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Titan Books Ltd The Making of Aliens
Book SynopsisComprehensive and definitive volume telling the complete story of how Aliens was made, featuring new interviews with some of the cast and production crew, and including many rarely seen photos and illustrations from the Fox archives. As one of the most highly regarded movie sequels of all time, Aliens quickly embedded itself in the minds of cinemagoers around the world when it was released in 1986. Driven by the singular vision of director James Cameron and guided by producer Gale Ann Hurd, its relentless action and unforgettable characters helped cement its place as an undisputed classic of 1980s cinema. The Making of Aliens tells the complete story of how Cameron and Hurd, together with their immensely talented cast and crew, brought heroine Ellen Ripley back to the big screen-and upped the stakes by introducing a whole army of aliens for her to face. Interviews with the cast and crew, alongside revealing photography and fascinating concept art, illustrate the film's eventful journey from its beginnings as a sequel that nobody wanted to make through to its transformation into one of the highest-grossing blockbusters of the decade.Trade Review“Ultimately I cannot recommend this book enough” - This Week in Geek“A definitive guide to the creation of a true modern classic” - SYFY“Offers a fascinating look at one of our greatest films...[with] new insights into the production that cast a whole new light on specific scenes and characters” - ComingSoon.com“The definitive look at the film” - Borg.com“One the most comprehensive books you’re going to find and read regarding the film... The Making of Aliens is an absolute must for Aliens fans the universe over” - Adventures in Poor Taste“For fans of the franchise — or this film in particular — the book is an essential thing to have on one’s coffee table” - Andrew Liptak's Reading List"This isn’t just a book about making a movie; it’s a book about a filmmaker who refused to let any obstacle, no matter how big, prevent him from realizing his vision ... a book that belongs on every sf and adventure-film fan’s shelf, to be pulled out and leafed through again and again." -Booklist Starred Review“One of [Rinzler’s] most involving books yet” - The Film Stage ‘A particularly good read, that sheds some interesting light on the sequel that’s making me look at it in a different way than I had before’ - Transfer Orbit
£35.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Sly Moves
Book SynopsisAre you ready to be a contender? Sly's action-oriented program for getting fit and eating right is a revealing portrait of one of Hollywood's biggest slaves Sly Movespart candid autobiography, part nuts-and-bolts training manual, part motivational handbook is a refreshingly sensible guide to getting immediate results that last a lifetime. It's also a provocative inside look at the trials of a body-conscious star rising in the most image-conscious industry in the world. The truth is, Sly's personal battle to stay in shape has been as tough as any fight he's waged on screen. The book begins with a very personal history of Sylvester Stallone's famous physique, as the Rocky star shares never-before-told stories about his being bullied as a child, finding comfort and strength in the gym, and then later, the wild ride of fad diets, crash-training regimens and workout disasters that fringed on obsession. Sly knows what works and what definitely doesn't, and these experiences formed Sly's unique fitness and nutrition plan. Part 2 consists of Sly's program for getting physically fit without sacrificing life's other pleasures. All he requires is three hours a weekthat's all Sly needsfor a total body workout, an engaging regimen involving all the major muscle groups and aerobic fitness. The step by step program includes four different levels of exercise: classic, advanced, women's, and for those who dare, The Sly Challenge, a hardcore session pushing it to the max. Sly has tried every diet imaginable and so in the Sly Moves nutrition plan he highlights a unique meal plan for a lifetime of good eating. He offers his unique perspective on what works and what doesn't and offers an alternative for health-conscious readers who want great-tasting satisfying food that can become a way of life. In the section Gonna Fly Now inspires and encourages readers to make Sly Moves part of a long-term picture of health, fitness and well-being. This motivational section includes separate chapters on everything from setting and keeping goals to relaxation techniques to lessons learned from his reality-based boxing show The Contender.
£17.09
Hal Leonard Corporation Disney Hits for Easy Piano Hal Leonard student
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Kehrer Verlag Len Lye - Motion Composer
Book SynopsisThe full breadth of the fascinating oeuvre from all artistic disciplines of New Zealand-born Len Lye.
