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The A to Z of Polish Cinema by Marek Haltof
SciFier: $97.22In 1902, scientist and inventor Kazimierz Proszynski made the first Polish narrative film, The Return of a Merry Fellow (Powrot Birbanta). Since then, the Polish film industry has produced a diverse... -
The A to Z of Irish Cinema by Roderick Flynn
SciFier: $99.09In 1898, documentary footage of a yacht race was shot by Robert A. Mitchell, making him the first Irishman to shoot a film within Ireland. Despite early exposure to the filmmaking process, Ireland... -
The A to Z of German Cinema by Robert C. Reimer
SciFier: $99.09German film is diverse and multi-faceted; its history includes five distinct German governments (Wilhelmine Germany, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the... -
The A to Z of Westerns in Cinema Paul Varner 9780810868885
SciFier: $97.22When the earliest filmgoers watched The Great Train Robbery in 1903, many of them shrieked in terror at the very last clip when one of the outlaws turns directly toward the camera and fires a gun,... -
The A to Z of African American Cinema by S. Torriano Berry
SciFier: $99.09On 4 July, 1910, in 100-degree heat at an outdoor boxing ring near Reno, Nevada, film cameras recorded-and thousands of fans witnessed-former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries' reluctant return from... -
Historical Dictionary of Ian Fleming's World of Intelligence by Nigel West
SciFier: $211.29Twelve novels and nine short stories define one of the most extraordinary fictional characters of all time, creating the basis for the most successful movie series in cinematographic history, watched... -
The Toho Studios Story by Stuart Galbraith, IV
SciFier: $435.69Since its inception in 1933, Toho Co., Ltd., Japan's most famous movie production company and distributor, has produced and/or distributed some of the most notable films ever to come out of Asia,... -
Discovering World Religions at 24 Frames Per Second by Julien R. Fielding
SciFier: $214.10Traditionally, university students have gained access to world religions by reading primary texts. Discovering World Religions at 24 Frames Per Second takes students beyond the written page, offering... -
Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema by Alberto Mira
SciFier: $309.47Spanish cinema is emerging as one of the most exciting, fascinating, and special cinemas in the world. Not only are others viewing Spanish films, but they are adopting Spanish producers and Spanish... -
Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema by John Sundholm
SciFier: $309.47Although relatively small, the northern countries of Scandinavia have made a disproportionately large contribution to world cinema. Indeed, some of their films are among the best known of all times,... -
The Silents of God: Selected Issues and Documents in Silent American Film and Religion, 1908-1925 Terry Lindvall 9780810839540
SciFier: $146.78Covering the historical period from 1908 to 1925, this study showcases pamphlets, magazine articles (from both religious and film periodicals), sermons, and other discourse that chronicle an early... -
Word-of-Mouth in Contemporary Hollywood Simon Hewitt (Coventry University, UK) 9781032353043
SciFier: $287.29Word-of-Mouth in Contemporary Hollywood provides a unique insight into the potential for online communication to enable audiences to exert a greater impact on film industrial practices than ever... -
Screening American Independent Film Justin Wyatt (University of Rhode Island, USA) 9781032160603
SciFier: $244.47The first collection to provide close readings of individual films, written specifically to support film screenings. The essays are clearly written offering students a great model for their own... -
Visions of Yesterday Jeffrey Richards 9781138994089
SciFier: $86.32Film is an important source of social history, as well as having been a popular art form from the early twentieth century. This study shows how a society, consciously or unconsciously, is mirrored in... -
Our Lady Cinema: How and Why I went into the Photo-play World and What I Found There Harry Furniss 9781138977815
SciFier: $85.01This charming classic of film literature was originally published in 1914 and hence represents an early attempt to catalogue the allure of cinema and how the motion picture industry began. This tale... -
Acting for the Screen Mary Lou Belli (Emmy Award winning director of Monk, The Game, Girlfriends, 3Way, Living with Fran, and Charles in Charge.) 9781138311619
SciFier: $287.29Acting for the Screen is a collection of essays written by and interviews with working actors, producers, directors, casting directors, and acting professors, exploring the business side of screen... -
The Films of Werner Herzog: Between Mirage and History Timothy Corrigan 9781138989245
SciFier: $88.26Given Herzog's own pronouncement that 'film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates,' it is not surprising that his work has aroused ambivalent and contradictory responses. Visually and... -
Australian Genre Film Kelly McWilliam 9781138603141
SciFier: $287.29Australian Genre Film interrogates key genres at the core of Australia's so-called new golden age of genre cinema, establishing the foundation on which more sustained research on film genre in... -
Cinema, Literature & Society: Elite and Mass Culture in Interwar Britain Peter Miles 9781138970748
SciFier: $85.01During the interwar period cinema and literature seemed to be at odds with each other, part of the continuing struggle between mass and elite culture which so worried writers such as Aldous Huxley, T... -
Shakespearean Films/Shakespearean Directors Peter S. Donaldson 9781138981799
SciFier: $91.50Originally published in 1990, this book brought a new rigor and subtlety to the interpretation of film adaptations of Shakespeare. Drawing on traditional literary analysis, psychoanalysis, and... -
