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  • " Ma chère Emi, il est cinq heures du matin... "

    Lettres de tournage

    Translated by Delphine Gachet ...
    15 juin 1964.Une demande m'est arrivée d'Amérique pour publier en un volume l'ensemble des journaux que j'ai tenus. Je ne les ai pas écrits au nom d'une ambition littéraire. Cependant, l'idée que le public connaisse les coulisses d'un film et se rende compte de tout le travail pénible qu'il faut pour en réaliser un m'amuse...Comment travaillait Vittorio De Sica, l'un des plus grands réalisateurs ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • "... und bitte!" Erfolgreich Beiträge für's Fernsehen drehen.

    Ein Handbuch für Realisatoren, Regisseure und Videojournalisten

    by Jochen Gerken ...
    Jochen Gerken hat jahrelang für die Titanic und den Eulenspiegel geschrieben und mehrere mediensatirische Bücher veröffentlicht (u.a. "Idioten im Fernsehen" und "dumm, dümmer, prominent"). So kommt hier nicht die übliche Ratgeberlangeweile auf. Gespickt mit zahlreichen Anekdoten wird der Berufsalltag des Realisators und das Wissen, das man dafür benötigt, für Einsteiger, Berufsanfänger und ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • "Drop the Baby; put a Veil on the Broad!"

    Marisa Pavan's story

    THIS IS THE FIRST biography ever written about Italian-born French actress, dancer, singer, and producer Marisa Pavan, who acquired fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1950s and in American television in the 1960s and 1970s. Pavan is the twin sister of actress Pier Angeli (1932–1971), who is best known today for her ill-fated relationship with actor James Dean. Pavan is also the widow ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • "Have You Seen . . . ?"

    by David Thomson ...
    In 1975, David Thomson published his Biographical Dictionary of Film, and few film books have enjoyed better press or such steady sales.Now, thirty-three years later, we have the companion volume, a second book of more than 1,000 pages in one voice—that of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian.Juxtaposing the fanciful and the fabulous, the old favorites and the forgotten, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $12.99 USD

  • "It's the Pictures That Got Small"

    Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's Golden Age

    Series series Film and Culture Series
    “Brackett’s diaries read like a funnier, better-paced version of Barton Fink.” —NewsweekScreenwriter Charles Brackett is best remembered as the writing partner of director Billy Wilder, who once referred to the pair as “the happiest couple in Hollywood,” collaborating on such classics as The Lost Weekend and Sunset Boulevard. He was also a perceptive chronicler of the entertainment industry, and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "La Celestina" y el cine

    censura y recepción (1969-1996)

    Series Book 73 - La Casa de la Riqueza. Estudios de la Cultura de España
    El propósito de la presente investigación es doble; por un lado arroja luz al conocimiento de los procesos de adaptación, producción y censura de las recreaciones (tele)fílmicas españolas basadas en una de las obras canónicas más célebres de la historia literaria hispana. Por otro, demuestra cómo la censura cinematográfica y televisiva, así como las presiones de los contextos sociopolíticos del ... Read more

    $40.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Quinqui" Film in Spain

    Peripheries of Society and Myths on the Margins

    The recent interest in quinqui film and the uprooted people of the Transition who were relegated to the background or were forgotten has recovered throughout the twenty-first century. The dissemination of the subgenre, paraphernalia and fetishism that surrounds these films, as well as the social groups they represented, have had their maximum exponent in exhibitions around the time that they were ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • "Singing a Different Tune"

    The Slavic Film Musical in a Transnational Context

    Series series Film and Media Studies
    A beneficiary of the pioneering incorporation of sound and synchronicity into cinema, the Hollywood musical became the most popular film genre in America’s thirties and forties. Its eastward migration resulted in a barrage of Polish screen musicals that relied on the country’s famous cabaret stars, while in the Soviet Union it inspired the audience-pleasing kolkhoz musicals of Ivan Pyr’ev and ... Read more

    $125.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "This shark, swallow you whole"

    Essays on the Cultural Influence of Jaws

    One of the most influential thrillers in media history, Jaws first surfaced as a best-selling novel by first-time novelist Peter Benchley in 1974, followed by the 1975 feature film directed by Steven Spielberg at the beginning of his storied career. Jaws is often considered the first "blockbuster," and successive generations of filmmakers have cited it as formative in their own creative ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • "Twice the Thrills! Twice the Chills!"

    Horror and Science Fiction Double Features, 1955-1974

    by Bryan Senn ...
    In the mid-1950s, to combat declining theater attendance, film distributors began releasing pre-packaged genre double-bills--including many horror and science fiction double features. Though many of these films were low-budget and low-end, others, such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Horror of Dracula and The Fly, became bona fide classics. Beginning with Universal-International's 1955 pairing ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • "What Do You Mean, Murder?" Clue and the Making of a Cult Classic

    by John Hatch ...
    When the film Clue came out in 1985, audiences were baffled. A movie based on a board game, with three different endings, and you had to pick which one to go see? Bad reviews compounded the problem, and instead of choosing one ending, most people stayed away entirely. Clue, outgrossed at the box office by films that had been released months earlier, quickly faded away. When it unceremoniously ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Wir sind alle Menschenfresser"

    Georg Stefan Troller und die Liebe zum Dokumentarischen

    Den querschnittsgelähmten Krüppel fragt er, wie es mit den Frauen steht, und den versoffenen Dichter läßt er seine Wehmut vortragen. Er verfolgt Bullenreiter auf ihrer Suche nach dem Glück und Mörder bei dem überraschenden Versuch, das Unglück anderer zu verhindern. Georg Stefan Troller, einer der großen Dokumentaristen, die im deutschen Fernsehen gearbeitet haben, begann beim WDR mit dem ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • "Yippee Ki-Yay Moviegoer"

    by Vern ...
    With the hilarious “instant cult classic” Seagalogy: A Study of the Ass-Kicking Films of Steven Seagal, Vern wrote a book that shook the very foundations of film criticism, broke their wrists, and then threw them through a window. Now he’s back, and this time he’s got all of ‘the films of badass cinema’ in his sights...From Die Hard to The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Transformers to Mary ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • "You Talkin' to Me?"

