A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Since publication of the first edition in 1974, Leo Braudy and Marshall Coh en's Film Theory and Criticism has been the most widely used and cited anth ology of critical writings about film. Now in its seventh edition, this lan dmark text continues to offer outstanding coverage of more than a century o f thought and writing about the movies. Incorporating classic texts by pion eers in film theory--including Rudolf Arnheim, Siegfried Kracauer, and Andr... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media is the companion book to the celebrated film of the same name about world-renowned linguist and soci al theorist Noam Chomsky. Winner of 15 international awards, Manufacturing Consent played commerciall y to packed theatres in over 300 cities worldwide and aired on national TV in 15 countries. At the box office, it is the most successful Canadian docu mentary in history. The film charts the life of Ame... View More...
The comic who's a guy's guy is now a bookseller's dream. The star of ABC's Home Improvement, the #1 show on television, Tim Allen has written the book millions have been awaiting--the naked truth about his outlook on life, lo ve, and lathes. Allen's movie debut this November in The Santa Claus is cer tain to generate additional media attention. Line drawings. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The Passion of the Christ has touched millions of hearts since its release in 2004. It has been called the most powerful film ever produced about the life and death of Jesus. Yet, despite its visual and emotional impact, the dramatic events portrayed do not explain themselves; they often give rise to perplexing questions: W hy did Jesus need to die?, What is the point behind the haunting demonic sc enes?, What do we know of the soldier who pierces Jes... View More...
Pedro Almodóvar's films-such as Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, All About My Mother, and Talk to Her, to name a fe w-are colorful and deeply felt celebrations of life and love. The influence of these works, which have been feted around the world, has been immense, and Almodóvar on Almodóvar tells the personal story of the man and his wond erfully vivid and outrageous vision. Almodóvar came of age during an austere time in rural Spain: the 1950s, the age of the Cold War, of mambo, of Balenciaga, of the Korean War, of the Hungarian Revolution, of the death of ... View More...
A wonderful tight clean copy, protected in a new brodart wrapper, no inscri ptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition, inside ffep prevous bookshop stamp. Harvard neurologist Andreadis validates here what some might describe as misspent youth: an analysis of the life science of the various Star TrekR television series and films. For Trekkers, this book is nirvana. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. It's Ally World Funny, charming, and smart, award-winning Ally McBeal stole the hearts of c ritics andviewers alike from its premiere episode in 1997. The "hippest, ho ttest show on television" (TV Guide), now in its third season, continues to cultivate and entertain growing legions offans. Illustrated with more than 400 photographs, this official full-color companion guide takesreaders on an engaging trip through the hilarious, intelligent, and somet... View More...
The Star Trek Compendium is the primary source for information about the or iginal series of Star Trek, with an episode-by-episode guide to each of its three seasons (including the 22 animated episodes and the first six films) and production credits, fully indexed by character names and episode title s for quick reference. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
This work combines classic management concepts with emerging trends and iss ues in a concise, student-friendly format. The theme of the fourth edition is the new workplace, highlighting how technology and other influences have changed the traditional organizations and the investigating the impact on their members. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In the 1992 Sight and Sound poll, critics and film-makers voted Vertigo the fourth greatest film of all time. Released in 1958, Hitchcock's masterpiece is a pinnacle of the cinema. Yet in it Hitchcock abandoned his trademark suspense, allowing the central mystery to be solved halfway through. What remained was a study in sexual obsession, as James Stewart's Scottie pursues Madeleine/Judy (Kim Novak) to her death in a remote Californian mission. Novak ... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. André Bazin's What Is Cinema? (volumes I and II) have been classics of film studies for as long as they've been available and are considered the gold standard in the field of film criticism. Although Bazin made no films, his name has been one of the most important in French cinema since World War II. He was co-founder of the influential Cahiers du Cinéma, which under his leadership became one of the world's most distinguished publications. Championing... View More...
Whats it like to be an Oscar-winning director up against the machinations o f modern-day Hollywood with its stars who want to write their own roles, pr oducers who dont read scripts, highly dubious money men who promise unlimit ed funds: the mad, the bad and the downright notorious? In this no-holds-ba rred account Bruce Beresford takes us through the highs and lows of the scr een trade from deals at dinner tables to dressing downs in backlots, from f ar-flung locations, to the centres of power, with a cast of characters that includes Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Jodie Foster, Jeffrey Archer... View More...
Published a mere 13 days after the death of Katharine Hepburn, Kate Remembe red is best appreciated as a valentine of devoted friendship. It's a moving study of mutual trust and admiration between Pulitzer Prize-winning biogra pher A. Scott Berg and legendary Hollywood icon Hepburn, who'd established an instant rapport in 1983, beginning a 20-year conversation that blossomed into this enchanting "biographical memoir." As a casual but authoritative survey of Hepburn's career, Berg's book offers little new information to an yone who's read previous Hepburn biographies or Me: Stories of My Life, ... View More...
On 22 August 1960, four university graduates put on 'a little amateur revue ' for the Edinburgh Festival and between them changed the face of British c omedy for ever. They were Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonath an Miller. Ronald Bergan's four-part biography focuses a critical eye on th e strangely assorted foursome. View More...
A guide to foreign films, this includes over 2000 non-English language film s from more than 40 countries. Each entry combines original titles, credits , plot summary and awards won, with an assessment of each film. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Challenging conventional scholarship placing the origins of film noir in po stwar Hollywood, Sheri Chinen Biesen finds the genre's roots firmly planted in the political, social, and material conditions of Hollywood during the war. After Pearl Harbor, America and Hollywood experienced a sharp cultural transformation that made horror, shock, and violence not only palatable bu t preferable. Hard times necessitated cheaper sets, fewer lights, and fresh ta... View More...
