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World Film Locations: Boston by Marcelline Block
SciFier: £24.44Founded by the Puritans in 1630 and the site of many of the American Revolution's major precursors and events (including the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere's midnight ride,... -
World Film Locations: London by Neil Mitchell
SciFier: £24.00An exciting and visually focused tour of the diverse range of films shot on location in London, World Film Locations: London presents contributions spanning the Victorian era, the swinging '60s and... -
World Film Locations: Glasgow by Nicola Balkind
SciFier: £24.60World Film Locations: Glasgow explores Scotland's biggest city and the many locations in which its films are viewed, set and shot. Taking in the important moments and movements in its rich cinematic... -
World Film Locations: Reykjavik by Jez Conolly
SciFier: £24.44Though the creative community of Reykjavik, Iceland, has earned a well-deserved reputation for its unique artistic output - most notably the popular music that has emerged from the city since the... -
World Film Locations: Sydney by Neil Mitchell
RRP: £23.95SciFier: £22.49The capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia, Sydney has been represented onscreen since the earliest days of cinema. An eclectic combination of tough inner-city suburbs,... -
World Film Locations: Venice by Michael Pigott
SciFier: £24.44This book explores the rich history of films that have used Venice as evocative backdrop and integral character. Few cities are as densely packed with picturesque cinematic locations. Extensively... -
World Film Locations: Prague by Marcelline Block
SciFier: £24.44Prague - known as 'The City of Dreams', 'The Hundred-Spired City' and, most significantly for this study, 'Hollywood of the East' - has played an important role in the history of the seventh art. The... -
World Film Locations: Paris by Marcelline Block
SciFier: £24.60'We'll always have Paris,' Humphrey Bogart assures Ingrid Bergman in the oft-quoted farewell scene from Casablanca in which Bogart's character, hard-hearted restaurateur Rick Blaine, bids former... -
World Film Locations: Dublin by Jez Conolly
RRP: £23.95SciFier: £22.26With its rich political and literary history, Dublin is a sought after destination for cinematographers who have made use of the city's urban streetscapes and lush pastoral settings in many memorable... -
World Film Locations: Marseilles by Marcelline Block
RRP: £23.95SciFier: £20.43As France's oldest city, Marseilles has a significant cinematic culture, dating back to the 1890s when the Lumiere brothers shot many films there. Due to its prolific film industry in the 1920s,... -
World Film Locations: Melbourne by Neil Mitchell
SciFier: £24.44An illuminating and visually led guide to a selection of the films set wholly or in part in Melbourne, World Film Locations: Melbourne covers the big screen representations of life in the city from... -
World Film Locations: Istanbul by Ozlem Koksal
SciFier: £24.44From Fatih Akin's Head-On (2004) to Sydney Lumet's Murder on the Orient Express (1974), World Film Locations: Istanbul offers a compelling look at many films shot on location in this multicultural... -
World Film Locations: Liverpool by Jez Conolly
SciFier: £24.44Outside of the capital London, no other British city has attracted more film-makers than Liverpool. Sometimes standing in for London, New York, Chicago, Paris, Rome or Moscow, and sometimes playing... -
World Film Locations: Buenos Aires by Santiago Oyarzabal
SciFier: £24.44World Film Locations: Buenos Aires explores this picturesque and passionate city (the second-largest in South America) as a stage for sociopolitical transformations and a key location in the... -
World Film Locations: Athens Anna Poupou 9781783203598
SciFier: £24.44A filmic guidebook of the Greek capital, World Film Locations: Athens takes readers to film locations in the central historical district with excursions to the periphery of Athens - popular... -
World Film Locations: Tokyo Chris MaGee 9781841504834
SciFier: £24.44World Film Locations: Tokyo gives readers a kaleidoscopic view of one of the world's most complex and exciting cities through the lens of world cinema. 50 scenes from classic and contemporary films... -
World Film Locations: Singapore Duncan Petrie 9781783203611
SciFier: £24.44A vibrant city and country nestled at the foot of the Malaysian peninsula, Singapore has long been a crossroads, a stopping point and a cultural hub where goods, inventions and ideas are shared and... -
World Film Locations: Vancouver Rachel Walls 9781841507217
SciFier: £24.44World Film Locations: Vancouver highlights the work of such Canadian filmmakers who have received less attention than they merit, whilst bringing insight into how so-called 'runaway' productions from... -
World Film Locations: Rome Gabriel Solomons 9781783202003
SciFier: £24.44Rome is a city rich in history and culture and imbued with a realism and romanticism that has captured the imaginations of filmmakers throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With over... -
World Film Locations: Helsinki Silja Laine 9781841507224
SciFier: £24.44Part of Intellect's World Film Locations series, World Film Locations: Helsinki explores the relationship between the city, cinema and Finnish cultural history. Cinematic representations of Helsinki... -
World Film Locations: Las Vegas by Marcelline Block
SciFier: £24.44Sin and redemption. The ridiculous and the sublime. The carnivalesque excess of the Strip and the barrenness of the desert surrounding the city. Visited by millions of fortune seekers - and... -
