Individual film directors Books

Book SynopsisExplore an A-Z of everything you need to know about the masterful movies of Quentin Tarantino, from AK-47 to Zed''s dead, baby and everything in between.With hundreds of entries covering every facet of Tarantino''s work - from inspiration and influences to his most frequent collaborators and little-known cameos - A Quentin Tarantino Dictionary is a stylish guide to the wonderful world of this visionary filmmaker.Written by author and film critic Helen O''Hara (Empire, BAFTA, the Telegraph) and with bespoke illustrations that bring the director''s vision to life, this is a one-stop shop for all things Tarantino.

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Book SynopsisExplore an A-Z of everything you need to know about the iconic films of Wes Anderson, from Asteroid City to Steve Zissou and everything in between.With hundreds of entries covering every facet of Anderson''s work - from inspiration and influences to his most frequent collaborators and little-known quirks - A Wes Anderson Dictionary is a stylish guide to the wonderful world of this iconic, unique filmmaker.Written by author and journalist Sophie Monks Kaufman (Little White Lies, Empire, Netflix, BBC) and with bespoke illustrations that bring the director''s vision to life, this is a one-stop shop for all things Anderson.

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Steven Spielberg provides an authoritative collection of essays exploring the achievements and legacy of one of the most influential film directors of the modern era.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors x Acknowledgements xvii Film and Television Programs: Steven Spielberg (chronological) xviii 1 Introduction 1Nigel Morris Part One Industry and Agency 25 2 Spielberg as Director, Producer, and Movie Mogul 27Thomas Schatz 3 Producing the Spielberg “Brand” 45James Russell Part Two Narration and Style 59 4 Magisterial Juvenilia: Amblin’ and Spielberg’s Early Television Work 61Nigel Morris 5 Finding His Voice: Experimentation and Innovation in Duel, The Sugarland Express, and 1941 103James Kendrick 6 Creating a Cliff hanger: Narration in The Lost World: Jurassic Park 122Warren Buckland 7 Steven Spielberg and the Rhetoric of an Ending 137Michael Walker 8 The Spielberg Gesture: Performance and Intensified Continuity 159Steven Rybin Part Three Collaborations and Intertexts 173 9 Spielberg–Williams: Symphonic Cinema 175Jack Sullivan 10 Spielberg and Kubrick 195Peter Krämer 11 Spielberg and Adaptation 212I.Q. Hunter 12 “A very cruel death of innocence”: Notes Toward an Appreciation of Spielberg’s Film of Empire of the Sun 227Neil Sinyard Part Four Themes and Variations 241 13 “Who am I, David?”: Motherhood in Spielberg’s Dramas of Family Dysfunction 243Linda Ruth Williams 14 Close Encounters of the Paternal Kind: Spielberg’s Fatherhoods 258Murray Pomerance 15 Spielberg and Rockwell: Realism and the Liberal Imagination 276Frederick Wasser 16 Too Brave for Foolish Pride: Violence in the Films of Steven Spielberg 291Stephen Prince Part Five Spielberg, History, and Identity 305 17 Morality Tales? Visions of the Past in Spielberg’s History Plays 307Sarah Barrow 18 “Britain’s Secret Schindler”: The Impact of Schindler’s List on British Media Perceptions of Civilian Heroes 320Erin Bell 19 The (M)orality of Murder: Jews, Food, and Steven Spielberg’s Munich 336Nathan Abrams and Gerwyn Owen 20 You Must Remember This: History as Film/Film as History 353Lester D. Friedman 21 Violence and Memory in Spielberg’s Lincoln 374Robert Burgoyne and John Trafton Part Six Spielberg in the Digital Age 387 22 The Spielberg Effects 389Dan North 23 Spielberg and Video Games (1982 to 2010) 410Grethe Mitchell Part Seven Reception 433 24 Sharks, Aliens, and Nazis: The Crisis of Film Criticism and the Rise of Steven Spielberg 435Raymond J. Haberski, Jr. 25 Spielberg, Fandom, and the Popular Appeal of His Blockbuster Movies 452Lincoln Geraghty 26 Steven Spielberg and the Rise of the Celebrity Film Director 466Kirsty Fairclough and Andy Willis Index of Film and Television Programs 479 Index 488

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Book SynopsisBLAKE EDWARDS Blake Edwards: Film Director as Multitalented Auteur is the first critical analysis to focus on the dramatic works of Blake Edwards. Best known for successful comedies such as The Pink Panther series with Peter Sellers, Blake Edwards wrote, produced, and directed serious works in radio, television, film, and theater for seven decades. Although hit films such as Breakfast at Tiffany's and 10' remain popular, many of Edwards's dramas have been forgotten or marginalized. In this unique book, William Luhr and Peter Lehman draw on original research from numerous set visits and personal interviews with Edwards and many of his creative and business collaborators to explore his dramas, radio and television work, theatrical productions, one-man art shows, and unproduced screenplays. In-depth chapters analyze non-comedic films including Experiment in Terror, Days of Wine and Roses, and The Tamarind Seed, the theatrical fTable of ContentsList of Figures ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Chapter 1 Introduction: “Call Me Blake.” 1 Chapter 2 The Early Period (1948–1962) 29 Chapter 3 Mister Cory (1957) 64 Chapter 4 Experiment in Terror (1962) 77 Chapter 5 Days of Wine and Roses (1962) 92 Chapter 6 Gunn (1967) and Peter Gunn (1989) 108 Chapter 7 Wild Rovers (1971) 129 Chapter 8 The Carey Treatment (1972) 152 Chapter 9 Julie (1972) 171 Chapter 10 The Tamarind Seed (1974) 194 Chapter 11 Sunset (1988) 210 Chapter 12 The Late Period: Play It Again, Blake 234 Appendix 1: Books on Blake Edwards 261 Appendix 2: The Interviews 263 Index 265

