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Paperback. A landmark film in the careers of Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly and Arthur Freed, An American in Paris shifted the ground on which the Hollywood musical was understood. Sue Harris combines rich historical context with in-depth film analysis to foreground the film's unique collaborative spirit and its interactions with Paris as a place and an idea. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844574711
- ISBN
- 9781844574711
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
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Paperback. Jaws divides critics into those who dismiss it as infantile and sensational, and those who see the shark as freighted with political and psychosexual meaning. The author argues that both interpretations obscure the film's success as a work of art. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 178. Series: BFI Modern Classics. 96 pages, illustrations. Jaws divides critics into those who dismiss it as infantile and sensational, and those who see the shark as freighted with political and psychosexual meaning. The author argues that both interpretations obscure the film's success as a work of art. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APFA. Dimension: 190 x 136 x 9. Weight: 160.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851709291
- ISBN
- 9780851709291
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
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Paperback. Presents a study of Stanley Kubrick's career, beginning with his earliest feature, "Fear and Desire" (1953), and ending with his posthumous production of "AI, Artificial Intelligence" (2001). This work offers an analysis of each of Kubrick's films together with information about their production histories and cultural contexts. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 303
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844571420
- ISBN
- 9781844571420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.04
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Paperback. With case studies on such figures as Hitchcock, Godard and Almovodar, this anthology is devoted to the subject of colour in film and its history, production and technology. It is suitable for students starting a film studies course. Editor(s): Vacche, Angela Dalle; Price, Brian. Series: In Focus: Routledge Film Readers. Num Pages: 214 pages, 1 black & white tables, 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; GT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415324427
- ISBN
- 9780415324427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.77
€ 53.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Harper, Graeme; Stone, Rob. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 7. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904764861
- ISBN
- 9781904764861
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.26
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€ 22.26
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€ 22.30
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€ 22.30
Paperback. Arouses memories of black-and-white movies from the 1940s and '50s - melodramas about private eyes, femmes fatales, criminal gangs, and lovers on the run. This book discusses these pictures, and also shows that the central term is more complex and paradoxical than we realize. It also includes a chapter on film noir in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 408 pages, 70 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254022
- ISBN
- 9780520254022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: AN; APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 245 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922235725
- ISBN
- 9781922235725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.73
€ 36.99
€ 26.73
Hardback. The Great Wall: The Art of the Film chronicles the making of this landmark East-meets-West production, accompanied by insight and interviews with key cast and crew, including a foreword by director Zhang Yimou. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 304 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1998.
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785653278
- ISBN
- 9781785653278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.84
€ 40.99
€ 28.84
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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
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€ 34.01
Paperback. Gone with the Wind (1939) is one of the greatest films of all time - the best-known of Hollywood's Golden Age and a work that has, in popular imagination, defined southern American history for three-quarters of a century. Drawing on three decades of pertinent research, Helen Taylor charts the film's production history, reception and legacy. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 118 pages, 60 colour stills and screen grabs. BIC Classification: APFG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 190 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844578719
- ISBN
- 9781844578719
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. Dimension: 232 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844573844
- ISBN
- 9781844573844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.17
€ 48.99
€ 41.17
Paperback. Sean Connery's personification of secret agent James Bond invigorated Britain and its cinema, allowing a cash-strapped, morale-sapped country in decline to fancy itself still a player on the world stage. This title is both a biography of a star and an investigation of what can happen to a man when the images he creates take over his life. Num Pages: 368 pages, ports. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571238088
- ISBN
- 9780571238088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
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€ 12.99
Paperback. Brings together all of Beckett's dramatic writings for radio, television, and film, offering works which range from eloquent comic naturalism to an eviscerated and pared-down symbolism. This volume explores the resources and limits of the sound-stage. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFD; APTD; APWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571243754
- ISBN
- 9780571243754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
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€ 13.07
Paperback. Went the Day Well? is one of the most unusual Ealing Studios pictures, a distinctly unsentimental war film made in the darkest days of WWII. Houston studies why the film avoids the cosy Ealing trademark. This Film Classics 20th anniversary edition comes with a new foreword by Geoff Brown, and a stunning new jacket design by Mark Swan. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 72 pages, 34 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 142 x 6. Weight in Grams: 134. Series: BFI Film Classics. 72 pages, 34 black & white halftones. Went the Day Well? is one of the most unusual Ealing Studios pictures, a distinctly unsentimental war film made in the darkest days of WWII. Houston studies why the film avoids the cosy Ealing trademark. This Film Classics 20th anniversary edition comes with a new foreword by Geoff Brown, and a stunning new jacket design by Mark Swan. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APFG. Dimension: 189 x 142 x 6. Weight: 134.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 72
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844575008
- ISBN
- 9781844575008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.25
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Paperback. An autobiography of Tony Curtis, without question a Hollywood legend and part of its Golden Age. It tells his story, from his hard-knock childhood growing up in the Bronx to his wild days as a Hollywood playboy, his destructive drug addiction and his life as an artist in his eighties. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 x 8 colour section; integrated b&w photos. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753515723
- ISBN
- 9780753515723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.96
€ 26.99
€ 18.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 8 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780394714394
- ISBN
- 9780394714394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.78
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Paperback. Pam Cook's study of the star persona of Nicole Kidman traces Kidman's career trajectory through an examination of her (sometimes controversial) film choices and places her in the context of a globalised media and celebrity culture. Series: Film Stars. Num Pages: 149 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 189 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844574889
- ISBN
- 9781844574889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.88
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€ 26.88
Paperback. He was the very first icon of the silver screen, and is one of the most recognisable faces in Hollywood, even a hundred years on from his first film. This book offers Peter Ackroyd's biography that turns the spotlight on Chaplin's life as well as his work, from his theatrical beginnings in music halls to winning an honorary Academy Award. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287568
- ISBN
- 9780099287568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
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Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: APFV; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 279 x 35. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911344162
- ISBN
- 9781911344162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.55
€ 19.99
€ 14.55