Best known for powerful 1950s melodramas like All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind, The Tarnished Angels, and Imi......more
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi (b. 1960) is as famous for his remarkable films as for his courageous defiance of Iran’s ......more
Best known for powerful 1950s melodramas like All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind, The Tarnished Angels, and Imi......more
The name Alfred Hitchcock is synonymous with suspense--that is to say, masterful, spine-tingling, thrilling, shocking, e......more
In Search of Marie-Antoinette in the 1930s follows Austrian biographer Stefan Zweig, American producer Irving Thalberg, ......more
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You ve arrived in Hollywood, and you are ready to become famous and to take over the world. You have a dream, and nothin......more
You ve arrived in Hollywood, and you are ready to become famous and to take over the world. You have a dream, and nothin......more
Michel Chion s landmark Audio-Vision has exerted significant influence on our understanding of sound-image relations sin......more
Tim Burton s latest motion picture, Dumbo, elegantly answers the question left at the end of Disney s animated film: Wha......more
This is the first book-length study of this major director’s work, from his early social-realist films set in the Basque......more
In an era when many businesses have come under scrutiny for their environmental impact, the film industry has for the mo......more
The updated third edition of this popular book offers a clear and detailed overview of the postproduction process, showi......more
The updated third edition of this popular book offers a clear and detailed overview of the postproduction process, showi......more
In the eighth, revised edition of this book, Ronald J. Compesi offers a comprehensive and in-depth introduction to the a......more
Secrets of Screen Directing: The Tricks of the Trade is a practical guide which bridges the gap between classroom learni......more
In this rich study of noise in American film-going culture, Meredith C. Ward shows how aurality can reveal important fis......more
In this rich study of noise in American film-going culture, Meredith C. Ward shows how aurality can reveal important fis......more
Great visual storytelling is possible on a minimal budget, but you have to spend a lot of energy thinking and planning. ......more
George A. Romero (b. 1940) has achieved a surprising longevity as director since his first film, Night of the Living Dea......more
Hal Ashby (1929-1988) is considered to be the lost genius of the New Hollywood generation. While his name does not bear ......more
James Phillips’s Sternberg and Dietrich: The Phenomenology of Spectacle reappraises the cinematic collaboration between ......more
Screening Statues: Sculpture and Cinema is the first book to focus on the relationship between sculpture and the silver ......more
John Barrymore’s influence on screen and stage in the early twentieth century is incalculable. His performances in the t......more
This is the first book to investigate the coming-of-age genre as a significant phenomenon in New Zealand’s national cine......more
After World War II, as cultural and industry changes were reshaping Hollywood, movie studios shifted some production act......more
After World War II, as cultural and industry changes were reshaping Hollywood, movie studios shifted some production act......more
In this book, Wheeler Winston Dixon argues that 21st-century mainstream filmmaking is increasingly and troublingly domin......more
This book adopts a cognitive theoretical framework in order to address the mental processes that are elicited and trigge......more
How did the introduction of recorded music affect the production, viewing experience, and global export of movies? In Mo......more
How did the introduction of recorded music affect the production, viewing experience, and global export of movies? In Mo......more
Francophone Belgian Cinema offers an original critical analysis of filmmaking in an oft-neglected ’national’ and regiona......more
The story of racial hierarchy in the American film industry The #OscarsSoWhite campaign, and the content of the leaked S......more
The story of racial hierarchy in the American film industry The #OscarsSoWhite campaign, and the content of the leaked S......more
Lois Weber (1879-1939) was one of early Hollywood’s most successful screenwriter-directors. A one-time Church Army worke......more
This book argues that 3D films are becoming more sophisticated in utilising stereoscopic effects for storytelling purpos......more
Can the stories people tell influence the way they see the world? This book seeks to address that question through a stu......more
Comprehensively considers how Steven Spielberg puts his films together Examines Spielberg’s technique in never-before-se......more
We are now confronted with a new type of uncanny experience, an uncanny evoked by parallel processing, aggregate data, a......more
The Cinema of Norman Mailer: Film is Like Death not only examines the enfant terrible writer’s thoughts on cinema, but a......more
This unique study opens up a new dimension of Terrence Malick’s cinema - its expressions of unseeing and hearing. ’Unsee......more
1 Introduction: Intersecting Cognitive Theory and Documentary Film.- Part I The Mediation of Realities.- 2 A Documentary......more
Independent Female Filmmakers collects original and previously published essays, interviews, and manifestos from some of......more
Independent Female Filmmakers collects original and previously published essays, interviews, and manifestos from some of......more
This book explores the complex interplay of culture and economics in the context of Philippine cinema. It delves into th......more
Through the Looking Glass examines John Cage’s interactions and collaborations with avant-garde and experimental filmmak......more