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Book SynopsisA fresh, innovative interpretation of the life, work and lasting influence of the twentieth century's most iconic filmmaker.Trade Review"A provocative new way of thinking about biography... The radial structure vibrates, like Hitchcock’s best films, with intuition and mystery." -- Parul Sehgal - The New York Times"Edward White’s The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock is a pinata of literary pleasures. Learned and graceful, thoughtful and provocative, White cracks the Hitchcock code with deft analysis and fine writing. It’s a high-stepping performance full of humor and depth. Walking a tightrope between criticism and biography, White places both the man and his myth in the cultural landscape of his times. In the process, he returns us to the films with a much more informed eye. A book to keep and to return to." -- John Lahr, author of Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh"Perceptive and gracefully written, “The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock” is a bracing study of the master of suspense... It is a rare book that could pleasurably be twice as long." -- The Economist"[The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock] is full of such sharp observations, offering a Hitchcock whose art endures alongside—and in some ways depends upon—his insecurities and mistakes." -- Farran Smith Nehme - The Wall Street Journal"White combines his interpretive zest with sensitivity, clarity and knife-sharp phrasing, smartly dedicating each of his 12 chapters to a different facet of the director's personality: the voyeur, the entertainer, the womaniser, the family man… Anatomising someone of Hitchcock's stature risks an equally chaotic frenzy of stabs, but with these 12 scalpel strokes White cuts close to his subject's heart." -- Victoria Segal - The Sunday Times"... innovative biography of Alfred Hitchcock... Tracking Hitchcock's contemporary influence, White is an enterprising tour guide... I was happy to be reminded of Cornelia Parker’s PsychoBarn, constructed in 2016 on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum in New York... And thanks to White, I went on an excursion to Leytonstone, Hitchcock’s birthplace in east London... I was also pleased to learn from White about the lewd Hitchcock tribute in Eminem’s Music to Be Murdered By." -- Peter Conrad - The Observer"The great strength of “The Twelve Lives” is that a reader comes away from it with a vivid sense of how Hitchcock ignited screen masterpieces with the fires of his inner discord and contradictions." -- Alexander Kafka - The Washington Post"... a fascinating new study... [The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock] is overflowing with anecdotes, memories and curiosities… the book offers lots of insights into what made him such a revolutionary director of masterpieces such as North by Northwest and Rear Window." -- Martin Chilton, Books of the Month May 2021 - The Independent"Rather than forcing Hitchcock’s often contradictory guises into a coherent whole, this deft account takes them as a starting point. The result is a nuanced and frequently unfamiliar portrait. Essays on the director’s sartorial and culinary preoccupations and his penchant for publicity—chapter headings include “The Fat Man” and “The Dandy”—yield new perspectives on a multifaceted career." -- Briefly Noted - The New Yorker"... masterful study... There have been thousands of books about Hitchcock. This is the best of the bunch, a brilliant investigation of a man full both of ego and fragile self-esteem, a sour mixture of self-disgust and self-regard. Hitchcock was aware that under anyone’s calm surface, dark forces were ‘springing and swirling within'. To investigate these notions, White chops up his book into a dozen highly original chapters homing in on such themes as Hitchcock the Fatty, the Dandy, the Voyeur, the Cockney, and so forth." -- Roger Lewis - The Daily Mail"Using an approach that manages to balance chronology and theme, [White] presents the subject from a dozen angles, many of them in implicit opposition… his use of sources is inventive, and he exhibits breezy authority on a range of relevant themes, from dietetics and mid-century slimming to Catholic prayer." -- Leo Robson - New Statesman"Running the gamut from 'The Boy Who Couldn't Grow Up' to 'The Man Of God', White's book... deftly divvies up the director's 80 years into a dozen readable chunks. If Hitch was, as this author suggests, "a codex of his times," this is as good a way as any to decipher him." -- Neil Smith - Total Film"White’s book is a perceptive, plainspoken, and vigorous portrait of an exceedingly strange, complicated, and perhaps deeply wounded man." -- John Banville - New Republic"It's an elegant, divertingly readable performance... it's the affinities, the connecting threads and evocative side-glances with which White salts his text that repeatedly spark new insights into both the man and his work... as this entertaining and provocative book shows, a lot of satisfaction can be derived from exploring the mystery." -- Philip Kemp - Sight & Sound"It feels a fresh way to organise a familiar story… [The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock] allows White to examine the binaries that run through Hitchcock’s life; the man who had both an enormous ego and fragile self-esteem, the uxorious husband who was also lecherous, the dandy in the body of a fat man and the end-of-the-pier entertainer who could also be framed as an avant-garde artist." -- Teddy Jamieson - The Herald"While Hitchcock has been the subject of more books than any other filmmaker, the man behind the titillating, terrifying mask remains an enigma… Edward White’s answer to this conundrum is to dismember Hitchcock into a dozen parts." -- Christopher Bray - The Mail on Sunday"The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock by Edward White considers the many different aspects of the great film-maker’s life and work, including family man, Londoner, pioneer and dandy, and how they often intertwined." -- Choice"[The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock] is an original, absorbing study which captures the contradictory nature of ‘the Master of Suspense’." -- Book of the Week - The Week"... elegant and erudite biography… More than 100 books have been written about the Hitchcock phenomenon, but this must be one of the most straightforwardly enjoyable. More a collection of essays than a full-blown biography... [The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock] will send readers back to the films with renewed appreciation." -- Andrew Lynch - The Business Post"The number of tomes written about Alfred Hitchcock could fill a large bookcase, but Edward White takes a novel approach. In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock, he looks at a dozen aspects of the great director's life, work and influence. It's a ploy to entertain and enlighten even those of us who think we know Hitch inside out. White offers new interpretations of some of his most celebrated films but seeks to uncover the man beneath the myth that Hitchcock, himself, so carefully curated." -- Summer Reads - The Irish Independent"White writes with the contemporary moment in mind yet avoids twisting his subject’s accomplishments to suit new tastes. His book is entirely accessible without being glib or sensationalist; it is well-researched and wide-ranging in its cultural references without being pedantic or effete. I know of no other book on Hitchcock that wears its breadth of knowledge so lightly... One completes this book feeling one knows Hitchcock as well as he could be known, and with renewed respect for his gifts and his influence on culture." -- Paula Marantz Cohen - Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisA fresh, innovative interpretation of the life, work and lasting influence of the twentieth century’s most iconic filmmaker.Trade Review"Edward White’s The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock is a pinata of literary pleasures. Learned and graceful, thoughtful and provocative, White cracks the Hitchcock code with deft analysis and fine writing. It’s a high-stepping performance full of humor and depth. Walking a tightrope between criticism and biography, White places both the man and his myth in the cultural landscape of his times. In the process, he returns us to the films with a much more informed eye. A book to keep and to return to." -- John Lahr, author of Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh"A provocative new way of thinking about biography... The radial structure vibrates, like Hitchcock’s best films, with intuition and mystery." -- Parul Sehgal - The New York Times"Perceptive and gracefully written, “The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock” is a bracing study of the master of suspense... It is a rare book that could pleasurably be twice as long." -- The Economist"White combines his interpretive zest with sensitivity, clarity and knife-sharp phrasing, smartly dedicating each of his 12 chapters to a different facet of the director's personality: the voyeur, the entertainer, the womaniser, the family man… Anatomising someone of Hitchcock's stature risks an equally chaotic frenzy of stabs, but with these 12 scalpel strokes White cuts close to his subject's heart." -- Victoria Segal - The Sunday Times""... innovative biography of Alfred Hitchcock... Tracking Hitchcock's contemporary influence, White is an enterprising tour guide... I was happy to be reminded of Cornelia Parker’s PsychoBarn, constructed in 2016 on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum in New York... And thanks to White, I went on an excursion to Leytonstone, Hitchcock’s birthplace in east London... I was also pleased to learn from White about the lewd Hitchcock tribute in Eminem’s Music to Be Murdered By." -- Peter Conrad - The Observer

