Studying Films – serie
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27 produkter
Studying Hot Fuzz
Av Neil Archer
Häftad, 2015
505 kr
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By the power of Greyskull! In their second big-screen collaboration after Shaun of the Dead (2004), with Hot Fuzz (2007) director and co-writer Edgar Wright and co-writer and star Simon Pegg took aim at the conventions of the Hollywood action movie, transplanting gratuitous slo-mo action sequences …
Studying The Lord of the Rings
Av Anna Dawson
Inbunden, 2021
1797 kr
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Unquestionably the first cinematic phenomenon of the twenty-first century, Peter Jackson's trilogy was a project of enormous artistic vision and financial risk. It is also a rich text for those studying film and media, perhaps for the first time. Studying The Lord of the Rings is the first book to …
Studying Shakespeare on Film
Inbunden, 2021
1946 kr
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Aimed at newcomers to literature and film, this book is a guide for the analysis of Shakespeare on film. Starting with an introduction to the main challenge faced by any director—the early-modern language—there follows exemplars for examining how that challenge is met using as case studies twelve …
Studying Gladiator
Instructor's Edition
Av Sandy Irvine
Häftad, 2008
505 kr
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Gladiator was one of the great commercial successes of the early twenty-first century, a fascinating example of how an old genre can be resuscitated for a new generation. The film's story is not complex yet the ways in which it is told says much about mainstream narrative techniques. And beneath …
Studying City of God
Häftad, 2008
929 kr
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A leading example of a resurgent Latin American cinema – 'la buena onda' – in the early twenty-first century, City of God was a huge international popular and critical success. A combination of intoxicating, Hollywood-style genre film-making and hard-hitting, social-realist subject matter it was …
Studying The Usual Suspects
Instructor's Edition
Av Judith Gunn
Häftad, 2008
476 kr
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The story of The Usual Suspects has the kind of "rags to riches" back story that makes not only the film itself, but the tale of its creation a tale worth telling. Inspired by a magazine headline, it was a poster before it was a screenplay, yet it stands in opposition to the High Concept Hollywood …
Studying Chungking Express
Student Edition
Av Sean Redmond
Häftad, 2008
505 kr
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Wong Kar-wai's 1994 Chungking Express has quickly been recognised as one of the most important examples of 'World Cinema' in the last two decades. It explores time and desire and, on an allegorical level, the perceived loss of independence that many felt would take place post-1997. Studying …
Studying Disaster Movies
Av John Sanders
Häftad, 2009
505 kr
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The disaster film taps into our fear of events beyond our control, ones that are often rooted in real-life experience, making the genre a particularly potent mixture of entertainment and grounded events. Studying Disaster Films provides a comprehensive introduction to a sub-genre that has …
Studying Pan's Labyrinth
Av Tanya Jones
Häftad, 2010
505 kr
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Pan's Labyrinth (2006) is a film of extraordinary technical achievement and intense emotional impact, garnering acclaim from both critics and audiences alike. Such a rich cinematic text demands close scrutiny and comprehensive study. This volume guides the reader through a detailed analysis of the …
Studying Ealing Studios
Häftad, 2010
505 kr
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Located in the West London suburb from which it takes its name, Ealing Studios is one of the best loved and best known institutions of British cinema. Ealing represents a particular kind of institutional practicea community of filmmakers who collaborate in a defined location and produce a …
Studying Hammer Horror
Häftad, 2016
505 kr
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When Hammer Productions was formed in the 1920s, no one foresaw the impact this small, independent studio would have on the international film market. Christopher Lee's mesmerizing, animalistic, yet gentlemanly performance as Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and the Mummy were celebrated worldwide, …
Studying Talk to Her
Av Emily Hughes
Häftad, 2015
505 kr
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Talk to Her (2002) is a hugely rich and interesting though ambiguous film that met with both popular success and critical acclaim. The film won an Oscar for best original screenplay and has been hailed by some critics as Pedro Almodóvar's masterpiece. Yet like most of Almodóvar's films, little is …
Studying Fight Club
Av Mark Ramey
Häftad, 2012
1,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
505 kr
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Fight Club is, on one level, pop-culture phenomena and on another, a deeply philosophical and satirical exploration of modern life. David Fincher's 1999 film (and Chuck Palahniuk's source novel) has had a huge impact on audiences worldwide leading to spoofs, homage, merchandising and numerous …
Studying The Bourne Ultimatum
Av Neil Archer
Häftad, 2012
505 kr
