Film scripts and screenplays Books
Manchester University Press Claude Chabrol French Film Directors French Film
Book SynopsisClaude Chabrol has made more than 50 films in a career spanning 40 years. This account traces the development of his film style from the experimental period of the Nouvelle Vague to the mature thriller of the 1970s and the work of the 1990s.Table of Contents1. Chabrol and friends2. The New Wave3. The Hélène cycle4. Family plots5. The power of the gaze6. Stories of women7. Master of CérémonieAfterword
£17.67
Manchester University Press Bertrand Blier French Film Directors Series
Book SynopsisThis complete study of Bertrand Blier's work to date, traces his career from the early 1960s until the present, outlining the forms, themes and style which dominate in his work, and challenging the many labels that have been used to describe both the corpus of films and the man himself.Table of ContentsList of PlatesSeries Editors' ForewardAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. 'L'impossible Monsieur B.B…'2. A Cinema of the Absurd3. Festive Madness: the carnival as structuring motif4. Bending gender 5. A farewell to arms: Blier's 'second career'ConclusionFilmographySelect bibliographyIndex
£14.24
Manchester University Press Robert Bresson French Film Directors Series
Book SynopsisAn introduction to the work of Robert Bresson, a respected and acclaimed director in the history of cinema. His films are considered in chronological order, using a perspective that draws variously on spectator theory, Catholic mysticism, gender theory and Lacanian psychoanalysis.Table of ContentsBresson before Bresson; le journal d'un cure de campagne; the "prison cycle"; the last black and white films; Bresson and Dostoevsky; sixth time lucky; the director; civilization and its discontents.
£69.96
Manchester University Press Robert Bresson French Film Directors French Film
Book SynopsisAn introduction to the work of Robert Bresson, a respected and acclaimed director in the history of cinema. His films are considered in chronological order, using a perspective that draws variously on spectator theory, Catholic mysticism, gender theory and Lacanian psychoanalysis.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Bresson before Bresson2. Le journal d'un curé de campagne3. The 'prison cycle'4. The last black and white films5. Bresson and Dostoevsky6. Sixth time lucky7. The director as writer8. Civilization and its discontentsFilmography
£14.04
Manchester University Press JeanJacques Beineix French Film Directors Series
Book SynopsisThis volume examines the films of Jean-Jacques Beineix. His work is placed within the context of the 1980's and each film is discussed in detail, including the controversies surrounding them, while attempting to analyze the films for their intrinsic interest.Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Beineix in context3. Diva (1980)4. La Lune dans le caniveau (1983)5. 37º 2 le matin (1986)6. Roselyne et les Lions (1989)7. IP5 (1992)8. Mortel Transfert (2001)9. ConclusionFilmographyBibliography
£17.67
Manchester University Press Marguerite Duras French Film Directors Series
Book SynopsisThis study of Duras cinema, examines such films as "India Song", "Le Camion", and "Nathalie Granger". It provides an introduction to her films, and locates them in their autobiographical as well as social and historical context, with an empahasis on gender issues.Table of ContentsList of PlatesSeries Editor's ForewordAcknowledgments1. Autobiography, history and politics2. Words and images: Filming desire3. The politics of cinema4. Gender and sexualityAfterwordFilmographySelect bibliographyIndex
£14.24
Manchester University Press Jean Cocteau French Film Directors French Film
Book SynopsisA comprehensive, original and accessible account of all aspects of Jean Cocteau's work in the cinema. The first major study in English for over forty years. Casts new light on Cocteau's most celebrated films as well as the lesser known ones.Table of ContentsList of platesSeries editors’ forewordAcknowledgements1. His name was Jean 2. All is possible: 'Le Sang d’un poète'3. The tricks of the reel:I. 'L’Eternel retour'/'La Belle et la bête' II. 'L’Aigle à deux têtes'/'Les Parents terribles'III. 'La Villa Santo-Sospir'/'Le Testament d’Orphée'4. In the zone:' Orphée' 5. Cocteau, Jean Marais and collaboration6. For our eyes only: body and sexuality in reverse motion 7. En routeFilmographySelect bibliographyIndex
£18.99
Manchester University Press Terence Davies British FilmMakers
Book SynopsisExciting, stimulating, and eminently readable, this first-ever analysis of the work of Terence Davies provides a detailed and wide-ranging exploration of his films and demonstrates his central importance to contemporary cinema.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Framing the director2. Time, space and memory: the Terence Davies trilogy3. 'A pattern of timeless moments': 'Distant Voices, Still Lives'4. Mapping the topographies of childhood:'The Long Day Closes'5. Symphony for a new world?: 'The Neon Bible'6. 'A tapestry of small things': 'The House of Mirth'7. Music and time: a new dimension8. Coles-up: an interview with Terence Davies Terence Davies filmography General filmography Select bibliography Index
£18.99
Manchester University Press Leos Carax French Film Directors Series
