Films, cinema

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Guy Maddin is Canada's most iconoclastic filmmaker.

There is now no shortage of media for us to consume, from streaming services and video-on-demand to social media and everything else besides.

Although new writing and research on British cinema has burgeoned over the last fifteen years, there has been a continued lack of single-authored books providing a coherent overview to this fascinating and elusive national cinema.

Navigating through the challenging process of writing a comedy pilot, this book will help screenwriters to create an original script for television.

References to western movies scattered over some 250 works by more than 130 authors constitute the subject matter of this book, arranged in an encyclopedic format.

The mythological hero Orpheus occupied a central role in ancient Greek culture, but 'the son of Oeagrus' and 'Thracian musician' venerated by the Greeks has also become a prominent figure in a long tradition of classical reception of Greek myth.

In 1988, director Martin Scorsese fulfilled his lifelong dream of making a film about Jesus Christ.

Killing as punishment in the USA, whether ordained by lynch mob or by the courts, reflects a paradox of the American nation: liberal, pluralistic, yet prone to lethal violence.

An exciting dystopian fantasy thriller series, The Hunger Games began its life as a trilogy of books by Suzanne Collins, the first released in 2008.

The Continuity Supervisor is a practical guide to the basics of continuity, designed to be of use both to the newcomer and those more experienced.

Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra in British Theatre looks afresh at the popularity of forms and aesthetics from Bollywood films and bhangra music and dance on the British stage.

Shows how cinematic treatments of fashion during times of crisis offer subtle reflections on the everyday lives, desires, careers, and self-perceptions of postwar German women.

A biography of the director and choreographer who kept America entertained through the Great Depression: “[A] fascinating read.

In Write to TV (third edition) industry veteran Martie Cook offers practical advice on writing innovative television scripts that will allow you to finally get that big idea out of your head and onto the screen.

What do we mean by the term "e;animation"e; when we are discussing film?

In Japan and much of Europe, Ozu is widely considered to be one of the finest film directors who ever lived.

Drawing on Daphne du Maurier's short story and contemporary newspaper reports of bird attacks in California, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) featured Tippi Hedren in her first starring role.

Russian TV Series in the Era of Transition examines contemporary Russian television genres in the age of transition from broadcast to post-broadcast television.

George Kleine was a New York City optician who moved to Chicago in 1893 to set up an optical store.

Learn the creative and technical essentials of documentary filmmaking with Documentary Voice & Vision.

In this expansive historical synthesis, Richard Butsch integrates social, economic, and political history to offer a comprehensive and cohesive examination of screen media and screen culture globally from film and television to computers and smart phones as they have evolved through the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Darren Aronofsky's Films and the Fragility of Hope offers the first sustained analysis of the current oeuvre of the film director, screenwriter, and producer Darren Aronofsky.

Actress, singer, indie icon and embodiment of Parisian cool, Charlotte Gainsbourg is one of the most intriguing yet understated stars of our time.

A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLEThis book tells the story of German-language literature on film, beginning with pioneering motion picture adaptations of Faust in 1897 and early debates focused on high art as mass culture.

This book, written by a leading expert in the field of visual effects (VFX), demystifies the complex subject of color science and how it should be managed from project ideation to completion.

Surfing has fascinated filmmakers since Thomas Edison shot footage of Waikiki beachboys in 1906.

Singin' in the Rain, The Sound of Music, Camelot--love them or love to hate them, movie musicals have been a major part of all our lives.

When widescreen technology was introduced to filmmaking in 1953, it changed the visual framework and aesthetic qualities of cinema forever.

Thinking in Images addresses the current crisis in film theory by offering a new methodology for interrelating theory and film texts.

Scholars often assume that the nature of Mesopotamian kingship was such that questioning royal authority was impossible.

This book interprets films as visual texts and demonstrates the affinities between Greco-Roman literature and the cinema.

Rich in implications for our present era of media change,The Promise of Cinema offers a compelling new vision of film theory.

If the sheer diversity of recent hits from Twelve Years a Slave and Moonlight to Get Out, Black Panther, and BlackkKlansman tells us anything, it might be that theres no such thing as black film per se.

This Companion provides a set of new perspectives on a much-loved and hugely influential director.

"e;Honorable mention Biomedicine and Neuroscience, 2011 Prose Awards"e; An examination of how the cell should be described in order to effectively process biological data "e;The fruitful pursuit of biological knowledge requires one to take Einstein's admonition [on science without epistemology] as a practical demand for scientific research, to recognize Waddington's characterization of the subject matter of biology, and to embrace Wiener's conception of the form of biological knowledge in response to its subject matter.

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This book collates a comprehensive range of fascinating essays by leading authors on film from across the Muslim world.

First published in 1880, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ became a best-seller.

Living Like Audrey is a captivating and insightful look at an iconic woman who was an inspiration to many and whose style, personality, and uniqueness inspires generation after generation.

Now in its fourth edition, Television and Screen Writing: From Concept to Contract is a classic resource for students and professionals in screenwriting and television writing.

Smedley Butler's life and career epitomize the contradictory nature of American military policy through the first part of this century.

How do English-speaking novelists and filmmakers tell stories of China from a Chinese perspective?

This book reframes the Lacanian object a voice as a horrific register of alterity.

Taken as a whole, the sixteen remarkable films discussed in this provocative new volume of essays represent the brilliant creativity that flourished in the name of German cinema between the wars.

We'll Always Have the Movies explores how movies made in Hollywood during World War II were vehicles for helping Americans understand the war.

Completely updated for current HD, UHD, 2K, and 4K workflows, Avid Editing blends the art and aesthetics of motion picture editing with technical, hands-on instruction.

Women and Indian Shakespeares explores the multiple ways in which women are, and have been, engaged with Shakespeare in India.