£41.60
Hodder & Stoughton I Heard You Paint Houses
Book SynopsisNow filmed as ''The Irishman'' starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci ''I heard you paint houses'' are the first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank ''the Irishman'' Sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the wall and floors. In the course of nearly five years of recorded interviews Frank Sheeran confessed to Charles Brandt that he handled more than twenty-five hits for the Mob, and for his friend Hoffa. Sheeran learned to kill in the US Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat during World War 2. After returning home he became a hustler and a hit man, working for legenday crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually Sheeran would rise to a position of such prominence that he was named as one of only two non-Italians on a list of the twenty-six most wanted Mob figures. When Bufalino ordered Sheeran to kill Hoffa, the Irishman did the deed, knowing that if he refused, he would haveTrade ReviewOn July 30, 1975, Hoffa disappeared. Sheeran explains how he did it in prose reminiscent of the best gangster films. * The Associated Press *Brandt's book gives new meaning to the term "guilty pleasure." * New York Times *Told with such economy and chilling force as to make The Sopranos suddenly seem overwrought and theatrical. * New York Daily News ***** * Metro *
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Insight Editions The Wizard of Oz Tarot Deck and Guidebook
Book SynopsisCelebrate 85 years of The Wizard of Oz and follow the yellow brick road with Dorothy and the gang during your next tarot reading with this beautiful, fully illustrated tarot deck and guidebook.Containing both Major and Minor Arcana, this official tarot deck set will come with a comprehensive guidebook to help tarot practitioners of all skill levels travel over the rainbow! Fans of The Wizard of Oz can use this deck to perform fun and informed readings, complete with card meanings and instructions. The 78 custom illustrations for this tarot deck display the distinct americana aesthetic and timeless, colorful visual style of the film and feature images of fan-favorite characters, from Dorothy, Toto, and The Tin Man to Glinda and The Wicked Witch of the West. Packaged in a sturdy, decorative gift box, this compelling tarot deck is perfect for fans of The Wizard of Oz’s magical, fantastical world and tarot enthusiasts alike. A MUST-HAVE FOR FANS: Featuring original illustrations of Dorothy, Toto, the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the rest of the characters from over the rainbow, this deck matches characters from the film with tarot archetypes, making it a fresh interpretation of a traditional tarot deck COMPLETE TAROT EXPERIENCE: This deluxe set of 78 cards consists of both major and minor arcana, perfect for anyone beginning their tarot practice, as well as for experienced practitioners BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED: Each card features full-color illustrations of characters and scenes from The Wizard of Oz DETAILED GUIDEBOOK: Includes a 128-page guidebook with explanations of each card’s meaning and sample spreads for easy readings GREAT GIFT: Packaged in a sturdy and decorative gift box, The Wizard of Oz Tarot Deck and Guidebook is perfect for fans of the film and tarot practitioners alike OFFICIALLY LICENSED: This is the first and only official The Wizard of Oz tarot card deck
£20.42
Transworld Publishers Ltd The Tunnels
Book SynopsisIn the summer of 1962, one year after the rise of the Berlin Wall, a group of daring young West Germans risked prison, Stasi torture and even death to liberate friends, lovers, and strangers in East Berlin by digging tunnels under the Wall. This book tells their story.Trade ReviewA story with so much inherent drama it sounds far-fetched even for a Hollywood thriller... Mitchell tells a kaleidoscopic cold war story from 1962, recreating a world seemingly on the edge of a third world war. * The Guardian *This book serves as a stark reminder that barriers can never cut people off entirely but only succeed in driving them underground. * New York Times *The Tunnels is one of the great untold stories of the Cold War. Brilliantly researched and told with great flair, Greg Mitchell’s non-fiction narrative reads like the best spy thriller, something le Carre might have imagined. Easily the best book I’ve read all year.Every hour of my year in East Berlin - 1963/64 - the escape tunnels beneath our feet were being dug. This is their story: those who dug them, those who used them and those who betrayed them to the Stasi. Fascinating - and it is all true.A fascinating and complex picture of the interplay between politics and media in the Cold War era. * The Washington Post *I was stunned by the tunnelling exploits detailed by Greg Mitchell. This intricately detailed account was eye-opening and an exhilarating read. Not knowing who made it out of the East, and who was arrested, or worse, kept me glued to this book until the last page. [An] important work. -- Antonio Mendez, author of ArgoAn extraordinarily revealing political thriller... Mitchell presents us with a radically changed perspective on one of the Cold War’s most dramatic episodes. His book is both priceless as history and just about impossible to beat for sheer narrative grip. -- Frederick Taylor, author of The Berlin WallGreg Mitchell's The Tunnels uncovers an unexplored underworld of Cold War intrigue. As nuclear tensions grip Berlin, a whole realm of heroes and villains, of plot and counterplot, unfolds beneath the surface of the city. True historical drama. -- Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler and How The End BeginsWhen you have read the last page of Greg Mitchell's The Tunnels you will close the book. But not until then. -- Alan Furst, author of A Hero of France and Night SoldiersGreg Mitchell is the best kind of historian, a true storyteller. The Tunnels is a gripping tale about heroic individuals defying an authoritarian state at a critical moment in the Cold War. A brilliantly told thriller—but all true. -- Kai Bird, author of The Good SpyA compelling look at a wrenching chapter of the Cold War that chronicles the desperate flights for freedom beneath the streets of post-war Berlin and the costs that politics extracted in lives -- Barry Meier, author of Missing ManA riveting story. Mitchell, an exemplary journalist, goes deep into the political dynamics of Cold War Berlin. John Le Carré couldn’t have done it better. -- Bill MoyersA narrative full of interest and acute observation. -- Allan Massie * The Scotsman *Tense, fascinating... Mitchell delivers a gripping, blow-by-blow account. * Publishers Weekly *A gripping page-turner that thrills like fiction. * Kirkus Reviews *One of the most gripping stories of the Cold War. * Omnivoracious - The Amazon Book Review *
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Titan Books Ltd Marvel Studios' The Infinity Saga - Iron Man: The
Book SynopsisThe 1st of the 24 Marvel Cinematic Universe Infinity Saga film titles being published as a complete set. This fully illustrated tome treats fans to a comprehensive, unique and privileged behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind the state-of-the-art technology used in the blockbuster motion picture. Follow the film's complete artistic evolution, from initial concept through armor design and on to the final rendering seen on screen. Here is everything you need to know about the making of the movie from all the key players - including director Jon Favreau; the special-effects gurus at Stan Winston Studios; and the award-winning concept illustrators, visual-effects designers and storyboard artists who worked on the set and behind the scenes to create the art of Iron Man.
