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Films, cinema
Paperback. How does film construct a historical world? What are the rules, codes, and strategies by which it brings the past to life? What does that historical construction mean to us? This book grapples with these questions, and looks at an example of New History cinema. Editor(s): Rosenstone, Robert A. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691025346
- ISBN
- 9780691025346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.14
€ 53.48
€ 42.14
Hardback. Gathering together the most important new research on star studies, with case studies of stars from many different cultures, this collection looks at film stardom from new angles, challenging the received wisdom on the subject and raising important questions about image, performance, bodies, voices and fans in cultures across the globe. Editor(s): Yu, Sabrina Qiong; Austin, Guy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APFA; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474404310
- ISBN
- 9781474404310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 108.45
€ 112.89
€ 108.45
Hardcover. A comprehensive history of how the conflicts and balances of power in the Maoist revolutionary campaigns from 1951 to 1979 complicated and diversified the meanings of films, this book offers a discursive study of the development of early PRC cinema. Num Pages: 289 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378736
- ISBN
- 9781137378736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.57
€ 111.57
Hardback. Revolutionary Melodrama explores intersections between cinema and politics during the Nasser era, a period in which a military regime embarked upon the construction of a new civic identity for an independent Egypt. Series: Chicago Studies on the Middle East. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; APFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Chicago, Middle East Documentation Center United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780970819901
- ISBN
- 9780970819901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.54
€ 63.54
Series: Screen Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white plates. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813147093
- ISBN
- 9780813147093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.16
€ 39.16
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; APF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226352176
- ISBN
- 9780226352176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. A well-researched and thoughtfully written biography of Richard Burton. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; AN; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 49. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444789164
- ISBN
- 9781444789164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
The first detailed scholarly and authoritative analysis of Richard Attenborough's work as a filmmaker Series Editor(s): McFarlane, Brian; Sinyard, Neil. Series: British Film-Makers. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087646
- ISBN
- 9780719087646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.96
€ 150.96
Paperback. Explores the relationship between aesthetics and anti-Semitism in two controversial landmarks in German culture. This book argues that Richard Wagner's opera cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and Fritz Lang's 1920s film "Die Nibelungen" exploits contrasts between good and bad aesthetics to address the question of what is German and what is not. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; APFA; AVGC9; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049717
- ISBN
- 9780691049717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.89
€ 52.99
€ 37.89
Hardback. A study of the Western that covers its history from the early silent era to recent spins on the genre in films such as "No Country for Old Men", "There Will Be Blood", "True Grit", and "Cowboys & Aliens". It also examines various forms of genre-revival and genre-revisionism that have recurred over the years. Num Pages: 344 pages, 53 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258662
- ISBN
- 9780520258662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.50
€ 45.99
€ 32.50
Paperback. "Du rififi chez les hommes" (1955), directed by the exiled American film director Jules Dassin, recounts the nail-biting tale of a Parisian gangster heist gone wrong. This companion to the film reveals Dassin's role as a director of socially conscious Hollywood film noir. Series: Cine-File French Film Guides. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 b+w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848850552
- ISBN
- 9781848850552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.84
€ 31.99
€ 26.84
paperback. This volume is a study of the classic western film "Rio Bravo", which, according to the author, remains "beyond politics, as an argument as to why we should all want to go on living". Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 88
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851709666
- ISBN
- 9780851709666
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 B&W. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPKS; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165853
- ISBN
- 9780231165853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 B&W. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPKS; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165860
- ISBN
- 9780231165860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.38
€ 104.58
€ 79.38
Paperback. Includes essays by a range of film theorists that propose stimulating approaches to the critical evaluation of modern realist films and such referential genres as reenactment, historical film, adaptation, portrait films, documentary, and realist depictions of urban life. Editor(s): Margulies, Ivone. Num Pages: 360 pages, 36 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330660
- ISBN
- 9780822330660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. One of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from "King Kong" and "Citizen Kane" to the Astaire-Rogers musicals. This title offers a history of a roller coaster of RKO's unstable finances, management battles, and artistic gambles. Num Pages: 340 pages, 24 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474. A Titan is Born. 340 pages, illustrations. One of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's golden age, RKO is remembered today primarily for the famous films it produced, from "King Kong" and "Citizen Kane" to the Astaire-Rogers musicals. This title offers a history of a roller coaster of RKO's unstable finances, management battles, and artistic gambles. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; KNTC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 20. Weight: 474.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271791
- ISBN
- 9780520271791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Road Movies engages with two foundational twentieth century technologies: cinematic and automotive. It is a book about road movies, a genre burdened by its own seductiveness. It is also, however, a book about images of human mobility more generally and the social function those images have served." Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349370665
- ISBN
- 9781349370665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.27
€ 63.27
Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: APFN; AVGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199925674
- ISBN
- 9780199925674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.50
€ 104.50
hardcover. Robert Altman has made a dozen films. But many would agree that his crowning achievement was "McCabe & Mrs Miller". Placing the film within the contexts of Altman's career, and the history of American cinema, this book shows how Altman's idiosyncratic interplay between story and style reframed the American West for a new generation. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615513
- ISBN
- 9780700615513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.59
€ 46.59
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Ingram, Robert. Series: French Film Directors Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719096471
- ISBN
- 9780719096471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.25
€ 148.25
Paperback. Robert Mitchum was one of Hollywood's best-loved actors. This book reveals, Mitchum was one of the few Hollywood icons whose real-life exploits were yet more compelling than his on-screen persona. It offers the life story of a man who redefined cinematic cool. Num Pages: 752 pages, 30 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 41. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571210107
- ISBN
- 9780571210107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 14.46
€ 23.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. The Twilight Saga may have made 'R-Patz' a household name - and earned him a spot on the bedroom walls of teenage girls around the world - but gone are the days when he was just seen as a pretty face. He is carving a formidable reputation as a serious actor, artist and ambassador - a true modern day matinee idol. This is his unofficial biography. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784186036
- ISBN
- 9781784186036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.79
€ 16.99
€ 14.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illus. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879505247
- ISBN
- 9781879505247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.62
€ 34.99
€ 23.62
Paperback. A master of modern European cinema and a key figure in the Italian neorealist movement, Roberto Rossellini had one of the longest and most varied careers of all major directors. This book presents an overview of Rossellini's works and examines key issues and themes covering various phases of his career. Editor(s): Forgacs, David; Lutton, Sarah; Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851707952
- ISBN
- 9780851707952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.25
€ 48.99
€ 41.25