University of Texas Press, July 2008. Trade Paperback. Authoring a film adaptation of a literary source not only requires a media conversion but also a transformation as a result of the differing dramatic demands of cinema. The most critical central step in this transformation of a literary source to the..... More
Le Mani-Microart'S. Oversize Softcover. More
University of Texas Press, March 2015. Trade Paperback. Frederick Aldama's The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez (2014) was the first full-scale study of one of the most prolific and significant Latino directors making films today. In this companion volume, Aldama enlists a corps of experts to analyze a majority of Rodriguez's..... More
University Press of Mississippi, January 2013. Hardcover. The 1969 film Ma Nuit chez Maud (My Night at Maud's) catapulted its shy academic film director, Eric Rohmer, born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer (1920-2010), into the limelight and sold over a million tickets in France, earning a nomination for an Academy Award. Ma..... More
Routledge, October 1996. Trade Paperback. Film Policy is the first comprehensive overview of the workings of the international film industry. The authors examine film cultures and film policy across the world, explaining why Hollywood cinema dominates the global film market, and the effects of the rise of television and video..... More
University of California Press, February 1966. Trade Paperback. More
Grove/Atlantic, November 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. From its humble origins as a dusty California village to the height of movie studio glamor, this entertaining compendium brings Hollywood to life in the words of the people who worked there. A superb anthology . . . A feast for those who love..... More
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, May 2014. Hardcover. Although it lasted barely more than a season, Dollhouse continues to intrigue viewers as one of Joss Whedon's most provocative forays into television. The program centered on men and women who have their memories and personalities repeatedly wiped and replaced with new ones..... More
Newmarket Press, January 2001. Trade Paperback. In this collection of interviews, Academy Award-winning director Elia Kazan ('On the Waterfront, East of Eden, Gentleman's Agreement', and others) reveals with brutal honesty the joys and complications of production. Photos. Index. More
SUNY Press, February 2014. Hardcover. The director of such classic Hollywood films as In a Lonely Place, Johnny Guitar, and Rebel Without a Cause, Nicholas Ray nevertheless remained on the margins of the American studio system throughout his career, and despite his cult status among auteurist critics and cinephiles, he..... More
Rutgers University Press, May 1993. Paper Back. It was a surprise to everyone, including director Eric Rohmer, that My Night at Maud's was a success. The film violated almost all the rules of popular filmmaking. It had no crime, no explicit sex, no violence, and no action. As English Showalter..... More
Penguin Books, December 1977. Paper Back. Previous owner's name. Bookstore stamp. Pages toned. More
University Press of Mississippi, May 2012. Hardcover. "Show it! Two little words. It's better than five hundred words of discussion." In the early twentieth century, the art world was captivated by the totally original paintings of Henri Rousseau, who, seemingly without formal art training, produced works that astonished not only..... More
University Press of Mississippi, March 2017. Hardcover. In this volume, editor Suranjan Ganguly collects eight of Stan Brakhage's most important interviews in which the filmmaker describes his conceptual frameworks; his theories of vision and sound; the importance of poetry, music, and the visual arts in relation to his work; his..... More
Random House Inc, October 1982. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Octavo. Sticker residue and scar front cover. [388 pp.]. More
Random House, March 2022. Hardcover. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An all-new collection of honest, hilarious, and enlightening conversations with some of the most exciting names in comedy--from lifelong comedy nerd Judd Apatow. "When I need to read an interview with a comedian while in the bathroom, I always turn..... More
Da Capo Press, March 1976. Trade Paperback. This is the first major consideration of the life and films of the great director, Louis Bunuel. The distinguished Spanish film critic and author, Francisco Aranda, traces Bunuel's phenomenal career of more than forty years--from the sensational classics Un Chien andalou in 1929..... More
Ballantine Books, April 1979. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. First printing. More
BFI Publishing. Trade Paperback. As is. Light foxing on the edges of the print block. More
University of California Press, September 2000. Paper Back. One of the most celebrated filmmakers of all time, Francois Truffaut was an intensely private individual who cultivated the public image of a man completely consumed by his craft. But his personal story--from which he drew extensively to create the characters and..... More
Hamish Hamilton, January 1982. Trade Paperback. More
Harper, November 2022. Hardcover. The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Harold Lloyd, and nearly four hundred others, assembled from the American Film Institute's treasure trove of interviews, reveals a fresh history of the American movie industry from..... More
Arcade Publishing, September 1990. First Edition. Cloth. Here is a lavishly illustrated book detailing the long history of Les Miserables, from the time Victor Hugo began writing it in 1836 to its present-day worldwide theatrical success. Full-color photos. Quarto in dustjacket. Mild edgewear along top of DJ. Blue cloth covered..... More
Pantheon Books, January 1976. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. First mass market paperback edition. Marginal darkening/tanning. Previous seller's ink marking half title page upper right corner. Cover color photograph of Liv Ullmann leading cast member of the Ingmar Bergman film of the same title and released the same year. [119..... More