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Book SynopsisFor over forty years, Shyam Benegal has been one the leading forces in Indian cinema. Informed by a rich political and philosophical sensibility and a mastery of the art and craft of filmmaking, Benegal is both of, and not of, Bollywood. As a philosophical filmmaker Benegal brings to life the existential crisis of the downtrodden Indian, the subaltern' if you willthe serf, the peasant, the womanand imposes a distinctive philosophical vision on his cinematic reworkings of literary products. To understand Benegal's cinema is to understand, through his lens, modern India's continued process of political and social becoming. Focusing on the philosophical depth of Benegal's oueuvre, Samir Chopra identifies three key aspects of his work:- A trio of films which signalled to middle-class India that a revolt was brewing in India's hinterlands- Two sets of movies which make powerful feminist statements and bring viewers into the lives of Indian women by showcasing strong, interesting female chTrade ReviewSamir Chopra’s fine-grained analyses of Shyam Benegal’s prolific output does great justice to the filmmaker’s intellectual reach and ambitions, putting Benegal’s deeply committed visions of social and gender justice in conversation with what Chopra calls “philosophy in cinematic form”—“expressions,” that is, “of a moral and political philosophy” enacted via the medium of cinema. Those looking for a compelling reading of Benegal’s substantial oeuvre will also find much to enjoy and ruminate over in Shyam Benegal: Philosopher and Filmmaker. * Anuradha Needham, Donald R. Longman Professor of English and Cinema Studies, Oberlin College, USA *For over four decades, India’s celebrated filmmaker Shyam Benegal’s films have delighted audiences even as they chasten the social order—one that hurls indignities at those perceived as social outcasts. Unfiltered and unfettered by the weight of ideological prisms, Benegal’s films speak through the body of women at the margins, revealing her resistance in speech and action. Samir Chopra brings us closer to the legendary filmmaker and his films. Chopra curates a selection of Benegal’s films and persuades us to see films as “philosophy in action” and rumination in celluloid. This smart book has much to offer to the novice as well as film enthusiasts familiar with India’s cinema. * Ritu Gairola Khanduri, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Texas at Arlington, USA *Table of ContentsPrelims Preface 1. Introduction 2. Ankur, Nishant, Manthan: The Uprising Trilogy 3. An Indian Feminist –I : Bhumika, Mandi 4. An Indian Feminist – II: The Muslim Women Trilogy – Mammo, Zubeidaa, Sardari Begum 5. The Fabulist – Junoon, Suraj ka Satwan Ghoda, Kondura, Kalyug Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRichard Eldridge is Charles and Harriett Cox McDowell Professor of Philosophy, Swarthmore College, USA. He is the author of five books and works in aesthetics and the philosophy of literature, the philosophy of language, and German philosophy.Trade ReviewHegel, Nietzsche, and Heidegger are prominent among the philosophical sources, but Eldridge also draws extensively on commentary by contemporary film scholars and reviewers and on Herzog’s own writings and interviews. Particularly effective are Eldridge’s insightful close readings of particular films, both fiction and documentary … Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *The range of films discussed is excellent, avoiding the over-familiar concentration on the output of the 1960s and 70s. * Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media *Richard Eldridge's excellent contribution to Bloomsbury's Philosophical Filmmakers series creates a significant set of interpretations of Werner Herzog's films, by showing how these films not only interact with philosophy, but do work parallel to that done by philosophy. * Monatshefte *Werner Herzog, although patently an auteur, has not always fared well with academic critics, due to their theoretical biases. Herzog’s art is Romantic, with a capital R, committed to defamiliarizing reality in the spirit of Heidegger. But in Richard Eldridge, Herzog has finally found his ideal interpreter. A philosopher steeped in German philosophy and Romantic literature, as well as Wittgenstein and Cavell, Eldridge is able to demonstrate Herzog’s attention to fundamental existential themes in ways that makes an exemplary case for the power of humane letters to reveal the importance of great art. -- Noël Carroll, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, The City University of New York, USAIn his brilliant and stimulating study, Richard Eldridge shows that the issues addressed in Herzog’s films are continuous with those of concern to philosophers, most centrally that of finding meaning in our lives. Eldridge enriches our understanding of the philosophical capabilities of film through his detailed exploration of how Herzog’s films present the human quest for meaning in a world that is, if not hostile, indifferent to our purposes. A major achievement! -- Thomas E. Wartenberg Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Mount Holyoke College, USAThis book brings remarkable intellectual breadth and depth to bear on Herzog as a filmmaker wrestling with the fundamental issues of human existence…With always acutely perceptive and often surprising results, Eldridge places the director’s work in mutually enlightening dialog with numerous conceptual, artistic, and historical traditions, while remaining highly sensitive to the fine-grained experiential and cinematic textures of the films discussed. Elegantly integrating Ancient, modern, and contemporary philosophical perspectives with film theory and criticism, this is not only a major original study of Herzog, but a template for a richer form of philosophy of, and through, film, with its own version of ‘ecstatic truth’. -- Daniel Yacavone Lecturer of Film Studies, University of Edinburgh, UKTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: Images and Contemporary Culture 2. Nature 3. Selfhood 4. History Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrom A New Hope to The Rise of Skywalker and beyond, this book offers the first complete assessment and philosophical exploration of the Star Wars universe.Lucasfilm examines the ways in which these iconic films were shaped by global cultural mythologies and world cinema, as well as philosophical ideas from the fields of aesthetics and political theory, and now serve as a platform for public philosophy. Cyrus R. K. Patell also looks at how this ever-expanding universe of cultural products and enterprises became a global brand and asks: can a corporate entity be considered a filmmaker and philosopher?More than any other film franchise, Lucasfilm's Star Wars has become part of the global cultural imagination. The new generation of Lucasfilm artists is full of passionate fans of the Star Wars universe, who have now been given the chance to build on George Lucas''s oeuvre. Within these pages, Patell explores what it means for films and their creatoTrade ReviewOffers an informative overview on Star Wars, focusing on the importance of storytelling combined with filmmaking and its overarching connection to philosophy. * AMERICANA - E-Journal of American Studies in Hungary *Cyrus Patell's immensely engaging volume dismantles the long-assumed tension between film as industrial production and film as an art form capable of philosophical reflection when controlled by an auteur. In considering Lucasfilm and the Star Wars universe as evidence for the existence of a corporate cogito, Patell argues for the films' cosmopolitanism, working with their viewers to build a model of the world and contemplate how best to live in it. * Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English, Michigan State University, USA *In Lucasfilm: Filmmaking, Philosophy, and the Star Wars Universe, Cyrus R. K. Patell takes cultural criticism to a new level, advancing a cosmopolitan reading practice that grounds the concerns of contemporary critical theory in the discursive realities of media production and media reception. From the Modesto-born Journal of the Whills to the StageCraft-enabled filming facilities of The Mandalorian, Patell clearly and humanely charts an emergent mythology of the postmodern age. * Marc Dolan, Professor of English, Film Studies, and American Studies, The City University of New York, USA *Table of ContentsList of Images Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Filmmaking and Philosophizing 2. From Lucas to Lucasfilm 3. Reversal and Recognition, Exile and Return 4. Melodrama 5. Individualism 6. Technophobia 7. Cosmopolitanism 8. Fallibilism 9. Moral Compass Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisKenneth Lonergan's three filmsYou Can Count on Me (2000), Margaret (2011), and Manchester by the Sea (2016)are rife with philosophical complexities. They challenge simple philosophical approaches to central issues of human behaviour. In particular, they ask questions about how to cope with suffering that one cannot overcome, the role that self- deception plays in people's lives and how to think about characters who do not embody simplistic moral ideas of virtue and vice. By philosophically engaging with these themes as they unfold in Lonergan's films, we are then able to formulate a more nuanced answer to the questions they pose. Kenneth Lonergan: Philosophical Filmmaker will draw from Lonergan's films and plays, along with the philosophical literature on the topics that they explore. The rich history of philosophical reflection surrounding these areas enables the reader to determine how the themes central to Lonergan's work have combined to create a rich ciTrade ReviewWith a lucidity typical of all his work, Todd May engages with Lonergan’s cinema through moral philosophy, but with none of the technical knowledge from ethics or film studies that might alienate a non-expert. Beginning with only Nietzsche’s famous adage concerning suffering and survival, this impressive study expands to find an equally philosophical spirit at work throughout Lonergan’s art. * Professor John Ó Maoilearca, Professor of Film, Kingston University, UK. *Todd May’s accessible and engaging book will drive the uninitiated into the films of Kenneth Lonergan and enhance the experience of those who are already admirers. May connects philosophy to the films in ways that both professional scholars and laypersons can appreciate. One wishes more books like this existed. * Paul Schofield, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Bates College, USA *Table of Contentsprelims acknowledgements 1. Kenneth Lonergan: An Introduction to his Work 2. Irredeemable Suffering 3. Self-Deception 4. Moral Complexity 5. Conclusion: Complicating Philosophical Reflection bibliography index

