Film

Klein's madcap romp of a photo-novel brilliantly translates his cult '60s film into book form Based on the original images and dialogue of William Klein's 1966 film Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, this fantastic photo-novel tells the adventures of Polly...

Examines the film practice of the Chilean-French filmmaker and artist Alejandro Jodorowsky The first scholarly collection dedicated to the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky Offers theoretical interpretations from the fields of cinema studies, art...

Maria Felix (1914-2002) left her mark on Mexican and European film as well as fashion, art and jewellery design. Cartier created one-of-a-kind pieces; Leonora Carrington and Diego Rivera painted portraits; Carlos Fuentes wrote a play; Agustin Lara, a...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780934223492Author Gene PhillipsFormat HardbackPage Count 257Imprint Lehigh University PressPublisher Associated University Presses

Now in its fifth edition, Frank Beaver's Dictionary of Film Terms has become an indispensable reference tool for the study of films and filmmaking. This trusted and practical handbook clearly and concisely defines the essential terms of film analysis and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941040720Author Jim ShepardFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Tin House BooksPublisher Tin House BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 193mm * 124mm * 23mm

Lukas Moodysson is one of the most accomplished and unconventional filmmakers of his generation in Sweden. Moodysson, now well known for his English-language film Mammoth (2009) as well as his heartbreaking indictment of sex-trafficking in Sweden, Lilya...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780838634127Author Frank ManchelFormat HardbackPage Count 4Imprint Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S.Publisher Associated University Presses

Bestselling true-crime master Harold Schechter explores the real-life headline-making psychos, serial murderers, thrill-hungry couples, and lady-killers who inspired a century of classic films. The necktie murders in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy;...

Nora M. Alter argues that the essay film is a hybrid genre that fuses three major categories of film: feature, art, and documentary. Much like the written essay, its literary predecessor, the essay film draws on a variety of forms and approaches,...

Designed 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 utilizing social networking to self-promote, entering...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733628136Author Helena PapadopoulosFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Sequence PressPublisher Sequence Press

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647221409Author Daniel WallaceFormat HardbackPage Count 162Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsSeries King KongWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608012343Author Madalina StefanFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint University of New Orleans PressPublisher University of New Orleans PressSeries...

Every Spider-Man fan knows Peter Parker's origin story, knows about his clashes with the Green Goblin, and is eager to see actor Tom Holland don the red and blue suit on the big screen. But do you know the genesis of Venom or the Sinister Six? Have you...

With insightful essays and interviews, this volume examines how artists have experimented with the medium of video across different regions of Latin America since the 1960s. The emergence of video art in Latin America is marked by multiple points of...

What patterns emerge in media coverage and character depiction of Southern men and women, blacks and whites, in the years between 1954 and 1976? How do portrayals of the region and the equal rights movement illuminate the spirit and experience of the...

Volume 1 of A History of Early Film begins with the period of technical invention. The story of Edison's peepshow Kinetoscope, set up in arcades from April 1894, is told by W. K. L. Dickson. 'Lantern Projection of Moving Objects' heralds the arival of...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781878923288Author Jack SargeantFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Amok Books,U.S.Publisher Amok Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 368g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772124880Author Ursula Mathis-MoserFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint University of Alberta PressPublisher University of Alberta PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781517309459Author Mark SandersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

From iMovie to Final Cut Pro X offers an accessible, introductory guide to those taking up video editing using Final Cut Pro X, especially users making the transition from iMovie, Apple's free video software, helping aspirational and mobile filmmakers...

There are few figures as captivating as the antihero: the character we can't help but root for, even as we turn away in revulsion from many of the things they do. What is it that draws us to characters like Breaking Bad's Walter White, Patricia...

Perfect for Star Wars fans who think they already know everythingOn May 25, 1977, the world of science fiction, film, and pop culture was changed forever with the release of Star Wars. The beginning of this epic space opera franchise would inspire an...

Media screens-film, video, and computer screens-have increasingly pervaded both artistic production and everyday life since the 1960s. Yet the nature of viewing artworks made from these media, along with their subjective effects, remains largely...

With extensive backstories and comic lore, this lively, detailed book explores the characters, storylines, and facts every Avengers fan should know. This guide covers the history of how the group went from Justice League knockoff to billion-dollar...

In 2004, the opera scene was taken by storm by the ground-breaking production of Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde in Los Angeles. This book offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the visionary American artist Bill Viola created four hours of...

One of the most continuously influential figures of the past half century, Joan Jonas was among the first artists to embrace the forms of video, performance and installation. From her beginnings as a sculptor, and her emergence in the New York art and...

Until now, celebrated photographer Robert Frank's daring and unconventional work as a filmmaker has not been awarded the critical notice it deserves. In this timely volume, George Kouvaros surveys Frank's films and videos and places them in the larger...

East Asia largely functions as a single film and media market, but behind it exists a multifaceted world of coproduction crossing linguistic and national borders. In Coproducing Asia, Stephanie DeBoer guides readers through a rich genealogy of regional...

Style and story are two of the most debated concepts in film studies today. Taking a cognitive perspectives, this anthology focuses explicitly on the stylistic portrayal of human behaviour in film, ranging from studies of specific visual patterns to...

Information overload is a subject of vital, ubiquitous concern in our time. The Poetics of Information Overload reveals a fascinating genealogy of information saturation through the literary lens of American modernism. Although technology has typically...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262518703Author David A. KirbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdSeries The MIT PressWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm)...

A History of Pre-Cinema Volume 2 (and volumes 1 and 3) cover the optical devices used for entertainment and instruction that proliferated before the introduction of cinema. Volume 2 is divided into the following sections: Peepshows; The Panorama; The...

The contents of A History of Pre-Cinema Volume 1 (and its companion volumes 2 and 3) cover the optical devices used for entertainment and instruction that proliferated before the introduction of cinema. To view pre-cinema devices merely as steps towards...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941366073Author Joan JonasFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Gregory Miller & CompanyPublisher Gregory Miller & Company

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991558544Author Rick MyersFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Primary InformationPublisher Primary InformationWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

A groundbreaking contribution to the study of nontheatrical film exhibition, Carceral Fantasies tells the little-known story of how cinema found a home in the U.S. penitentiary system and how the prison emerged as a setting and narrative trope in modern...

A cyborg detective hunts for a malfunctioning sex doll that turns itself into a killing machine. A Heian-era Taoist slays evil spirits with magic spells from yin-yang philosophy. A young mortician carefully prepares bodies for their journey to the...

In the field-defining text TELEVISION PRODUCTION HANDBOOK, author Herbert Zettl emphasizes how production proceeds in the digital age-from idea to image-and how it moves through the three major phases, from preproduction to production to postproduction...