Book SynopsisA study of the "enfant terrible" of French cinema. The ingredients and influences of Carax's films (including "Les Amants du Pont Neuf" and "Pola X") are examined: Paris, pop music, flanerie, amour fou, mannerist and neo-baroque aesthetics, "Nouvelle Vague" and contemporary naturalist cinema.Table of ContentsList of platesSeries editors' forewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Genesis of Carax's system1. A pierrot apart; 'Boy Meets Girl' (1984), 'Mauvais Sang' (1986) and the nouvelle vague inheritance2. 'Feux d'artifice:'Les Amants du Pont-Neuf'' (1991) and the spectacle of vagrancy3. Carax's ambiguities: 'Pola X' (1999), naturalism, MelvilleFilmographyBibliographyInde
£14.24
Manchester University Press Carol Reed
Book SynopsisA major reconsideration of one of British cinema's finest film directors, offering fresh insight into Carol Reed's distinctive work, and his place in the history of British cinema. -- .Table of ContentsSeries Editors' ForewordAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. Early days: Girls in the news. 'Bank Holiday' (1938), 'A Girl Must Live' (1939), 'Climbing High' (1938)3. The 1940s: Love and death. 'The Stars Look Down' (1940), 'Night Train to Munich' (1940), 'Kipps' (1941), 'The Way Ahead' (1944), 'Odd Man Out' (1947)4. Hearts of the matter: The Graham Greene films. 'The Fallen Idol' (1948), 'The Third Man' (1949), 'Our Man in Havana' (1959)5. The 1950s and characters in-between. 'Outcast of the Islands' (1952), 'The Man Between' (1953), 'A Kid for Two Farthings' (1959)6. An Englishman abroad. 'The Key' (1958), 'The Running Man' (1963), 'The Agony and the Ecstasy' (1965), 'Trapeze' (1956)7. The last hurrah. 'Oliver!' (1968)8. ConclusionFilmographyReferencesIndex
£18.99
Manchester University Press Alain Resnais French Film Directors French Film
Book SynopsisAlain Resnais, director of "Hiroshima mon amour" (1959) and "L'Annee derniere a Marienbad" (1961), has transformed the representation of memory, fantasy and desire in modern cinema. This title presents an introduction to his work that traces the evolving patterns of his filmmaking, its reflections on mortality, guilt, chance and human doubt.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Illustrations Introduction 1. Documentaries 1948-1958 2. 'Hiroshima mon amour' (1959) 3. 'L'Annee derniere a Marienbad' (1961) 4. 'Muriel ou le temps d'un retour' (1963) 5. 'La Guerre est finie' (1966), 'Je t'aime je t'aime' (1968), 'Stavisky' (1974) 6. 'Providence' (1977) 7. 'Mon oncle d'Amerique' (1980), 'La vie est un roman' (1983), 'L'Amour a mort' (1984), 'Melo' (1986), 'I Want to Go Home' (1989) 8. 'Smoking/No Smoking' (1993), 'On Connait la chanson' (1997), 'Pas sur la bouche' (2003) Filmography Select Bibliography
£18.99
Manchester University Press Reframing difference Beur and banlieue filmmaking
Book SynopsisIntroduction; 1. Questions of identity in beur cinema: From Le The au harem d'Archimede to Cheb; 2. Beurz in the hood: Le The au harem d'Archimede and Hexagone; 3. Ethnicity and identity in Mathieu Kassovitz's Metisse and La Haine; 4. Beur and banlieue cinema in 1995; 5.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Questions of identity in beur cinema: From Le The au harem d'Archimede to Cheb; 2. Beurz in the hood: Le The au harem d'Archimede and Hexagone; 3. Ethnicity and identity in Mathieu Kassovitz's Metisse and La Haine; 4. Beur and banlieue cinema in 1995; 5. Beur women in the banlieue: Les Histoires d'amour finissent mal en general and Souviens-toi de moi; 6. Masculinity and exclusion in post-1995 beur and banlieue films; 7. Grrrls in the hood: Samia and La Squale; 8. Memories of immigration: Sous les pieds des femmes and Vivre au paradis; 9. Beurs in the provinces: From L'Honneur de ma famille to Drole de Felix; 10. Heroines of cross-cultural social protest: Marie-Line and Chaos; 11. Beur filmmaking in the new millennium: From Le Raid to Jeunesse doree; 12. Voices from the Maghreb: From Le The a la menthe to La Fille de Keltoum; Conclusion; Filmography; Bibliography; Index
£18.99
Manchester University Press Terry Gilliam British FilmMakers
Book SynopsisThis book is the most sustained and comprehensive examination to date of one of cinema’s most challenging and lauded auteur. It proposes new ways of seeing Gilliam and his films that go beyond reductive readings of him as a gifted but manic fantasist. It analyses Gilliam’s work over nearly four decades, from Monty Python, to Brazil and Tideland.Table of ContentsList of platesSeries editors’ forewordAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. Something completely different3. Monsters and gods4. Time and meaning5. Dreams, fantasies and nightmares6. Pasts, presents and futures in America7. Transatlantic Gonzo 8. Fairy tales, nightmares and fantasiesFilmographyBibliographyIndex
£72.00
Manchester University Press The Cinema of Álex de la Iglesia
Book SynopsisThe first book in English about Álex de la Iglesia, critically acclaimed former protégé of Pedro Almodóvar, and one of the highest grossing directors in Spain and Latin America. De la Iglesia’s cinema is representative of a new generation of Spanish and European directors who combine avant-garde strategies with forms such as comedy and horror.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Acción mutante: against the conspiracy of boredom2. El día de la bestia: comedy, sub-cultures, televisión3. Perdita Durango: the body, sex, and Mexico4. Muertos de risa: comedy, television, history5. La comunidad: modernity and the cinematic past6. 800 balas: undoing the ignominy of boyhood7. Crimen ferpecto: the mise-en-scène of mise-en-scèneConclusionFilmography
