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51 produkter
Early Film Criticism of Francois Truffaut
Häftad, 1993
277 kr
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Before turning to filmmaking, Francois Truffaut was a film critic writing for Cahiers du Cinema during the 1950s. The Early film Criticism of Francois Truffaut makes available, for the first time in English, articles that originally appeared in French journals such as Cahiers du Cinema and Arts. …
Disaster and Memory
Celebrity Culture and the Crisis of Hollywood Cinema
Häftad, 1999
639 kr
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Using the media's coverage of the death of Princess Diana as a departing point, Wheeler Dixon presents a sharply critical assessment of the current state of movies--from the cult of celebrity, to the nature of public surveillance, to the role of print and television media in shaping our shared …
Experimental Cinema, The Film Reader
Av Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Wheeler Winston-Dixon
Inbunden, 2002
2913 kr
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This volume provides a comprehensive guide to the long tradition of American avant-garde cinema, from its origins in the 1920s to the work of contemporary film and video artists. The Reader addresses major movements and key figures of the avant-garde, including filmmakers such as Andy Warhol, …
Experimental Cinema, The Film Reader
Av Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Wheeler Winston-Dixon
Häftad, 2002
734 kr
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This volume provides a comprehensive guide to the long tradition of American avant-garde cinema, from its origins in the 1920s to the work of contemporary film and video artists. The Reader addresses major movements and key figures of the avant-garde, including filmmakers such as Andy Warhol, …
Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia
Inbunden, 2009
1483 kr
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Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia is an overview of 20th- and 21st-century noir and fatalist film practice from 1945 onwards. The book demonstrates the ways in which American cinema has inculcated a climate of fear in our daily lives, as reinforced, starting in the 1950s, by television, and …
Re-Viewing British Cinema, 1900-1992
Essays and Interviews
Häftad, 1994
517 kr
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Re-Viewing British Cinema, 1900–1992 is a collection of essays on British cinema history and practice. It offers both the casual reader and the film scholar a different view of British filmmaking during the past century. Arranged in chronological order, the book explores those areas of British …
Exploding Eye
A Re-Visionary History of 1960s American Experimental Cinema
Inbunden, 1997
1040 kr
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Explores the work of lesser-known American experimental filmmakers whose films, though well-received and influential, have been excluded from the dominant film canon.The Exploding Eye explores the work of lesser-known American experimental filmmakers whose work has been excluded from the dominant …
Exploding Eye
A Re-Visionary History of 1960s American Experimental Cinema
Häftad, 1997
463 kr
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Explores the work of lesser-known American experimental filmmakers whose films, though well-received and influential, have been excluded from the dominant film canon.The Exploding Eye explores the work of lesser-known American experimental filmmakers whose work has been excluded from the dominant …
Film Genre 2000
New Critical Essays
Häftad, 2000
371 kr
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New essays by prominent film scholars address recent developments in American genre filmmaking.Covering over 100 feature films in critical depth and detail, this reader provides an excellent introduction to American genre filmmaking since 1990. These previously unpublished essays by prominent film …
Second Century of Cinema
The Past and Future of the Moving Image
Häftad, 2000
391 kr
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Contemplates the future of cinema in light of emerging digital technologies and new systems of distribution.In a unique and perceptive look at the future of cinema, Wheeler Winston Dixon explores the possible effects of the digital age on the production and exhibition of films. Although Hollywood …
Straight
Constructions of Heterosexuality in the Cinema
Häftad, 2003
463 kr
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Explores the ways that stereotypes of heterosexuality are portrayed and constructed in film.straight / 'strāt (adj.)... without curves... correct... honest... not deviating from the normal... conventional... HeterosexualPractically all mainstream cinema is "straight," and has been since its …
Film and Television After 9/11
Av Wheeler Winston Dixon, Wheeler Winston Dixon
Häftad, 2004
453 kr
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In Film and Television after 9/11, twelve distinguished scholars and critics discuss the production, reception, and distribution of Hollywood and foreign films after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and examine how movies have changed to reflect the new world climate. While some …
Films of Freddie Francis
Av Wheeler Winston Dixon, Freddie Francis
Inbunden, 1991
1132 kr
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Streaming
Movies, Media, and Instant Access
E-bok, 2013
299 kr
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Film stocks are vanishing, but the iconic images of the silver screen remain -- albeit in new, sleeker formats. Today, viewers can instantly stream movies on televisions, computers, and smartphones. Gone are the days when films could only be seen in theaters or rented at video stores: movies are …
Streaming
Movies, Media, and Instant Access
E-bok, 2013
305 kr
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Film stocks are vanishing, but the iconic images of the silver screen remain -- albeit in new, sleeker formats. Today, viewers can instantly stream movies on televisions, computers, and smartphones. Gone are the days when films could only be seen in theaters or rented at video stores: movies are …
