Film, TV & Music & Entertainment
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Film, TV & Music & Entertainment
Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 576 pages, 27 black-and-white photos. BIC Classification: AN; AP; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 924. Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and the Birth of the Entertainment Industry, 1908-1935. Series: Film and Culture Series. 576 pages, 27 black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AN; AP; BGF. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 40. Weight: 924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159043
- ISBN
- 9780231159043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.32€ 84.01
€ 109.32
€ 84.01
Paperback. Describes a critical tradition in American filmmaking. This title examines a contemporary type of US filmmaking that exists at the intersection of mainstream, art and independent cinema and often gives rise to absurd, darkly comic and nihilistic effects. Series: Traditions in World Cinema. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748679089
- ISBN
- 9780748679089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. This work explores how American programmes have become an important part of British television culture since the 1950's, moving from schedule fillers to cornerstones and 'must see' attractions. The book analyses popular and industrial discourses, the changing roles of such programmes on British screens and interviews with key British broadcasters. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; GTC; JFC; JFD; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349520589
- ISBN
- 9781349520589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.13
€ 66.13
Hardcover. The way detectives access and attain the 'truth' about a crime is an important indicator of how they relate to contemporary political developments. This book explores these methods of detection and positions the genre in a specific political, aesthetic, narrative and industrial context. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137425652
- ISBN
- 9781137425652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.66
€ 110.66
American War Cinema and Media since Vietnam: Politics, Ideology, and C...
Keeton, Patricia, Scheckner, Peter
Hardcover. No other cinematic genre more sharply illustrates the contradictions of American society - notions about social class, politics, and socio-economic ideology - than the war film. This book examines the latest cycle of war films to reveal how they mediate and negotiate the complexities of war, class, and a military-political mission largely gone bad. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277886
- ISBN
- 9781137277886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
American War Cinema and Media since Vietnam: Politics, Ideology, and C...
Keeton, Patricia; Scheckner, Peter
paperback. No other cinematic genre more sharply illustrates the contradictions of American society - notions about social class, politics, and socio-economic ideology - than the war film. This book examines the latest cycle of war films to reveal how they mediate and negotiate the complexities of war, class, and a military-political mission largely gone bad. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBJK; HBL; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349447435
- ISBN
- 9781349447435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.86
€ 126.86
Paperback. Analyzes film distribution and exhibition practices in order to reconstruct a context for understanding moviegoing at a time when American cities were coming to grips with new groups of immigrants and women working outside the home. This book talks about the history of the film industry, and about the process of imaging a national community. Num Pages: 391 pages, 61 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 391
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247437
- ISBN
- 9780520247437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. This book argues that recognition of the corporate studio's role as author of Hollywood motion pictures enables original interpretations of Hollywood films and provides a deeper understanding of their cultural, political, and commercial objectives. Series: Post - 45. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; APFA; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 182 x 24. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778633
- ISBN
- 9780804778633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. "Amores Perros" (2000) speaks to an international audience while never oversimplifying its local culture. This study of this film opens up that culture, revealing the film's relationship to television soap operas, pop music and contemporary debates about what it means to be Mexican. Series: BFI Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172. Series: BFI Modern Classics. 96 pages, illustrations. "Amores Perros" (2000) speaks to an international audience while never oversimplifying its local culture. This study of this film opens up that culture, revealing the film's relationship to television soap operas, pop music and contemporary debates about what it means to be Mexican. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLCM; APFA. Dimension: 190 x 136 x 9. Weight: 172.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851709734
- ISBN
- 9780851709734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.32
€ 17.99
€ 14.32
Paperback. Offers an overview of the filmmaking of postcolonial, Third World, and other displaced individuals living in the West. This book offers global coverage of the genre of Accented cinema while presenting a framework in which to understand its intricacies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691043913
- ISBN
- 9780691043913
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Hardback. This text follows the career of Peter Cushing, one of England's finest actors, from regional theatre to the role of the world's most famous detective. It details his career as Holmes through anecdotes and reminiscences from colleagues and Cushing himself. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838741
- ISBN
- 9780810838741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.19
€ 91.19
paperback. Series: Visible Evidence. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: APT; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 10. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816635610
- ISBN
- 9780816635610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.32
€ 17.99
€ 14.32
Paperback. Illustrates the cultural significance of film and its power as a vehicle for social change. This book reveals the intricacies of the cultural movement and explores its connections to other art forms such as photography, drama, and literature. It looks at the cultural history of Chinese through the lens of this seminal moment in Shanghai cinema. Series: Cinema and Modernity. Num Pages: 456 pages, 95 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 285 x 31. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226982380
- ISBN
- 9780226982380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Hardback. Editor(s): Cheng, Jim. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; APF; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231173827
- ISBN
- 9780231173827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.77€ 109.15
€ 143.77
€ 109.15
Hardcover. Offers an account of Dickens and early American film by tracing the unexpected history and intricate strategies of the sentimental mode and showing how it has been reimagined over the past three centuries. This title begins with a look at Frank Capra and the Capraesque in American public life. Num Pages: 392 pages, 68 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; APFA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226034959
- ISBN
- 9780226034959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.30
€ 54.99
€ 43.30
Paperback. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Publisher
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870709777
- ISBN
- 9780870709777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.45
€ 30.99
€ 26.45
Paperback. A brisk, accessible, and informative introduction to film genres. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393930191
- ISBN
- 9780393930191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.89
€ 43.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520279742
- ISBN
- 9780520279742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. A collection which proceeds chronologically, from poetry and short stories which offer insights into the filmmaker, Luis Bunuel's life and thought. Translator(s): White, Garrett. Num Pages: 277 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 2ADS; APFA; APFB; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. Selected Writings of Luis Bunuel. 277 pages, 1 b&w photograph. A collection which proceeds chronologically, from poetry and short stories which offer insights into the filmmaker, Luis Bunuel's life and thought. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2ADS; APFA; APFB; DNF. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight: 400. Translator(s): White, Garrett.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234239
- ISBN
- 9780520234239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44