£76.50
Manchester University Press The Cinema of ALex De La Iglesia
Book SynopsisThe first book in English about Álex de la Iglesia, critically acclaimed former protégé of Pedro Almodóvar, and one of the highest grossing directors in Spain and Latin America. De la Iglesia's cinema is representative of a new generation of Spanish and European directors who combine avant-garde strategies with forms such as comedy and horror. -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Acción mutante: against the conspiracy of boredom2. El día de la bestia: comedy, sub-cultures, televisión3. Perdita Durango: the body, sex, and Mexico4. Muertos de risa: comedy, television, history5. La comunidad: modernity and the cinematic past6. 800 balas: undoing the ignominy of boyhood7. Crimen ferpecto: the mise-en-scène of mise-en-scèneConclusionFilmography
£18.99
Manchester University Press Julio Medem
Book SynopsisThis, the first book-length study of the Spanish-Basque filmmaker Julio Medem in English, contains profound analysis of his life and films in the context of contemporary Spain and World cinema and is based on original interviews with Medem and many of his collaborators by the author, an establish expert on Spanish cinema. -- .Table of ContentsNote on interviews1. Author, auteur, aitor 2. A sense of nobility: the making of Medem 3. The other side of the hole: Vacas4. Eyes that entangle: La ardilla roja5. That part of you that died: Tierra6. A question of love: Los amantes del círculo polar7. A ray of sun: Lucía y el sexo8. Framing fearful symmetry: La pelota vasca: la piel contra la piedra9. Work in progressFilmography
£76.50
Manchester University Press Julio Medem
Book SynopsisThis, the first book-length study of the Spanish-Basque filmmaker Julio Medem in English, contains profound analysis of his life and films in the context of contemporary Spain and World cinema and is based on original interviews with Medem and many of his collaborators by the author, an establish expert on Spanish cinema. -- .Table of ContentsNote on interviews1. Author, auteur, aitor 2. A sense of nobility: the making of Medem 3. The other side of the hole: Vacas4. Eyes that entangle: La ardilla roja5. That part of you that died: Tierra6. A question of love: Los amantes del círculo polar7. A ray of sun: Lucía y el sexo8. Framing fearful symmetry: La pelota vasca: la piel contra la piedra9. Work in progressFilmography
£18.99
Manchester University Press Postcolonial African Cinema Ten Directors
Book SynopsisAn excellent introductory volume for those wishing to know more about the hitherto neglected cinema from the African continent, including directors from Egypt, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Cameroon, South AfricaTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsAvailability of African FilmsIntroductionChapter 1: Youssef ChahineChapter 2: Ousmane SembeneChapter 3: Med HondoChapter 4: Djibril Diop MambétyChapter 5: Souleymane CisséChapter 6: Flora GomesChapter 7: Idrissa OuédraogoChapter 8: Moufida TlatliChapter 9: Jean-Pierre BekoloChapter 10: Darrell James RoodtBibliography
£68.00
Manchester University Press Postcolonial African Cinema Ten Directors
Book SynopsisAn excellent introductory volume for those wishing to know more about the hitherto neglected cinema from the African continent, including directors from Egypt, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Cameroon, South AfricaTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsAvailability of African FilmsIntroductionChapter 1: Youssef ChahineChapter 2: Ousmane SembeneChapter 3: Med HondoChapter 4: Djibril Diop MambétyChapter 5: Souleymane CisséChapter 6: Flora GomesChapter 7: Idrissa OuédraogoChapter 8: Moufida TlatliChapter 9: Jean-Pierre BekoloChapter 10: Darrell James RoodtBibliography
£18.99
Manchester University Press Eric Rohmer French Film Directors French Film
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive study of Eric Rohmer generously surveys the director’s five-decade career, exploring questions of production, cinematic realism, style and technique, serial filmmaking, and historical adaptation.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Career overview2. Theory and criticism3. Style and technique4. Seriality and theme5. Literature and historyConclusion
£14.24
Manchester University Press Daniel Calparsoro Spanish and Latin American Film
Book SynopsisThis is the first book-length study of this major director’s work, from his early social-realist films set in the Basque Country to his later forays into the genres of the war and horror.Trade Review'Ann Davies’ monograph on the work of Basque director Daniel Calparsoro is an important contribution to the field. [...] It is in the chapters devoted to close readings of Calparsoro’s six films to date where Davies’ critical appraisal achieves its best moments, always providing insightful comment and, quite often, delivering excellent detailed analysis that puts the technical descriptions at the service of her general argument.'Jaume Martí-Olivella, Studies in Hispanic Cinemas, 6:1, December 2009 -- .Table of ContentsPart I1 Introduction2 Najwa Nimri: the interaction of director and star Part II3 Salto al vacío: opening up the void4 Pasajes: paths through nowhere5 A ciegas: the blind side of terrorism6 Asfalto: violence *à trois*7 Guerreros: Spanish alienation in a foreign landscape8 Ausentes: shining a light on horror9 ConclusionIndex
