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65 produkter
Comics at the Movies
From Flash Gordon to Avengers: Endgame
Inbunden, 2026
297 kr
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Comics at the Movies explores the rich and often overlooked history of comic-book film adaptations, from 1930s serials like Flash Gordon to today’s Marvel and DC blockbusters. It traces how the comic and film industries have intersected over the decades, analysing how adaptations reflect their …
Film and History
Häftad, 2013
401 kr
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Film is the pre-eminent mass medium of the modern age. It is a valuable source of evidence for the study of both the past and the contemporary world, and is a social practice that has affected the lives of millions. How can historians engage with this important and influential medium?Written for …
Dr. No
The First James Bond Film
Inbunden, 2022
1003 kr
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When Dr. No premiered at the London Pavilion on October 5, 1962, no one predicted that it would launch the longest-running series in cinema history. It introduced the James Bond formula that has been a box-office fixture ever since: sensational plots, colorful locations, beautiful women, diabolical …
Dr. No
The First James Bond Film
Häftad, 2022
261 kr
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When Dr. No premiered at the London Pavilion on October 5, 1962, no one predicted that it would launch the longest-running series in cinema history. It introduced the James Bond formula that has been a box-office fixture ever since: sensational plots, colorful locations, beautiful women, diabolical …
Past and Present
National Identity and the British Historical Film
E-bok, 2005
437 kr
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This ground-breaking book takes as its focal point director Ken Loach's view that 'The only reason to make films that are a reflection on history is to talk about the present.' In the first book to take on this major genre in all its complexity, James Chapman argues that historical films say as …
Projecting Empire
Imperialism and Popular Cinema
Av James Chapman, Nicholas J. Cull
E-bok, 2009
390 kr
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Popular cinema is saturated with images and narratives of empire. With "Projecting Empire", Chapman and Cull have written the first major study of imperialism and cinema for over thirty years. This welcome text maps the history of empire cinema in both Hollywood and Britain through a serious of …
Saints and Avengers
British Adventure Series of the 1960s
E-bok, 2002
437 kr
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Eccentric, ironic and fantastic series like The Avengers and Danger Man, with their professional secret agents, or The Saint and The Persuaders, featuring flamboyant crime-fighters, still inspire mainstream and cult followings. Saints and Avengers explores and celebrates this television genre for …
Projecting Tomorrow
Science Fiction and Popular Cinema
Av James Chapman, Nicholas J. Cull
E-bok, 2013
484 kr
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Cinema and science fiction were made for each other. The science fiction genre has produced some of the most extraordinary films ever made, yet science fiction cinema is about more than just special effects. It has also provided a vehicle for filmmakers and writers to comment on their own societies …
Projecting Empire
Imperialism and Popular Cinema
Av James Chapman, Nicholas J. Cull
E-bok, 2009
381 kr
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Popular cinema is saturated with images and narratives of empire. With "Projecting Empire", Chapman and Cull have written the first major study of imperialism and cinema for over thirty years. This welcome text maps the history of empire cinema in both Hollywood and Britain through a serious of …
Projecting Tomorrow
Science Fiction and Popular Cinema
Av James Chapman, Nicholas J. Cull
E-bok, 2013
469 kr
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Cinema and science fiction were made for each other. Science fiction has been at the cutting edge of film technology and the genre has produced some of the most ambitious, imaginative and visually spectacular films ever made. Yet science fiction cinema is about more than just state-of-the-art …
Travels In The Interior Of South Africa
Comprising Fifteen Years' Hunting And Trading
Inbunden, 2022
455 kr
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Travels In The Interior Of South Africa
Comprising Fifteen Years' Hunting And Trading
Häftad, 2022
342 kr
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Film and History
E-bok, 2017
447 kr
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Film is the pre-eminent mass medium of the modern age. It is a valuable source of evidence for the study of both the past and the contemporary world, and is a social practice that has affected the lives of millions. How can historians engage with this important and influential medium? Written for …
Contemporary British Television Drama
E-bok, 2020
421 kr
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The early twenty-first century has seen the emergence of a new style of television drama in Britain that adopts the professional practices and production values of high-end American television while remaining emphatically ''British'' in content and outlook. This book analyses eight of these dramas …
Contemporary British Television Drama
E-bok, 2020
437 kr
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The early twenty-first century has seen the emergence of a new style of television drama in Britain that adopts the professional practices and production values of high-end American television while remaining emphatically ''British'' in content and outlook. This book analyses eight of these dramas …
Inside the Tardis
The Worlds of Doctor Who
Häftad, 2020
324 kr
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James Chapman's history of Doctor Who has been acclaimed by fans and scholars alike as a definitive book on the world's longest-running television science fiction series. In this new edition, published to mark the 50th anniversary of everyone's favourite Time Lord, Chapman has brought the story up …
Licence to Thrill
A Cultural History of the James Bond Films
Häftad, 2024
239 kr
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In this new edition of Licence To Thrill, James Chapman builds upon the success of his classic work, regarded as the definitive scholarly study of the history of the James Bond film series from the first picture, Dr No (1962), to the present. He considers the origins of the films in the spy …
Licence to Thrill
A Cultural History of the James Bond Films
Inbunden, 2024
992 kr
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In this new edition of Licence To Thrill, James Chapman builds upon the success of his classic work, regarded as the definitive scholarly study of the history of the James Bond film series from the first picture, Dr No (1962), to the present. He considers the origins of the films in the spy …
Licence to Thrill
A Cultural History of the James Bond Films
E-bok, 2024
318 kr
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In this new edition of Licence To Thrill , James Chapman builds upon the success of his classic work, regarded as the definitive scholarly study of the history of the James Bond film series from the first picture, Dr No (1962), to the present. He considers the origins of the films in the spy …
Licence to Thrill
A Cultural History of the James Bond Films
E-bok, 2024
328 kr
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In this new edition of Licence To Thrill , James Chapman builds upon the success of his classic work, regarded as the definitive scholarly study of the history of the James Bond film series from the first picture, Dr No (1962), to the present. He considers the origins of the films in the spy …
Money Behind the Screen
A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985
Inbunden, 2022
2603 kr
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The Money Behind the Screen maps the changing landscape of film finance in Britain during a transformative period for the film industry. It is the first book to document the sources of finance for film-making, the relations between film producers and financiers, and the wider fiscal and economic …
Money Behind the Screen
A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985
Häftad, 2024
410 kr
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The Money Behind the Screen maps the changing landscape of film finance in Britain during a transformative period for the film industry. It is the first book to document the sources of finance for film-making, the relations between film producers and financiers, and the wider fiscal and economic …
