Routledge Film Guidebooks – serie
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Jane Campion
Inbunden, 2008
2264 kr
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Jane Campion is one of the most celebrated auteurs of modern cinema and was the first female director to be awarded the prestigious Palme d'Or. Throughout her relatively short career, Campion has received extraordinary attention from the media and scholars alike and has provoked fierce debates on …
Jane Campion
Häftad, 2008
471 kr
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Jane Campion is one of the most celebrated auteurs of modern cinema and was the first female director to be awarded the prestigious Palme d'Or. Throughout her relatively short career, Campion has received extraordinary attention from the media and scholars alike and has provoked fierce debates on …
James Cameron
Inbunden, 2006
2102 kr
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Featuring excerpts from interviews and frame-by-frame analysis of important scenes from films such as Terminator, Aliens, True Lies, and Titanic, Alexandra Keller provides the first critical study of James Cameron as an auteur. Considering in particular his treatment of gender and preoccupation …
James Cameron
Häftad, 2006
557 kr
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Featuring excerpts from interviews and frame-by-frame analysis of important scenes from films such as Terminator, Aliens, True Lies, and Titanic, Alexandra Keller provides the first critical study of James Cameron as an auteur. Considering in particular his treatment of gender and preoccupation …
Horror
Inbunden, 2009
2264 kr
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Horror cinema is a hugely successful, but at the same time culturally illicit genre that spans the history of cinema. It continues to flourish with recent cycles of supernatural horror and torture porn that span the full range of horror styles and aesthetics. It is enjoyed by audiences everywhere, …
Horror
Häftad, 2009
471 kr
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Horror cinema is a hugely successful, but at the same time culturally illicit genre that spans the history of cinema. It continues to flourish with recent cycles of supernatural horror and torture porn that span the full range of horror styles and aesthetics. It is enjoyed by audiences everywhere, …
Science Fiction
Inbunden, 2012
2264 kr
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Science Fiction explores the genre from 1895 to the present day, drawing on examples from over forty countries. It raises questions about the relationship between science fiction, science and technology, and examines the interrelationships between spectacle, narrative and self-reflexivity, paying …
Science Fiction
Häftad, 2012
471 kr
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Science Fiction explores the genre from 1895 to the present day, drawing on examples from over forty countries. It raises questions about the relationship between science fiction, science and technology, and examines the interrelationships between spectacle, narrative and self-reflexivity, paying …
Film Noir
Hard-boiled Modernity and the Cultures of Globalization
Av Jennifer Fay, Justus Nieland
Inbunden, 2009
2133 kr
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The term "film noir" still conjures images of a uniquely American malaise: hard-boiled detectives, fatal women, and the shadowy hells of urban life. But from its beginnings, film noir has been an international phenomenon, and its stylistic icons have migrated across the complex geo-political …
Film Noir
Hard-boiled Modernity and the Cultures of Globalization
Av Jennifer Fay, Justus Nieland
Häftad, 2009
444 kr
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The term "film noir" still conjures images of a uniquely American malaise: hard-boiled detectives, fatal women, and the shadowy hells of urban life. But from its beginnings, film noir has been an international phenomenon, and its stylistic icons have migrated across the complex geo-political …
Documentary
Inbunden, 2010
2133 kr
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Dave Saunders’ spirited introduction to documentary covers its history, cultural context and development, and the approaches, controversies and functions pertaining to non-fiction filmmaking. Saunders examines the many methods by which documentary conveys meaning, whilst exploring its differing …
Documentary
Häftad, 2010
444 kr
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Dave Saunders’ spirited introduction to documentary covers its history, cultural context and development, and the approaches, controversies and functions pertaining to non-fiction filmmaking. Saunders examines the many methods by which documentary conveys meaning, whilst exploring its differing …
Fantasy
Av Jacqueline Furby, Claire Hines
Inbunden, 2011
2264 kr
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Fantasy addresses a previously neglected area within film studies. The book looks at the key aesthetics, themes, debates and issues at work within this popular genre and examines films and franchises that illustrate these concerns. Contemporary case studies include:Alice in Wonderland (2010) Avatar …
Fantasy
Av Jacqueline Furby, Claire Hines
Häftad, 2011
471 kr
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Fantasy addresses a previously neglected area within film studies. The book looks at the key aesthetics, themes, debates and issues at work within this popular genre and examines films and franchises that illustrate these concerns. Contemporary case studies include:Alice in Wonderland (2010) Avatar …
Romantic Comedy
Inbunden, 2010
1827 kr
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Romantic comedy is an enduringly popular genre which has maintained its appeal by constantly evolving, from the screwball comedy to the recent emergence of the bromance. Romantic Comedy examines the history of the genre, considering the social and cultural context for key developments in new genre …