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James Clarke & Co Ltd The Making of Swallows and Amazons 1974
Book SynopsisIn 1973 Sophie Neville was cast as Titty alongside Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser and Suzanna Hamilton in the film Swallows & Amazons. Made before the advent of digital technology, the child stars lived out Arthur Ransome''s epic adventure in the great outdoors without ever seeing a script. Encouraged by her mother, Sophie Neville kept a diary about her time filming on location in the lakes and mountains of Cumbria. Bouncy and effervescent, extracts from her childhood diary are interspersed among her memories of the cast and crew as well as photographs, maps and newspaper articles, offering a child''s eye view of the making of the film from development to premiere - and the aftermath.Trade Review"Sophie has reminded me of one of the happiest times I ever spent on a film. The fun that was had, the friendships forged, the challenges overcome, are all delightfully recalled with a freshness and sense of adventure that has made me smile all over again." Virginia McKenna OBE, 'Mrs Walker' in Swallows & Amazons "Amazing. It brought so much that I had forgotten flooding back. Thank you! My father will love it, too." Simon West, 'Captain John' in Swallows & Amazons "Looking at your pictures, I relive all the thrills, wearing the costumes, the people and the lovely carefree, but caring, atmosphere. Extraordinary, extraordinary how it all comes back." Suzanna Hamilton, 'Mate Susan' in Swallows & Amazons "Sophie brings to life all the many memorable characters who worked on the film and in particular the other children, the Director Claude Whatham who developed a great relationship with his young cast and the stars Virginia McKenna and Ronald Fraser. ... The result is compulsive reading as she recalls that cold wet summer, while the camera crew wrapped up warm and she shivered in her skimpy dress as Able Seaman Titty Walker." Roger Wardale, biographer of Arthur Ransome "The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974) will be of interest to anyone who has seen the film, but also to anyone who is a fan of Ransome and his famous book. ... An enjoyable read that adds to the collective knowledge surrounding one of the country's best-loved children's stories." The Westmorland Gazette, 15 September 2017 "This uplifting memoir tells us how a schoolgirl's life was transformed by unexpectedly starring in a major film adaptation of the world famous classic tale by Arthur Ransome. ... [T]his book's greatest asset is how it communicates a sense of camaraderie between players and crew. In a profession notorious for backstabbing it is refreshing to read how such a community worked with mutual respect for each other on a highly commercial enterprise." Anne Gaelan, annegaelan16.wordpress.com In all this is a fascinating tale expertly and well written with verve, humour and excitement. I can honestly say that there was nothing I didn't love about this book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and I know I shall revisit it time and time again. Well worth acquiring; an excellent read; thoroughly recommended. David Butters, Practical Boat Owner, 24 June 2022Table of ContentsThe Cast and Crew of Swallows & Amazons Introduction - Serendipity 1. Preparation for Filming 2. First Days on Film 3. On Wild Cat Island 4. The Amazons Attack 5. Away to Rio 6. Rain, Smoke and Dangerous Wild Animals 7. Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday 8. Days to Remember 9. In Houseboat Bay 10. Going to War 11. Last Days on the Lakes 12. Swallows in Egham 13. Studio Secrets 14. A Storm of Publicity 15. Reflections 16. A Journey Back in Time 17. Where Are They Now? 18. What Sophie Did Next About the Author Acknowledgments Bibliography Picture Credits
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone
Book Synopsis“Christopher Frayling’s Spaghetti Westerns is a particularly entertaining and enjoyably readable book. Frayling is obviously both a film buff and film critic, so he is able to appreciate Spaghetti Westerns as popular entertainments, to celebrate their cinematic stylishness, while simultaneously knowledgeably exploring their many social and political dimensions.” – Gary Crowdus, Cineaste “Unquestionably the single best book written about the Western.” – Journal of Popular Film and TelevisionTrade Review'The book is a major contribution to the understanding of film in society, and is as much fun as the movies it discusses' - Robert Reiner, New Society The Professor of Cultural History at the Royal College of Art has taken his chair in both hands. - Robert Hewison, Times Literary Supplement. 'An all-encompassing overview of the genre and its key contributors' - Howard Maxford, Film Review, 10th April 2006.
