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MEMOIR OF A FILM STAR IN THE TIME OF PASSING OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER CULTURE This is the autobiography of William Surrey Hart (1864-1946), an early twentieth century silent film actor, screenwriter……続きを見る

Films possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood imaginations, producing indeli……続きを見る

«The Scandinavian Invasion offers an important and timely interrogation of Nordic Noir. Putting the concept under a microscope in a series of diverse chapters, it reveals that Nordic Noir is still t……続きを見る

好萊塢編劇教練告訴你，搶救你的劇本100法則 史上最有價值的毒舌建言 一舉掃除劇本裡的「故事癌」 《先讓英雄救貓咪》作者布萊克‧史奈徳指定必讀！ 你的故事只有你自己感興趣！ 你的第一頁不夠吸引人 你的壞蛋不……続きを見る

Experiential Spectatorship offers a lens for analyzing audience experience with(in) a variety of contemporary media. Using a broad-based perspective, this media includes participatory theatre, video……続きを見る

This book explores the practice of artist filmmaker William Raban from 1970 to the present. The trajectory from his early experimental, landscape and expanded cinema works of the 1970s leads into mo……続きを見る

Zombie stories are peculiarly American, as the creature was born in the New World and functions as a reminder of the atrocities of colonialism and slavery. The voodoo-based zombie films of the 1930s……続きを見る

The Ten Best Bond Movies...Ever? It doesn’t get much more subjective than this. Or much more fun! Come and join international bestselling author Mark Williams on a personal James Bond odyssey as he ……続きを見る

Hollywood, the 1970s. Jason Williams, a former college athlete from very conservative Orange County, hopes to become a film actor in a town where everyone's looking for a break. He jumps at the chan……続きを見る

"You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din." Those most famous words from the 1892 poem by Rudyard Kipling have reverberated through cinema sound speakers for nearly eighty years since the RKO rel……続きを見る

A massive underground sensation, The Big Lebowski has been hailed as the first cult film of the internet age. In this book, 21 fans and scholars address the film's influencesーwesterns, noir, grail ……続きを見る

"Masks or Faces?: A Study in the Psychology of Acting" by William Archer is a seminal work that delves into the intricate world of acting, exploring the delicate balance between an actor's external ……続きを見る

Xala (1974) by the pioneering Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene, was acclaimed on its release for its scorching critique of postcolonial African society, and it cemented Sembene's status as a whol……続きを見る

This book examines German feature films and television series centered around the figure of the computer hacker as a hero, introducing the German hacker genre to the ongoing scholarly discussion of ……続きを見る

Western films are often considered sprawling reflections of the American spirit. This book analyzes the archetypes, themes, and figures within the mythology of the western frontier. Western themes a……続きを見る

Since the release of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins in 2005, there has been a pronounced surge in alternative uses of the computer term ‘reboot,’ a surge that has witnessed the term deployed in n……続きを見る

Starting out as a filmmaker comes with a host of limitations and restrictions leading to one key question: how do you channel your creativity past these daunting challenges to create compelling and ……続きを見る

Ground-breaking and essential history of the genre, highlighted by superb research, penetrating insights, and sharp, entertaining prose. Smartly designed, with scads of rare b&w photos laid out in a……続きを見る

Film and Faith: Modern Cinema and the Struggle to Believe explores religious themes in contemporary film with a focus on recent depictions of religion’s continuing manifestations in a secularizing a……続きを見る

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decadesーa heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars univer……続きを見る

It's an epic tale that spans more than 30 years. As the Cold War took hold at that dawn of the 1950s the U.S. government began a program to perfect the atom bomb. The Nevada Test Site would be the p……続きを見る

The post-war period in Australian cultural history sparked critical debate over notions of nation-building, multiculturalism and internationalization. Australian Post-War Documentary Film tackles al……続きを見る

Judith Williamson takes herself to the movies, and this book contains the reviews she wrote as film critic for Time Out, City Limits, the radical alternative London weekly listings paper, and the Ne……続きを見る

The Paris-Roubaix Classic. 273 kilometres of torment across the bone-crunching pavé of northern France. In 1976 the celebrated Danish film director, Jørgen Leth, embarked on an ambitious project to ……続きを見る

PAPERBACK INCLUDES TWO NEW CHAPTERS David Cronenberg is one of the most fascinating filmmakers in the world today. His provocative work has stimulated debate and received major retrospectives in mus……続きを見る

Sit back, relax and allow yourself to be swept away to Italy! Includes all three books in the heartwarming Escape to Tuscany series; Under A Siena Sun, Second Chances in Chianti and Secrets on the I……続きを見る

The New York Times Bestseller ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, NPR, The Root A moving, unflinching memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission ……続きを見る

This book explores how minds at the movies understand minds in the movies and introduces readers to some fundamental principles of Cognitive Studiesーnamely conceptual blending, Theory of Mind, and ……続きを見る

Death rays! Absurd idea peddled by con artists and amateurs and promoted by a sensationalist press? Not quite. Government and military leaders and mainstream scientists endorsed the possibility of s……続きを見る

This work offers a critical, colorful and informative examination of different types of monster movies, spanning the silent period to today. Chapter One focuses on dragons, dinosaurs, and other scal……続きを見る