Indian Horror Cinema: (En)gendering the Monstrous Mithuraaj Dhusiya (Department of English, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, India) 9781138693180
SciFier: $288.60This book studies the hitherto overlooked genre of horror cinema in India. It uncovers some unique and diverse themes that these films deal with, including the fear of the unknown, the supernatural,... -
IFP/Los Angeles Independent Filmmaker's Manual by Eden H. Wurmfeld
SciFier: $373.98Backed by the resources of Independent Feature Project/West, co-authors Nicole Shay LaLoggia and Eden H. Wurmfeld have written the definitive low-budget production manual. Using examples from the... -
Make the Cut: A Guide to Becoming a Successful Assistant Editor in Film and TV Lori Coleman 9781138419360
SciFier: $391.09Being a successful editor is about more than just knowing how to operate a certain piece of software, or when to make a certain transition. On the contrary, there are many unwritten laws and a sense... -
Bound by Law? by Keith Aoki
RRP: $33.64SciFier: $27.64A documentary is being filmed. A cell phone rings, playing the Rocky theme song. The filmmaker is told she must pay $10,000 to clear the rights to the song. Can this be true? Eyes on the Prize, the... -
Zbigniew Preisner's Three Colors Trilogy: Blue, White, Red by Nicholas W. Reyland
SciFier: $128.08Director Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy-Blue (1993), White (1993), and Red (1994)-is one of the great achievements of European film. A meditation on liberty, equality, and fraternity,... -
Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide, Volume 1: Histories, Theories, and Genres Jonathan Rhodes Lee 9780815392385
SciFier: $244.47Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide offers a comprehensive bibliography of scholarship on music in sound film (1927-2017). Thematically organized sections cover historical... -
The A to Z of Australian and New Zealand Cinema by Albert Moran
SciFier: $99.09Whether it was Jane Campion's The Piano, Mel Gibson in Mad Max, Paul Hogan in Crocodile Dundee, or The Lord of the Rings saga, we have all experienced the cinema of Australia and New Zealand. This... -
Business Plans for Filmmakers by John W. Cones
RRP: $61.62SciFier: $36.39The practical and legal aspects of writing a business plan for a film venture can be daunting to navigate without a firm grasp of know-how. With this in mind, John W. Cones's Business Plans for... -
Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary Thomas S. Hischak 9780786462711
RRP: $54.21SciFier: $48.45This encyclopedia is devoted to the actors who provided voices for all the Disney animated theatrical shorts and features from the 1928 Mickey Mouse cartoon Steamboat Willie to the 2010 feature film... -
Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second by Jeremy M. Devine
SciFier: $61.06Beginning in 1948 with Paramount's Saigon and Universal's Rogue's Regiment, Hollywood has produced over 400 features and made-for-television films about Vietnam and the ensuing conflict. With the... -
Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties Tom Lisanti 9780786471652
RRP: $41.12SciFier: $37.79During the 1960s, a bushel of B-movies were produced and aimed at the predominantly teenage drive-in movie audience. At first teens couldn't get enough of the bikini-clad beauties dancing on the... -
Spaghetti Westerns - The Good, the Bad and the Violent by Thomas Weisser
RRP: $54.21SciFier: $48.45Spaghetti Westerns - mostly produced in Italy or by Italians but made throughout Europe - were bleaker, rougher, grittier imitations of Hollywood Westerns, focusing on heroes only slightly less evil... -
The Screwball Comedy Films by Duane Byrge
RRP: $41.12SciFier: $36.48My 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... -
Magic Realist Cinema in East Central Europe Aga Skrodzka 9780748685943
RRP: $54.21SciFier: $52.00This is a critical analysis of magic realism in the cinema of East Central Europe. This survey explores the interlocking complexities of two concepts: magic realism and East Central Europe. Each is a... -
Men's Cinema: Masculinity and Mise-en-Scene in Hollywood Stella Bruzzi 9780748676163
RRP: $44.86SciFier: $42.58This 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... -
At a Theater or Drive-in Near You: The History, Culture, and Politics of the American Exploitation Film Randall Clark 9780415726467
SciFier: $337.27Millions of Americans have been thrilled, scared, titillated, and shocked by exploitation movies, low budget films with many scenes of sex, violence, and other potentially lurid elements. The term... -
Novel Images: Literature in Performance Peter Reynolds 9780415826358
SciFier: $337.27Written specifically with the student in mind and focusing on a number of well-known texts, including Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Nicholas Nickleby, Nice Work and The Color Purple, the contributions in... -
Shakespearean Films/Shakespearean Directors Peter S. Donaldson 9780415835008
SciFier: $337.27Originally published in 1990, this book brought a new rigor and subtlety to the interpretation of film adaptations of Shakespeare. Drawing on traditional literary analysis, psychoanalysis, and... -
Film and the Working Class: The Feature Film in British and American Society Peter Stead 9780415726580
SciFier: $337.27Taking the subject chronologically from the 1890s to when the book was initially published in 1989, this book analyses those films specifically concerned with working-class conditions and struggle,... -
Filming Literature: The Art of Screen Adaptation Neil Sinyard 9780415826778
SciFier: $337.27This is a comprehensive survey of the relationship between film and literature. It looks at the cinematic adaptations of such literary masters as Shakespeare, Henry James, Joseph Conrad and D.H...