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ReFocus: The Films of Susan Seidelman
Inbunden, 2023
1370 kr
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The first scholarly work to focus on the work of American director and producer, Susan SeidelmanContains an exclusive chapter-length interview in which Seidelman examines her career and discusses many of her lesser-known films, some for the first timeSuggests a reframing of authorship theory to be …
ReFocus: The Films of Susan Seidelman
Häftad, 2025
267 kr
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This first collection devoted to Susan Seidelman director, producer and visionary of feminist American cinema and television includes never-before-published archival material and an interview with insights into her process and thoughts on #timesup and the future of the industry. Her debut feature, …
ReFocus: The Films of Wallace Fox
Av Gary D. Rhodes, Joanna Hearne
Inbunden, 2022
1413 kr
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Born in Oklahoma into the Chickasaw Nation, Wallace Fox directed films over the span of four decades. Known primarily for Westerns and mystery films, his output starred such famed actors as Bela Lugosi, Bob Steele, and Lon Chaney. ReFocus: The Films of Wallace Fox includes analysis of some of his …
ReFocus: The Films of Wallace Fox
Av Gary D. Rhodes, Joanna Hearne
Häftad, 2024
373 kr
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Born in Oklahoma into the Chickasaw Nation, Wallace Fox directed films over the span of four decades. Known primarily for Westerns and mystery films, his output starred such famed actors as Bela Lugosi, Bob Steele, and Lon Chaney. ReFocus: The Films of Wallace Fox includes analysis of some of his …
ReFocus: The Films of Wes Craven
Inbunden, 2023
2250 kr
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The first academic study on the work of Wes Craven16 chapters offering a wide discussion of the director's careerEssential addition to horror film studies curriculumIncludes all facets of the filmmaker's work, including his TV contributions and his melodrama Music of the HeartThis edited collection …
ReFocus: The Films of Wes Craven
Häftad, 2025
332 kr
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This edited collection provides an insightful look at the career and output of American horror director Wes Craven, whose most famous films such as The Last House on the Left (1972), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and Scream (1996) came to define the form in the later decades of the 20th century. …
ReFocus: The Films of William Wyler
Av John Price
Inbunden, 2023
2092 kr
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Examines the extensive and diverse oeuvre of American filmmaker William WylerExplores Wyler's work in connection with current themes and topics in film studiesProvides cultural and political contexts for Wyler's films, including representations of class, gender, and raceAssesses the relationship …
ReFocus: The Films of William Wyler
Av John Price
Häftad, 2024
373 kr
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In his forty-five-year career, William Wyler not only traversed the silent and the sound eras, but also connected classic Hollywood to "new Hollywood." The range of his films also spans a wide spectrum of genres: from westerns to adaptations of classic literature, from crime thrillers to rom-coms, …
ReFocus: The Films of Abel Ferrara
Inbunden, 2024
1240 kr
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Over his four-decade long career, Abel Ferrara has built himself a reputation as one of the most audacious and unconventional filmmakers in contemporary cinema. After his beginnings in the exploitation circuit of the late 1970s he become one of the central figures in the indie wave of the 1980s and …
ReFocus: The Films of Abel Ferrara
Häftad, 2026
267 kr
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Over his four-decade long career, Abel Ferrara has built himself a reputation as one of the most audacious and unconventional filmmakers in contemporary cinema. After his beginnings in the exploitation circuit of the late 1970s he become one of the central figures in the indie wave of the 1980s and …
ReFocus: The Films of Abel Ferrara
E-bok, 2024
346 kr
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Over his four-decade long career, Abel Ferrara has built himself a reputation as one of the most audacious and unconventional filmmakers in contemporary cinema. After his beginnings in the exploitation circuit of the late 1970s he become one of the central figures in the indie wave of the 1980s and …
ReFocus: The Films of Abel Ferrara
E-bok, 2024
346 kr
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Over his four-decade long career, Abel Ferrara has built himself a reputation as one of the most audacious and unconventional filmmakers in contemporary cinema. After his beginnings in the exploitation circuit of the late 1970s he become one of the central figures in the indie wave of the 1980s and …
ReFocus: The Films of Lawrence Kasdan
Av Brett Davies
Inbunden, 2024
1941 kr
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AcknowledgementsIntroduction Part I: "I'm making this up as I go": Lawrence Kasdan and Raiders of the Lost ArkChapter 1. Smith and Jones: Discourse Analysis of the Raiders of the Lost Ark Story ConferenceChapter 2. Visual Language in the Raiders of the Lost Ark Screenplay Part II: Kasdan the …
ReFocus: The Films of Lawrence Kasdan
Av Brett Davies
Häftad, 2025
267 kr
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AcknowledgementsIntroduction Part I: "I'm making this up as I go": Lawrence Kasdan and Raiders of the Lost ArkChapter 1. Smith and Jones: Discourse Analysis of the Raiders of the Lost Ark Story ConferenceChapter 2. Visual Language in the Raiders of the Lost Ark Screenplay Part II: Kasdan the …
ReFocus: The Films of Herschell Gordon Lewis
Inbunden, 2026
1343 kr
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Dubbed The Godfather of Gore, no other exploitation filmmaker made the most of scant budgets, short shooting schedules and amateur special effects like the legendary Herschell Gordon Lewis. Making his mark with Blood Feast in 1963 and helming such notorious splatter-shockers as Two Thousand …
ReFocus: The Films of John Waters
Av Michelle E. Moore, Brian Brems
Inbunden, 2025
1413 kr
