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Paperback. Television has become the primary source of historical information for tens of millions of Americans. This book poses the questions: Why has television become such a respected authority? and what falsehoods enter our collective memories as truths? Editor(s): Edgerton, Gary R.; Rollins, Peter C. Num Pages: 392 pages, 61 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; HB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190563
- ISBN
- 9780813190563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.38
€ 52.38
Paperback. In the darkest days of World War II, English-born Greer Garson became Hollywood's most inspiring icon of strength and courage. In this first-ever biography of Garson, Troyan sweeps away the many myths that even today veil her life. Num Pages: 518 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 182 x 39. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191508
- ISBN
- 9780813191508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.40
€ 36.40
Paperback. Argues that the essence and elements of noir have fundamentally influenced movies outside of the traditional noir period. Neo-noir films such as Pulp Fiction (1994), Fight Club (1999), and Memento (2000) have reintroduced the genre to a contemporary audience. Editor(s): Conard, Mark T. Series: The Philosophy of Popular Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191812
- ISBN
- 9780813191812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.82
€ 35.82
Paperback. Presents an assessment of American historiography and cinematic historians from the advent of sound to the beginning of wartime film production in 1942. Num Pages: 447 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 33. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192390
- ISBN
- 9780813192390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.84
€ 46.84
Paperback. HBO has grown from a domestic movie channel to an international cable-and-satellite network with a distinctive brand of original programming and landmark shows such as ""The Sopranos"" and ""Sex and the City"". This book explains how HBO's programming transformed cable television. Editor(s): Edgerton, Gary R.; Jones, Jeffrey P. Series: Essential Readers in Contemporary Media and Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192482
- ISBN
- 9780813192482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.10
€ 37.10
Paperback. Late in Claude Rains's distinguished career, a reverent film journalist wrote that Rains 'was as much a cinematic institution as the medium itself'. This biography includes more than thirty hours of Rains interviews. Series: Screen Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 32. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192611
- ISBN
- 9780813192611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.24
€ 29.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 288 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780825308277
- ISBN
- 9780825308277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.77
€ 20.99
€ 20.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Quest Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780835609166
- ISBN
- 9780835609166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.27
€ 17.99
€ 17.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, 12 pages b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; APFD; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853039068
- ISBN
- 9780853039068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.90
€ 43.90
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gallagher, David. Series: New Perspectives on World Cinema. Num Pages: 202 pages, 21+ bw illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470. Series: New Perspectives on World Cinema. 204 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Gallagher, David. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABA; APFA. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 21. Weight: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857284389
- ISBN
- 9780857284389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.69
€ 133.69
Hardcover. At the heart of this volume is the assertion that Sartrean existentialism, most prominent in the 1940s, particularly in France, is still relevant as a way of interpreting the world today. Film, by reflecting philosophical concerns in the actions and choices of characters, continues and extends a tradition in which art exemplifies the understanding Editor(s): Boule, Jean-Pierre; McCaffrey, Enda. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404. A Sartrean Perspective. 224 pages. Editor(s): Boule, Jean-Pierre; McCaffrey, Enda. At the heart of this volume is the assertion that Sartrean existentialism, most prominent in the 1940s, particularly in France, is still relevant as a way of interpreting the world today. Film, by reflecting philosophical concerns in the actions and choices of characters, continues and extends a tradition in which art exemplifies the understanding. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF3. Dimension: 226 x 158 x 16. Weight: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453204
- ISBN
- 9780857453204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.60
€ 154.60
Hardcover. Since its release in 1955, Alain Resnais's Night and Fog has been considered one of the most important films to confront the catastrophe and atrocities of the Nazi era. But was it a film about the Holocaust that failed to recognize the racist genocide? Or was the film not about the Holocaust as we know it today but a political response. Editor(s): Pollock, Griselda; Silverman, Max. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 ills. BIC Classification: APFB; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453518
- ISBN
- 9780857453518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.00
€ 167.00
Hardcover. This book is the first to address the representation of the Holocaust in Polish film and does so through a detailed treatment of several films, which the author frames in relation to the political, ideological, and cultural contexts of the times in which they were created. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; APF; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 188 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453563
- ISBN
- 9780857453563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.55
€ 155.55
Hardcover. This first book-length critical study of Jeremy Irons. Through the analysis of some of the major screen roles in Irons's career, such as Brideshead Revisited, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Reversal of Fortune, Swann in Love, Dead Ringers, and Lolita, Mark Nicholls identifies a new masculine identity that unites them.. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 ills. BIC Classification: APB; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364. The Performances of Jeremy Irons. 208 pages, 6 ills. This first book-length critical study of Jeremy Irons. Through the analysis of some of the major screen roles in Irons's career, such as Brideshead Revisited, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Reversal of Fortune, Swann in Love, Dead Ringers, and Lolita, Mark Nicholls identifies a new masculine identity that unites them. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: APB; APFA. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 16. Weight: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454430
- ISBN
- 9780857454430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.32
€ 154.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 637.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454942
- ISBN
- 9780857454942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.09
€ 167.09
Hardcover. Standard Hollywood narrative movies prescribe linear narratives and cue the viewer to expect predictable outcomes and adopt a closed state of mind. There are, however, a small number of movies that, through the presentation of alternate narrative paths, open the mind to thoughts of choice and possibility. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455918
- ISBN
- 9780857455918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.14
€ 154.14
Hardcover. Simone de Beauvoir's work has not often been associated with film studies. This is paradoxical when it is recognized that she was the first feminist thinker to inaugurate the concept of the gendered "othering" gaze. Moreover, other concepts associated with Beauvoirian existentialism such as ambiguity, gendered alienation, situated freedom.. Editor(s): Boule, Jean-Pierre; Tidd, Ursula. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390. a Beauvoirian Perspective. 224 pages. Editor(s): Boule, Jean-Pierre; Tidd, Ursula. Simone de Beauvoir's work has not often been associated with film studies. This is paradoxical when it is recognized that she was the first feminist thinker to inaugurate the concept of the gendered "othering" gaze. Moreover, other concepts associated with Beauvoirian existentialism such as ambiguity, gendered alienation, situated freedom. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF3. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457295
- ISBN
- 9780857457295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.80
€ 154.80
Hardcover. Series: Transatlantic Perspectives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26 figs & tables. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457318
- ISBN
- 9780857457318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.12
€ 155.12
Hardcover. In the last five years of the 20th century, films by the 2nd and 3rd generation of the so-called German guest workers exploded onto the German film landscape. Self-confident, articulate, and dynamic, these films situate themselves in the global exchange of cinematic images, citing and rewriting American gangster narratives, Kung Fu action films.. Editor(s): Hake, Sabine; Mennel, Barbara. Series: Film Europa. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVT; APFA; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457684
- ISBN
- 9780857457684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.35
€ 155.35
Hardcover. Comparative in its approach, this book studies the inter-relationship between American and French culture and cinemas, and in the process considers and challenges histories of the road movie. It combines film history with film theory methodologies, analyzing transformations in social, political and film-industrial contexts.. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352. Space, Mobility, Identity. 206 pages, black & white illustrations. Comparative in its approach, this book studies the inter-relationship between American and French culture and cinemas, and in the process considers and challenges histories of the road movie. It combines film history with film theory methodologies, analyzing transformations in social, political and film-industrial contexts. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APFN. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 15. Weight: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457707
- ISBN
- 9780857457707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.85
€ 154.85