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Hardback. Appearing here in English for the first time, Michel Chion's Sound addresses the philosophical questions that inform our encounters with sound, stimulating our thinking about being open to new sounds and to explore the links between language, technology, culture, and hearing. Translator(s): Steintrager, James A. Num Pages: 309 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; AVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360223
ISBN
9780822360223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.89

Paperback. Demonstrating the transformative power of sound in film Editor(s): Kalinak, Kathryn. Series: Behind the Silver Screen. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13 bw integrated. BIC Classification: APFX; AVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784534059
ISBN
9781784534059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.93

Hardcover. This volume covers all aspects of sound (including dialogue) and music as they have been utilised in comedy film. The volume looks at various subsets of the 'comedy film' from the post-War period, including black comedy, romantic comedy, slapstick, dialogue comedy, parody and spoofs. Editor(s): Evans, Mark; Hayward, Philip. Series: Genre, Music & Sound. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; APFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 852.
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781790991
ISBN
9781781790991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.34

Paperback. This volume covers all aspects of sound (including dialogue) and music as they have been utilised in comedy film. The volume looks at various subsets of the 'comedy film' from the post-War period, including black comedy, romantic comedy, slapstick, dialogue comedy, parody and spoofs. Editor(s): Evans, Mark; Hayward, Philip. Series: Genre, Music & Sound. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: APF; AV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845536749
ISBN
9781845536749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.34

Paperback. Sounding the Gallery argues that early video art is an audiovisual genre. The new video technology not only enabled artists to sound their visual work and composers to visualise their music during the 1960s: it also initiated a spatial form of engagement that encouraged new relationships between art / music practices and their audiences. Series: Oxford Music/Media Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: AFKV; APF; AVGC6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199861422
ISBN
9780199861422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.23

Paperback. From the silent era to the present day, popular music has been a key component of the film experience. This title aims to fill this gap, as its contributors provide detailed analyses of individual films as well as historical overviews of genres, styles of music, and approaches to film scoring. Editor(s): Knight, Arthur; Wojcik, Pamela Robertson. Num Pages: 504 pages, 36 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APF; AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 33. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327974
ISBN
9780822327974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.80

paperback. Examines how cinema in South Africa represents national identities, particularly with regard to race. This book establishes interrelationships between South African cinema and key points in South Africa's history, showing how cinema figures in the making, entrenching and undoing of apartheid. Series: National Cinemas. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APF; GT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415216807
ISBN
9780415216807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.74

Paperback. The first ethnography of the vibrant Aboriginal media community in Vancouver, Sovereign Screens uncovers the social forces shaping that community, including community media organisations and avant-garde art centres, as well as the national spaces of cultural policy and media institutions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 photographs, 1 map, 1 appendix, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; APFA; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803296961
ISBN
9780803296961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. This book brings together five French directors who have established themselves as among the most exciting working today: Bruno Dumont, Robert Guediguian, Laurent Cantet, Abdellatif Kechiche, and Claire Denis. It explores their unique strategies of representation and framing that reflect a profound investment in the geophysical world. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784993788
ISBN
9781784993788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.76

Hardback. Editor(s): Mackay, Antonia; Flynn, Susan. Num Pages: 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB; HP; JFD; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319490847
ISBN
9783319490847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.79

Paperback. This comprehensive study brings together leading international scholars in a variety of disciplines to both revisit the Spaghetti Western genre's cultural significance and consider its on-going influence on international film industries. Editor(s): Fisher, Austin (Bournemouth University UK). BIC Classification: APFA; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474425926
ISBN
9781474425926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.26

Paperback. From the surrealist films of Luis Bunuel to the colourful melodramas of Pedro Almodovar, Spain has produced film-makers who have consistently provided a condoning or dissenting eye on Spanish history and culture. Rob Stone charts a history of Spanish Cinema throughout the turbulent Francoist years and beyond. Series: Inside Film. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 651.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582437159
ISBN
9780582437159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.11