World Film Locations: Moscow Birgit Beumers 9781783201969
SciFier: £17.86A megalopolis of more than twelve million inhabitants, Moscow is a city with a rich and varied history. In 1918, following the Revolution, Moscow became the capital of the Soviet Union, and it... -
World Film Locations: Malta by Jean Pierre Borg
SciFier: £24.60Malta has served as a beautiful backdrop for films for nearly as long as there has been a film industry. This entry in the World Film Locations series traces the history of Malta on screen, from... -
World Film Locations: Barcelona by Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano
RRP: £23.95SciFier: £22.26Barcelona is one of the world's most beautiful cities. A permanent showcase of the work of acclaimed architect Antoni Gaudi, it also has a long and rich cinematic legacy. Great directors from all... -
World Film Locations: Madrid by Lorenzo J Torres Hortelano
SciFier: £24.44World Film Locations: Madrid is a trip through the urban space conceived as film location. The premise is that these locations must have been protagonist of films shot in Madrid since the silent era... -
World Film Locations: Florence by Alberto Zambenedetti (University of Toronto)
RRP: £23.95SciFier: £22.26Florence, with its rich history, privileged place in the canon of Western art, and long-standing relationship with the moving image, is a cinematic city equal to Venice or Rome. World Film Locations:... -
World Film Locations: Los Angeles Gabriel Solomons 9781841504858
RRP: £17.95SciFier: £16.65The heart of Hollywood's star-studded film industry for more than a century, Los Angeles and its abundant and ever-changing locales - from the Santa Monica Pier to the infamous and now-defunct... -
World Film Locations: Hong Kong by Linda Chiu-Han Lai
SciFier: £24.44The rapid development of Hong Kong has occasioned the demolition of buildings and landscapes of historic significance, but film acts as a repository for memories of lost places, vanished vistas and... -
World Film Locations: Shanghai by John Berra (Renmin University of China)
SciFier: £24.44Celebrating Shanghai's rich cinematic history, the films covered here represent a lengthy time period, from the first Golden Age of Chinese Cinema in the 1930s to the city's status as an... -
World Film Locations: Chicago by Scott Jordan Harris (United Kingdom.)
SciFier: £24.44While some call it the Second City, Chicago is no stranger to the silver screen. Director Christopher Nolan transformed Chicago into the darkly foreboding Gotham City for The Dark Knight . Ferris... -
World Film Locations: Mumbai by Helio San Miguel (The New School)
SciFier: £24.44Fascinating, incommensurable and chaotic, Mumbai is a megalopolis of dramatic diversity and heartbreaking extremes, where immense wealth is just steps away from the searing poverty of its huge slums... -
World Film Locations: Toronto Tom Ue (Dalhousie University, Canada) 9781783201952
RRP: £23.95SciFier: £22.26Toronto is a changing city that has been a source of reflection and inspiration to writers and artists whose work focuses on the conditions and prospects of human life. A city on the move, it demands... -
World Film Locations: San Francisco by Scott Jordan Harris (United Kingdom.)
SciFier: £18.98An extraordinarily beautiful city that has been celebrated, criticised and studied in many films, San Francisco is both fragile and robust, at once a site of devastation caused by 1906 earthquake but... -
World Film Locations: New York by Scott Jordan Harris (United Kingdom.)
SciFier: £18.98Be they period films, cult classics or elaborate directorial love letters, New York City has played - and continues to play - a central role in the imaginations of filmmakers and moviegoers worldwide... -
World Film Locations: New Orleans by Scott Jordan Harris (United Kingdom.)
SciFier: £24.44With more and more filmmakers taking advantage of its rich and varied settings, New Orleans has earned star-studded status as the 'Hollywood of the South'. From the big-screen adaptation of the stage... -
World Film Locations: Berlin Susan Ingram (York University, Canada) 9781841506319
SciFier: £24.60One of the most dynamic capital cities of the twenty-first century, Berlin also has one of the most tumultuous modern histories. A city that came of age, in many senses, with the cinema, it has been... -
World Film Locations: Sao Paulo by Natalia Pinazza (University of Exeter, UK)
SciFier: £24.44Sao Paulo is the largest city in South America and the powerhouse of Brazil's economy. A multi-racial metropolis with a diverse population of Asian, Arabic and European immigrants as well as migrants... -
World Film Locations: Vienna by Robert Dassanowsky (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs)
SciFier: £24.44World Film Locations: Vienna provides a panorama of international motion pictures shot on location in Austria's once imperical capital. Informative reviews of 46 film scenes and evocative essays... -
World Film Locations: Los Angeles: Volume 2 Gabriel Solomons 9781835950296
RRP: £17.95SciFier: £16.99World Film Locations: Los Angeles Volume 2 is an engaging and highly visual city-wide tour of both well known and slightly lesser known films shot on location in one of the birthplaces of cinema and... -
World Film Locations: Beijing John Berra (Renmin University of China) 9781841506425
RRP: £23.95SciFier: £22.26In a series of spotlight essays and illustrated scene reviews, a cast of seasoned scholars and fresh new voices explore the vast range of films - encompassing drama, madcap comedy, martial arts...