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This is a detailed analysis of 103 Japanese science fiction, horror and fantasy feature films released theatrically or directly to television in the United States from 1950 through 1992. Each entry provides a plot synopsis, critique, background on the...

Zombies are cautionary forms of humankind's most universally cherished ideal--life after death. Often ragged, unkempt, ill-spoken, rotting individuals, zombies (or the post-dead) seem socially awkward in comparison to the more popular and more...

Tamil Cinema in the Twenty-First Century explores the current state of Tamil cinema, one of India's largest film industries. Since its inception a century ago, Tamil cinema has undergone major transformations, and today it stands as a foremost cultural...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798844358135Author K S ToddFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798678423085Author John HarbourneFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 984gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798673518458Author Will MendesFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798673260104Author Anon-Y-MooseFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798673257630Author Will MendesFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 82gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798605500445Author Will MendesFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 82gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798605501763Author Will MendesFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798556610910Author Linc PoldermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798522013776Author Andre DuBoisFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789390011476Author Abhishek TripathiFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Zorba BooksPublisher Zorba Books

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786204125497Author Gustave FundiFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Our Knowledge PublishingPublisher Our Knowledge PublishingWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639474459Author Simone VoitFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint AV AkademikerverlagPublisher AV AkademikerverlagWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783659618321Author Akimoto DaisukeFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

Indian cinema teems with a multitude of different voices. The Directory of World Cinema: India provides a broad overview of this rich variety, highlighting distinctions among India's major cinematic genres and movements while illuminating the field as a...

Since the publication of the first volume of Directory of World Cinema: China, the Chinese film industry has intensified its efforts to make inroads into the American market. The 2012 acquisition of US theatre chain AMC and visual effects house Digital...

Governing Visions of the Real traces the emergence, development, and techniques of Griersonian documentary - named for pioneering Scottish film-maker John Grierson - in New Zealand throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Paying close...

Drive in Cinema offers Zizek-influenced studies of films made by some of the most engaging and influential filmmakers of our time, from avant-garde directors Jean-Luc Godard, Werner Herzog, Alexander Kluge, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Vera Chytilova, to...

The first volume of the Directory of World Cinema: Britain provided an overview of British cinema from its earliest days to the present. In this, the second volume, the contributors focus on specific periods and trace the evolutions of individual genres...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781670371027Author John V WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 596Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648890369Author Henryk HoffmannFormat HardbackPage Count 278Imprint Vernon PressPublisher Vernon PressSeries Cinema and CultureWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647864033Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 134Imprint Cypress Hills PressPublisher Cypress Hills PressWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629337319Author Gene ArceriFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593938703Author Charles TranbergFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474428927Author Stefano BaschieraFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Most film buffs know that Citizen Kane was based on the life of publisher William Randolph Hearst. But few are aware that key characters in films like Double Indemnity, Cool Hand Luke, Jaws, Rain Man, A Few Good Men and Zero Dark Thirty were inspired by...

Founded by Robert M. Savini in 1933, Astor Pictures Corporation distributed hundreds of films in its 32 years of production. The company distributed over 150 first run features in addition to the numerous re-releases for which it became famous. Astor had...

Exposing and illustrating how an ongoing engagement with nihilistic alienation may contribute to, rather than detract from, the value of life, Cinematic Nihilism both challenges and builds upon past scholarship that has scrutinised nihilism in the media,...

The first work of its kind, this encyclopedia provides 360 brief biographies of African American film and television actresses from the silent era to 2009. It includes entries on well-known and nearly forgotten actresses, running the gamut from Academy...

The first book-length English-language study of Hong Kong horror filmsDumplings stuffed with diabolical fillings. Sword-wielding zombies. Hopping cadavers. Big-head babies. For decades, Hong Kong cinema has served up images of horror quite unlike those...

The study of amateur filmmaking and media history is a rapidly-growing specialist field, and this ground-breaking book is the first to address the subject in the context of British women's amateur practice.Book InformationISBN 9781474420730Author...

Examines the politics of female authorship in relation to contemporary documentary practicesThis book, like its twin volume 'Female Authorship and the Documentary Image', centres on pressing issues in relation to female authorship in contemporary...

The first comprehensive conceptualisation of Russia and neighbouring Eastern Europe in post-1989 Nordic filmAddressing representations of Russia and neighbouring Eastern Europe in post-1989 Nordic cinemas, this ground-breaking book investigates their...

Examining the centrality of dialogue to American independent cinema, Jennifer O'Meara argues that it is impossible to separate small budgets from the old adage that `talk is cheap'. Focusing on the 1980s until the present, particularly on the films by...

Using paratextual theory to address the accusations of gimmickry often directed towards extreme art films, 'Cultivating Extreme Art Cinema' focuses upon the DVD and Blu-ray object, analysing how sleeve designs, blurbs, and special features shape the...

Sure, everybody loves the movies. But how much do these movie enthusiasts really know about them? In this groundbreaking book, noted film critic Chris Barsanti gives you the most entertaining crash course in good film in a book--one movie a day. This is...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087893228Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint Cypress Hills PressPublisher Cypress Hills PressWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087893181Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 162Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 14mm