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Book SynopsisGeoffrey Macnab writes regularly on film for The Independent. He is also a senior correspondent at Screen International. His books include Dennis Davidson: A Life in Cinema (2020), Stairways to Heaven: Rebuilding the British Film Industry (I.B. Tauris, 2018), Ingmar Bergman: The Life and Films of the Last Great European Director (I.B. Tauris 2009), Delivering Dreams: A Century of British Film Distribution (I.B. Tauris 2015), The Making of Taxi Driver, Searching for Stars: Stardom and Screen Acting in British Cinema (I.B. Tauris 2000), Screen Epiphanies (BFI Publishing 2009) and J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry(1993). He lives in London, UK.Trade ReviewThis collection succeeds admirably in providing profiles of many individuals who are ‘generally overlooked in conventional histories of British cinema’, thereby making a very useful contribution to that history, illuminating some of its obscurities but also its complexity and variety. * Journal of British Cinema and Television *I grew up devouring books about the business and the people who work in it. They opened my eyes to so many moving parts of the industry and I have always found the career journeys of filmmakers and studio pioneers, VFX wizards, props masters, distributors and publicists as extraordinary as the films they have brought to the big screen. The British Film Industry in 25 Careers is a must-read for anyone planning to work in this industry, revealing the risk-taking decisions, business and creative instincts, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion for film of so many of my heroes and peers. The UK film industry has much to offer the next generation coming into the business and as documentary specialist distributor Andy Whittaker aptly quotes Mancunian broadcaster and music pioneer Tony Wilson in the book, 'We are on this planet for 50 to 100 years - so just do things. Don't let barriers get in your way'. * Ben Roberts, BFI Chief Executive *Geoffrey Macnab’s book is enlightening about many figures we don’t know about who are working in or have worked in cinema. I found the chapter about Betty Box particularly enriching, a trailblazing woman who got equal pay with men from the Rank Organisation in 1954. Read and be amazed! * Jeremy Thomas, film producer, founder and chairman of Recorded Picture Company *Table of ContentsForeword by Andy Leyshon, Chief Executive, Film Distributors Association Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Michael Balcon 2. Richard Attenborough 3. David Puttnam 4. Betty Box 5. John Maxwell 6. Muriel Box 7. Efe Cakarel 8. Mickey Pugh 9. Isaac Julien 10. Adrienne Fancey 11. Poppa Day 12. Alma Reville 13. Val Guest 14. Liz Wrenn 15. Karel Reisz 16. Constance Smith 17. Anthony MInghella 18. Hanif Kureishi 19. Julian Fellowes 20. Eve Gabereau 21. Andy Whittaker 22. Maxine Leonard 23. Amma Asante 24. Julian Richards 25. Tim Webber Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisGeoffrey Macnab writes regularly on film for The Independent. He is also a senior correspondent at Screen International. His books include Dennis Davidson: A Life in Cinema (2020), Stairways to Heaven: Rebuilding the British Film Industry (I.B. Tauris, 2018), Ingmar Bergman: The Life and Films of the Last Great European Director (I.B. Tauris 2009), Delivering Dreams: A Century of British Film Distribution (I.B. Tauris 2015), The Making of Taxi Driver, Searching for Stars: Stardom and Screen Acting in British Cinema (I.B. Tauris 2000), Screen Epiphanies (BFI Publishing 2009) and J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry(1993). He lives in London, UK.Trade ReviewThis collection succeeds admirably in providing profiles of many individuals who are ‘generally overlooked in conventional histories of British cinema’, thereby making a very useful contribution to that history, illuminating some of its obscurities but also its complexity and variety. * Journal of British Cinema and Television *I grew up devouring books about the business and the people who work in it. They opened my eyes to so many moving parts of the industry and I have always found the career journeys of filmmakers and studio pioneers, VFX wizards, props masters, distributors and publicists as extraordinary as the films they have brought to the big screen. The British Film Industry in 25 Careers is a must-read for anyone planning to work in this industry, revealing the risk-taking decisions, business and creative instincts, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion for film of so many of my heroes and peers. The UK film industry has much to offer the next generation coming into the business and as documentary specialist distributor Andy Whittaker aptly quotes Mancunian broadcaster and music pioneer Tony Wilson in the book, 'We are on this planet for 50 to 100 years - so just do things. Don't let barriers get in your way'. * Ben Roberts, BFI Chief Executive *Geoffrey Macnab’s book is enlightening about many figures we don’t know about who are working in or have worked in cinema. I found the chapter about Betty Box particularly enriching, a trailblazing woman who got equal pay with men from the Rank Organisation in 1954. Read and be amazed! * Jeremy Thomas, film producer, founder and chairman of Recorded Picture Company *Table of ContentsForeword by Andy Leyshon, Chief Executive, Film Distributors Association Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Michael Balcon 2. Richard Attenborough 3. David Puttnam 4. Betty Box 5. John Maxwell 6. Muriel Box 7. Efe Cakarel 8. Mickey Pugh 9. Isaac Julien 10. Adrienne Fancey 11. Poppa Day 12. Alma Reville 13. Val Guest 14. Liz Wrenn 15. Karel Reisz 16. Constance Smith 17. Anthony MInghella 18. Hanif Kureishi 19. Julian Fellowes 20. Eve Gabereau 21. Andy Whittaker 22. Maxine Leonard 23. Amma Asante 24. Julian Richards 25. Tim Webber Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisIstván Szabó is one of the few Hungarian filmmakers to have earned a major international reputation over the past half century. This thoughtful and original book is the first examination of Szabó's contribution to contemporary thought, engaging the troubled history of Europe in the 20th and 21st centuries. István Szabó's importance as a filmmaker lies not only in his attention to film's formal elements but in his deep and ongoing engagement with some of the most urgent ethical and existential questions of our time. With detailed analyses of István Szabó's major films, from his 1960s works to his Academy Award for Best Foreign Film winner, Mephisto, and on through Szabó's last film in 2020, Final Report, Susan Rubin Suleiman focuses on four important questions pertaining to existential choice: to leave home or to stay in a communist country? To collaborate or not with an authoritarian regime? To affirm or to deny one's Jewishness in the face of antisemitism? To seek or to give Trade ReviewSusan Suleiman’s book touched me deeply and it was interesting even for me. I was surprised by several connections that I had never thought of, but they are very true. * István Szabó *Drawing on her previous studies of exile and memory, and inspired by her own investigation of roots, Susan Rubin Suleiman’s engagement with István Szabó’s films presents a compelling and essential analysis of his continuing exploration of the themes of community, Hungarian-Jewish identity, and the individual’s ‘search for security’. * Peter Hames, Author of Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition (2010), and Visiting Professor in Film Studies, Staffordshire University, UK *Susan Suleiman’s landmark book, István Szabó: Filmmaker of Existential Choice, brilliantly illuminates the neglected oeuvre of a major Academy Award-winning Central European director. Foregrounding Szabó’s lifelong concern with the impact of historical forces on the fate of his protagonists, each chapter engages deeply with the urgent ethical and existential questions of our time. * Catherine Portuges, Founding Program Director and Founding Curator of the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Encountering István Szabó 1. To Leave or to Stay? Existential Choices under Communism Getting around the Censor in the 1960s Leaving and Its Consequences in Lovefilm Those Who Stay: Visions of Home in the 1970s 2. What Price Glory? The Talented Individual and State Power Step by Step: The Road to Degradation in Mephisto Responsibility in the Rearview Mirror: Taking Sides The Parvenu’s Dilemma: Loyalty and Alienation in Colonel Redl 3. To Be or Not To Be Jewish? Identity as Choice or as Fate The “Jewish Question” for Jews Jews in Hungarian Cinema under Communism Jewish Identity and Its Vicissitudes in Sunshine 4. Living Together? The Idea of Community after Communism “A Metaphor for Europe”? Passions and Music in Meeting Venus Hanging On: Precarious Lives in Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe “Poor Hungary”: Relatives and Final Report References List of Figures Films Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSusan Suleiman’s book touched me deeply and it was interesting even for me. I was surprised by several connections that I had never thought of, but they are very true. * István Szabó *Drawing on her previous studies of exile and memory, and inspired by her own investigation of roots, Susan Rubin Suleiman’s engagement with István Szabó’s films presents a compelling and essential analysis of his continuing exploration of the themes of community, Hungarian-Jewish identity, and the individual’s ‘search for security’. * Peter Hames, Author of Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition (2010), and Visiting Professor in Film Studies, Staffordshire University, UK *Susan Suleiman’s landmark book, István Szabó: Filmmaker of Existential Choice, brilliantly illuminates the neglected oeuvre of a major Academy Award-winning Central European director. Foregrounding Szabó’s lifelong concern with the impact of historical forces on the fate of his protagonists, each chapter engages deeply with the urgent ethical and existential questions of our time. * Catherine Portuges, Founding Program Director and Founding Curator of the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Encountering István Szabó 1. To Leave or to Stay? Existential Choices under Communism Getting around the Censor in the 1960s Leaving and Its Consequences in Lovefilm Those Who Stay: Visions of Home in the 1970s 2. What Price Glory? The Talented Individual and State Power Step by Step: The Road to Degradation in Mephisto Responsibility in the Rearview Mirror: Taking Sides The Parvenu’s Dilemma: Loyalty and Alienation in Colonel Redl 3. To Be or Not To Be Jewish? Identity as Choice or as Fate The “Jewish Question” for Jews Jews in Hungarian Cinema under Communism Jewish Identity and Its Vicissitudes in Sunshine 4. Living Together? The Idea of Community after Communism “A Metaphor for Europe”? Passions and Music in Meeting Venus Hanging On: Precarious Lives in Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe “Poor Hungary”: Relatives and Final Report References List of Figures Films Index

