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The Sounds of the Silents in Britain explores the sonic dimension of film exhibition in Britain from the emergence of cinema to the introduction of synchronized sound. Written by experts on British silent film and film music, the chapters provide an introduction to...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-11-01
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The story of the music that accompanies the cinematic adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007 is one of surprising real-life drama. InThe Music of James Bond, author Jon Burlingame throws open studio and courtroom doors alike to reveal the full and extraordinary...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-11-01
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The superheroes are back! Since the 1970s, the film world has found inspiration in comic books and graphic novels. These days no summer is complete without a major blockbuster movie based on a comic: Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men, Men in Black, Daredevil, andThe...
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Virgin Digital
Parution :
2012-10-31
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A unique study of four major post-war European films by four key 'auteurs', which argues that these films exemplify film modernism at the peak of its philosophical reflection and aesthetic experimentation.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-10-29
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A dynamic investigation of processes of cultural reproduction – remaking and remodelling – which considers a wide range of film adaptations, remakes and fan productions from various industrial, textual and critical perspectives.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-10-23
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A history of the love affair between BDSM (Bondage/Discipline, Dominance/Submission, Sadism/Masochism) and science fiction and fantasy. Lewis Call explores representations of BDSM in the 1940s Wonder Woman comics, the pioneering prose of Samuel Delany and James Tiptree,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-10-19
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An engrossing A-Z of over 60 gory years of slasher and splatter movies, from Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later to Lucio Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters. Here you will find the low-down on over 250 movies with entries from 23 different countries. The index, which includes every...
Editeur :
Robinson
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2012-10-18
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An expressive dialogue between Deleuze's philosophical writings on cinema and Beckett's innovative film and television work, the book explores the relationship between the birth of the event – itself a simultaneous invention and erasure - and Beckett's attempts to...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-10-17
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How can love be understood globally as a problematic transgression rather than the narrative of "happy endings" that Hollywood has offered? The contributors utilize varying methodologies of textual analysis, psychoanalytic models, and cultural critique and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-10-15
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Exploring research into mobile phone use as props to subjective identity, Norman Taylor employs concepts from Michelle Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and actor network theory to discuss the affect of mechanisms of make-believe, from celebrity culture to avatar-obsessed game...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-10-10
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Production designers are artistic masters in their own right. They are responsible for the 'look' of a movie; joining productions at an early stage, they coordinate costume design, special effects, set design, make-up, and location scouting to ensure a unified visual...
Editeur :
Ilex Press
Parution :
2012-10-08
ePub
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The First American. Frontiersman and backwoods attorney. Teller of bawdy tales and a spellbinding orator. A champion of liberty some called a would-be tyrant. Savior of the Union and the Great Emancipator. All these are Abraham Lincoln -- in his time America's most...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
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2012-10-08
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Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, Berührungspunkte von Buch und Film zu beschreiben und Möglichkeiten aufzuzeigen, wie sich diese Schnittstellen in didaktischen Arrangements operationalisieren lassen. Hierzu werden filmwissenschaftliche Zugriffe auf ihre Kompatibilität mit...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-10-02
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The essays within this collection explore the possibilities and potentialities of all three positions, presenting encounters that are, at times contradictory, at other times supportive, as well as complementary.The collection thereby enriches the questions that are...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-10-01
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Animation has never been so popular. The best animated films have combined the latest technology with creativity and a flair for storytelling and are adored by both children and adults. With films such as Monsters, Inc., Shrek and Toy Story capturing the imagination of...
Editeur :
Virgin Digital
Parution :
2012-09-30
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Using hybrid phenomenological approaches to film, this book focuses on how moving images are 'experienced' and 'encountered' as well as 'read' and 'viewed'. Its close engagements with films and installations by four contemporary French filmmakers explore the limits and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-09-28
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How is The Simpsons a satirical artwork engaged with important social, political, and cultural issues? In time for the twenty-fifth anniversary, Henry offers the first comprehensive understanding of the show as a satire and explores the ways in which The Simpsons...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-09-25
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Drawing on a variety of film semiotic theories, this book sheds light on works by mainland Chinese directors, Hong Kong New Wave directors, Taiwan New Cinema directors, and overseas Chinese directors. Zeng examines the cultural/historical implications of exile through...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-09-25
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Presenting a social history of British crime film, this book focuses on the strategies used in order to address more radical notions surrounding class, politics, sex, delinquency, violence and censorship. Spanning post-war crime cinema to present-day "Mockney"...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-09-20
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The volume explores selected relations between visual and verbal aspects of film, drama, literature and biography.The chapters deal with such areas as film adaptations, remakes, ekphrasis, photography and the novel, feminist rewritings, acts of iconoclasm in...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-09-17
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