    The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes

    by Brian Abrams ...
    This deep dive into hundreds of Hollywood’s most iconic and beloved lines is a must-have for every film buff."You Talkin’ to Me?" is a fun, fascinating, and exhaustively reported look at all the iconic Hollywood movie quotes we know and love, from Casablanca to Dirty Harry and The Godfather to Mean Girls. Drawing on interviews, archival sleuthing, and behind-the-scenes details, the book examines ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • #31Days: A Collection of Horror Essays Vol. 1

    by Robert Gannon ...
    Imagine immersing yourself in a world of unimaginable horrors for a month. Now imagine doing it every year for 16 years. Horror critic Robert J Gannon does it ever year. The #31Days challenge is to watch and review a different horror property--film, TV series, book, game, play, etc.--every day for the month of October.In this newly revised and expanded collection of essays, Robert J Gannon ... Read more

    $12.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • #31Days: A Collection Of Horror Essays, Vol. 2

    by Robert Gannon ...
    The #31Days challenge is back for another deep dive into the world of horror. Every day in October, media critic Robert J Gannon watches, analyzes, and publishes new articles and reviews inspired by different horror films, TV series, and books. This year, 32 new essays went up just at Sketching Details. Themes for the challenge included anthology films, films directed by women, documentaries, ... Read more

    $12.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • #bridges

    iPhone Photography

    Edited by Michael Bartos ...
    Bridges have always been fascinating to people. They connect places or even worlds, physically or intellectual, made out of steel and concrete or - out of words. This book contains the 153 best photos collected in an Instagram Photo Contest about bridges. It features bridges from all over the world. The challenge took place in summer 2011. All photos were taken and edited with an iPhone and have ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • #WWE

    Professional Wrestling in the Digital Age

    Edited by Dru Jeffries ...
    Series series The Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural Theory
    The millions of fans who watch World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) programs each year are well aware of their role in building the narrative of the sport. #WWE: Professional Wrestling in the Digital Age explores the intersections between media, technology, and fandom in WWE's contemporary programming and business practices. In the Reality Era of WWE (2011 to the present), wrestling narratives have ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • #¿NOMBRE?

    intermediaciones novela, cine, cÛmic y videojuego en el ·mbito hisp·nico

    +Narrativa(s) se adentra en un territorio casi inexplorado, el de la intermedialidad, curiosamente mediante una nueva y extendida mirada filológica y crítica que aspira a dar cuenta de la nueva cultura audiovisual y sus repertorios intermediales de forma ... Read more

    $9.53 USD

  • '11. September - Die letzten Stunden im World Trade Center' von Jules und Gédéon Naudet und James Hanlon

    Analyse

    by Anna Zafiris ...
    Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, Note: 1, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Medienwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Geschichtskonstruktionen im Fernsehen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Als CBS am 10. März den Dokumentarfilm '9/11'1 der Brüder Gédéon und Jules Naudet, sowie dem Feuerwehrmann James Hanlon, zeigte, schauten ca. 50 Millionen US-Amerikaner ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • '80s Action Movies on the Cheap

    284 Low Budget, High Impact Pictures

    The 1980s was the decade when the action film as it's now known came into being. Nonstop, big-budget excitement became the standard as epic adventures like Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Road Warrior set the tone for the summer blockbusters of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris.Homages (and ripoffs) made with lesser budgets followed every hit, especially with the advent of ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • 'A History of Violence' meets a History of Classical Cinema

    Das Autorenkino des David Cronenberg im Mainstreamkontext

    by Malte Can ...
    Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Stempel Mainstream verheißt in den seltensten Fällen etwas 'Gutes'1. Im Gegenteil: Selbst in jenen Besprechungen, die einen massenwirksamen Film als gelungene Ausnahme markieren, stigmatisieren sie meist im gleichen Atemzug a priori die Gattung als Ganzes ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • 'American Beauty' - Filmanalyse aus queer-theoretischer Sicht

    by Frauke Schoon ...
    Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Toleranz gegenüber Homosexualität war und ist ein häufig diskutiertes Thema in den Medien. Auch in dem Spielfilm 'American Beauty' spielt sie eine große Rolle. In der folgenden Arbeit wird der Film daher aus einem queer-theoretischen Blickwinkel betrachtet und ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • 'Anna Karenina' von Lew Tolstoi: Vergleichanalysen mit 3 Verfilmungen (1935, 1967, 1997)

    by Nataliya Gudz ...
    Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Note: 1,7, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (Institut für fremdsprachliche Philologien), Veranstaltung: Europäische Romane als Film. Literatur und Film, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Weil es für ein gutes Buch kein Geheimrezept gibt, nur 'gewisse Minimalbedingungen von Ungewöhnlichkeit', muss man sich mehr oder weniger auf die ... Read more

    $16.99 USD