£76.50
Manchester University Press Jacques Rivette
Book SynopsisA complete survey – the first in English – of Jacques Rivette’s sixty-year career in French cinema, from the New Wave to the present day.Trade ReviewThis book makes a strong case for explaining what is specific, innovative and exciting about Rivette's films, focusing on his exploration of form and the relationship of artist to audience.Smith and Morrey offer a vital defence of some of Rivette's more maligned films.This overdue study makes for an erudite introduction and a thoroughly explanatory 'user guide' to its slightly forbidding subject. -- .Table of ContentsList of platesSeries editors’ foreword Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 The art of the present and the dialectics of duration: The film criticism of Jacques Rivette 3 In the labyrinth: Narrative, conspiracy, community 4 Story as space: Space as story 5 Family secrets 6 La Règle du jeu: Games and play 7 Play, theatre and performance 8 Adaptation 9 Pushing the envelope: Bodies, love and jealousy 10 Out of time: The unconsoled in Rivette’s late works ConclusionSelect bibliography Filmography Index
£76.50
Manchester University Press Catherine Breillat French Film Directors French
Book SynopsisThe first full-length monograph in English devoted to one of the most acclaimed and controversial directors in contemporary cinemaTable of ContentsList of platesSeries editors' forewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Female virgins and the shaming gaze2. Sisters as one soul in two bodies3. Masculine tendencies and macho violence4. Staging masochism, facing shameConclusionFilmographySelect bibliographyIndex
£76.50
Manchester University Press Colour Cinema Aesthetics None
Book SynopsisAccessible and inventive in its approach, Colour is the first monograph to deal with the close criticism of film colour across decades and countries.Trade Review‘This book is a major contribution to the scholarship of film art. Each chapter develops and illuminates the range, significance and usage of colour in our understanding and experience of the particular films chosen and, in doing so, heightens our alertness to colour’s crucial significance for film aesthetics in general. The author’s extraordinary prose is a guide and companion in the appreciation of this complex and underexplored region of film art.’ -- .Table of ContentsList of plates List of figuresPrefaceAcknowledgements Introduction1. Three Colours: White2. Equinox Flower3. The Green Ray4. Written on the Wind5. Fear Eats the Soul6. The Umbrellas of CherbourgAfterwordAppendix A: DVD informationAppendix B: Colour in film - a timelineNotesBibliographyIndex
£17.67
Manchester University Press Thorold Dickinson A world of film
Book SynopsisA comprehensive volume which looks at the multifaceted career of one of Britain's most underrated film directors, with contributions from Martin Scorcese, Kevin Jackson, Gavin Millar and othersTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIllustrationsNote on referencesContributorsI IntroductoryIntroductionAbout Thorold Dickinson: two exchanges with Martin ScorceseII Dickinson on DickinsonIII Memories of DickinsonThorold: A little memoir - Gavin MillarMy teacher Thorold Dickinson - Lutz BeckerA rediscovery of cinema - Charles BarrIV Dickinson's filmsThe Arsenal Stadium Mystery - Laura MarcusGaslights - Philip Horne and Peter SwaabThe Prime Minister - Philip JacksonThe Next of Kin - Kevin Gough-YatesThe High Command and Men of Two Worlds - Peter SwaabThe Queen of Spades - Ian ChristieSecret People - Gregory DartHill 24 Doesn't Answer - Hillel TrysterDickinson's Unmade films - Philip HorneV Filmography and Bibligoraphy
£81.00
Manchester University Press Humphrey Jennings British Film Makers
Book SynopsisFrom dramatic reflections on the Blitz to insightful examinations of post-war conditions, Jennings' startling documentary films redefined the genre. The book carefully examines and explains the central components of Jennings’ most significant films, and considers the relevance of his filmmaking to British cinema and contemporary experience.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Modernity, myth, colour and collage: the early films2. Work and leisure: *Spare Time*3. Sound, image, and nation: *Words for Battle* and *Listen to Britain*4. Documentary reconstruction and prognostication: *Fires Were Started* and *The Silent Village*5. ‘What will befall Britain?: *A Diary for Timothy*6. An ambiguous national iconography: *Family Portrait*7. LegaciesAfterwordFilmography ReferencesIndex
£76.50
Manchester University Press Catherine Breillat
Book SynopsisThe first full-length monograph in English devoted to one of the most acclaimed and controversial directors in contemporary cinema -- .Table of ContentsList of platesSeries editors' forewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Female virgins and the shaming gaze2. Sisters as one soul in two bodies3. Masculine tendencies and macho violence4. Staging masochism, facing shameConclusionFilmographySelect bibliographyIndex
£18.88
Manchester University Press Jacques Rivette