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Book SynopsisJoan Ramon Resina is Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures and Comparative Literature, Stanford University, USA. He is the author and editor of many books most recently The Ghost in the Constitution: Historical Memory and Denial in Spanish Society (2017) and Joseph Pla: The World Seen in the Form of Articles (2017).Trade ReviewAn original, productive approach to a major filmmaker with unmistakable philosophical relevance, makes a major contribution not just to the study of Visconti’s legacy but to the exploration of the dialogue between film, history and philosophy. * Antonio Monegal, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain *A wonderful book of oxymoric strenghts: provocative, yet made to become a standard work; lucid in its analytic abstraction, yet palpably concrete; aesthetic, yet political; historical, yet for our times. * Jan Söffner, Professor and Chair in Cultural Theory and Analysis, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Ludwig 2. Death in Venice 3. The Damned Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisLuchino Visconti (1906-1976) was one of Europe's most prestigious filmmakers, who rose to prominence as part of the Italian neo-realist movement, alongside contemporaries Vittorio De Sica and Roberto Rossellini. Famous for his elegant lifestyle, as friend of Jean Renoir and Coco Chanel amongst others, his vibrant technicolour dramas are also known for their decadence and stunning display of aesthetic mastery and sensory pleasure.Looking beyond this colourful façade, however, Resina explores the philosophical implications of decadence with a particular focus on three films from the late phase in Visconti's production, Damned (1969), Death in Venice (1971), and Ludwig (1972). From the incestuous relationship between decadence and power to decadence as an outcome of straining toward formal perfection, Resina uncovers the unity and philosophical cohesiveness of these films that deal with different subjects and historical periods.Reading these films and their decadence Trade ReviewAn original, productive approach to a major filmmaker with unmistakable philosophical relevance, makes a major contribution not just to the study of Visconti’s legacy but to the exploration of the dialogue between film, history and philosophy. * Antonio Monegal, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain *A wonderful book of oxymoric strenghts: provocative, yet made to become a standard work; lucid in its analytic abstraction, yet palpably concrete; aesthetic, yet political; historical, yet for our times. * Jan Söffner, Professor and Chair in Cultural Theory and Analysis, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Ludwig 2. Death in Venice 3. The Damned Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAs we approach the end of the era of the witness', given the passing on of the generation of Holocaust survivors, Claude Lanzmann's archive of 220 hours of footage excluded from his ground-breaking documentary Shoah (1985) offers a remarkable opportunity to encounter previously unseen interviews with survivors and other witnesses, recorded in the late 1970s. Although the archive is all available freely to view online and includes extra footage of those who appear in Shoah, this book focuses on the interviews from which no extracts appear in the finished film or in any subsequent release. The material analysed features interviews with such significant figures as the former partisan Abba Kovner, wartime activist Hansi Brand, Kovno Ghetto leader Leib Garfunkel, rescuer Tadeusz Pankiewicz and members of Roosevelt's War Refugee Board, and focuses throughout on the efforts at rescue and resistance by those within and outside occupied Europe. Sue Vice contends that watching and Trade ReviewClaude Lanzmann’s Shoah is notorious not only for its length but for the huge quantity of its outtakes. Vice’s book not only demonstrates that the daunting outtake material demands to be viewed, but also provides a model of how to read it. -- Dominic Williams, Northumbria University, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction: Reacting to Genocide 1. Abba Kovner: ‘Like Sheep to the Slaughter’ 2. Hansi Brand: ‘Selling One’s Soul’ 3. Indirect Testimony: Rabbi Michael Weissmandl 4. Ghetto Rescue and Resistance: Tadeusz Pankiewicz, Hersh Smolar and Leib Garfunkel 5. Communal Testimony and the War Refugee Board: Peter Bergson, Roswell McClelland, John Pehle and Robert Reams 6. Leadership, Responsibility and Resistance: Yehuda Bauer, Richard Rubenstein, Ya’akov Arnon 7. Allied Responses: Henry Feingold in New York, Shmuel Zygielboim in London Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIt would be easy to dismiss the films of Douglas Sirk (1897-1987) as brilliant examples of mid-century melodrama with little to say to the contemporary world. Yet Robert Pippin argues that, far from being marginal pieces of sentimentality, Sirk''s films are rich with irony, insight and depth. Indeed Sirk''s films, often celebrated as classics of the genre, are attempts to subvert rather than conform to rules of conventional melodrama.The visual style, story and characters of films like All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind and Imitation of Life are explored to argue for Sirk as an incredibly nuanced moral thinker. Instead of imposing moralising judgements on his characters, Sirk presents them as people who do ''wrong'' things often without understanding why or how, creating a complex and unsettling ethics. Pippin argues that it this moral ambiguity and ironic richness enables Sirk to produce films that grapple with important themes such as race, class and gender witTrade ReviewWho needs Hegel, Heidegger,or Derrida when you’ve got Douglas Sirk? Once again, Robert B. Pippin shows that philosophy still has a lot to learn from the movies. In the bold colors and improbable plots of Sirk’s melodramas he finds important lessons not just about race, class, and gender, but also—and perhaps more importantly—about the limits of moral inquiry. * Martin Woessner, Associate Professor of History & Society, Center for Worker Education, The City College of New York (CUNY), USA *Professor Pippin’s book provides extraordinary and perceptive insights into Douglas Sirk’s Hollywood films. The book unravels a range of arguments with admirable clarity while paying attention to Sirk’s visual style, as well to as his uses of story and character. Pippin argues that characters in these films often perform actions in ways that are beyond their understanding. This provides these films with a very particular moral atmosphere in which good characters do ‘wrong’ things, but in ways that, for the most part, engage our sympathy and admiration. * Richard Rushton, Senior Lecturer in Film, Lancaster University, UK *In this wonderfully provocative study, Robert Pippin explores three of Sirk’s most famous American melodramas, finding in their excesses and irony a philosophical rigour. Ingeniously, Pippin explains how Sirk’s sumptuously pessimistic world forecloses, for the characters, any real possibility of love, mutuality and self-knowledge, despite the putative happy endings. For viewers willing to give Sirk’s films a “second” or “third thought”, however, Pippin teaches us to see past the surface of bourgeois morality and discover a more difficult but worthwhile reckoning with “the politics of American emotional life” and our own complicities with its sympathetic registers. * Jennifer Fay, Professor and Chair of Cinema & Media Arts and Professor of English, Vanderbilt University, USA *Table of Contentspreface acknowledgements Chapter One. Introduction: Irony as Subversion Chapter Two. Love and Class in All That Heaven Allows Chapter Three. Misplaced Moralism in Written on the Wind Chapter Four. Living Theater in Imitation of Life Conclusion bibliography index