Hardback. This book covers a significant part of the history of Spanish film, from the 1920s until the present day. The volume explores homoerotic narratives in the crusade films of the 1940s, the commodification of bodies in the late Franco period, and the so-called destape period that followed the abolition of censorship during the democratic transition. Editor(s): Fouz-Hernandez, Santiago. Num Pages: 208 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; 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
V9781474400473
ISBN
9781474400473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.71
€ 102.41

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137306005
ISBN
9781137306005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.01

Paperback. Studies issues of production, audience and regulation and highlights the importance of Spanish horror film in the European horror tradition and the global culture of psychotronia. This book provides an overview of key directors, cycles and representative films as well as of more obscure and neglected horror production. Series: Traditions in World Cinema. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748636396
ISBN
9780748636396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. Using accounts of films, popular film magazines and documents not readily available to an English-speaking audience, as well as case studies focusing on the key issues of each epoch, this volume illuminates the complex and changing relationship between cinema and Spanish national identity. Series: National Cinemas. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, notes glossary bibliography filmography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APF; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415220606
ISBN
9780415220606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.49

Paperback. Since the Catalan government passed the first of Spain's regional governmental laws on same-sex partnership in 1998, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer culture in Spain has thrived. This book analyses the development of LGBTQ filmmaking and filmwatching in Spain and places this within the wider cultural context. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APFN; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748685950
ISBN
9780748685950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.31

Hardcover. Focusing on films from 1998 onwards, this title analyses the development of LGBTQ filmmaking and filmwatching in Spain and places this within the wider cultural context. It investigates how these films are distributed and how audiences react to them. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APF; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748665860
ISBN
9780748665860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.71
€ 102.99

Hardback. This book is the first to explore three visual media in contemporary Spain: cinema, television and internet. It also examines cultural products in each of these media in terms of three vital themes: emtion, location and nostalgia. Num Pages: 192 pages, Halftones, unspecified. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APFA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719075179
ISBN
9780719075179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.51

Paperback. This is the first book systematically to analyze Kirk Douglas' and Stanley Kubrick's depiction of the slave revolt led by Spartacus from different historical, political, and cinematic perspectives. Editor(s): Winkler, Martin M. Num Pages: 280 pages, 23. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405131810
ISBN
9781405131810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.09

Paperback. Probably the prominent living filmmaker, and one of the foremost directors of the postwar era, Jean Luc-Godard has received astonishingly little critical attention in the United States. This title conveys the sense that we are at the movies with Silverman and Farocki, and that we, as both student and participant, are the ultimate beneficiaries. Num Pages: 260 pages, 43 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814780664
ISBN
9780814780664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Offers a collection of interviews with the directors who have changed the face of Chinese and international cinema. This book includes discussions with such directors as Ang Lee ("Crouching Tiger", "Hidden Dragon"), Zhang Yimou ("Hero"), Chen Kaige ("Farewell My Concubine"), Stanley Kwan ("Lan Yu"), and Tsai Ming-Liang ("Vive l'Amour"). Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 568 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231133319
ISBN
9780231133319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Offers a collection of interviews with the directors who have changed the face of Chinese and international cinema. This book includes discussions with such directors as Ang Lee ("Crouching Tiger", "Hidden Dragon"), Zhang Yimou ("Hero"), Chen Kaige ("Farewell My Concubine"), Stanley Kwan ("Lan Yu"), and Tsai Ming-Liang ("Vive l'Amour"). Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 568 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231133302
ISBN
9780231133302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.57
€ 89.80

Hardback. Over 6000 different languages are used in the world today, but the conventions of media speak are far from universal and the complexities of translation are rarely acknowledged, audiences or scholars. Redressing this neglect, Speaking in Subtitles argues that the specific contingencies of translation are vital to screen media's global storytelling. Num Pages: 208 pages, 32 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFD; CFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474410946
ISBN
9781474410946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.71
€ 102.41

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