Book SynopsisA complete survey the first in English of Jacques Rivette's sixty-year career in French cinema, from the New Wave to the present day. -- .Trade ReviewThis book makes a strong case for explaining what is specific, innovative and exciting about Rivette's films, focusing on his exploration of form and the relationship of artist to audience.Smith and Morrey offer a vital defence of some of Rivette's more maligned films.This overdue study makes for an erudite introduction and a thoroughly explanatory 'user guide' to its slightly forbidding subject. -- .Table of ContentsList of platesSeries editors’ foreword Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The art of the present and the dialectics of duration: The film criticism of Jacques Rivette 3. In the labyrinth: Narrative, conspiracy, community 4. Story as space: Space as story 5. Family secrets 6. La Règle du jeu: Games and play 7. Play, theatre and performance 8. Adaptation 9. Pushing the envelope: Bodies, love and jealousy 10. Out of time: The unconsoled in Rivette’s late works ConclusionSelect bibliography Filmography Index
£18.88
Headline Publishing Group Porridge Scripts
Book SynopsisRegarded by many critics as Britain''s best sitcom, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais'' tales of life inside Slade Prison first hit the screens in 1973 and ran until 1977. But it has never faded from the nation''s consciousness. Ronnie Barker as Fletch the old lag and Richard Beckinsale as Godber the naive first-time offender are comic creations as fine as any in the history of television. Now, for the first time, Richard Webber has brought together the original scripts from all three series of PORRIDGE to make this the essential souvenir for all the many fans of this much-loved classic comedy.
£10.44
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Withnail and I
Book SynopsisPresents the screenplay of the classic cult film by Bruce Robinson, with an introduction by the director.
£11.69
Edinburgh University Press Hollywood and the Great Depression
Book SynopsisIn the popular imagination, 1930s Hollywood was a dream factory producing escapist movies to distract the American people from the greatest economic crisis in their nation''s history. But while many films of the period conform to this stereotype, there were a significant number that promoted a message, either explicitly or implicitly, in support of the political, social and economic change broadly associated with President Franklin D. Roosevelt''s New Deal programme. At the same time, Hollywood was in the forefront of challenging traditional gender roles, both in terms of movie representations of women and the role of women within the studio system. With case studies of actors like Shirley Temple, Cary Grant and Fred Astaire, as well as a selection of films that reflect politics and society in the Depression decade, this fascinating book examines how the challenges of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood and how it responded to them.
£81.00
McFarland & Company Richard Matheson on Screen A History of the
Book Synopsis Though innumerable biographies have been written about novelists, playwrights, and poets, screenwriters are rarely granted this distinction, even ones as prolific and successful as Richard Matheson. He has occupied a unique position in cinema as the writer or original author of films from The Incredible Shrinking Man in 1957 through I Am Legend in 2007. This book documents his rise to prominence, parallel literary career, and role in the horror and science fiction renaissance. In chronological order, the exhaustively indexed narrative examines each film written by Matheson or based on his work, with sections devoted to episodic television (including The Twilight Zone) and unproduced projects.
£28.79
McFarland & Company Filming John Fowles Critical Essays on Motion Picture and Television Adaptations
£29.96
McFarland & Company The World of Shaft A Complete Guide to the Novels
Book SynopsisMention Shaft and most people think of Gordon Parks' seminal 1971 film starring Richard Roundtree in a leather coat, walking the streets of Manhattan. But Shaft actually made his debut on the printed page as the creation of a white novelist, Ernest Tidyman. Based on extensive research of Tidyman's personal papers, this book tells the story of Shaft from the perspective of his creator.Trade ReviewThis book is a must read for any fan of the Shaft books or movies, and scholars of seventies pulp fiction and cinema." - Pulp Curry blog, May 2016
£14.24
Hal Leonard Corporation Evita Selections From The Motion Picture Pvg
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£20.39
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Chinatown and The Last Detail Two Screenplays
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£12.99
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Thelma and LouiseSomething to Talk about
Book SynopsisWhen Thelma & Louise opened in 1991, it was greeted with acclaim and controversy, quickly earning first-time screenwriter Callie Khouri a reputation as one of the only writers of real movie roles for women. She lived up to expectations with Something to Talk About, which won praise for its originality and authenticity. Published here in one volume, these two screenplays gives us an oppurtunity to savor the work of a groundbreaking author.
