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The Reel World: Scoring for Pictures Jeff Rona 9781538137758
SciFier: $211.29Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538137758Author Jeff RonaFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint -
Naked Screenwriting by Lew Hunter
SciFier: $72.91Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538137956Author Lew HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint -
Best Pick: A Journey Through Film History and the Academy Awards John Dorney 9798881808662
SciFier: $35.98Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798881808662Author John DorneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint -
Avid Media Composer | First by Avid Technology
SciFier: $54.21Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538143827Author Avid TechnologyFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint -
Creating Partnerships with Parents by Donald Lueder
SciFier: $126.21Are you wondering how to nurture a better relationship with the parents of your students? This book provides teachers with comprehensive methods to bridge the gap between school and home in order to... -
The Films of Martin Scorsese: Gangsters, Greed, and Guilt Eric San Juan 9798881808884
SciFier: $34.11Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798881808884Author Eric San JuanFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint -
Film Stories Michael Roemer 9781442253490
SciFier: $126.21This volume contains three new screenplays (Bedrock, Old World and New, and Falling Angels) by the writer-director of the prize-winning films Nothing But a Man, The Plot against Harry, Vengeance Is... -
Last Summer at Mars Hill: And Other Short Stories Elizabeth Hand 9781684752751
RRP: $42.92SciFier: $34.20Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684752751Author Elizabeth HandFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint < -
Cowboy Metaphysics: Ethics and Death in Westerns Peter A. French 9780847686711
SciFier: $97.22For many of us, the image of the cowboy hero facing off against the villain dominates our memories of the movies. Peter French examines the world of the western, one in which death is annihilation,... -
Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition: Cultural Contexts in Monty Python Tomasz Dobrogoszcz 9781442237360
SciFier: $115.92Monty Python's Flying Circus was one of the most important and influential cultural phenomena of the 1970s. The British program was followed by albums, stage appearances, and several films, including... -
Critical Perspectives on the Western by Lee Broughton
SciFier: $164.54For decades, the Western film has been considered a dying breed of cinema, yet filmmakers from Quentin Tarantino to Ethan and Joel Coen find new ways to reinvigorate the genre. As Westerns continue... -
Virtual Ascendance: Video Games and the Remaking of Reality Devin C. Griffiths 9781442216952
SciFier: $63.56From school lunchrooms to the White House press room, video games are an integral part of our popular culture, and the industry behind them touches all aspects of our lives, gamer and non-gamer alike... -
Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek by Douglas Brode
SciFier: $164.54When it premiered on NBC in September 1966, Star Trek was described by its creator, Gene Roddenberry, as "Wagon Train to the stars." Featuring a racially diverse cast, trips to exotic planets, and... -
Joss Whedon's Dollhouse by Sherry Ginn
SciFier: $183.24Although it lasted barely more than a season, Dollhouse continues to intrigue viewers as one of Joss Whedon's most provocative forays into television. The program centered on men and women who have... -
Conversations with Gus Van Sant by Mario Falsetto
SciFier: $97.22One of the most talented and imaginative artists of independent cinema, Gus Van Sant established himself with a number of important movies of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Beginning with Mala... -
Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema by Marek Haltof
SciFier: $211.29In 1902, scientist and inventor Kazimierz Proszynski made the first Polish narrative film, The Return of a Merry Fellow. Since then, the Polish film industry has produced a diverse body of work,... -
Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity Jeffrey M. Pilcher 9780842027694
SciFier: $213.16Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity is a revealing probe into the life and times of Mario Moreno, Latin America's most famous film star from the 1940s to the 1970s. This book helps to... -
X-Men and the Mutant Metaphor by Joseph J. Darowski
RRP: $158.95SciFier: $135.52First appearing in 1963, The Uncanny X-Men had a rough start, lasting until 1970 when the comic book was canceled due to low sales. Following a relaunch in 1975, however, it found new popularity... -
Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity Jeffrey M. Pilcher 9780842027717
SciFier: $92.64Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity is a revealing probe into the life and times of Mario Moreno, Latin America's most famous film star from the 1940s to the 1970s. This book helps to... -
Reeling with Laughter by Michael V. Tueth
SciFier: $63.56Film comedy has been around as long as cinema itself. Over the years, particular forms of the genre have emerged, evolved, and spawned other branches of comedy. While these subgenres may vary in... -