This book confronts the question of why our culture is so fascinated by the apocalypse. It ultimately argues that while ......more
Lois Weber (1879-1939) was one of early Hollywood’s most successful screenwriter-directors. A one-time Church Army worke......more
With a career spanning more than forty years, Barbara Kopple (b. 1946) long ago established herself as one of the most p......more
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Post-Production and the Invisible Revolution of Filmmaking studies the discourses surrounding post-production, as well a......more
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The reality of transnational innovation and dissemination of new technologies, including digital media, has yet to make ......more
All too often, the movies of Sofia Coppola have been dismissed as "all style, no substance." But such an easy caricature......more
Celebrate the first 10 years of Marvel Studios movies in this collector s edition featuring all of the films from Iron M......more
Carl Theodor Dreyer was a visionary director whose films were based less on his screenplays than on his preconceptions, ......more
Documentary cinema has always drawn from real life, but an increasing number of contemporary filmmakers are going furthe......more
In Cinema, If You Please, Murray Pomerance explores our ways of watching film in light of socially organized forms of pl......more
Addressing the appeal of the journey narrative from pre-cinema to new media and through documentary, fiction and the spa......more
The first comprehensive scholarly study of Spanish erotic cinema, this book covers a significant part of the history of ......more
Did you know that a Turkish remake of The Exorcist replaced the Catholicism with Islam? Or that James Bond and Batman te......more
One of the most well regarded of non-Western film directors, responsible for acknowledged classics like Tokyo Story (195......more
The figure of the vampire serves as both object and mode of analysis for more than a century of Hollywood filmmaking. Ne......more
In this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings of Hollywood s glamoro......more
Harry Potter Page to Screen: Revised and Expanded now has more pages devoted to the legacy of the Harry Potter films. In......more
A theory of the soundtrack is concerned with what belongs to the soundtrack, how a soundtrack is effectively organized, ......more
The backstudio picture, or the movie about movie-making, is a staple of Hollywood film production harking back to the si......more
This book is a comprehensive, current scholarly analysis of the works of one of the world’s most renowned and successful......more
Christopher Nolan is one of the defining directors of the 21st century. Few of his contemporaries can compete in terms o......more
"Lawrence is 10-15 years ahead of the game." - Garrett Warren, Stunt Coordinator for Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, R......more
Christina N. Baker’s Contemporary Black Women Filmmakers and the Art of Resistance is the first book-length analysis of ......more
Christina N. Baker’s Contemporary Black Women Filmmakers and the Art of Resistance is the first book-length analysis of ......more
The study of amateur filmmaking and media history is a rapidly-growing specialist field, and this ground-breaking book i......more
1. Introduction.- 2. Why Create?.- 3. What is Creativity?.- 4. Why Story?.- 5. Transformations.- 6. Appendix....more
Bohemian Rhapsody will look at all aspects of the making of the Queen biopic and the story of Freddie Mercury and Queen.......more
Wes Anderson s Symbolic Storyworld presents a theoretical investigation of whatmakes the films of Wes Anderson distincti......more
Some years ago, Frank Hauser, then a retired freelance director, and writer Russell Reich, his former student, self-publ......more
This book examines postcolonial filmmakers adapting Victorian literature in Hollywood to contend with both the legacy of......more
In this unique study of the process of filmmaking, director Edward Dmytryk blends abstract film theory and the practical......more
In On Film Editing, director Edward Dmytryk explains, in clear and engaging terms, the principles of film editing. Using......more
The long and prolific career of Steven Soderbergh (b. 1963) defies easy categorization. From his breakout beginnings in ......more
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A great deal of storytelling in film and television involves narratives that include sexual situations and nudity. The i......more
Budd Boetticher (1916-2001) was a bullfighter, a pleasant madman and a talented journeyman filmmaker who could--with the......more
Independent documentary is enjoying a resurgence in post-reform India. But in contemporary cinema and media cultures, wh......more
If you dream of making a movie but don t know where to start or you re afraid that your film will end up being yet anoth......more
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Jeffrey Jacob "J. J." Abrams (b. 1966) decided to be a filmmaker at the age of eight after his grandfather took him on t......more
Jeffrey Jacob "J. J." Abrams (b. 1966) decided to be a filmmaker at the age of eight after his grandfather took him on t......more
A great deal of storytelling in film and television involves narratives that include sexual situations and nudity. The i......more
Music plays an integral role in the experience of film, television, video games, and other media--yet for many directors......more
Can the stories people tell influence the way they see the world? This book seeks to address that question through a stu......more
The ’Gainsborough melodramas’ were a mainstay of 1940s British cinema, and helped make the careers of such stars as Marg......more
Arguably a pioneer of the French New Wave (with Ascenseur pour l’échafaud, 1957) Louis Malle went on to enjoy an acclaim......more
In Time, Existential Presence and the Cinematic Image, Sam B. Girgus relates Laura Mulvey s theory of delayed cinema t......more