£30.43
Michael Wiese Productions Film Directing: Shot by Shot - 25th Anniversary
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The History Press Ltd Children of The Wicker Man
Book SynopsisA personal, inside look at the madness behind the making of The Wicker Man from its inception, to it becoming a cult favourite
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Derek Jarmans Visionary Arts
Book SynopsisDerek Jarman''s place in the history of film is assured by virtue of his vibrant, defiant films that experiment with the very process of film-making and create new forms. His paintings, their excitements and their profundity, are less well known. Michael Charlesworth sheds light on the varied ramifications of Jarman''s artistic practice from his years at Prospect Cottage, Dungeness, and provides the first book-length study of his interest in depth psychology. He draws on Jarman''s paintings, especially his landscapes from the 1960s and 70s, his multiple series such as ''black'' and ''broken glass'', GBH, Queer and Evil Queen, and his last Ecstatic Landscapes (1991-3). He also showcases Jarman''s excellence as a writer with respect to his memoir, Kicking the Pricks. In a novel approach to Jarman''s cinema, selecting films such as Journey to Avebury (1973), Caravaggio (1986), The Garden (1990) and Blue (1993), Cha
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bad Sex
Book SynopsisBad Sex traces the evolution of representations of sex on screen, moving away from earlier portrayals of sex as dangerous, taboo, or glamorous, to more complex depictions of power struggles and often awkward or painful experiences and feelings.Billy Holzberg, Jacqueline Gibbs and Aura Lehtonen examine the representation of sex and sexuality in contemporary Anglo-American drama and dramedy' shows like Fleabag (2019), Sex Education (2019-), I May Destroy You (2020) and Please Like Me (2013-16), arguing that TV is where the politics of sexuality and gender is negotiated under the contemporary conditions of neoliberalism.Through close readings of key scenes, they identify this shift as driven by the diversification of representations of sex and sexuality, with women, trans and non-binary, Black and minority ethnic, working-class and disabled TV professionals carving a space for themselves in a traditionally white, middle-class, and cis male dominat
£71.25
Edinburgh University Press Silicon Valley Cinema
Book SynopsisIdentifies in 'Silicon Valley Cinema' a recent trend in twenty-first century Hollywood film.
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Edinburgh University Press The Eye of the Cinematograph
Book SynopsisExploresthe encounter between Emmanuel Levinas' ethical thought and aesthetic realisms of the body
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Edinburgh University Press Subjectivity and Decolonisation in the
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Edinburgh University Press Meta in Film and Television Series
Book SynopsisThe first book-length study of meta-phenomena in film and television series.
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Edinburgh University Press ReFocus The Films of Kim Kiyoung
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive scholarly volume on Kim Ki-young and his films in English
£18.99
Edinburgh University Press Filming Modernity and Islam in Colonial Egypt
Book SynopsisExplores over 30 feature films from the formative years of Egyptian cinema (1919 52) to contest the contradiction between Islam and innovation.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press Stardom Film Couples and Love Teams in 1970s
Book SynopsisExamines the multi-layered construction of film couples as a characteristic of Philippine stardom and cinema
£80.75
Edinburgh University Press Reimagining Israel and Palestine in Contemporary British and German Culture
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£18.99
Edinburgh University Press Return of the Western
Book SynopsisApproaches 21st-century Westerns with a specific focus on genre and gender.
£81.00
Edinburgh University Press Australian International Pictures 1946 75
Book SynopsisAustralian International Pictures examines the concept and definition of Australian film in relation to a range of local, international and global practices and trends that blur neat categorisations of national cinema. Although international co-production is particularly acute in the present day, this book examines the porous nature of Australian International filmmaking, and the intriguing transnational and cross-cultural formations created by globally targeted but locally focussed films made in Australia in the period 1946?75.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora
Book SynopsisThe unique analysis of art house alongside discussion of commercial films from the African continent and the African diaspora presented here offer a fresh perspective on viewers experiences that highlights aesthetic and political issues.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix 1 AfricaWatch: Parameters and Contexts 1 Part I Space 33 2 The Postcolonial City: Education of the Spectator in Harrikrisna Anenden's The Cathedral 35 3 Framing the City: Africanizing Viewer and Viewed through Angle, Distance, Genre, and Movement 55 Part II Character 77 4 Models of African Femininity 79 5 African Masculinity: "We Don't Need Another Hero" 113 6 Revolutionary Personhood: Revolutionize the Spectator, or Stop,Thief! 133 Part III Narrative 155 7 Documentary Film: Situating a Style 157 8 African Narration: Narration of Africa 172 9 Jean-Marie Teno: Creating an African Repertoire 187 10 Conclusion: Inside/Outside or How to Make a Film about Africa Today 216 Filmography 234 References 238 Glossary 246 Index 251
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC If Its Not One Thing Its Your Mother
