Management provides a step-by-step guide on how to budget, organize, and successfully shoot a film and get it onto the big screen. Whether you are a film student or film production professional just...

In the mid-1950s C.P. Snow began his campaign against the 'two cultures' - the debilitating divide, as he saw it, between traditional 'literary intellectual' culture, and the culture of the sciences, urging in its place a 'third culture' which would draw...

'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 Samurai, High and Low, Yojimbo, Kagemusha and Ran,...

The thought-provoking, aesthetically pleasing animated films of Hayao Miyazaki attract audiences well beyond the director's native Japan. "Princess Mononoke" and "Spirited Away" were critically acclaimed upon U.S. release, and the earlier "My Neighbor...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932825Author Pilar AlessandraFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

There are many books on the technical aspects of film and video editing. Much rarer are books on how editors think and make creative decisions. Filled with timeless principles and thought-provoking examples from a variety of international films, the...

My Man Godfrey, Four's a Crowd, My Favorite Wife, The Devil and Miss Jones--for their inspired blend of slapstick humor with casual elegance and witty repartee, these movies are examples of what became known as "screwball" comedies. This study focuses on...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857239675Author Matteo CivaschiFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1580g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781500899332Author Douglas TurnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the three-best known Mexican-born directors, Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Alfonso Cuaron. Deborah Shaw examines the career trajectories of...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560257028Author John WatersFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Thunder's Mouth PressPublisher Thunder's Mouth PressWeight(grams) 406gDimensions(mm) 140mm *...

Provides the first consideration of sound and the body in contemporary European art cinema Offers detailed analysis of the underexplored dimension of sound in the work of some of the best-known contemporary European art film directors Provides a...

Robert Mitchum once commented to Arthur Lyons about his movies of the 1940s and 1950s: "Hell, we didn't know what film noir was in those days. We were just making movies. Cary Grant and all the big stars at RKO got all the lights. We lit our sets with...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902588247Author Jack HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Glitter BooksPublisher Creation BooksWeight(grams) 147g

The only book on the market to specifically address its audience, Recording Voiceover is the comprehensive guide for engineers looking to understand the aspects of capturing the spoken word.Discussing all phases of the recording session, Recording...

Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980) is an esteemed member of the twentieth century's pantheon of outstanding films while also perhaps being the director's most accessible film. It is a rarity in that on the one hand it was a successful mainstream horror...

The best-selling low-budget filmmaker's bible in the UK has now, at long last, been totally revamped for the US film industry. The two authors have interviewed hundreds of film industry insiders, resulting in, without doubt, the most comprehensive,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781068571008Author Vincent WeberinkFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint High Value AuthorPublisher High Value AuthorWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608879755Author Frank TieriFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

Terrence Malick's debut film, Badlands, announced the arrival of a unique talent. In the 40 years since that debut, Malick has only made 5 films, but they are distinctive in their beauty.This book is not meant to be a biography of Terrence Malick. The...

Chantal Akerman is widely acclaimed as one of cinema's boldest visionaries. A towering figure in women's and feminist film-making, she produced a diverse and intensely personal body of work ranging from minimalist portraits of the everyday to exuberant...

A master of subverting tropes with surgical precision, Elaine May forged a career in 1970s Hollywood with films like The Heartbreak Kid and Mikey and Nicky. Elizabeth Alsop explores the director's non-conformist and uncompromising vision while looking at...

Discover vital insider tips on producing movies with a micro budget!Covering both tried and true filmmaking techniques as well as insight on marketing, selling, and distributing your film, Raindance Producers' Lab, Second Edition is the ultimate...

In a comprehensively revised and updated new edition, James Naremore provides an illuminating critical account of the films of Stanley Kubrick, from his earliest feature, Fear and Desire (1953), to the posthumously-produced A.I. Artificial Intelligence...

On the heels of their six-time Academy Award (R)-winning smash, La La Land, Oscar (R)-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for Universal Pictures' First Man, the riveting story of NASA's mission to land a man on the moon,...

In 1895, the Lumiere brothers invented the cinematograph. Less than a year later, 23-year-old Alice Guy, the first female filmmaker in cinema history, made The Cabbage Fairy, a 60-second movie, for Leon Gaumont, going on to direct over 300 films before...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506730820Author Stuart BamFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

A collection of five screenplays by this Academy Award-winning writer. Includes: All the President's Men U Magic U Harper U Maverick U The Great Waldo Pepper. Also features essays by Goldman: Getting Even or Creative Accounting Sneak Previews or Why...