£12.34
Northwestern University Press Tolstoy on Screen
Book SynopsisScholarship on screen adaptation has proliferated in recent years, but it has remained largely focused on English- and Romance-language authors. Tolstoy on Screen aims to correct this imbalance with a comprehensive examination of film and television adaptations of Tolstoy's fiction. Spanning the silent era to the present day, these essays consider well-known as well as neglected works in light of contemporary adaptation and media theory. The book is organized to facilitate a comparative, cross-cultural understanding of the various practices employed in different eras and different countries to bring Tolstoy's writing to the screen. International in scope and rigorous in analysis, the essays cast new light on Tolstoy's work and media studies alike.
£89.00
Scarecrow Press Marihuana Motherhood and Madness Three
Book SynopsisMarihuana, Motherhood & Madness features the complete shooting scripts of three Depression-era films directed by independent filmmaker Dwain Esper. A topic of growing interest among cinema aficionados and scholars, the lowbrow exploitation genre was the means by which small-scale entrepreneurs could compete with the major studios. Exploitation films addressed such controversial topics as drug use, prostitution, abortion, child marriage, and even bestialitytopics the major studios were forbidden to address by the Production Code Administrationsalaciously exploiting the profitability of such taboo issues, while justifying their prurience by posing as educational tracts. Dwain Esper (1894-1982) was the exploitation industry''s most audacious figure. Without any formal training in filmmaking, he operated his own film lab and studio (which he acquired when a debtor defaulted on a loan) and in 1932 began tapping into Depression America''s appetites for iniquity. As technically crude as his films are, they possess a savage beauty and are highlighted by moments of sublime tenderness and startling horror, proving that Esper had a natural gift for the medium, even if he was only involved for the money. The screenplays included are: Modern Motherhood (1934), a social commentary on liberal marriages, abortion, and face-lifts; Maniac (1934), a treatise on mental illness delivered in the low-budget horror-movie format; and Marihuana: Weed with Roots in Hell (1936), a drug scare film in which a few puffs set an innocent high-school girl on a downward spiral to become a heroin-addicted, drug-pushing kidnapper.Trade Review...a useful addition to the very sparse, accurate documentation of the exploitation film racket. * Classic Images *Each script is appended with Wood's extensive annotations, which are an education in themselves...there's also an extensive introduction, which...lends candid insight into Esper's character. * Video Watchdog *...a fascinating social commentary on liberal marriages, teenage drinking and facelifts. Bret Wood understands his subject better than anyone outside the Esper family. -- Paul Holbrook * The Big Reel *...a wild youth tale. * Movie Collector's World, Feb. 99, #570 *...valuable to students of the genre. We wish there were more...an interesting appendix includes correspondence between Mrs. Esper and the New York Censor Board. * Past Times *
£64.80
Scarecrow Press Film Stories
Book SynopsisFrom the critically-acclaimed independent filmmaker, Michael Roemer, comes Film Stories: Screenplays as Story, a highly-anticipated first collection of screenplays. Beyond film scripts, Film Stories is designed to help film students master concepts like three-act structure, conflict, surprise, rising action, and crisis, while crafting not only a story, but a story that tells. Volume One contains the screenplays for Nothing But a Man, The Plot Against Harry, Stone My Heart, and Pilgrim, Farewell. Volume One also features a comprehensive introduction entitled Beginnings, in which Roemer discusses the creation of his screenplays and includes anecdotes on the making and distribution of his films that any screenwriter or filmmaker will find invaluable. Volume Two contains the screenplays for Losing Emily, Famous Long Ago, Mortal Longings, Act of God, and Sad but Funny.Trade ReviewFor filmmakers and screenwriters, the writer and director Michael Roemer (Yale U.) discusses his highly personal approach to screenwriting. Early on, Roemer realized that the rules and conventions most frequently espoused in film schools and texts taught not how to tell a story but how to tell a story that would sell-by meeting audience expectations and avoiding any challenge to deeply held convictions. Roemer instead chose a path that didn't ensure commercial success, but that allowed his stories to unfold as an integral part of his life. Vol. 1 included a comprehensive introduction and the screenplays of Roemer's films Nothing but a man, The plot against Harry, Stone my heart, Pilgrim, farewell, and Losing Emily. * Reference and Research Book News *
£83.70
Scarecrow Press Film Stories