Book SynopsisA memoir of motherhood and marriage that will make you laugh and cry - and then laugh again''This is the sort of book that made me want to be the person who wrote it. Pithy, painful and very, very funny'' Emma Thompson''[A] mix of comedy and emotion that makes up this warm and intimate memoir ... This is a funny, affectionate memoir about being an unconventional parent'' Daily MailJulia Sweeney was nearing forty, and quite famous, when she got on a flight to China to turn her life upside down. She had a flourishing career as a comedienne and performer, ample friends and admirers, but what she didn't have was a child and, after a string of non-committal boyfriends, she decided to adopt alone.Mulan was one-and-a-half years old when she met her new mother, and every bit as feisty as the Disney character (whom she was emphatically not named for). If It''s Not One Thing, It's Your Mother is the story of this unexpected moTrade ReviewThis is the sort of book that made me want to be the person who wrote it. Pithy, painful and very, very funny * Emma Thompson *[A] mix of comedy and emotion that makes up this warm and intimate memoir ... This is a funny, affectionate memoir about being an unconventional parent * Daily Mail *Entertaining and honest, this is her heart-lifting account of adoption, motherhood and plain old everyday life * Sainsbury’s Magazine *Emotional and hilarious, this book is one to keep * Daily Express *This book is adorable ... Takes you on an intimate journey that is very funny * Red *This is a funny, affectionate memoir about being an unconventional parent. With Mulan about to become a teenager, you wouldn’t bet against there being a sequel. Can’t wait * Irish Daily Mail *What distinguishes this memoir is Sweeney’s ability to draw the reader into her life, so much so that you want her to be your best friend forever * Mslexia *What a gift! If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Your Mother is an intimate and hilarious book that will leave you resenting your mother less, hugging your children tighter and glowing with gratitude that Julia Sweeney has put it all into words * Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette *Reading If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother gave me the delightful sensation of being Julia Sweeney's best friend. I curled up in bed with this book and we shared secrets, swapped parenting fiascos and boyfriend dramas, complained about our mothers, laughed a lot, cried a little, and just generally had an awesome time. Write another book soon, Ms. Sweeney! Legions of your friends are waiting! * Ayelet Waldman, author of Red Hook Road and Bad Mother *What a delicious treat! Julia Sweeney is one of the truest, warmest, wittiest voices in the world today, and we're so lucky that she spent her precious alone-time (while her husband and daughter were away) writing a book that invites everyone into her heart and home * Cindy Chupack, writer/executive producer of HBO's Sex and the City and author of The Between Boyfriends Book *Any new creative offering from Julia Sweeney is a cause for celebration. She is a spectacular combination of insightful, hilarious and honest. So, yay! A new book from Julia Sweeney! Drinks are on me! * Merrill Markoe, author of Cool, Calm, and Contentious *
£8.99
Abrams Letters from Hollywood
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is, quite simply, one of the finest books I’ve ever read about Hollywood. * Leonard Maltin *
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University of Toronto Press OuterSpeares
Book SynopsisOuterSpearesis the first book to examine the full spectrum of past and present adaptations, and one that offers a unique perspective on the transcultural and transdisciplinary aspects of Shakespeare in the contemporary world.Trade Review'OuterSpears enriches the remarkable tradition of Shakespeare scholarship in Canada... The book is highly interdisciplinary in character, making it an important contribution to the study of Shakespeare, adaptation, media, and contemporary culture.' -- Aneta Mancewicz English Studies in Canada vol 41:03:2015Table of ContentsIntroduction: OuterSpeares: Shakespeare, Intermedia, and the Limits of Adaptation (Daniel Fischlin) Section 1: "Strange Invention": Shakespeare in the New Media YouTube Shakespeare and the Rhetorics of Invention (Christy Desmet) "Is there an app for that?": Mobile Shakespeare on the Phone and in the Cloud (Jennifer Ailles) Section 2: "These violent delights have violent ends": Shakespearean Adaptation and Film Intermedia Melted into Media: Understanding Julie Taymor's Film Adaptation of The Tempest in the Wake of 9/11 and the War on Terror (Don Moore) Transgression and Transformation: Mickey B and the Dramaturgy of Adaptation - An Interview with Tom Magill (Daniel Fischlin, Tom Magill, and Jessica Riley) Section 3: "All the Uses of this World": TV, Radio, Popular Music, Theatre and the Uses of Intermedia Slings & Arrows: Pedagogical Theory and Practice in an Intermediated Shakespeare (Kim Fedderson and Michael Richardson) Your Master's Voice: The Shakespearean Narrator as Intermedial Authority on 1930s American Radio (Andrew Bretz) Sounding Shakespeare: Intermedia Adaptation and Popular Music (Daniel Fischlin) "Playing the Race Bard": How Shakespeare and Harlem Duet Sold (at) the 2006 Stratford Festival (James McKinnon) Section 4: "Give No Limits to My Tongue ... I am Privileged to Speak": The Limits of Adaptation? Patchwork Shakespeare: Community Events at the American Shakespeare Tercentenary (1916) (Monika Smialkowska) Upcycling Shakespeare: Crafting Cultural Capital (Sujata Iyengar) Beyond Adaptation (Mark Fortier)
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Edinburgh University Press Death and the Moving Image
Book SynopsisExamines the representation of death and dying in mainstream cinema. This title provides the study of the representation of death and dying in mainstream Western cinema from its earliest to its latest renditions. It explores the impact of gender, race, nation and narration upon death's dramatics on screen and more.
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Edinburgh University Press The Sense of Film Narration
Book SynopsisInvestigates the sensuous qualities of narration in the feature length fiction film. This book examines films that combine different types of images and sounds in a way that brings out their sensuous qualities in an especially vivid manner. It demonstrates that a film's sensuous qualities can be intimately connected to its storytelling processes.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter One: Analysing Film Texturally; Chapter Two: Sensation and Narrative Sense in Amores Perros; Chapter Three: Storytelling Through the Imperfect Image; Chapter Four: Sighs and Sounds: The Materiality of the Voiceover; Chapter Five: The Dramatic Affect of Multiple Casting; Conclusion.