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At the time of its release in 2007, The Bourne Ultimatum was described by one writer as the blockbuster it was 'okay to like'. What is it about this third entry in a Hollywood action franchise that satisfied both the cognoscenti and mass audiences? In Studying The Bourne Ultimatum, Neil Archer …
Studying The Lord of the Rings
Av Anna Dawson
Häftad, 2021
505 kr
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Unquestionably the first cinematic phenomenon of the twenty-first century, Peter Jackson's trilogy was a project of enormous artistic vision and financial risk. It is also a rich text for those studying film and media, perhaps for the first time. Studying The Lord of the Rings is the first book to …
Studying Waltz with Bashir
Häftad, 2017
457 kr
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On its release in 2008, Ari Folman's animated documentary Waltz with Bashir was heralded as a brilliant and original exploration of trauma, and trauma's impact on memory and the recording of history. But it is surprising that although the film is seen through the eyes of one particular soldier, a …
Studying Shakespeare on Film
Häftad, 2021
547 kr
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Aimed at newcomers to literature and film, this book is a guide for the analysis of Shakespeare on film. Starting with an introduction to the main challenge faced by any director—the early-modern language—there follows exemplars for examining how that challenge is met using as case studies twelve …
Studying Ida
Av Sheila Skaff
Häftad, 2018
964 kr
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Paweł Pawlikowski’s 2013 film Ida was exceptionally warmly received in the United States, culminating in the Academy Award for Film Not in the English Language, but it was not without controversy. Sheila Skaff’s introduction to the film explains the historical setting, including the violence that …
Studying The Hurt Locker
Häftad, 2019
389 kr
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In this vibrant and dynamic book-length study drawing on a broad tapestry of research, Terence McSweeney offers an exploration of The Hurt Locker (2009), its stylistic and narrative devices, its cultural impact, its reception, and its relationship to the genre of the war film. McSweeney places the …
Studying The Wicker Man
Instructor's Edition
Av Andy Murray, Lorraine Rolston
Häftad, 2008
547 kr
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Specially written for students of Fflm and media studies, Studying The Wicker Man explores the sophistication and ingenuity of this unique film by considering:The games it plays with notions of genre and narrativeIts representations of setting, gender and the common attitudes and concerns of its …
Studying The Sixth Sense
Instructor's Edition
Häftad, 2008
462 kr
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A surprise hit at the turn of the century, M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense was credited with ressurecting the virtues of the classical Hollywood horror film for an audience increasingly dissatisfied with the post-Scream strain of knowing teen horror. Mark Kirwan-Hayhoe explains exactly why the …
Studying From Russia with Love
Instructor's Edition
Av Will Rimmer
Häftad, 2008
461 kr
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It is difficult to imagine now the importance of the Bond films of the early 1960s to British cinema. The effects of Bond, both in an industrial and institutional context, are immense. The 'Swinging 60s' was about to explode, and the revolutions in music, fashion, art and photographydemanded a …
Studying The Matrix
Student Edition
Av Anna Dawson
Häftad, 2008
505 kr
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"Anna Dawson feels that The Matrix is far more substantial than it first looks and her enthusiasm for the film is not only valuable but ultimately infectious."—TES2003 saw the release of two sequels to the surprise 1999 hit, The Matrix, prompting producer Joel Silver to declare 2003 as 'the Year of …
Studying American Beauty
Student Edition
Häftad, 2008
489 kr
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Studying American Beauty is a comprehensive guide to the stylish and spectacularly successful film debut of director Sam Mendes and Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball. Jeremy Points considers eve-rything students and teachers of Film and Media Studies are likely to be interested in: cinematography, …
Studying Surrealist and Fantasy Cinema
Av Neil Coombs
Häftad, 2008
505 kr
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Pan's Labyrinth, Stranger Than Fiction, The Science of Sleep ... Surreal and fantastic cinema is enjoying a resurgence. A movement that goes back to the earliest days of cinema, it provides an exemplary case study to introduce all sorts of concepts—auteur study, representations, 'shocking cinema', …
Studying Tsotsi
Av Judith Gunn
Häftad, 2010
479 kr
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Tsotsi (2005) is a life-affirming, if raw, coming-of-age story that boldly confronts the legacy of Apartheid and Africa's present struggle to overcome poverty and crime. A small film about a disenfranchised teenage boy, the drama vividly articulates themes of disaffection, desperation, and violence …
Studying The Devil's Backbone
Av James Rose
Häftad, 2010
420 kr
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The Devil's Backbone (2001) is a Gothic film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, 2006). The story centers on a ghost that haunts an isolated orphanage during the Spanish Civil War. Studying The Devil's Backbone explores the narrative of the film in relation to central …
