Films, cinema
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Films, cinema
Paperback. Argues that zombies and murderers in American film and literature embody the violent contradictions of capitalism. This book reveals that each creature has its tale to tell about how a free-wheeling market economy turns human beings into monstrosities. It tracks the monsters spawned by capitalism through pulp fiction and Hollywood blockbusters. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3895 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337454
- ISBN
- 9780822337454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498797009
- ISBN
- 9781498797009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Paperback. This book explores the four-year interval between 1930 and 1934, a time when censorship was lax and Hollywood made the most of it. Doherty chronicles how the freewheeling films of an unrestricted Hollywood inform the culture of America in the 1930s. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, 67 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640. Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934. Series: Film and Culture Series. 400 pages, 67 photos. This book explores the four-year interval between 1930 and 1934, a time when censorship was lax and Hollywood made the most of it. Doherty chronicles how the freewheeling films of an unrestricted Hollywood inform the culture of America in the 1930s. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; JFC. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight: 748.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110952
- ISBN
- 9780231110952
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.15
€ 30.99
€ 22.15
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive explanation of film sound, including mixing, dubbing, workflow, budgeting, and digital audio techniques. Practically grounded with real-world stories from the trenches throughout, this book provides relevant technical data, as well as an appreciation of all the processes involved in creating optimal motion picture sound. Num Pages: 680 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AJRD; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 191 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 680
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780240812403
- ISBN
- 9780240812403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.62
€ 63.62
Hardback. Explores indigenous Irish film production. In addition to internationally-known Irish filmmakers (Neil Jordan, Jim Sheridan, Pat O'Connor), the book focuses on the works and opinions of Joe Comerford, Cathal Black, John T. Davis, Thaddeus O'Sullivan, Gerry Stembridge, Kieran Hickey, Bob Quinn, Pat Murphy, and many others. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810832961
- ISBN
- 9780810832961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.27
€ 102.27
Hardback. Post-War Hollywood Cinema is an accessible and comprehensive history of the American film industry, from 1946 to 1962. Drew Casper chronicles the restructuring of Hollywood cinema against the backdrop of the major political, economic, and social changes taking place after World War II. Num Pages: 484 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405150743
- ISBN
- 9781405150743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.96
€ 121.96
Paperback. Post-War Hollywood Cinema is an accessible and comprehensive history of the American film industry, from 1946 to 1962. Drew Casper chronicles the restructuring of Hollywood cinema against the backdrop of the major political, economic, and social changes taking place after World War II. Num Pages: 484 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 28. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 484
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405150750
- ISBN
- 9781405150750
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Condition: New
€ 53.32
€ 53.32
Hardback. With in-depth analyses of the major trends and films, this book represents a comprehensive assessment of the historical film in postwall Germany. Challenging previous paradigms, it takes account of a postwall cinema of retro-flection as a complex engagement with various historiographical forms and, above all, with film history itself. Series: Film Europa. Num Pages: 228 pages, 22 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459473
- ISBN
- 9780857459473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.68€ 73.32
€ 117.68
€ 73.32
Paperback. This book examines Chinese culture under the condition of postsocialist modernity, in which market reforms have fundamentally altered the fields of film, literature, and cultural debate. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 table, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; APF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804773638
- ISBN
- 9780804773638
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
paperback. This book examines the benefits and limits of cultural nationalism, and describes the preliminary steps taken by contemporary filmmakers in order to establish a new popular African cinema. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1H; APFA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780719083365
- ISBN
- 9780719083365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.56
€ 38.56
Paperback. Series: Short Cuts. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12 b&w. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 199 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174558
- ISBN
- 9780231174558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.60
€ 25.99
€ 19.60
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501311796
- ISBN
- 9781501311796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.06
€ 30.06
Paperback. Analyzes contemporary texts that bond together two seemingly antithetical sensibilities: the sentimental and the postmodern. This book presents case studies of audience responses to "The Piano", "Kiss of the Spider Woman", and "Northern Exposure". It argues that sentimental postmodernism deepened leftist political engagement. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534798
- ISBN
- 9781557534798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.86
€ 59.86
Hardcover. Postmodern Metanarratives investigates the relationship between cinema and literature by analyzing the film Blade Runner as a postmodern work that constitutes a landmark of cyberpunk narrative and establishes a link between tradition and the (post)modern. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137439727
- ISBN
- 9781137439727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Hardback. Investigates how postmodern techniques are used to create works that embody contemporary contradictions. The author proposes a poststructuralist/postmodern film theory which enhances the analysis of this type of film. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; APF; HBT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840980
- ISBN
- 9780810840980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.82
€ 133.82
Hardback. This book is a thought-provoking study that expands on film scholarship on noir and feminist scholarship on postfeminism, subjectivity, and representation to provide an inclusive, sophisticated, and up-to-date analysis of the femme fatale, fille fatale, and homme fatal from the classic era through to recent postmillennial neo-noir. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: APFA; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503589
- ISBN
- 9781137503589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.86
€ 64.86
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive introduction to and resource for cinema of the "Maghreb". This book examines the political and cultural context of the films and the film industry in the post-independence era. It includes a dictionary of more than 135 North African filmmakers and a chronological filmography. Num Pages: 304 pages, 33 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HB; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217448
- ISBN
- 9780253217448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Offers a critical approach to African cinema - one that requires that we revisit the beginnings of African filmmaking and the critical responses to which they gave rise, and that we ask what limitations they might have contained, what price was paid for the approaches then taken, and whether we are still caught in those limitations today. Num Pages: 296 pages, 34 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219145
- ISBN
- 9780253219145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. An excellent introductory volume for those wishing to know more about the hitherto neglected cinema from the African continent, including directors from Egypt, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Cameroon, South Africa Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1H; APFB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719072024
- ISBN
- 9780719072024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.89
€ 138.89
Paperback. German history films that focus on utopianism and political dissent and their effect on German identity since 1989. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135964
- ISBN
- 9781571135964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.25
€ 52.99
€ 50.25
Paperback. Examines nonfiction film and nation building to better understand documentary film as a tool to create powerful historical and political narratives Series: New Directions in National Cinemas. Num Pages: 290 pages, 19 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KJC; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253007667
- ISBN
- 9780253007667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. Examines nonfiction film and nation building to better understand documentary film as a tool to create powerful historical and political narratives Series: New Directions in National Cinemas. Num Pages: 290 pages, 19 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KJC; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253007643
- ISBN
- 9780253007643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.02
€ 86.02
Paperback. Barry Langford explains and interrogates the concept of 'post-classical' Hollywood cinema - its coherence, its historical justification and how it can help or hinder our understanding of Hollywood from the forties to the present. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; APF; KNTC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488. Film Industry, Style and Ideology Since 1945. 320 pages, illustrations. Barry Langford explains and interrogates the concept of 'post-classical' Hollywood cinema - its coherence, its historical justification and how it can help or hinder our understanding of Hollywood from the forties to the present. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; APF; KNTC. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight: 480.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638581
- ISBN
- 9780748638581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press
- Edition
- Illustriert.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906660109
- ISBN
- 9781906660109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 20.88
€ 53.49
€ 20.88