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Abrams The Magnificent Magical Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Book Synopsis The first and only authorized guide to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel brings fans behind the scenes with the writers and onto the set with the actors to unpack every season of this Emmy-winning television series The authorized companion to the Emmy-winning Amazon drama The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, a show chronicling the adventures (and misadventures) of Midge Maisel in her transformation from fifties housewife to standup comedian. The series starred Rachel Brosnahan and remains beloved for its humor, vibrancy, and portrayal of a woman fighting the odds and the prevailing culture to gain success. The book covers all five seasons of the show and captures its colorful and authentically vintage atmosphere. Featuring conversations with show creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, and insights from show stars Alex Borstein, Luke Kirby, and Stephanie Hsu, this is a deep dive that includes script extracts, production details, thoughtful a
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Continuum Publishing Corporation A New History of Documentary Film Second Edition
Book SynopsisBetsy A. McLane is the Director Emerita of the International Documentary Association. She holds degrees in cinema: a BFA from Ithaca College, MA and Ph.D. from The University of Southern California School of Media Arts. She has taught courses on film and documentary at various institutions. She is a Past President of the University Film and Video Association, and most recently served as the Project Director for The American Documentary Showcase, a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State.Trade ReviewA New History of Documentary Film is a vital and essential narrative about the evolution of an art form, from its earliest manifestations around the birth of the moving picture to its modern-day diffusion of genres and sub-genres in the digital era. This new version brings readers up-to-date in this so-called Golden Age of Documentary, while providing a rich and lively tour over a century of innovation and provocation. As any good history evinces, this New History tells us where we've been and where we're going. --Thomas White, Editor, Documentary MagazineBetsy McClane makes an important contribution to documentary history. She does an especially good job at shining a light on careers that were previously overlooked. - Thom Powers, documentary programmer (Toronto International Film Festival; Stranger Than Fiction)Now in an updated second edition with additional material on Experimental documentary, Visual Anthropology, and Environmental/Nature films, A New History of Documentary Film is a scholarly, chronological evaluation of how documentary media has changed through the decades. A handful of black-and-white photographs (plus a few color plates) illustrate this extraordinary compendium that shines a spotlight on little-known pioneers in filmmaking as well as offering a solid overview of the medium, from the twenties, to the tumult of two world wars, to the postmodern era. An index rounds out this excellent resource for media studies courses, and fascinating browse for lay readers interested in learning more about nonfiction films throughout history. -- James A. Cox * The Midwest Book Review *Carefully streamlining and judiciously rearranging the first edition, McLane - sole author of the second edition - provides a stronger context for its expanded and deeper exploration of recent documentary and the key issues affecting its current production and distribution. This enhances the dramatic shape the original gave the story of the documentary's development and gives the new edition greater immediate relevance. -- Edward Landler * CineMontage Book Review *In her newly updated edition of A New History of Documentary Film, Betsy McLane, director emerita of the International Documentary Association, manages to be both exhaustive in scope and concise in approach. She offers an account of the genre's history as context for the current state of documentary film, while also considering the future of non-fiction films. -- Carley Johnson * Directors Guild of America Quarterly *this revised version of A New History of Documentary Film is undoubtedly a useful reference for the scholars and students in documentary film studies as well as documentary enthusiasts. * Media International Australia *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter One: Some Ways To Think About Documentary Description Definition Intellectual Contexts Pre-Documentary Origins Books On Documentary Theory And General Histories of Documentary Chapter Two: Beginnings: The Americans And Popular Anthropology, 1922-1929 The Work Of Robert and Frances Flaherty The Flaherty Way The Flaherty Legacy Films Of The Period Books On The Period Chapter Three Beginnings: The Soviets And Political Indoctrination, 1922- 1929 Reportage/Newsreel Compilation Epic Fiction and Documentary The Fiction Films Films Of The Period Books On The Period Chapter Four Beginnings: The European Avant-Garde Experimentation, 1922-1929 Aesthetic Predispositions Avant-Garde And Documentary Changes In The Avant-Garde Three City Symphonies Films Of The Period Books On The Period Chapter Five Institutionalization: Great Britain, 1929-1939 Background And Underpinnings The System The Films Grierson And Flaherty Grierson's Contribution Films Of The Period Books On The Period Chapter Six Institutionalization United States, 1930-1941 The March Of Time Government Documentaries Nongovernment Documentaries Conclusions Denouement An Aside To Conclude Films Of The Period Books On The Period Chapter Seven WW II Part A: Great Britain Early Days Indoctrination Social Documentary Records Of Battle Part B: Canada Founding Of National Film Board Theatrical Series Nontheatrical Films Summary Part C: United States Training Indoctrination Why We Fight Records of Battle Social Documentary Comparisons: Great Britain, Canada, United States Films Of The Period Books On The Period Chapter Eight Postwar Documentary, 1945-1961 Personnel And Leadership Sponsorship USIA Films Canada Subjects Internationalism Approaches And Techniques Observations Films Of The Period Books On The Period Chapter Nine Documentary For Television, The "Golden Years," 1951-1971 Historical Background Documentary Series The Special Characteristics Of Early Television Documentary Films Of The Period Books On The Period Chapter