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Film maker Nuri Bilge Ceylan''s meditative, visually stunning contributions to the ''New Turkish Cinema'' have marked him out as a pioneer of his medium. Reaping success from his prize-winning, breakout film Uzak (2002), and from later festival favourites Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) and Winter Sleep (2014), he has quickly established himself as an original and provocative writer, director and producer of 21st century cinema. In an age where Turkey''s modernisation has created societal tensions and departures from past tradition, Ceylan''s films present a cinema of dislocation and a vision of ''nostalgia'' understood as homesickness: sick of being away from home; sick of being at home. This book offers an overdue study of Ceylan''s work and a critical examination of the principle themes therein. In particular, chapters focus on time and space, melancholy and loneliness, absence, rural and urban experience, and notions of paradox, as explored through films which are often slow

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Book SynopsisAndrew Robinson is the author of more than two dozen books on a wide range of subjects. They include biographies of artists and scientists such as Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein, a large-format photographic study, Satyajit Ray: A Vision of Cinema (2005), and The Apu Trilogy: Satyajit Ray and the Making of an Epic (2011). He has also written about Ray for major newspapers and magazines, such as the Financial Times, the New York Times, American Cinematographer and Sight and Sound.Trade ReviewExtremely thorough, often perceptive and at times highly entertaining. It is good to have a sympathetic portrait of one of the giants of the cinema. -- Salman Rushdie, London Review of BooksA signal salute to integrity. -- Lindsay Anderson, The SpectatorMr Robinson's close analysis of the warp and woof of Mr Ray's work makes an almost unanswerable case for the defense. -- The EconomistA glorious book, a feast of research and insight. -- Films and FilmingAndrew Robinson has managed to combine research with knowledge and analysis to produce what could become an enduring work of reference on the technique and narrative brilliance of the cinema of Ray. -- India TodayTable of ContentsSATYAJIT RAY: THE INNER EYE by Andrew Robinson Preface to the Second Edition and Acknowledgements vii List of Illustrations x Note on the Pronunciation and Spelling of Bengali xii Introduction: Getting to know Ray 1 A Bengali Banyan Tree: The Ray Family 2 Early Years 1921–40 3 Santiniketan and Tagore 1940–2 4 Commercial Artist and Critic 1943–50 5 The Making of Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) 1950–5 6 The Apu Trilogy 1955–9: Pather Panchali, Aparajito (The Unvanquished), The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) 7 Comedies: The Philosopher’s Stone (Parash Pathar) 1958, Mahapurush (The Holy Man) 1964 8 The Music Room (Jalsaghar) 1958 9 The Goddess (Devi) 1960 10 Three Daughters (Teen Kanya) 1961 11 Kanchenjungha 1962 12 Abhijan (The Expedition) 1962 13 Mahanagar (The Big City) 1963 14 Charulata (The Lonely Wife) 1964 15 Kapurush (The Coward) 1965 16 Nayak (The Hero) 1966 17 Musicals: The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha (Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne) 1969, The Kingdom of Diamonds (Hirak Rajar Dese) 1980 18 Days and Nights in the Forest (Aranyer Din Ratri) 1969 19 The Calcutta Trilogy: The Adversary (Pratidwandi) 1970, Company Limited (Seemabaddha) 1971, The Middle Man (Jana Aranya) 1975 20 Distant Thunder (Asani Sanket) 1973 21 Detective Films: Chiriakhana (The Zoo) 1967, The Golden Fortress (Sonar Kella) 1974, The Elephant God (Joi Baba Felunath) 1978 22 The Chess Players (Shatranj ke Khilari) 1977 23 Two 1964, Pikoo 1980 24 Deliverance (Sadgati) 1981 25 The Home and the World (Ghare Baire) 1984 26 Documentaries: Sikkim 1971, Sukumar Ray 1987, Rabindranath Tagore 1961, Bala 1976, The Inner Eye 1972 27 Unmade Films: Ravi Shankar, The Mahabharata, A Passage to India, The Alien 28 Ray as Designer, Illustrator and Writer 29 ‘Some Aspects of His Craft’: Ray as Film-maker 30 ‘The Inner Eye’ 31 Koh-i-noor: An Enemy of the People (Ganasatru) 1989, Branches of the Tree (Sakha Prasakha) 1990, The Stranger (Agantuk) 1991, and the Legacy of Satyajit Ray Epilogue: A Century of Satyajit Ray, 1921-2021 A Conversation with Ray Glossary Filmography Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAndrew Robinson is the author of more than two dozen books on a wide range of subjects. They include biographies of artists and scientists such as Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein, a large-format photographic study, Satyajit Ray: A Vision of Cinema (2005), and The Apu Trilogy: Satyajit Ray and the Making of an Epic (2011). He has also written about Ray for major newspapers and magazines, such as the Financial Times, the New York Times, American Cinematographer and Sight and Sound.Trade ReviewExtremely thorough, often perceptive and at times highly entertaining. It is good to have a sympathetic portrait of one of the giants of the cinema. -- Salman Rushdie, London Review of BooksA signal salute to integrity. -- Lindsay Anderson, The SpectatorMr Robinson's close analysis of the warp and woof of Mr Ray's work makes an almost unanswerable case for the defense. -- The EconomistA glorious book, a feast of research and insight. -- Films and FilmingAndrew Robinson has managed to combine research with knowledge and analysis to produce what could become an enduring work of reference on the technique and narrative brilliance of the cinema of Ray. -- India TodayTable of ContentsSATYAJIT RAY: THE INNER EYE by Andrew Robinson Preface to the Second Edition and Acknowledgements vii List of Illustrations x Note on the Pronunciation and Spelling of Bengali xii Introduction: Getting to know Ray 1 A Bengali Banyan Tree: The Ray Family 2 Early Years 1921–40 3 Santiniketan and Tagore 1940–2 4 Commercial Artist and Critic 1943–50 5 The Making of Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) 1950–5 6 The Apu Trilogy 1955–9: Pather Panchali, Aparajito (The Unvanquished), The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) 7 Comedies: The Philosopher’s Stone (Parash Pathar) 1958, Mahapurush (The Holy Man) 1964 8 The Music Room (Jalsaghar) 1958 9 The