Heroines of Film and Television: Portrayals in Popular Culture Norma Jones 9781442231498
SciFier: $183.24As portrayals of heroic women gain ground in film, television, and other media, their depictions are breaking free of females as versions of male heroes or simple stereotypes of acutely weak or... -
Red Aesthetics by Todd Cronan
SciFier: $155.19"WHAT'S NEEDED-IS NO REST," Aleksandr Rodchenko declared in the "Manifesto of the Constructivist Group." We must "go out into all kinds of production anywhere where there is an artistic need." This... -
Debating Disney by Douglas Brode
SciFier: $173.89With stakes in film, television, theme parks, and merchandising, Disney continues to be one of the most dominant forces of popular culture around the globe. Films produced by the studio are usually... -
Heroines of Film and Television: Portrayals in Popular Culture Norma Jones 9781442275645
SciFier: $71.04As portrayals of heroic women gain ground in film, television, and other media, their depictions are breaking free of females as versions of male heroes or simple stereotypes of acutely weak or... -
Black Lenses, Black Voices by Mark A. Reid
SciFier: $74.78Black Lenses, Black Voices is a provocative look at films directed and written_and sometimes produced_by African Americans, as well as black-oriented films whose directors or screenwriters are not... -
Max Steiner by Peter Wegele
SciFier: $183.24Max Steiner is one of the greatest-not to mention most prolific-composers of the Golden Age of Hollywood. The winner of three Academy Awards, Steiner's credits include King Kong, The Informer, Gone... -
Constructing the Coens by Allen Redmon
SciFier: $126.21The films of Ethan and Joel Coen have been embraced by mainstream audiences, but also have been subject to intense scrutiny by critics and cinema scholars. Movies such as Barton Fink, The Hudsucker... -
Cinematic Quests for Identity by Maria Garcia
SciFier: $155.19Whether embodied in literature, theater, or film, an enduring theme of many artistic works has been the protagonist's search for identity. Such quests are typically psychological or spiritual... -
Hollywood Divas, Indie Queens, and TV Heroines by Susanne Kord
SciFier: $71.04Hollywood Divas, Indie Queens, and TV Heroines offers an entertaining and critical look at the representation of women in recent movies. Written in a refreshingly accessible style, the book analyzes... -
Building a New China in Cinema: The Chinese Left-Wing Cinema Movement, 1932-1937 Laikwan Pang 9780742509467
SciFier: $106.57Building a New China in Cinema introduces English readers for the first time to one of the most exciting left-wing cinema traditions in the world. This unique book explores the history, ideology, and... -
Virtual Ascendance: Video Games and the Remaking of Reality Devin C. Griffiths 9781442216945
SciFier: $82.26From school lunchrooms to the White House press room, video games are an integral part of our popular culture, and the industry behind them touches all aspects of our lives, gamer and non-gamer alike... -
The Coen Brothers Encyclopedia Lynnea Chapman King 9780810885769
SciFier: $174.83Joel and Ethan Coen have written and directed some of the most celebrated American films of the last thirty years. The output of their work has embraced a wide range of genres, including the... -
Upstairs and Downstairs by James Leggott
SciFier: $156.13The international success of Downton Abbey has led to a revived interest in period dramas, with older programs like The Forsyte Saga being rediscovered by a new generation of fans whose tastes also... -
Native Americans in the Movies by Michael Hilger
SciFier: $214.10Since the early days of the silent era, Native Americans have been captured on film, often in unflattering ways. Over the decades, some filmmakers have tried to portray the Native American on screen... -
Cinematic Shakespeare Michael Anderegg 9780742510920
SciFier: $40.19Cinematic Shakespeare takes the reader inside the making of a number of significant adaptations to illustrate how cinema transforms and re-imagines the dramatic form and style central to... -
Now a Major Motion Picture: Film Adaptations of Literature and Drama Christine Geraghty 9780742538214
SciFier: $86.00Going beyond the process of adaptation, Geraghty is more interested in the films themselves and how they draw on our sense of recall. While a film reflects its literary source, it also invites... -
Listening to Stanley Kubrick: The Music in His Films Christine Lee Gengaro 9781442244405
RRP: $69.19SciFier: $67.49The musical scores of Stanley Kubrick's films are often praised as being innovative and forward-looking. Despite playing such an important part in his productions, however, the ways in which Kubrick... -
Selling Sex on Screen by Karen A. Ritzenhoff
SciFier: $164.54Whether in mainstream or independent films, depictions of female prostitution and promiscuity are complicated by their intersection with male fantasies. In such films, issues of exploitation,... -
James Cagney Films of the 1930s by James L. Neibaur
SciFier: $173.89One of the biggest stars of the golden age of Hollywood, James Cagney appeared in more than sixty films throughout his career. In addition to starring in the classics White Heat, Mister Roberts, and... -
Hollywood Hybrids by Ira Jaffe
SciFier: $164.54'He wanted to move in and out of the various signature styles of all these genres_Western, melodrama, thriller, horror,' said cinematographer Robert Richardson of Quentin Tarantino's goals in making...