Key is one of the simplest building blocks of musicand is among the foundational properties of a work's musical identityso why isn't ita standard parameter in discussing film music?
'Supple, horrifying and mordantly droll' New York Times'Nothing short of brilliant' Wall Street Journal'A subtle, often darkly funny novel about the relationship between art and power' Sunday Times'A dazzling performance and a real page turner' Salman RushdieFrom 'one of the brightest, most pleasure-giving writers at work today' (Jeffrey Eugenides), a visionary tale inspired by the life of the 20th century film director G.
Abjection and Representation is a theoretical investigation of the concept of abjection as expounded by Julia Kristeva in Powers of Horror (1982) and its application in various fields including the visual arts, film and literature.
In Borderland Brutalities, Laura Elena Belmonte analyzes how border violence is perpetuated and sanctioned by private corporations as well as the US and Mexican governments and how this violence is represented through border literature and cultural production.
Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theater, and the novel, the essays in this volume reassess the relationship between the emergence of film and the broader culture of modernity.
Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theater, and the novel, the essays in this volume reassess the relationship between the emergence of film and the broader culture of modernity.
Winner of the 2006 Bram Stoker Award, Gospel of the Living Dead connects American social and religious views with the classic American movie genre of the zombie horror film.
Film critic Mahmoud Qassem discusses political films that discussed many of the political and social phenomena that occurred during the time the film was released, including "Miramar," "Terrorism and Kebab," "The Terrorist," and others.
Based on extended field research and meetings with members of Morocco's film world, this book traces the development of Moroccan cinema over the past three decades.
Rudolf Harms entwickelt seine reich differenzierte Ästhetik des Films in Anlehnung an die Ästhetik seines Lehrers Johannes Volkelt und sucht deren auf Kant zurückgehende Polarität des Schönen und Erhabenen für das Verständnis des neuen Mediums fruchtbar zu machen.
Develop your creative voice whilst acquiring the practical skills and confidence to use it with this new and fully updated edition of Mick Hurbis-Cherrier's filmmaking bible, Voice & Vision.
The 21st-century has witnessed rapid advances in artificial intelligence, giving rise to a society at once hopeful but also mistrustful of the possibilities that this technology offers.
Most Egyptian historical films talk about the modern era, as the passage of a quarter of a century means that history has changed, and if we now make a film about the October War, this means that we are facing a historical film, and therefore Naguib Mahfouz's cinematic trilogy grows into a historical film, given that the events took place more than a quarter of a century ago when the film was shown for the first time, but history is crowded with stories, as we do not have films about the greats of Egypt in the nineteenth century, including Muhammad Ali Pasha and the leader Ahmed Orabi, at a time when the films portrayed rulers whose achievements were distorted.
This collection investigates how Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and other Studio Ghibli storytellers have approached the process of reimagining literary sources for animation.
Secret Identities and Double Lives on Tween TV in introduces readers to the concepts of tweenhood and television (TV) tropes by providing historical and theoretical contexts and reviewing the history of TV targeted to tweens.
First published in 1977, Broadcasting in Peninsular Malaysia begins with a brief analysis of Peninsular Malaysia's social, economic and political situation so that the reader has a clearly delineated frame within which to understand the development and the present-day definitions of broadcasting in the region.
Based on extended field research and meetings with members of Morocco's film world, this book traces the development of Moroccan cinema over the past three decades.
Artistic, literary, and technological depictions of the climate crisis and how they influence humanity's response What does it mean to watch a disaster unfold?
The Contemporary American Survival Film investigates and breaks down the contemporary American Survival Film (from Cast Away onwards), focusing on film, television, literature and video games.
From his primitive nonseries beginnings through the well known Fox series of 44 films (1931-1949), here is the complete history of famous film detective Charlie Chan.
The Contemporary American Survival Film investigates and breaks down the contemporary American Survival Film (from Cast Away onwards), focusing on film, television, literature and video games.
Explore an A-Z of everything you need to know about the masterful movies of Quentin Tarantino, from AK-47 to "e;Zed's dead, baby"e; and everything in between.
The introduction and diffusion of international subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services in the 2010s represented the most significant disruption of established national broadcast and pay-TV ecologies in their long history.