Ten British Free Cinema And New American Cinema, 1953-1960 Critical Background Free Cinema Films The United States Films Of The Period Books On The Period Chapter Eleven Cinéma Vérité, Direct Cinema, 1958-1970 Historical Background New Technology And First CV/Direct Direct Cinema Vs. Cinéma Vérité Effects On Documentary Subjects And Styles Frederick Wiseman Conclusion Films Of The Period Books On The Period Chapter Twelve Power Of The People, The 1970s Some Established Filmmakers New Directions In Vérité Political Emphases and Vietnam Newsreel Collectives Feminist Resurgence Challenge for Change Public Access Television Other Emerging Organization Films Of The Period Books On The Period Chapter Thirteen Video Arrives, 1980 - 1990s Cable and Satellite Technology Personal Essay Film Compilation Strictly Political Social and Ethnic Minorities Representing Gay and Lesbian Culture Films Of The Period Books On The Period Chapter Fourteen Reality Bytes Business and Technology: The Bad and The Good American Public Television Archival Documentary The Ken Burns Phenomenon Canada Soldiers On Development in the U.K. American Independents Films Of The Period Books On The Period Chapter Fifteen Documentary Traditions in the Twenty First Century Werner Herzog Steve James and others Erroll Morris Women Documentarians Experimental Documentary Theaters and Festivals Films Of The Period Books On The Period Chapter Sixteen Now and When Aesthetics And Content Finance Documentary Un-Reality Intimate Doings Of Reality Academic Approaches Emergent Technologies Social Media Commitment to History Conclusion Films Of The Period Appendices TOP 25 Theatrical Grossing Documentaries TOP 10 Theatrical Grossing Sports Documentaries Index
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Rowman & Littlefield Marilyn Monroe Day by Day
Book SynopsisCarl Rollyson is professor of journalism at Baruch College, The City University of New York. He has published more than forty books, including Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews (2012), Amy Lowell Anew: A Biography (2013), and American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath (2014).Trade ReviewIt is seldom that a book is recommended as a research tool for scholars and also leisure reading for movie star fans. However, Marilyn Monroe's life was extraordinary. It is appropriate that books on her life would also be unique, and this book is interesting and very useful at the same time. Rollyson has a rich background in producing biographies. . . .In this new book, the author makes his research materials accessible to readers. He includes a brief, well-organized, and very readable biography in which he tries to clarify the cracks and discrepancies that still exist in her life story. Also included is a descriptive listing of the significant people in her life, a detailed time line, sources for quotes, and an annotated filmography. Especially valuable for researchers is the bibliography of selected quality materials. The annotations are extensive, not only describing the contents but evaluating the importance of the resource. The book is an especially useful tool for researchers and for students studying this controversial and enigmatic woman. Summing Up: Recommended. All academic audiences; general readers. * CHOICE *Rollyson, author of Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress (1986), provides this day-by-day chronology that suggests different aspects of Monroe’s life. The book begins with a biography and an annotated listing of principal personages; this is followed by the time line, which moves from her grandparents (1876) to her death (1962). The concise entries flow by months and years to suggest the passages in her life and give insight into her everyday interests, providing another way to view Monroe’s short life. Recommended for hard-core fans of this film icon. * Booklist *Author Carl Rollyson's new book Marilyn Monroe, Day by Day is a carefully researched and consistently fascinating look at the actress's life. . . .And, throughout its over 300-detailed pages, we are offered a very thorough look at Marilyn Monroe's life and career. It is too easy to dismiss books of this sort as mere trivia, but Rollyson's book does not fall under this category. The information he provides not only gives fans of Marilyn Monroe a clear understanding of the events in her life, it also helps us examine her process in choosing roles, her approach to each character, the subsequent publicity she must engage in, and her reaction to various directors and co-stars. . . .While it would seem no more could possibly be said about Marilyn Monroe, Carl Rollyson's book offers a great deal of compact information that will interest and enlighten any of her fans. * Examiner.com *Providing a year-by-year time-line of Monroe’s life, with the events of each month—and day—where known. A useful reference book for the Monroe scholar. * Mad about Marilyn *Marilyn Monroe Day by Day is a treasure-trove of information related to all manner of Marilyn-related events. Carl Rollyson is a fantastic author and researcher and the work put into this book is nothing short of spectacular. If you want to know what show Marilyn attended on 11th January 1955, or when she did costume tests for ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,’ then look no further than this book. I know I will be using it on an everyday basis and it will always have a place on my bookshelf. -- Michelle Morgan, author of Marilyn Monroe: Private and ConfidentialCarl Rollyson, the first biographer to focus on Marilyn Monroe as an actress, has created a unique timeline depicting the life of an American icon. An indispensable research tool, Day By Day will clarify events from her troubled childhood onward, while dispelling some of the more pernicious myths. The woman who emerges is witty, sociable and hard-working. Rollyson also chronicles Monroe’s omnipresence in the magazines and newspapers of the day, revealing the complex interplay between image and reality. He offers sharp analysis of her cinematic legacy; deft portraits of the people who knew and loved her; and an opinionated guide to the many books published since her death. Far from closing the debate, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day sheds new light on an enduring enigma. -- Tara Hanks, author of The Mmm GirlAn outstanding achievement. Carl Rollyson’s A Life of the Actress remains the definitive study of Monroe’s career. Now, in Marilyn Monroe Day by Day he presents a fascinating experiment by carefully piecing together the events of her life—day by day—to reveal a portrait of a woman who is strong, in control, and extraordinarily shrewd. The result is a riveting social document that unfolds like an adventure novel. -- David Wills, author of Marilyn Monroe: MetamorphosisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction A Brief History of Marilyn Monroe Principal Personages Timeline Sources for Quotes Annotated Filmography Annotated Bibliography Index About the Author
