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  • Avatar The Way of Water The Visual Dictionary

    by Joshua Izzo, Zachary Berger, Dylan Cole, Reymundo Perez, Ben Procter ...
    Dive into the depths of Avatar: The Way of Water with this definitive guide.Created in close collaboration with James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment and written by experts who worked on the film, this authoritative book is packed with stunning exclusive details. This must-have visual guide showcases the characters, creatures, vehicles, weapons, and locations from the latest adventure in ... Read more

    RM 108.09

  • The Shark is not working

    Die größten Desaster der Filmgeschichte

    by Renatus Töpke ...
    «The shark is not working» den Ausruf wird keiner der Beteiligten am Dreh von Steven Spielbergs Weißem Hai vergessen, nicht nur das Salzwasser bereitete dem mechanischen Ungetüm Probleme. THE SHARK IS NOT WORKING begibt sich auf die Reise in den Abgrund der ganz großen Herausforderungen Hollywoods und präsentiert völlig aus dem Ruder gelaufene Filmprojekte wie Heaven's Gate (1980), bei dessen ... Read more

    RM 83.29 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Star Wars. 100 Seiten

    by Andreas Rauscher ...
    Series series Reclam 100 Seiten
    »Ohne geht nicht: Wie so viele andere eingefleischte Fans der Saga entdeckte ich durch das Erlebnis der ersten Star Wars-Trilogie meine Leidenschaft für das Kino.«Mit der 1977 gestarteten Trilogie legte George Lucas die Grundlage für ein unvergleichliches Phänomen: Er schuf einen modernen Mythos, der zum festen Inventar der Popkultur wurde. Andreas Rauscher gibt einen Überblick über die ... Read more

    RM 34.29 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • World Film Locations: London

    Edited by Neil Mitchell ...
    An exciting and visually focused tour of the diverse range of films shot on location in London, World Film Locations: London presents contributions spanning the Victorian era, the swinging ’60s and the politically charged atmosphere following the 2005 subway bombings. Essays exploring key directors, themes and historical periods are complemented by reviews of important scenes that offer particular ... Read more

    RM 76.49

  • The Emergence of Video Processing Tools Volumes 1 & 2

    Television Becoming Unglued

    Edited by Kathy High, Sherry Miller-Hocking, Mona Jimenez ...
    The Emergence of Video Processing Tools presents stories of the development of early video tools and systems designed and built by artists and technologists during the late 1960s and 70s. Split over two volumes, the contributors examine the intersection of art and science and look at collaborations among inventors, designers and artists trying to create new tools to capture and manipulate images ... Read more

    RM 289.59

  • Directory of World Cinema: Finland

    Edited by Pietari Kääpä ...
    An important addition to Intellect’s popular series, Directory of World Cinema: Finland provides historical and cultural overviews of the country’s cinema. Over the course of their contributions to this volume, scholars from a variety of disciplines construct a collective argument that complicates the dominant international view of Finnish cinema as small-scale industry dominated by realist art ... Read more

    RM 121.99

  • Perform, Repeat, Record

    Live Art in History

    Edited by Amelia Jones, Adrian Heathfield ...
    Bringing together contributors from dance, theatre, visual studies and art history, Perform, Repeat, Record addresses the conundrum of how live art is positioned within history. Set apart from other art forms in that it may never be performed in precisely the same way twice, ephemeral artwork exists both at the time of its staging and long after in the memories of its spectators and their ... Read more

    RM 243.89

  • If You Like Monty Python...

    Here Are Over 200 Movies, TV Shows and Other Oddities That You Will Love

    by Zack Handlen ...
    Series series If You Like
    From their perfectly insane television show to their consistently irreverent and riotous movies, Monty Python has owned the zany and absurd side of comedy since their debut. Their influence can be felt in every comedy show that followed them, from Saturday Night Live and Second City television, to The Kids in the Hall, not to mention all the laughs writ large on the silver screen, where their ... Read more

    RM 52.39

  • This Is Spinal Tap

    Music on Film Series

    by John Kenneth Muir ...
    In 1984, four comedians – Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Rob Reiner, and Harry Shearer – unleashed This Is Spinal Tap, the world's first “mock-rockumentary” and a joke that has lasted into the 21st century and inspired a generation of imitations. Now, award-winning film journalist John Kenneth Muir (An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith) escorts the reader through a quarter-century of heavy ... Read more

    RM 44.89

  • Star Trek FAQ (Unofficial and Unauthorized)

    Everything Left to Know About the First Voyages of the Starship Enterprise

    by Mark Clark ...
    Series series FAQ
    This book is not endorsed, sponsored, or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc., Paramount Pictures, or the “Star Trek” franchise. Star Trek FAQ tells the complete story of Star Trek, from the before the beginning (the books, films, and TV shows that inspired producer Gene Roddenberry to create Star Trek) until after the end (when the show emerged as a cultural phenomenon in syndication), and including ... Read more

    RM 78.59

  • Taxi Driver (SparkNotes Film Guide)

    by SparkNotes ...
    Series series SparkNotes Film Guide
    Taxi Driver (SparkNotes Film Guide)Making the reading experience fun!SparkNotes Film Guides are one-stop guides to great works of film–masterpieces that are the foundations of filmmaking and film studies. Inside each guide you’ll find thorough, insightful overviews of films from a variety of genres, styles, and time periods. Each film guide contains:Information about the director and the context ... Read more

    RM 19.51

  • The Godfather Trilogy (SparkNotes Film Guide)

    by SparkNotes ...
    Series series SparkNotes Film Guide
    The Godfather Trilogy (SparkNotes Film Guide)Making the reading experience fun!SparkNotes Film Guides are one-stop guides to great works of film–masterpieces that are the foundations of filmmaking and film studies. Inside each guide you’ll find thorough, insightful overviews of films from a variety of genres, styles, and time periods. Each film guide contains:Information about the director and the ... Read more