Goddess (Devi) 1960 10 Three Daughters (Teen Kanya) 1961 11 Kanchenjungha 1962 12 Abhijan (The Expedition) 1962 13 Mahanagar (The Big City) 1963 14 Charulata (The Lonely Wife) 1964 15 Kapurush (The Coward) 1965 16 Nayak (The Hero) 1966 17 Musicals: The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha (Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne) 1969, The Kingdom of Diamonds (Hirak Rajar Dese) 1980 18 Days and Nights in the Forest (Aranyer Din Ratri) 1969 19 The Calcutta Trilogy: The Adversary (Pratidwandi) 1970, Company Limited (Seemabaddha) 1971, The Middle Man (Jana Aranya) 1975 20 Distant Thunder (Asani Sanket) 1973 21 Detective Films: Chiriakhana (The Zoo) 1967, The Golden Fortress (Sonar Kella) 1974, The Elephant God (Joi Baba Felunath) 1978 22 The Chess Players (Shatranj ke Khilari) 1977 23 Two 1964, Pikoo 1980 24 Deliverance (Sadgati) 1981 25 The Home and the World (Ghare Baire) 1984 26 Documentaries: Sikkim 1971, Sukumar Ray 1987, Rabindranath Tagore 1961, Bala 1976, The Inner Eye 1972 27 Unmade Films: Ravi Shankar, The Mahabharata, A Passage to India, The Alien 28 Ray as Designer, Illustrator and Writer 29 ‘Some Aspects of His Craft’: Ray as Film-maker 30 ‘The Inner Eye’ 31 Koh-i-noor: An Enemy of the People (Ganasatru) 1989, Branches of the Tree (Sakha Prasakha) 1990, The Stranger (Agantuk) 1991, and the Legacy of Satyajit Ray Epilogue: A Century of Satyajit Ray, 1921-2021 A Conversation with Ray Glossary Filmography Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSue Vice is Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her books include the BFI Film Classics volume on Shoah (2011), Representing Perpetrators in Holocaust Literature and Film (co-edited with Jenni Adams, 2013), Textual Deceptions: False Memoirs and Literary Hoaxes in the Contemporary Era (2014) and Barry Hines: Kes', Threads' and Beyond (2017, with David Forrest).Trade ReviewClaude Lanzmann’s Shoah is notorious not only for its length but for the huge quantity of its outtakes. Vice’s book not only demonstrates that the daunting outtake material demands to be viewed, but also provides a model of how to read it. -- Dominic Williams, Northumbria University, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction: Reacting to Genocide 1. Abba Kovner: ‘Like Sheep to the Slaughter’ 2. Hansi Brand: ‘Selling One’s Soul’ 3. Indirect Testimony: Rabbi Michael Weissmandl 4. Ghetto Rescue and Resistance: Tadeusz Pankiewicz, Hersh Smolar and Leib Garfunkel 5. Communal Testimony and the War Refugee Board: Peter Bergson, Roswell McClelland, John Pehle and Robert Reams 6. Leadership, Responsibility and Resistance: Yehuda Bauer, Richard Rubenstein, Ya’akov Arnon 7. Allied Responses: Henry Feingold in New York, Shmuel Zygielboim in London Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAndreja Novakovic is Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of California, Berkeley, USA and affiliated with the Program in Critical Theory. She is the author of Hegel on Second Nature in Ethical Life (2017).

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Book SynopsisOffers the first collection of critical essays on Wallace Fox, one of Hollywood's first Native American film directors

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Book SynopsisIdentifies in 'Silicon Valley Cinema' a recent trend in twenty-first century Hollywood film.Trade Review"Silicon Valley Cinema is a timely and captivating investigation of how tech futurism has colonized our imaginations as it simultaneously truncates our material prospects. Adroitly balanced between contextual analysis and filmic example, this indispensable book maps the parameters of this new stage of capitalist excess personified in the figure of the entrepreneurial genius." -Sherryl Vint, University of California Riverside

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Book SynopsisExamines the film practice of the Chilean-French filmmaker and artist Alejandro Jodorowsky.

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Book SynopsisIt is commonly proposed that since the mid-2000s, the slasher subgenre has been dominated by unoriginal remakes of classics. Consequently, most original slasher films have been ignored by academics (and critics), leaving the field with a limited understanding of this highly popular subgenre. This book corrects that mischaracterisation by analysing contemporary slasher films that sincerely attempt to innovate within the subgenre. I argue that these films reflect broader cultural turns towards sincerity, optimism in the face of crisis, and an emphasis on felt experience that are indicative of a metamodern sensibility. This is the first book to use metamodernism to analyse film in a sustained way, and the first academic work to use metamodernism to examine horror. The Metamodern Slasher offers readers new ways to understand the slasher film, the horror genre, and also the cultural moment we find ourselves in.

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Book SynopsisTakes an industrial approach to women's documentary practices in Iran since the late 1990s with a patrticular focus on gender politics.

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Book SynopsisDutch director Marleen Gorris is known chiefly for two films: A Question of Silence (1982), her fiercely feminist first film, in which three women meet by chance in a women?s clothing boutique and ritually murder its male owner; and Antonia?s Line (1995), her fourth film and winner of the 1996 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, which traces four generations of Antonia?s female ?line? in the matriarchal community she establishes in postwar rural Holland. Both have been extensively discussed, though rarely together, and appear on university syllabuses. Her second Dutch language film, Broken Mirrors (1984), and her five films in English, however, have received far less, and in some cases no critical attention. Using feminist reformulations of ideas of vulnerability and resistance, this first book-length study of her films examines their revisionings of narrative, time and space, and the possibilities they present of other narratives, other subjectivities and other relationships.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive history of the financing of British film production from the emergence of the industry until the end of the Second World War.

