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This is the first full-length study of masculinity and film style. Cinema is not just an intellectual or cerebral experience. They also make us feel: especially popular movies. This is a book about one aspect of how cinema makes us feel as well as think...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760790196Author Alan J WhitickerFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint New Holland PublishersPublisher New Holland PublishersWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm)...

Now Kathryn Bigelow has made history as the first woman to win an Oscar for directing, is this a new era for women filmmakers? The figures suggest otherwise. Seeking to redress the imbalance between male and female film directors, Celluloid Ceiling...

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From his first feature film, The Duellists, to his international successes Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise, Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, and American Gangster, Ridley Scott has directed some of the most compelling films of the last 30 years. Apart...

The floozy, the gangster's moll, the nasty debutante: Most Hollywood actresses played at least one of these bad girls in the 1930s. Since censorship customarily demanded that goodness prevail, vixens were in mainly supporting roles - but the actresses...

Apologies no description as yet for this book is available. We are dedicated to providing you with an extensive selection of science fiction books from a variety of authors and publishers. Our collection ranges from classic titles to the latest releases,...

Mankind has been predicting its own demise through various methods from fables and religious scriptures to hard-core scientific studies since the dawn of time. And if there is one thing Hollywood knows how to exploit it is the fears of Things to Come...

A favorite of film followers for 50 years James Bond is the hero loved by everyone: Men want to be just like him women just want to be with him. Moviegoers around the world have spent more than $5 billion to watch his adventures across the last five...

EThe Wizard of Oz FAQE is a fact-filled celebration of the beloved 1939 fantasy masterpiece starring Judy Garland. It's all here a from L. Frank Baum and his Oz novels to the complete background story of the movie's conception development and shoot ...

Scene-by-scene trivia and information from the latest Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi along with interviews with the cast and crew of the film. Also features fantastic images and production art. An essential companion to the film and for all fans of...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474436311Author Dimitris PapanikolaouFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film is a fully international reference work on the history of the documentary film from the Lumiere brothers' Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory (1885) to Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911 (2004)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879109615Author Alain SilverFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879109547Author Richard KoszarskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879102975Author Alain SilverFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879102685Author Gregg RickmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

In a career that spanned eight decades, Christopher Lee (1922-2015) appeared in more than 200 roles for film and television. Though he is best known for his portrayal of Dracula in films of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s-as well as his appearances in the Lord...

The Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film is a unique, one volume work which illuminates a fascinating variety of cinema which is little known outside its own area. The Encyclopedia is divided into nine chapters, each written by...

Creative solutions without the filler. That is what you get from this practical guide to enhancing your titles, motion graphics and visual effects with Motion. Step-by-step instruction is concisely described and lavishly illustrated. The downloadable...

A range of international scholars highlight the thematic and formal coherence of James Benning's practice, whilst providing readers with an artistic and historical context to understand his experimental film work.Book InformationISBN 9781474431736Author...

A new critical and theoretical approach to a neglected aspect of Pedro Almodovar's cinemaOne of Spain's most celebrated directors, Pedro Almodovar has won international recognition for his dark comedy-dramas like 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879109943Author Gregg RickmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 466Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879103323Author Alain SilverFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

Since the beginning of television, Westerns have been playing on the small screen. From the mid-1950s until the early 1960s, they were one of TV's most popular genres, with millions of viewers tuning in to such popular shows as Rawhide, Gunsmoke, and...

The only guide to the art and technique of color correction based on the invaluable knowledge of more than a dozen of the top colorists in the world. This book allows you unprecedented access to the way the masters of the craft approach their work...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879109769Author Michael Di LeoFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries Limelight

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879102661Author Alain SilverFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879102777Author Geoff AndrewFormat HardbackPage Count 382Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788495923233Author Cecilia MonllorFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Editorial PrimerapersonaPublisher Editorial PrimerapersonaSeries Cuadernos Para El...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879103125Author Richard BullerFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879101848Author Sheldon LeonardFormat HardbackPage Count 254Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

Scenes From Anomalisa is the official and only book of Charlie Kaufman's stop-motion animated film Anomalisa is not only an encapsulation of the film, but an unquestionabley Kaufmanesque in its look, feel, and sensibility. Oscar-winning screenwriter and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879103514Author Mark M. ThiseFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries Limelight

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474456272Author Rachel DwyerFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Celine Sciamma is the most visible and important feminist, and lesbian, director in contemporary international filmmaking. Her fourth feature, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, competed for the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2019 and intervened directly in debates...

A philosopher-filmmaker, Kathleen Collins decisively redefined the parameters of African American film with Losing Ground (1982). This book uses detailed analyses of Collins's films to contextualise her work in the African American, feminist and world...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474440547Author Michelle RoyerFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressSeries Visionaries

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474419192Author Allan CameronFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

An up-to-date and indispensable guide for film history buffs of all kind, this book surveys more than 500 major films based on true stories and historical subject matter. When a film is described as "based on a true story" or "inspired by true events,"...