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American Graffiti by Peter Kramer
SciFier: $26.10Combining a detailed film analysis with archival research and social science approaches, this book examines how American Graffiti (1973), a low-budget and star-less teen comedy by a filmmaker whose... -
The General Peter Kramer 9781844579150
SciFier: $15.69Offering a fresh perspective on The General, arguably one of the most successful American films of the silent era, this insightful text analyses its initial critical reception and the thematic and... -
Screen Acting Peter Kramer 9780415182942
RRP: $62.97SciFier: $57.43While not everyone would agree with Alfred Hitchcock's notorious remark that 'actors are cattle', there is little understanding of the work film actors do. Yet audience enthusiasm for, or dislike of,... -
2001: A Space Odyssey by Peter Kramer (University of East Anglia, UK)
RRP: $17.41SciFier: $15.21Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is widely regarded as one of the best films ever made. It has been celebrated for its beauty and mystery, its realistic depiction of space travel and... -
The New Hollywood - From Bonnie and Clyde to Star Wars Peter Kramer 9781904764588
RRP: $24.11SciFier: $21.29Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904764588Author Peter KramerFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint -
Chinese Film Stars Mary Farquhar 9780415690270
SciFier: $74.85This volume of original essays fills a significant research gap in Chinese film studies by offering an interdisciplinary, comparative examination of ethnic Chinese film stars from the silent period... -
Movie Blockbusters Julian Stringer 9780415256094
SciFier: $52.78Big-budget, spectacular films designed to appeal to a mass audience: is this what - or all - blockbusters are? Movie Blockbusters brings together writings from key film scholars, including Douglas... -
Fantasy/Animation: Connections Between Media, Mediums and Genres Christopher Holliday 9780367590741
SciFier: $57.43This book examines the relationship that exists between fantasy cinema and the medium of animation. Animation has played a key role in defining our collective expectations and experiences of fantasy... -
Blood Money: A History of the First Teen Slasher Film Cycle Dr. Richard Nowell 9781441124968
SciFier: $50.91Scholars have consistently applied psychoanalytic models to representations of gender in early teen slasher films such as "Black Christmas (1974)," "Halloween (1978)" and "Friday the 13th (1980)" in... -
Interpreting Star Wars: Reading a Modern Film Franchise Miles Booy (Independent Scholar, UK) 9781501364747
SciFier: $43.48Upon its initial release in 1977, many critics regarded Star Wars as a childish retort to the mature American cinema of the seventies. Though full of sound and fury, some felt that it signified... -
Stanley Kubrick Produces James Fenwick 9781978814882
RRP: $93.80SciFier: $77.93Stanley Kubrick Produces provides the first comprehensive account of Stanley Kubrick's role as a producer, and of the role of the producers he worked with throughout his career. It considers how he... -
'Grease Is the Word' by Oliver Gruner
RRP: $33.50SciFier: $29.44Bringing together a group of international scholars from diverse academic backgrounds, 'Grease Is the Word' analyses the cultural phenomenon Grease. With essays covering everything from the film's... -
Shadow Cinema: The Historical and Production Contexts of Unmade Films James Fenwick (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) 9781501370960
SciFier: $45.55Filmmakers and cinema industries across the globe invest more time, money and creative energy in projects and ideas that never get produced than in the movies that actually make it to the screens. ... -
Interpreting Star Wars: Reading a Modern Film Franchise Miles Booy (Independent Scholar, UK) 9781501364754
SciFier: $111.21Upon its initial release in 1977, many critics regarded Star Wars as a childish retort to the mature American cinema of the seventies. Though full of sound and fury, some felt that it signified... -
Screening the Sixties: Hollywood Cinema and the Politics of Memory Oliver Gruner 9781137496324
SciFier: $62.97This book provides a detailed and engaging account of how Hollywood cinema has represented and 'remembered' the Sixties. From late 1970s hippie musicals such as Hair and The Rose through to recent... -
American Independent Cinema: indie, indiewood and beyond Geoff King (Brunel University, UK) 9780415684293
RRP: $68.33SciFier: $62.08The American independent sector has attracted much attention in recent years, an upsurge of academic work on the subject being accompanied by wider public debate. But many questions remain about how... -
The Jaws Book: New Perspectives on the Classic Summer Blockbuster I.Q. Hunter (De Montfort University, UK) 9781501373862
SciFier: $45.55After 45 years, Steven Spielberg's Jaws remains the definitive summer blockbuster, a cultural phenomenon with a fierce and dedicated fan base. The Jaws Book: New Perspectives on the Classic Summer... -
Stanley Kubrick Produces James Fenwick 9781978814875
RRP: $41.54SciFier: $34.41Stanley Kubrick Produces provides the first comprehensive account of Stanley Kubrick's role as a producer, and of the role of the producers he worked with throughout his career. It considers how he... -
Historical Film: A Critical Introduction Jonathan Stubbs (Cyprus International University, Cyprus) 9781847884978
SciFier: $45.55Although precise definitions have not been agreed on, historical cinema tends to cut across existing genre categories and establishes an intimidatingly large group of films. In recent years, a lively... -
Authoring Hal Ashby: The Myth of the New Hollywood Auteur Dr. Aaron Hunter (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) 9781501340192
SciFier: $50.91Casting fresh light on New Hollywood - one of American cinema's most fertile eras - Authoring Hal Ashby is the first sustained argument that, rather than a period dominated by genius auteurs, New... -
Cosmos and Camus by Shai Tubali
RRP: $47.77SciFier: $44.88Over the last two decades, philosophers have been increasingly inclined to consider science fiction films as philosophical exercises that center on the nature of human consciousness and existence...