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In this book, Jonathan Scott Lee argues that Jean-Luc Godard is best seen as a philosopher who uses cinema and video as his media to develop provocative interventions into contemporary political situations and dilemmas, both explicitly and aesthetically...

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...

A multifaceted portrait of the great Japanese director For years, Akira Kurosawa resisted writing about himself. "It would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies," he said. "In other words, take myself, subtract movies, and the result is zero."...

Making movies is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get._x000D_ Forrest Gump is a beloved and frequently quoted modern classic that has captivated audiences and changed the American cultural landscape since its release. The...

Named after Lady Diana, Princess of Wales, the Lady Dior is one of the few truly iconic accessories instantly recognizable. First introduced in 1995, it became a symbol of elegance and craftsmanship, embodying the essence of Dior and its sophistication. ...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949484137Author Jalal TouficFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint No Place PressPublisher No Place Press

This anthology of personal essays explore how video games have shaped our lives, our cultural imagination and contemporary storytelling. From novelists and critics to game designers themselves, the writers in this collection ask the question, 'Can video...

This book is a comprehensive guide to remote producing for film and video, exploring how guiding visual media from a distance can improve efficiency, encourage sustainability, and reduce costs by limiting on-site staff.Veteran producer Nick Smith...

The family home in Granville, Normandy, was a haven where Christian Dior s creative identity first began to unfold. In the 1910s and 1920s, he discovered a love of flowers and gardens in the villa s grounds, and was initiated into the arts and fashion as...

This text provides a clear and comprehensive overview of the day-to-day financial management of film and television productions.This book begins by exploring the essential facets of film accounting, before examining best methods and practices for setting...

Dreams and Ideas celebrates the legacy of American theatrical designer John Winniford "Winn" Morton (1928-2022), a Texan who made his way to New York to begin a stellar career that lasted from when he was 18 until he finally retired at 90. More than 150...

The Producer's Business Handbook, Fifth Edition pulls back the curtain on today's global motion picture economy-revealing how producers may best navigate streaming, AI, and the new financial models that are rewriting every business rule of film and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857253701Author Arve RodFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint SkiraPublisher Skira

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063495975Author Daniel FalconerFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454g

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,...

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,...

The visual dialogue between two maitre couturiers featuring the best creations of Azzedine Alaia and Christian Dior It was in Tunisia, when he was still a teenager, that the young Alaia first discovered the creations of Christian Dior through fashion...

Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images, housed at the Academy of Film and published by Michigan Publishing, is an open access, peer-reviewed international and interdisciplinary journal for intellectual debates concerning the politics,...

Did you hear the one about the comedian who was canceled? Comedians are no strangers to controversy or crossing the line. But some things do change. Humorists the world over are no longer simply denounced in grouchy op-eds. Now comedians are being...

It would be difficult to overestimate the importance, originality, and success of current Polish female directors, whose bold, vivid features have taken the film industry by storm. Film's Feisty Femmes spotlights nine of the most productive,...

This volume explores the intersections between the body, textiles, clothes, soft furnishings and architectural surfaces in the German-speaking world from 1830 to 1914. While the continuum from bodies to clothing to architecture was present in popular...

Drawing new lines between the creative practices of influential Antwerp designers from the 1980s to the 2020s, this vibrant study dissects how menswear, male bodies, and male sexuality have been radically queered through the lens of a crucial epicentre...

In this book, Kevin Corbett demonstrates the prominent role of metamodern cinematic elements in Taika Waititi's creative works, tracing their emergence over the course of his decades-long career in film and television.Analyzing a range of Waititi's films...

Examining the significance of cloth in the work of contemporary feminist artists, Intersecting Threads: Art, Cloth and Intersectional Feminism draws on Black feminist theories, queer theories, and anti-colonial theories such as opacity, as well as...

Screen Space Reconfigured is the first edited volume that critically and theoretically examines the many novel renderings of space brought to us by 21st century screens. Exploring key cases such as post-perspectival space, 3D, vertical framing, haptics,...

In this edited volume, contributors engage with Barbie (Greta Gerwig, 2023) and Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan, 2023) through the lens of the Barbenheimer fad, an online and in-person phenomenon - coined by critics and co-opted by fans - that celebrated...

This spirited volume explores the history and diversity of improvisation in the cinema, including works by Jean Renoir, Jean-Luc Godard, and Nobuhiro Suwa. Gilles Mouellic examines improvisational practices that can be specifically attributed to the...

In Building a Feminocentric Canon: Celine Sciamma and the Dawn of Post-Auterism, Tom Knoblauch positions Celine Sciamma as not just an important voice within contemporary cinema but also as the standard-bearer and skeleton key for a new vision of...

Delving into Apichatpong Weerasethakul's films, this book uncovers a plethora of conceptual paradigms. Apichatpong's films frequently utilize rural Thailand as a backdrop, showcasing daily life, interactions, rituals, and customs, all infused with a...

Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative. This critical study engages with the films of the Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, from his first feature Pusher (1996) up to and including Copenhagen Cowboy...

At their peak, architectural marvels such as the Sagrada Familia, the Tower of London, the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, and the Eiffel tower, had a combined annual visit of almost 16.4 million people. The animated icebound castle in Disney's (2019)...

Peter Strickland is one of the most distinctive and idiosyncratic British filmmakers of his generation. His highly intertextual work exists on a continuum ranging from genre filmmaking to experimental film. The Strickland Continuum is the first...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915316455Author Mark GoodallFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint HeadpressPublisher Headpress

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For all its familiarity as a widely used term, "Kafkaesque cinema" remains an often-baffling concept that is poorly understood by film scholars. Taking a cue from Jorge Luis Borges' point that Kafka has modified our conception of past and future artists,...

While sizable literature exists on the themes, issues and voices that constitute resistance in historical Indian documentary cinema, less is known about contemporary modes of resistance in Indian documentary. This volume identifies languages and...

End-of-life documentaries have proliferated in the 21st century as various organisations, institutions, journalists, independent filmmakers, and members of the public have wanted to give death and dying a face in the public discussion. Each documentary...

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The Rwandan genocide is the second most audio-visually recreated genocide after the Holocaust, with approximately 200 films and documentaries produced in 39 countries between 1994 and 2021. Historical Media Memories of the Rwandan Genocide studies the...