Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins.
Cinema was the first, and is arguably still the greatest, of the industrialized art forms that came to dominate the cultural life of the twentieth century.
The actions, images and stories within films can impact upon the political consciousness of viewers, enabling their audience to imagine ways of resisting the status quo, politically, economically and culturally.
The actions, images and stories within films can impact upon the political consciousness of viewers, enabling their audience to imagine ways of resisting the status quo, politically, economically and culturally.
When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age-until publication the following year of her daughter's memoir, Mommie Dearest.
Gaston Leroux's 'The Phantom of the Opera' is a timeless Gothic classic that takes readers deep into the mysterious world beneath the Paris Opera House.
This study of Jaws (1975) examines how Steven Spielberg's breakout film not only redefined the thriller but also pioneered the summer blockbuster, cementing his reputation as a master filmmaker.
This entertaining and insightful book is the first devoted exclusively to the films that have earned a special place in motion picture history by pushing the "e;cinematic envelope"e; with their treatment of provocative subjects and themes.
Este libro propone una serie de cuestionamientos originales que permiten entender otros planos narrativos, artísticos, visuales, sonoros, in-animados y performativos de la literatura, la estética y el cine.
Der Film ist Teil einer außergewöhnlich breiten Rezeption des biblischen Hiobbuches in Kultur und Religionskultur seit seiner Entstehung vor etwa 2500 Jahren.
Identifies key - and in some cases previously overlooked - cult horror films from around the world and reappraises them by approaching and interrogating them in new ways.
Identifies key - and in some cases previously overlooked - cult horror films from around the world and reappraises them by approaching and interrogating them in new ways.
The Oneiric in the Films of David Lynch is the first systematic book-length study to explore the nature and function of dreams in David Lynch's different phases and audio-visual formats.
This eclectic, yet comprehensive analytical overview of the cataclysmic changes in the American film industry since 1990 shows how they have collectively resulted in a new era-The Digital Age.
The Anthem Handbook of Screen Theory offers a unique and progressive survey of screen theory and how it can be applied to a range of moving-image texts and sociocultural contexts.
The Oneiric in the Films of David Lynch is the first systematic book-length study to explore the nature and function of dreams in David Lynch's different phases and audio-visual formats.
At the heart of the documentary cinema world, Patricia Overfaidi is leading us on a unique journey to explore this sophisticated art through the pages of her book, which is characterized by briefing and clarity.
Joan Crawford's contribution to film noir during the 1940s and 1950s, though rarely discussed in its totality, is one of her most impressive and far-reaching career achievements.
Joan Crawford's contribution to film noir during the 1940s and 1950s, though rarely discussed in its totality, is one of her most impressive and far-reaching career achievements.
Since the early days of motion picture production, film scores have helped define our emotional and aesthetic perception of stories on screen--particularly with space movies and television.
Since the early days of motion picture production, film scores have helped define our emotional and aesthetic perception of stories on screen--particularly with space movies and television.
Richard Wright's dramatic imagination guided the creation of his masterpieces Native Son and Black Boy and helped shape Wright's long-overlooked writing for theater and other performative mediums.
A celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie musical, this new book The Wizard of Oz offers a rare glimpse into the creation of the classic film, its creator L.
M-G-M: Hollywoods Greatest Backlot is the illustrated history of the soundstages and outdoor sets where Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced many of the worlds most famous films.
Film scholar Mark Browning offers the first detailed analysis of the work of David Fincher, director of the critically acclaimed films Se7en, Fight Club, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
The man who created the boldest hard boiled fiction, Dashiell Hammett, wrote The Thin Man in 1933 and launched the fun-loving, booze-swilling, mystery-solving couple Nick and Nora Charles into American culture.
Quiet Pictures approaches the films of Joanna Hogg, Lynne Ramsay, Celine Sciamma, and Lucile Hadzhalilovicthrough the lens of silence as a motif and texture.
Quiet Pictures approaches the films of Joanna Hogg, Lynne Ramsay, Celine Sciamma, and Lucile Hadzhalilovicthrough the lens of silence as a motif and texture.
Unter der kargen Oberfläche der Verfilmung von Arnold Schönbergs Oper »Moses und Aron« durch Jean-Marie Straub und Danièle Huillet aus dem Jahre 1974 verbirgt sich ein ungeheurer Reichtum an Bedeutung: Die Oper spielt ein hochkomplexes Spiel der Aneignung und Verwandlung biblischer Motive aus dem Buche Exodus.
Die Beiträge dieses Bandes beschäftigen sich mit französisch-, italienisch- und spanischsprachigen literarischen und filmischen Werken der letzten 25 Jahre, die von einer neuen Art realistischen Erzählens in der Romania zeugen.
Xala (1974) by the pioneering Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene, was acclaimed on its release for its scorching critique of postcolonial African society, and it cemented Sembene's status as a wholly new kind of politically engaged, pan-African, auteur film-maker.