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Italian Cinema from the Silent Screen to the
Book SynopsisJoseph Luzzi is Associate Professor of Italian and Director of Italian Studies at Bard College, USA, and the author of Romantic Europe and the Ghost of Italy (2008), which received the MLA's Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies and was named an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice (2009).Trade ReviewThis collection of carefully-researched essays forms a multifaceted, functional, and up-to-date reference volume that should be on the shelf of every cinephile and student of Italian cinema. * Federico Pacchioni, Associate Professor of World Languages and Cultures, Chapman University, USA *The writers assembled here by Joseph Luzzi - some of them well-known scholars at the top of their game, others new voices emerging with power and flair - engage us at all stages of this rich new volume on Italian cinema. Here is a reference work that makes good its title promise - to cover an entire history, from the age of silent screen to digital images of more than a century later. The various chapters weave pathways into existing knowledge, extending lines of inquiry in a variety of enticing directions. Individual film critics here take different approaches, but in all cases the writing styles are cogent, intriguing, and a challenge both to other scholars and to the general reader. A clear overall chronology by Mattia Acetoso leads the volume. Each further chapter has a comprehensive bibliography and filmography of the particular aspect of Italian cinema under consideration. In all respects the contributors prove worthy of the volume’s dedicatee, Millicent Marcus, whose pioneering work in the field has for decades drawn others magnetically to it, and whose own contribution here is one of many pieces of exemplary exploration. Those readers who are well acquainted with aspects of Italian cinema will find their senses of it revitalised, discovering unknown films to watch and old favourites to consider in new ways. Those by contrast who so far know relatively little will receive guidance here, and stimulation to commence their own exploration with fascination and in bold individual ways. Here is a volume that will enhance love of and expertise about Italian cinema - and indeed Italian culture more generally, since all the contributions are richly contextualised - for many years to come. * Jonathan White, Professor Emeritus in Literature, University of Essex, UK *Table of ContentsList of Contributors Glossary Mattia Acetoso (Boston College, USA) Chronology Mattia Acestoso (Boston College, USA) Introduction Joseph Luzzi (Bard College, USA) Part I - Chronologies and Movements 1. Italian Silent Film Antonio Costa (Università di Padova, Italy) 2. Futurism and Film Michael Syrimis (Tulane University, USA) 3. The Never-Ending Story of Film and Fascism Vito Zagarrio (Università di Roma Tre, Italy) 4. Neorealism Giuliana Minghelli (McGill University, Canada) 5. The Orphaned Generation: Cinema of the 1980s and 1990s Alessia Ricciardi (Northwestern University, USA) 6. Persistence of Vision: Realism and the Popular in Italian Cinema of the New Millennium Millicent Marcus (Yale University, USA) Part II - Gender, Genre, Theory 7. The Five Faces of the Italian Femme Fatale Stephen Gundle (University of Warwick, UK) 8. Italian Women's Cinema and the Wounded Filmic Body Dana Renga (The Ohio State University, USA) 9. The Cinematic Evolution of Commedia all'Italiana Marcia Landy (University of Pittsburgh, USA) 10. Popular Italian Cinema Catherine O'Rawe (University of Bristol, UK) 11. Italian Film Theory, 1907-2015 Gabriele Pedullà (Università di Roma Tre, Italy) Part III - Relations and Debates 12. Film Music: "Kaos and the Taviani" Daniela Bini (University of Texas, Austin, USA) 13. Photography and Film Sarah Carey (McGraw-Hill Education) 14. Television and Film Stefano Baschiera (Queen's University Belfast, UK) 15. Italian Documentary and the Predicaments of the Auteur Luca Caminati (Concordia University, Canada) and Mauro Sassi (Independent Scholar) 16. The Global Impact of Italian Neorealism Laura E. Ruberto (Berkeley City College, USA) and Kristi M. Wilson (Soka University of America, USA) Part IV - Films in Focus 17. Cabiria Robert Rushing (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA) 18. Senso Brendan Hennessey (Binghamton University, USA) 19. Bitter Rice Charles L. Leavitt IV (University of Notre Dame, USA) 20. La strada Federico Pacchioni (Chapman University, USA) 21. L'avventura John David Rhodes (University of Cambridge, UK) 22. Once upon a Time in the West Maryann McDonald Carolan (Fairfield University, USA) 23. Theorem Robert S.C. Gordon (University of Cambridge, UK) 24. The Conformist Michael Cramer (Sarah Lawrence College, USA) 25. Love and Anarchy Bernadette Luciano (University of Auckland, New Zealand) 26. The Best of Youth Alan O'Leary (University of Leeds, UK) Part V - Behind the Scenes 27. Sound and Soundtrack in Italian Cinema Monica Facchini (Colgate University, USA) 28. Screenwriting Cosetta Gaudenzi (University of Memphis, USA) 29. Open-Air Cinema Allison Cooper (Bowdoin College, USA) Index
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The University of North Carolina Press White Balance
Book SynopsisIn the decades after the civil rights movement, the ideology of colorblindness co-opted the language of the civil rights era in order to reinvent white supremacy. The key to this shift, Justin Gomer contends, was film - Hollywood provided the visual medium necessary to dramatize an anti-civil rights agenda over the course of the 70s, 80s, and 90s.Trade ReviewThrough clear writing . . . Gomer makes thoughtful connections to support a compelling argument that Hollywood played an influential role in the popularization of racial colorblindness. . . . White Balance is a well-written and much-needed study of colorblindness – one of the few book-length sources that explores the role of race-neutral perspectives in American society and culture.--Black Perspectives
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