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
Oxford University Press, March 2000. Paper Back. This book of essays is the first to explore French films in the 1990s. It focuses on continuity with the 1980s in terms of genres and preoccupations such as definitions of a national cinema, the heritage film, gay/lesbian issues, and ethnic issues. It..... 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
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
HarperCollins Publishers, October 2005. Oversize Softcover. Filled with fun facts, quirky quotes, and memorable moments, The Simpsons One Step Beyond Forever: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (Seasons 13 and 14) guarantees a gaggle of giggles and guffaws for the most devoted fan or even the occasional viewer of..... 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
Open Court, August 1999. Trade Paperback. Designed for philosophers as well as readers with no particular philosophical background, the essays in this lively book are grouped into four amusing acts. Act One looks at the four Seinfeld characters through a philosophical lens and includes Jerry and Socrates: The Examined Life..... More
University Press of Mississippi, March 2017. Hardcover. In this volume, editor Suranjan Ganguly collects nine 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
British Film Institute, October 2020. Paper Back. First released in 1987, Near Dark is a vampire film set in the contemporary American Midwest that tells the story of Caleb, a half-vampire trying to decide whether to embrace his vampire nature or return to his human family. The film, an early..... More
Punctum Books, February 2014. Paper Back. 12mo. Gently read. Clean, sound, no markings. More
Pocket Books, 1956. Mass Market PaperBack. Movie (Frank Sinatra) cover. Second printing; some stains on the back cover and minor creasing of edges. More
St. Martin's Press, January 1985. First American. Oversized Hardcover. Corners lightly bumped on jacket. Foxing on cloth cover and endpapers. Date written in pen on front endpaper. More
Ballantine Books, April 1979. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. First printing. More
Knopf, December 1978. Cloth. Bogart's Baby--Lauren Bacall--describes her career in Hollywood and on Broadway, her marriages to Bogart and Jason Robards, her disastrous affair with Sinatra, and her fierce determination to be her own woman. Bound in cream cloth stamped in silver along the spine and on the front board..... More
Hamish Hamilton, January 1982. Trade Paperback. More
British Film Institute, July 2016. Paper Back. Dont Look Back, a documentary film of Bob Dylan's 1965 England tour, is recognised as a landmark work in the field of documentary film-making, contributing to the cultural life of an era. This text examines the aesthetic, thematic and social dynamics of the..... More
Putnam Adult, July 2003. Hardcover. For seven decades Katharine Hepburn played a leading role in the popular culture of the twentieth century -- reigning as an admired actress, a beloved m ovie star, and a treasured icon of the modern American woman. She also remained one of the most private..... More
Pantheon, May 1983. First Thus. Paper Back. First American Edition. Previous owner's 'From the Library of' type emblem blind-stamped half title page. There is an inked signature on this same page and also on the page opposite the copyright page. (216 pages) Overall very good+. More
British Film Institute, November 2020. Paper Back. The Seventh Seal is probably Bergman's best-known work and the film that most clearly bears the director's unmistakeable signature. The opening scene sets the tone: a stony beach under a leaden sky, the knight alone with his thoughts, then the approach of black-clad..... More
NYRB Classics, November 2016. Paper Back. Robert Bresson's Notes on the Cinematographer are working memos which the great French director made for his own use. In all of them, Bresson reflects with a craftsman's insight on techniques and their philosophical and aesthetic implications. Not surprisingly, these acute reflections will not..... More
Dutton, August 1992. Hardcover. Light shelf wear on the jacket. Remainder mark on the bottom edge of the print block. More
American Film Institute, January 1999. Oversized Hardcover. Still in shrinkwrap. More
Penguin Group USA Inc, February 1997. Trade Paperback. As a man and an artist, Orson Welles was larger-than-life--vivid, energetic, unpredictable, and riveting. But in this first volume of his masterful, highly acclaimed biography, Simon Callow finally captures the chameleonic genius whole, as only an actor/director deeply rooted in the entertainment..... More
Picador, December 2020. Paper Back. An up close and personal portrait of a legendary filmmaker, theater director, and comedian, drawing on candid conversations with his closest friends in show business and the arts--from Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep to Natalie Portman and Lorne Michaels. The work of Mike Nichols pervades..... More
