Film

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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...

The Ultimate Souvenir Guide to Episode 8 of the epic Star Wars franchise!About the AuthorTitan Magazines has been publishing the official Star Wars Insider magazine worldwide for over 60 issues and has featured celebrity contributors and guest editors...

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...

AMC's episodic drama Mad Men has become a cultural phenomenon, detailing America's preoccupation with commercialism and image in the Camelot of 1960s Kennedy-era America, while self-consciously exploring current preoccupations. The 12 critical essays...

Ripped from the pages of Empire magazine, the first collection of film critic, film historian and novelist Kim Newman's reviews of the best and worst B movies. Some of the cheapest, trashiest, goriest and, occasionally, unexpectedly good films from the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903364918Author Marek HaltofFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 292gDimensions(mm) 237mm * 163mm *...

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Hail, Caesar! is the story of Eddie Mannix, tireless pursuer of the interests of fictional Capitol Pictures, circa 1951. He is the ultimate studio fixer and---since the studio is his world---the ultimate earthly one. There is no star scandal he cannot...

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...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439169063Author Kris MalkiewiczFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

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,...

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...

World War Z is the eagerly awaited film starring Brad Pitt. The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to...

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 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...

- Learn what it takes for editors, cinematographers, directors, producers, lighting technicians, and other filmmakers to work more effectively with visual effects artists on productions, use visual effects as an aid in visual storytelling, reduce...

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 *...

Harun Farocki was one of the world's most celebrated experimental filmmakers at the time of his death in 2014. In a career spanning over fifty years, the German artist produced more than one hundred works, including political cinema, nonfiction film and...

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- Each historical chapter is followed by a process chapter giving the explication of a detailed rehearsal methodology useful to both directors and actors.- The process chapters include objectives, examples from the practice of other directors and actors,...

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...

Psycho Puzzles re-creates the suspense and drama of Hitchcock's greatest films in more than 80 puzzles. Each conundrum uses characters and situations from his movies to set the scene and you will be asked to calculate the answers to a number of gruesome...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615932580Author Linda SegerFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese Productions

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...

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 *...

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...

Put the power of Expressions to work in your animations with controls and efficiencies impossible to achieve with traditional keyframing techniques. No programming skills are required. Foundation concepts and skills orient the new designer and serve as a...

The Marx Brothers are universally considered to be classic Hollywood's preeminent comedy team and Duck Soup is generally regarded as their quintessential film. A topical satire of dictatorship and government in general, the movie was a critical failure...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781514007846Author Abby OlceseFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

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...

Step into a world where the brightest creative minds of contemporary musical theatre share their insights and inspirations. Conversations in Color unveils the untold stories and perspectives of remarkable artists of color shaping the stage today...

First there is an opportunity, then there is a betrayal.Twenty years have gone by.Much has changed but just as much remains the same.Mark Renton returns to the only place he can ever call home.They are waiting for him, of course: Spud, Sick Boy, and...