Book SynopsisFrom the critically-acclaimed independent filmmaker, Michael Roemer, comes Film Stories: Screenplays as Story, a highly-anticipated first collection of screenplays. Beyond film scripts, Film Stories is designed to help film students master concepts like three-act structure, conflict, surprise, rising action, and crisis, while crafting not only a story, but a story that tells. Volume One contains the screenplays for Nothing But a Man, The Plot Against Harry, Stone My Heart, and Pilgrim, Farewell. Volume One also features a comprehensive introduction entitled ''Beginnings,'' in which Roemer discusses the creation of his screenplays and includes anecdotes on the making and distribution of his films that any screenwriter or filmmaker will find invaluable. Volume Two contains the screenplays for Losing Emily, Famous Long Ago, Mortal Longings, Act of God, and Sad but Funny.Trade ReviewFor filmmakers and screenwriters, the writer and director Michael Roemer (Yale U.) discusses his highly personal approach to screenwriting. Early on, Roemer realized that the rules and conventions most frequently espoused in film schools and texts taught not how to tell a story but how to tell a story that would sell-by meeting audience expectations and avoiding any challenge to deeply held convictions. Roemer instead chose a path that didn't ensure commercial success, but that allowed his stories to unfold as an integral part of his life. Vol. 1 included a comprehensive introduction and the screenplays of Roemer's films Nothing but a man, The plot against Harry, Stone my heart, Pilgrim, farewell, and Losing Emily. * Reference and Research Book News *
£51.30
Scarecrow Press Film Stories
Book SynopsisFrom the critically-acclaimed independent filmmaker, Michael Roemer, comes Film Stories: Screenplays as Story, a highly-anticipated first collection of screenplays. Beyond film scripts, this volume (the second of two) is designed to help film students master concepts like three-act structure, conflict, surprise, rising action, and crisis, while crafting not only a story, but a story that tells. Volume Two contains the screenplays for Losing Emily, Famous Long Ago, Mortal Longings, Act of God, and Sad but Funny.Trade ReviewThis second volume in the series includes scripts for Michael Roemer's Famous long ago, Mortal longing, Act of God, and Sad but funny. Writer and director Roemer (Yale U.) provides a brief preface to each screenplay that describes his state of mid and intentions for each script as well as notes on structure. In a postscript, he reflects in the storytelling process. (The first volume in the series includes a comprehensive introduction detailing his own life story as well as the stories behind the nine collected screenplays.) * Reference and Research Book News *
£51.30
Rlpg/Galleys Queen Kelly
Book SynopsisA view into the creative process of one of the most talented figures of American cinema. When production began in 1928, writer/director Erich von Stroheim predicted the silent epic "Queen Kelly" would be a great achievement. Yet, this work shows that it was a masterpiece that might have been.Trade ReviewWe finally get a chance to witness von Stroheim's intended juxtaposed and parallel themes that show how little separates the debauchery of both the low and privileged classes, similar to the parallel themes of the intended full-length version of Greed (1924). We come to understand that von Stroheim may have seemed to be wildly out-of-control but was, instead perhaps, only fanatical in his pursuit of his vision of cinema realistique… Ultimately, this book is a required acquisition for fans of von Stroheim, one that is on the same level of importance as Herman Weinberg's volumes on von Stroheim films. -- Carl Bennet/Editor * Silent Era *The lengthy introduction, which traces the film's tortured production, shows all the hallmarks of dedicated research, whilst the script's descriptive passages vividly conjure a sense of the intended opulence...bound to impress scholars of the late silent era. * Film Review Magazine *Table of ContentsPart 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Queen Kelly: The Screenplay Chapter 3 Part One: Europe Chapter 4 Part Two: Africa Chapter 5 Part Three: The Original Ending Chapter 6 Part Four: The Revised Ending Part 7 Notes Part 8 Appendixes Chapter 9 Production Credits Chapter 10 A Talking Sequence Chapter 11 The Swanson Ending Chapter 12 The Kino Restoration Chapter 13 Glossary of Terms
£67.50
Rutgers University Press Bringing Up Baby
Book SynopsisThe introduction of this book gives the production history of the film. It provides a biographical sketch of Hawk's career and the original story by Hagar Wilde, on which the film is based. Also included are an interview with Hawks by Joseph McBride, reviews, essays and a filmography.Table of ContentsIntroduction Bringing Up Baby Interviews, Reviews, and Commentaries Filmography and Bibliography
£28.80
Rutgers University Press Memories Of Underdevelopment