Film Talk
Directors at Work
Häftad, 2007
453 kr
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What 1970s Hollywood filmmaker influenced Quentin Tarantino? How have contemporary Japanese horror films inspired Takashi Shimizu, director of the huge box office hit The Grudge? What is it like to be an African American director in the twenty-first century?The answers to these questions, along …
21st-Century Hollywood
Movies in the Era of Transformation
Av Wheeler Winston Dixon, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
Inbunden, 2011
1849 kr
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They are shot on high-definition digital cameras—with computer-generated effects added in postproduction—and transmitted to theaters, websites, and video-on-demand networks worldwide. They are viewed on laptop, iPod, and cell phone screens. They are movies in the 21st century—the product of digital …
Death of the Moguls
The End of Classical Hollywood
Häftad, 2012
455 kr
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Death of the Moguls is a detailed assessment of the last days of the “rulers of film.” Wheeler Winston Dixon examines the careers of such moguls as Harry Cohn at Columbia, Louis B. Mayer at MGM, Jack L. Warner at Warner Brothers, Adolph Zukor at Paramount, and Herbert J. Yates at Republic in the …
Short History of Film, Third Edition
Av Wheeler Winston Dixon, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
Häftad, 2018
539 kr
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With more than 250 images, new information on international cinema-especially Polish, Chinese, Russian, Canadian, and Iranian filmmakers-an expanded section on African-American filmmakers, updated discussions of new works by major American directors, and a new section on the rise of comic book …
Short History of Film, Third Edition
Av Wheeler Winston Dixon, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
Inbunden, 2018
1742 kr
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With more than 250 images, new information on international cinema-especially Polish, Chinese, Russian, Canadian, and Iranian filmmakers-an expanded section on African-American filmmakers, updated discussions of new works by major American directors, and a new section on the rise of comic book …
Dark Humor in Films of the 1960s
E-bok, 2015
803 kr
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Focusing on "dark" or black comedy films in the US and the UK, Wheeler Winston Dixon provides a comprehensive overview of a variety of films and filmmakers (Vanishing Point, Marcel Hanoun), whose work has largely been ignored, but whose influence and importance is clearly present.
Dark Humor in Films of the 1960s
Inbunden, 2015
586 kr
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Focusing on "dark" or black comedy films in the US and the UK, Wheeler Winston Dixon provides a comprehensive overview of a variety of films and filmmakers (Vanishing Point, Marcel Hanoun), whose work has largely been ignored, but whose influence and importance is clearly present.
Black & White Cinema
A Short History
Häftad, 2015
410 kr
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Black & white film, the cinema of shadows and light, is a filmgoer's pleasure and a film student's surprised delight. The greatest of films are black & white, from Chaplin and Keaton, through the masterpieces of Film Noir, up to the black & white rarities of modern cinema, from Raging Bull to The …
Short History of Film
Av Wheeler Winston Dixon, Gwedolyn Audrey Foster
Inbunden, 2008
2051 kr
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The history of international cinema is now available in this concise, compact and comprehensive book, illustrated with over 300 rare stills and illustrations.The best one-stop source for the history of world film on the market, it's the story, accessibly and authoritatively told, of the major …
American Cinema of the 1940s
Themes and Variations
Inbunden, 2006
1136 kr
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The 1940s was a watershed decade for American cinema and the nation. At the start of the decade, Hollywood - shaking off the Depression - launched an unprecedented wave of production, generating some of its most memorable classics, including Citizen Kane, Rebecca, The Lady Eve, Sergeant York, and …
American Cinema of the 1940s
Themes and Variations
Häftad, 2006
414 kr
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The 1940s was a watershed decade for American cinema and the nation. At the start of the decade, Hollywood - shaking off the Depression - launched an unprecedented wave of production, generating some of its most memorable classics, including Citizen Kane, Rebecca, The Lady Eve, Sergeant York, and …
The Films of Terence Fisher
Hammer Horror and Beyond
Häftad, 2017
679 kr
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Tracing the entire career of the British director Terence Fisher, best known for his Gothic horror films for Hammer—such as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958)—The Films of Terence Fisher covers not only his horror films, but also his film noirs, comedies, and early apprenticeship …
The Films of Terence Fisher
Hammer Horror and Beyond
Inbunden, 2017
2394 kr
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Tracing the entire career of the British director Terence Fisher, best known for his Gothic horror films for Hammer—such as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958)—The Films of Terence Fisher covers not only his horror films, but also his film noirs, comedies, and early apprenticeship …
History of Horror, 2nd Edition
Häftad, 2023
310 kr
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Ever since horror leapt from popular fiction to the silver screen in the late 1890s, viewers have experienced fear and pleasure in exquisite combination. Wheeler Winston Dixon's fully revised and updated A History of Horror is still the only book to offer a comprehensive survey of this ever-popular …