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Book SynopsisA major academic study of John Waters's films from a variety of perspectives covering his work and its intersections with culture.

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of A Hitchcock Reader aims to preserve what has been so satisfying and successful in the first edition: a comprehensive anthology that may be used as a critical text in introductory or advanced film courses, while also satisfying Hitchcock scholars by representing the rich variety of critical responses to the director''s films over the years. a total of 20 of Hitchcock''s films are discussed in depth - many others are considered in passing section introductions by the editors that contextualize the essays and the films they discuss well-researched bibliographic references, which will allow readers to broaden the scope of their study of Alfred Hitchcock Trade Review"The rewritten introductions to each section update scholarship on Hitchcock, engaging the reader in current debates among Hitchcock scholars and fans." (CHOICE, 2009) "The detail is extraordinary and the insights remarkable and the director? He would have been flattered, but still retorted "Oh it's only a movie!"" (M/C Reviews, May 2009)Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition viii Preface to the First Edition xi A Brief Chronology xiii Notes on Contributors xv Acknowledgments xx Introduction xxiii Part one: Taking Hitchcock Seriously 1 1. Hitch and His Public 17Jean Douchet 2. Hitchcock’s Imagery and Art 25Maurice Yacowar 3. Retrospective 35Robin Wood 4. Hitch as Matrix-Figure: Hitchcock and Twentieth-Century Cinema 47John Orr Part two: Hitchcock in Britain 69 5. Hitchcock’s The Lodger 75Lesley W. Brill 6. Criticism and/as History: Rereading Blackmail 85Leland Poague 7. Alfred Hitchcock’s Murder!: Theater, Authorship, and the Presence of the Camera 96William Rothman 8. Consolidation of a Classical Style: The Man Who Knew Too Much 107Elisabeth Weis 9. Through a Woman’s Eyes: Sexuality and Memory in The 39 Steps 114Charles l. P. Silet 10. Rematerializing the Vanishing “Lady”: Feminism, Hitchcock, and Interpretation 126Patrice Petro Part three: Hitchcock in Hollywood 137 11. All in the Family: Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt 145James McLaughlin 12. The Moral Universe of Hitchcock’s Spellbound 156Thomas Hyde 13. Notorious: Perversion par Excellence 164Richard Abel 14. Strangers on a Train 172Robin Wood Part four: The Later Films 183 15. Hitchcock’s Rear Window: Reflexivity and the Critique of Voyeurism 199Robert Stam and Roberta Pearson 16. Finding the Right Man in The Wrong Man 212Marshall Deutelbaum 17. Male Desire, Male Anxiety: The Essential Hitchcock 223Robin Wood 18. A Closer Look at Scopophilia: Mulvey, Hitchcock, and Vertigo 234Marian E. Keane 19. North by Northwest 250Stanley Cavell 20. “Oh, I See.…”: The Birds and the Culmination of Hitchcock’s Hyper-Romantic Vision 264John P. Mccombe 21. Mark’s Marnie 280Michele Piso 22. The Queer Voice in Marnie 295Lucretia Knapp 23. Rituals of Defilement: Frenzy 312Tania Modleski Part five: Hitchcock and Film Theory: A Psycho Dossier 327 24. Psychosis, Neurosis, Perversion 341Raymond Bellour 25. Psycho’s Allegory of Seeing 361Christopher D. Morris 26. On Being Norman: Performance and Inner Life in Hitchcock’s Psycho 368Deborah Thomas Index 377

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Rainer Werner Fassbinder is the first of its kind to engage with this important figure. Twenty-eight essays by an international group of scholars consider this controversial director's contribution to German cinema, German history, gender studies, and auteurship.Trade Review"This account includes interesting points of view that compliment and supplement one another as they shed light on a complex film practice and its practitioner." (NeoPopRealism Journal, 2011)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Acknowledgments xiv Introduction 1 Brigitte Peucker Part I Life and Work 15 1 The Other Planet Fassbinder 17 Juliane Lorenz 2 R. W. Fassbinder: Prodigal Son, Not Reconciled? 45 Thomas Elsaesser 3 Rainer "Maria" Fassbinder: Cinema between Literature and Life 53 Leo A. Lensing 4 Five Fassbinder Scenes 67 Wayne Koestenbaum Part II Genre; Influence; Aesthetics 77 5 Imitation, Seriality, Cinema: Early Fassbinder and Godard 79 Laura McMahon 6 Exposed Bodies; Evacuated Identities 101 Claire Kaiser 7 Redressing the Inaccessible through the Re‐Inscribed Body: In a Year with 13 Moons and Almodóvar’s Bad Education 118 Victor Fan 8 Nudity and the Question: Chinese Roulette 142 Eugenie Brinkema 9 Color, Melodrama, and the Problem of Interiority 159 Brian Price 10 Fassbinder's Work : Style, Sirk, and Queer Labor 181 John David Rhodes 11 A Nagging Physical Discomfort: Fassbinder and Martha 204 Joe McElhaney 12 Beyond the Woman's Film: Reflecting Difference in the Fassbinder Melodrama 226 Nadine Schwakopf 13 Through the Looking Glass: Fassbinder's World on a Wire 245 Brad Prager Part III Other Texts; Other Media 267 14 Violently Oscillating: Science, Repetition, and Affective Transmutation in Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz 269 Elena del Rio 15 In Despair : Performance, Citation, Identity 290 Brigitte Peucker 16 Declined Invitations: Repetition in Fassbinder's Queer "Monomusical" 313 Caryl Flinn 17 Fassbinder's France: Genet's Miseen Scène in Fassbinder's Films 333 Olga Solovieva 18 Un-framing the Image: Theatricality and the Art World of Bitter Tears 352 Brigitte Peucker 19 A Novel Film: Fassbinder's Fontane Effi Briest 372 Elke Siegel 20 Swearing and Forswearing Fidelity in Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz 398 Paul Coates Part IV History; Ideology; Politics 421 21 "There Are Many Ways to Fight a Battle": Young Fassbinder and the Myths of 1968 423 Eric Rentschler 22 A Generation Later and Still Unrepresentable?: Fassbinder and the Red Army Faction 441 Frances Guerin 23 Two Kinds of Excess: Fassbinder and Veit Harlan 461 Laura J. Heins 24 Jolie Laide: Fassbinder, Anti‐Semitism, and the Jewish Image 485 Rosalind Galt 25 Impossible, Impolitic: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul and Fassbinder's Asynchronous Bodies 502 Elena Gorfinkel 26 "So Much Tenderness": Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Günther Kaufmann, and the Ambivalences of Interracial Desire 516 Tobias Nagl and Janelle Blankenship 27 Rainer, Rosa, and Werner: New Gay Film as Counter-Public 542 Randall Halle 28 Fassbinder's Fox and His Friends and Gay Politics in the 1970s 564 Ronald Gregg 29 Querelle's Finality 579 Roy Grundmann Selected Bibliography 604 Index 623

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