Book SynopsisMemories of Undervelopment was the first great international success of Cuban cinema. This double volume includes the complete continuity script of ""Memories"", as well as the complete novel, ""Inconsolable Memories"", upon which the film is based.Trade ReviewHere is a film that is wise, sad, and often funny... effective and moving... complete in the way very few ever are. -- Vincent CanbyTable of ContentsIntroduction - Lessons of Experience Tomas Gutierrez Alea: A Biographical Sketch Chronology Memories of Underdevelopment - Credits and cast The Continuity Script Notes on the Continuity Script Contexts - Source : Inconsolable Memories Aftermath: Politics and Cinema : Federal Agents Seize Cuban Festival Films Here Film Critics' Letter U.S. Refuses Visa to Cuban Director to get Film Award Editorial: Celluloid Menace Telegram from Tomas Gutierrez Personal Recollections of T.G. Alea : Individual Fulfillment and Collective Achievement: An Interview with Tomas Gutierrez Alea Memories of Memories Reviews and Commentaries - Reviews: New York Times The New Republic The New Yorkers Sight and Sound [London] Cinema 74 [Paris] Cinema & Film [Rome] Commentaries: A Dialectal and Partisan FilmMemories of Underdevelopment in the Land of Overdevelopment "Witnesses Almost Everywhere": The Rhetorical Strategies of Memories of Underdevelopment Filmography and Bibliography - Alea Filmography, 1950-1988 Selected Bibliography
£28.80
MW - Rutgers University Press Body Double The Author Incarnate in the Cinema
Book SynopsisExplores the myriad ways that artists and the creative process have been represented on screen. Through the exploration of many distinct forms of cinema, Lucy Fischer examines such topics as the gender, age, and mental or physical health of fictionalized artists; the dramatized interaction between artists, audiences, and critics; and the formal play of written words and nonverbal images.Trade Review"Fischer’s original, wide-ranging book shows that filmmakers have said as much or more than theorists about the complex figure of the author in modern culture." -- James Naremore * Indiana University *"Richly detailed, carefully researched, and elegantly written, Lucy Fischer’s Body Double signficantly reshapes our understanding of authorship in the cinema while exploring related issues regarding gender, style, writing, and embodiment." -- Patrice Petro * Past President, Society for Cinema and Media Studies *"Where is the author in film? In this book, Fischer offers a wide ranging, deeply informed view of the concept of authorship in cinema in all its manifestations. This brief review cannot begin to address the multitude of films, scenarists, directors, and films given detailed examination, but the manner in which Fischer discusses the films and their makers, both literary and cinematic, is authoritative and never less than richly detailed. This is a bold and adventurous book that repays multiple readings. Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Screen Author--Wanted: Dead or Alive1. Typecasting the Author2. Beyond Adaptation: The Writer as Filmmaker3. The Author at the Dream Factory: The Screenwriter and the Movies4. The Authoress: Textuality as Sexuality5. Writing Pain: The Infirm Author6. Cinecriture: Word and Image7. Corpus and Oeuvre: Authorship and the Body8. Stealing Beauty: The Reader, the Critic, and the Appropriation of the Authorial VoiceAfterword: Signs and Meaning in the CinemaNotesFilmographyBibliographyIndex
£31.00
Rutgers University Press Screenwriting Behind the Silver Screen Series
£29.45
Rutgers University Press The Writers A History of American Screenwriters
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A monumental task—no one has ever tackled anything like this in writing about writers. Well done." -- Mel Brooks“A comprehensive tome that will be appreciated by the film and TV writers who wrote, are still writing, or will someday write.” -- Carl Reiner * Director, Writer, Actor *"A beautifully researched history. Miranda Banks digs deep into the archives to bring out a very powerful, moving--and, at times, gossipy--history of Hollywood and the writers who make it all possible." -- Matt Tyrnauer * director, "Valentino The Last Emperor" *"An original and immensely interesting book, addressing a topic of both scholarly and general interest." -- Charles Wolfe * University of California-Santa Barbara *"What an important story Miranda Banks tells, and how brilliantly she tells it. The voices of hundreds of writers shine through this history of a neglected but crucial sector of Hollywood production culture. A vital contribution to the field." -- Michele Hilmes * University of Wisconsin-Madison *"Well-informed survey of film and TV writers’ decadeslong battle to defend their economic and creative interests. Banks writes lucidly about complex financial and technical issues, giving a solid, unromantic sense of working writers’ lives." * Kirkus Reviews *"Banks uncovers the role the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has played in the entertainment industry. With accounts from more than 200 writers and solid access to the Writers Guild Foundation, the book discusses the importance of authorship, name recognition, and membership boundaries. [The Writers] presents a previously lacking exploration of writers and the WGA itself, particularly educating readers on the precedents set for other entertainment guilds. Highly recommended for film buffs and aspiring screenwriters." * Library Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 The Artist Employee2 Two Front Lines3 The Infant Prodigy4 Mavericks5 ConfederationConclusionAppendix A: Screen Writers and Selected CreditsAppendix B: MethodologyNotesBibliographyIndex
£35.10