Romantic Comedy
Häftad, 2010
415 kr
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Romantic comedy is an enduringly popular genre which has maintained its appeal by constantly evolving, from the screwball comedy to the recent emergence of the bromance. Romantic Comedy examines the history of the genre, considering the social and cultural context for key developments in new genre …
Westerns
Av John White
Inbunden, 2010
2133 kr
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It is a common assertion that the history of America is written in its Westerns, but how true is this?In this guidebook John White discusses the evolution of the Western through history and looks at theoretical and critical approaches to Westerns such as genre analysis, semiotics, representation, …
Westerns
Av John White
Häftad, 2010
444 kr
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It is a common assertion that the history of America is written in its Westerns, but how true is this?In this guidebook John White discusses the evolution of the Western through history and looks at theoretical and critical approaches to Westerns such as genre analysis, semiotics, representation, …
Crime
Inbunden, 2011
2133 kr
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Crime films have, since the earliest days of cinema, been popular with audiences, industry and critics alike and encompassed a diverse range of subjects, styles and themes. The genre provides a range of pleasures for the spectator, from taking on the role of the detective in the pursuit of clues in …
Crime
Häftad, 2011
444 kr
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Crime films have, since the earliest days of cinema, been popular with audiences, industry and critics alike and encompassed a diverse range of subjects, styles and themes. The genre provides a range of pleasures for the spectator, from taking on the role of the detective in the pursuit of clues in …
Bollywood
A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema
Inbunden, 2013
2133 kr
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'Bollywood' is the dominant global term to refer to the prolific Hindi language film industry in Bombay (renamed Mumbai in 1995). Characterised by music, dance routines, melodrama, lavish production values and an emphasis on stars and spectacle, Bollywood films have met with box-office success and …
Bollywood
A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema
Häftad, 2013
444 kr
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'Bollywood' is the dominant global term to refer to the prolific Hindi language film industry in Bombay (renamed Mumbai in 1995). Characterised by music, dance routines, melodrama, lavish production values and an emphasis on stars and spectacle, Bollywood films have met with box-office success and …
Fantasy
Av Jacqueline Furby, Claire Hines
E-bok, 2011
552 kr
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Fantasy addresses a previously neglected area within film studies. The book looks at the key aesthetics, themes, debates and issues at work within this popular genre and examines films and franchises that illustrate these concerns. Contemporary case studies include:Alice in Wonderland (2010) Avatar …
Fantasy
Av Jacqueline Furby, Claire Hines
E-bok, 2011
534 kr
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Fantasy addresses a previously neglected area within film studies. The book looks at the key aesthetics, themes, debates and issues at work within this popular genre and examines films and franchises that illustrate these concerns. Contemporary case studies include:Alice in Wonderland (2010) Avatar …
Gothic Cinema
Inbunden, 2020
2133 kr
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Arguing for the need to understand Gothic cinema as an aesthetic mode, this book explores its long history, from its transitional origins in phantasmagoria shows and the first ‘trick’ films to its postmodern fragmentation in the Gothic pastiches of Tim Burton.But what is Gothic cinema? Is the …
Gothic Cinema
Häftad, 2020
444 kr
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Arguing for the need to understand Gothic cinema as an aesthetic mode, this book explores its long history, from its transitional origins in phantasmagoria shows and the first ‘trick’ films to its postmodern fragmentation in the Gothic pastiches of Tim Burton.But what is Gothic cinema? Is the …
Hollywood Musicals
Av Steven Cohan
Inbunden, 2019
2133 kr
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Hollywood Musicals offers an insightful account of a genre that was once a mainstay of twentieth-century film production and continues to draw audiences today.What is a film musical? How do musicals work, formally and culturally? Why have they endured since the introduction of sound in the late …
Hollywood Musicals
Av Steven Cohan
Häftad, 2019
444 kr
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Hollywood Musicals offers an insightful account of a genre that was once a mainstay of twentieth-century film production and continues to draw audiences today.What is a film musical? How do musicals work, formally and culturally? Why have they endured since the introduction of sound in the late …
European Art Cinema
Av John White
Inbunden, 2016
2264 kr
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European art cinema includes some of the most famous films in cinema history. It is elite filmmaking that stands in direct opposition to popular cinema; and yet, it also has an intimate relationship with Hollywood.This guidebook sketches successive phases of art cinema in Europe from its early …
European Art Cinema
Av John White
Häftad, 2016
471 kr
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European art cinema includes some of the most famous films in cinema history. It is elite filmmaking that stands in direct opposition to popular cinema; and yet, it also has an intimate relationship with Hollywood.This guidebook sketches successive phases of art cinema in Europe from its early …
