M.E.S - Performing Arts 1

While there has been a significant outpouring of scholarship on Steven Spielberg over the past decade, his films are still frequently discussed as being paternalistic, escapist, and reliant on uncom……続きを見る

As the days and months go by, I will be publishing a series of ebooks about the subjects that I have encountered for the last 35 years concerned with the business of music. This collection of ebooks……続きを見る

The films of John Akomfrahrepresent one of the most significant bodies of artistic production in the post-war era in Britain, yet little attempt has been made to analyse the consistencies and diverg……続きを見る

The use of alternate realities in cinema has been brought to new heights by such recent films as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Donnie Darko. Alternative Worlds in Hollywood Cinema is the……続きを見る

Humans have always marked time, whether by using the earth's natural rhythms or with the clock. Unlike pre- industrial people, living in an age of social acceleration is dominated by clock-time and ……続きを見る

Cultural Amnesia: A Masterful Collection of Essays on Twentieth-Century Luminaries, from Louis Armstrong to Franz Kafka In Cultural Amnesia, acclaimed critic Clive James presents a series of captiva……続きを見る

The Actor's Survival Kit is required reading in Canadian theatre schools and is a constant resource for its many readers across the country. This fifth edition gives actors fresh research from today……続きを見る

Rachel Blaustein is an attractive but lonely old woman living in a hotel in Geneva, Switzerland. She is estranged from her daughter and an unknown quantity to her grandchildren. She discovers that s……続きを見る

When it comes to falling in love, Tammy Whinot will stop at nothing: No matter that when she meets Mr. Perfect, he's shooting it out with a Chechen convenience store owner. Or that five minutes late……続きを見る

One month into the zombie apocalypse, four geeky friends have managed to persevere because they've seen all of the zombie films. A recent run-in with other refugees tests the geeks' fidelity to one ……続きを見る

The cinema has been the pre-eminent popular art form of the 20th century. In Cinemas of the World, James Chapman examines the relationship between film and society in the modern world: film as enter……続きを見る

In Sync, James Tobias examines the development of musical sound and image in cinema and media art, indicating how these elements define the nature and experience of reception. Placing musicality at ……続きを見る

Julia es una mujer en el inicio de sus 20’s, quien gusta de la fiesta y ser noviera por no estar sola y poder divertirse. Tras varios meses de intento, un hombre en específico cae a sus encantos, en……続きを見る

**A rare, lucidly composed screenplay from one of America’s greatest writers, based on the bestselling classic The Autobiography of Malcolm X. • "Sharp.... Precise.... There is no questioning the de……続きを見る

This is the story of the National Ballet of Canada – the people, the determination, and how at sixty it is still creating new work while still representing the classics. Passion to Dance is the stor……続きを見る

Spontaneous, hilarious, irrepressible and, of course, trailblazing - Kenny Everett was revolutionary in television and radio comedy. Chris Evans, Chris Moyles, Rob Brydon and Steve Wright have all c……続きを見る

Five stories to whet the appetite of film makers from all over the world. With the numbers of short film festivals increasing year on year, here are five unusual and thought-provoking stories which ……続きを見る

Three decades after its first publication, The New Wave is still considered one of the fundamental texts on the French film movement of the same name. Led by filmmakers as influential as Truffaut an……続きを見る

Grandpa Stories is a collection of stories. My stories. I take today's readers back to a time that seems so long ago now. The fact is that it really hasn't been that long ago. It only seems so becau……続きを見る

A comedy based in the "comic book" world. In which a Super Villain (The Remote) finds himself alone in the world after his Super Hero (Excelsior) is killed off by a better Super Villain. The play at……続きを見る

While most music lovers are familiar with the famous scores of Tchaikovsky, Delibes, and Stravinsky, many other lesser-known composers also wrote for the ballet. Several of these composers wrote alm……続きを見る

This book reprints and analyses reviews of music hall acts from the family magazine The Red Letter, which was published by the Scottish based firm D C Thomson from 1899 to 1987. The articles under r……続きを見る

A new take on an eclectic and controversial director James Morrison's critical study offers a comprehensive and critically engaged treatment on Roman Polanski's immense body of work. Tracing the fil……続きを見る

Sound Art offers the first comprehensive introduction to sound art written for undergraduate students. Bridging and blending aspects of the visual and sonic arts, modern sound art first emerged in t……続きを見る

Contro la famiglia patriarcale Maria Messina fu una grande scrittrice di cui, dopo la morte avvenuta nel 1944, si perse il ricordo. La memoria letteraria è stata molto avara nei suoi confronti, solo……続きを見る

The New York Times bestseller based on the Oscar nominated documentary film In June 1979, the writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin embarked on a project to tell the story of America throug……続きを見る

This indispensable guide provides a thorough chronological examination of Ridley Scott's directorial career. All of Scott's films are included, along with information on his frequent collaborators, ……続きを見る

Claire Denis is one of France's most acclaimed and original filmmakers. Since her remarkable debut success with 'Chocolat' (1986), she has produced an impressive series of features which have been i……続きを見る

This is the first book-length study in English on Chabrol since 1970. Chabrol has always been a neglected figure in the French New Wave but has recently been declared 'possibly the greatest living f……続きを見る

The revised twelfth edition of Video Production: Disciplines and Techniques introduces readers to the operations underlying video production. It provides thorough coverage of the theory and techniqu……続きを見る