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The first collected volume of work on cult film director and icon John Waters, which offers a comprehensive study of his work as an important filmmaker and cultural force. Includes chapters covering important themes in Waters's work, stylistic tendencies, his relationship to the art world, and …
ReFocus: The Films of John Waters
Av Michelle E. Moore, Brian Brems
Häftad, 2026
359 kr
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The first collected volume of work on cult film director and icon John Waters, which offers a comprehensive study of his work as an important filmmaker and cultural force. Includes chapters covering important themes in Waters’s work, stylistic tendencies, his relationship to the art world, and …
ReFocus: The Films of John Singleton
Inbunden, 2025
1413 kr
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In 1992, John Singleton became the first Black filmmaker, as well as the youngest, to be nominated for the Best Director award at the Oscars. In the following decade, Singleton cemented his reputation as a Hollywood auteur who could move across genres while making critically acclaimed films that …
ReFocus: The Films of John Singleton
Häftad, 2027
267 kr
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In 1992, John Singleton became the first Black filmmaker, as well as the youngest, to be nominated for the Best Director award at the Oscars. In the following decade, Singleton cemented his reputation as a Hollywood auteur who could move across genres while making critically acclaimed films that …
ReFocus: The Films of David Fincher
Av Keith Clavin
Inbunden, 2027
1240 kr
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This book offers a comprehensive critical study of David Fincher as one of the defining cinematic auteurs of the digital age. Rather than treating his films as stylistically cold or merely technical exercises in control, the study argues that Fincher’s exacting compositions, obsessive attention to …
ReFocus: The Films of Delmer Daves
Av Matthew Carter, Andrew Patrick Nelson
Inbunden, 2016
2163 kr
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From Destination Tokyo (1943) to The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965), Delmer Daves was responsible for a unique body of work, but few filmmakers have been as critically overlooked in existing scholarly literature. Often regarded as an embodiment of the self-effacing craftsmanship of classical …
ReFocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling
Av Frances Smith, Timothy Shary
Inbunden, 2016
1483 kr
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Refocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling is the first book-length study of the work of Amy Heckerling, the phenomenally popular director and screenwriter of Clueless and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. As such, the book constitutes a significant intervention in Film Studies, prompting a reconsideration …
ReFocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling
Av Frances Smith, Timothy Shary
E-bok, 2016
537 kr
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Refocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling is the first book-length study of the work of Amy Heckerling, the phenomenally popular director and screenwriter of Clueless and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. As such, the book constitutes a significant intervention in Film Studies, prompting a reconsideration …
ReFocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling
Av Frances Smith, Timothy Shary
E-bok, 2016
537 kr
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Refocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling is the first book-length study of the work of Amy Heckerling, the phenomenally popular director and screenwriter of Clueless and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. As such, the book constitutes a significant intervention in Film Studies, prompting a reconsideration …
ReFocus: The Films of Preston Sturges
Av Jeff Jaeckle, Sarah Kozloff
Inbunden, 2015
1451 kr
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Director, screenwriter and comic genius, Preston Sturges has been an influence on filmmakers ranging from Orson Welles to the Coen brothers. The first person to win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, he wrote and directed some of the most bizarre, controversial, and downright hilarious comedies …
ReFocus: The Films of Kelly Reichardt
Av E. Dawn Hall
Inbunden, 2018
1413 kr
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The first book-length study of Reichardt's career and worksOver her six-film career, including works like 'Old Joy, Meek's Cutoff' and 'Certain Women', the independent filmmaker Kelly Reichardt has established a highly individual perspective on questions of gender, feminism, socioeconomics and …
ReFocus: The Films of Budd Boetticher
Av Gary D. Rhodes, Robert Singer
Inbunden, 2017
2250 kr
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One of the most important yet overlooked of Hollywood auteurs, Budd Boetticher was responsible for a number of classic films, including his famous ‘Ranown’ series of westerns starring Randolph Scott. With influential figures like Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood acknowledging Boetticher’s …
ReFocus: The Films of William Castle
Inbunden, 2018
2163 kr
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The first collection of essays devoted to Hollywood director William CastleOften described as 'the Master of Gimmicks', William Castle is best known for the outrageous publicity stunts that characterised his genre films in the 1950s and '60s, including offers for an insurance policy against death …
ReFocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling
Av Timothy Shary, Frances Smith m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
693 kr
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A collection of interdisciplinary essays, collected for the first time, on the work of filmmaker and screenwriter Amy Heckerling whose work includes Clueless and Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
ReFocus: The Films of Delmer Daves
Av Andrew Nelson, Matthew Carter m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
718 kr
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As the first comprehensive study of Daves s career, this collection of essays seeks to deepen our understanding of his work, and also to problematize existing conceptions of him as a competent, conventional and even naive studio man.
