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Filmmaking is an art, but, like so many art forms, there are basic underlying tools and techniques and a body theoretical knowledge that must be understood and mastered before artistic expression ca……続きを見る

Not all original works invoke the encore impulse in their audiences. Those that do generally spawn replications - sequels, spin-offs, or re-makes. This book presents a theory of why some replication……続きを見る

The first book-length collection by the most respected writer on anime and manga today. Anime’s influence can be found in every corner of American media, from film and television to games and graphi……続きを見る

How porno chic became porno hell. In the early 1970s, outrageous claims were made of a new blood-spattered cinematic extreme. This was the legend of the ‘snuff movie’, which promoted the inhuman no……続きを見る

INTRODUCTION BY LATA MANGESHKAR Lata Mangeshkar's life and career are widely known, and yet there is an aspect that remains largely unrecorded: her life on the international stage. Beyond the confin……続きを見る

This book offers essays on both canonical and non-canonical German-language texts and films, advancing ecocritical models for German Studies, and introducing environmental issues in German literatur……続きを見る

From his primitive nonseries beginnings through the well known Fox series of 44 films (1931-1949), here is the complete history of famous film detective Charlie Chan. The films are presented in chro……続きを見る

Hindi cinema was trapped in formulaic cliches for decades: lost-and-found themes, sacrificing mothers, brothers on opposite sides of the law, villains lording over their dens, colourful molls, six s……続きを見る

Don’t let your indie film be sabotaged by bad sound! One of the weakest technical aspects of a low or no budget short or feature film is usually the sound, and in Sound Design for Low and No Budget ……続きを見る

Richard Carr’s Charlie Chaplin places politics at the centre of the filmmaker’s life as it looks beyond Chaplin’s role as a comedic figure to his constant political engagement both on and off the sc……続きを見る

This book brings theory from popular music studies to an examination of identity and agency in youth films while building on, and complementing, film studies literature concerned with genre, identit……続きを見る

In this book, scholars from across the world explore the appearance, portrayal and significance of the suburb on film. By the mid-20th Century, supported by changes in transportation, suburbs became……続きを見る

This book examines the role of community filmmaking in society and its connection with issues of cultural diversity, innovation, policy and practice in various places. Deploying a range of examples ……続きを見る

This was the first time I felt as involved in film as in working in theatre. My immersion in Parade’s End from the writing to the finishing touches took up the time I might have given to writing my ……続きを見る

This project offers a critical overview of how online activities and platforms are becoming an important source for the production and promotion of women’s films. Inspired by a transnational feminis……続きを見る

This book focuses on the output of women film directors in the period post Millennium when the number of female directors working within the film industry rose substantially. Despite the fact that n……続きを見る

"Not only is it the best song I ever wrote, it's the best song anybody ever wrote." Irving Berlin, 1942 A biography of the single most important record in the history of popular music A vividly writ……続きを見る

The definitive history of Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth saga, Anything You Can Imagine takes us on a cinematic journey across all six films, featuring brand-new interviews with Peter, his cast & crew……続きを見る

In the hopes of promoting justice, peace, and solidarity for and with the Palestinian people, Udi Aloni joins with Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, and Judith Butler to confront the core issues of the Is……続きを見る

"Hillman's groundbreaking study enables both serious and casual film students to approach these works with sharpened vision and improved hearing." ーKlaus Phillips, Hollins University Unsettling Sco……続きを見る

Une fiche de référence sur Elephant, un chef-d'oeuvre de Gus Van Sant. Présenté au Festival de Cannes 2003, Elephant a remporté, pour la première fois dans les annales, la palme d'or ainsi que le pr……続きを見る

Bollywood in Britain provides the most extensive survey to date of the various manifestations and facets of the Bollywood phenomenon in Britain. The book analyzes the role of Hindi films in the Brit……続きを見る

In recent decades historians and film scholars have intensified their study of colonial cinema in Africa. Yet the vastness of the continent, the number of European powers involved and irregular reco……続きを見る

In an eclectic career spanning four decades, Italian director Riccardo Freda (1909-1999) produced films of remarkable technical skill and powerful visual style, including the swashbuckler Black Eagl……続きを見る

Toys--those celebrated childhood cohorts and lead actors in children's imaginative play--have a fantastic history of heroism in fiction. From teddy bears that guard sleeping babies to plastic soldie……続きを見る

Widely regarded as Japan's greatest animated director, Hayao Miyazaki creates films lauded for vibrant characters and meaningful narrative themes. Examining the messages of his 10 full-length films-……続きを見る

From Sean Connery to Roy Rogers, from comedy to political satire, films that include espionage as a plot device run the gamut of actors and styles. More than just "spy movies," espionage films have ……続きを見る

Das jeweils einzigartige Œuvre von Georg Stefan Troller und Hans-Dieter Grabe wird hier erstmals werk- und fernsehhistorisch umfassend analysiert. Ausführlich werden die dokumentarischen Methoden di……続きを見る

This collection presents a number of films and television programmes set in the North of England in an investigation of how northern identity imbricates with class, race, gender, rural and urban ide……続きを見る

Michael Moon: Michael Moon is the author of books on the body in Walt Whitman’s poetry, imitation and initiation in American art and writing from Henry James to Andy Warhol, and the sources of the w……続きを見る