Dive into the history of modern Europe with "e;The Cambridge Modern History Collection,"e; which brings together all five original volumes in one ebook.
Tony Richardson's 1968 "e;Charge of the Light Brigade"e;, with its star cast, lavish sets and location shoots, was one of the most expensive British films ever made.
Of all the major Soviet composers who worked in the cinema, the most prominent was Dmitri Shostakovich who, in addition to over a hundred works for the stage and concert hall, wrote scores for almost forty films.
Alexander Korda's masterpiece "e;The Private Life of Henry VIII"e; was arguably the most important British film of the pre-war period and a phenomenal, critical and box-office success.
Matthew Solomon's study of Chaplin's The Gold Rush (1925) provides an in-depth discussion of the film's production and reception history, placing it in the context of the turn-of-the-century Alaska Klondike gold rush, and analyses the film's narrative and formal features, particularly its references to music-hall performance styles and tropes.
Examining the theme of child sacrifice as a psychological challenge, this book applies a unique approach to religious ideas by looking at beliefs and practices that are considered deviant, but also make up part of mainstream religious discourse in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
Il Conformist has mesmerised audiences by Bertulocci's mastery of the telling, the beauty of the images, the camera work, its soundtrack, and the intensity with which the characters convey powerful psychic energies.
This multi-authored survey offers an innovative and accessible account of the richness and diversity of French film history from the 1890s to the 2010s.
In 1980, Syrian filmmaker Mohammad Malas traveled to Lebanon to film a documentary about the country's Palestinian refugee camps, during which time he kept a diary of his impressions.
Examining the theme of child sacrifice as a psychological challenge, this book applies a unique approach to religious ideas by looking at beliefs and practices that are considered deviant, but also make up part of mainstream religious discourse in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
The highest artistic achievement of Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, an innovative production company that emerged in Hollywood at the end of the classic studio system, Sweet Smell of Success (1957) portended the collapse of Breen-Office censorship and was the first US entertainment film to depict McCarthy-style exploitation of the press.
Adaptations have occurred regularly since the beginning of cinema, but little recognition has been given to avant-garde adaptations of literary or other texts.
Although Michelangelo Antonioni became one of the icons of "e;modernist"e; cinema in the 1960s, his position in the pantheon of great directors has never been quite secure.
Hollywood Independent dissects the Mirisch Company, one of the most successful employers of the package-unit system of film production, producing classic films like The Apartment (1960), West Side Story (1961), The Great Escape (1963) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) as irresistible talent packages.
Hollywood Independent dissects the Mirisch Company, one of the most successful employers of the package-unit system of film production, producing classic films like The Apartment (1960), West Side Story (1961), The Great Escape (1963) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) as irresistible talent packages.
This fascinating exploration of a key area in American cinematic history examines the period from 1890 to 1930 through the lens of the career of the hugely influential American film producer George Kleine, who both helped instigate the transformation of the motion picture business, and fell victim to the changes.
Sarah Thomas's study moves beyond the image of the brooding, destructive man at odds with employers and his own star status to explore the complexity of Mason's career and star persona.
Claude Lanzmann's epic 1985 film 'Shoah' tells the story of the Holocaust through interviews with survivors of the extermination camps, bystanders who watched or participated in mass murder, and some of the perpetrators of genocide.
This book analyzes the rise of socially and politically engaged Algerian documentaries, created in the period immediately following the end of the Algerian civil war (1991-1999).
Durante las primeras décadas del siglo xx, el arte, las ciudades y los monumentos más emblemáticos de la geografía española comenzaron a recibir una especial atención por parte de la cinematografía, que contribuyó a su difusión, promoción y conocimiento entre la sociedad del momento.
Die Wachau ist eine der legendärsten Landschaften Österreichs – ein Rang, der sich nicht nur ihrer tatsächlichen Schönheit verdankt, sondern auch ihrer Inszenierung im Film.
Entre 1966 y 1968 el cineasta italiano Valentino Orsini y el filósofo italiano-venezolano Alberto Filippi realizaron la película I dannati della terra (Los condenados de la tierra), inspirada en el libro homónimo del revolucionario afrocaribeño Frantz Fanon, que se había hecho famoso por el prólogo de Jean Paul Sartre.
Surveying the strategies employed by film studios to market and produce their most successful films between 1929 and present day, this book incorporates multilayered comprehensive analysis on the media industry and how it works.
For more than 40 years, dozens of film directors, writers and producers tried and failed to adapt John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces.
The Way We Were: a nostalgia drenched, bittersweet romance starring superstars Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford at the peaks of their careers, and a story for everyone who was ever loved with passion, if not wisely.