    RM 19.51

  • Birth of a Nation (SparkNotes Film Guide)

    by SparkNotes ...
    Series series SparkNotes Film Guide
    Birth of a Nation (SparkNotes Film Guide)Making the reading experience fun!SparkNotes Film Guides are one-stop guides to great works of film–masterpieces that are the foundations of filmmaking and film studies. Inside each guide you’ll find thorough, insightful overviews of films from a variety of genres, styles, and time periods. Each film guide contains:Information about the director and the ... Read more

    RM 19.51

  • James Bond FAQ

    All That's Left to Know About Everyone's Favorite Superspy

    by Tom DeMichael ...
    Series series FAQ
    A favorite of film followers for 50 years, James Bond is the hero loved by everyone: Men want to be just like him, women just want to be with him. Moviegoers around the world have spent more than $5 billion to watch his adventures across the last five decades. What's not to enjoy about such a glorious multitude of gadgets, gals, grand locations, and grandiose schemes hatched by master villains and ... Read more

    RM 78.59

  • Stephen King Films FAQ

    All That's Left to Know About the King of Horror on Film

    by Scott von Doviak ...
    Series series FAQ
    Over the past four decades, the Stephen King movie has become a genre unto itself. The prolific writer's works have spawned well over 100 adaptations for both the big and small screen, ranging from modern classics of horror (Carrie, The Shining) to Oscar-nominated fare (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile) to unapologetic, B-movie schlock (the King-directed Maximum Overdrive). The filmmakers ... Read more

    RM 86.09

  • A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir

    The Essential Reference Guide

    by John Grant ...
    Series series Applause Books
    Featuring rumpled PIs, shyster lawyers, corrupt politicians, double-crossers, femmes fatales, and, of course, losers who find themselves down on their luck yet again, film noir is a perennially popular cinematic genre. This extensive encyclopedia describes movies from noir's earliest days – and even before, looking at some of noir's ancestors in US and European cinema – as well as noir's more ... Read more

    RM 159.59

  • Vidéaste Pro : Guide complet pour devenir un vidéaste professionnel

    by Nicolas Vardel ...
    Apprenez à filmer comme un pro avec le Manuel parfait du vidéaste ! Au programme : notions techniques, composition visuelle, techniques d'éclairage et montage vidéo ... Tout ce qu'il faut savoir pour vous mettre le pied à l'étrier et réaliser des vidéos de qualité avec ou sans reflex numérique. ... Read more

    RM 72.61

  • The Griffith Project, Volume 11

    Selected Writings by D.W. Griffith; Indexes and Corrections to Volumes 1-10

    by Paolo Cherchi Usai ...
    No other silent film director has been as extensively studied as D. W. Griffith. However, only a small group of his more than five hundred films has been the subject of a systematic analysis, and the vast majority of his other works still await proper examination. For the first time in film studies, the complete creative output of Griffith - from Professional Jealousy (1907) to The Struggle (1931) ... Read more

    RM 430.99

  • Future of Television

    Your Guide to Creating TV in the New World

    by Pamela Douglas ...
    The book’s journey into the future of television begins with “You Are Here,” delving into “The Great Convergence” of television and Internet and the vortex of change we all inhabit now. Then, glancing back, we explore “The Old World” of broadcast television to understand how we got to this moment of transition. Next, traveling “Between Worlds,” we visit cable television and see how the boundaries ... Read more

    RM 67.69

  • Everything I Know About Filmmaking I Learned Watching Seven Samurai

    by Richard D. Pepperman ...
    In celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai ⎯ one of cinema’s most superb and influential achievements ⎯ Richard D. Pepperman presents this elegant book as a master class, and illustrates, with beautiful strokes of insight, how and why this film has inspired generations of filmmakers. Here is a handbook for directors, screenwriters, and editors, and a guide for all ... Read more

    RM 58.79

  • Cannes - A Festival Virgin's Guide (7th Edition)

    Attending the Cannes Film Festival, for Filmmakers and Film Industry Professionals

    by Benjamin Craig ...
    Each year in May over 200,000 people descend on the small Riviera resort town of Cannes to take part in all the glitz and glamour that is the Cannes Film Festival. The mere mention of the city instantly conjures up images of red carpets, paparazzi camera flashes, and celebrity parties. However, for those in the movie business the festival is an essential calendar date for another reason: it’s also ... Read more

    RM 40.89 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Old Lady

    Complete Stage Play and Screenplay with an Essay on Adaptation

    by Israel Horovitz ...
    Famed playwright Israel Horovitz has written more than 70 produced plays, which have been translated in more than 30 languages worldwide. Along the way, he has also written screenplays for film including Author! Author!, starring Al Pacino, as well as the award-winning Sunshine, James Dean, and The Strawberry Statement. At the age of 75, he directed an adaptation of his play My Old Lady, starring ... Read more

    RM 38.89

  • World Film Locations: Los Angeles

    Edited by Gabriel Solomons, Jared Cowan, Fabrice Ziolkowski ...
    The heart of Hollywood’s star-studded film industry for more than a century, Los Angeles and its abundant and ever-changing locales – from the Santa Monica Pier to the infamous and now-defunct Ambassador Hotel – have set the scene for a wide variety of cinematic treasures, from Chinatown to Forrest Gump, Falling Down to the coming-of-age classic Boyz n The Hood. This volume marks an engaging ... Read more

    RM 80.69

  • The 100 Greatest Silent Film Comedians

    by James Roots ...
    The silent film era featured some of the most revered names of on-screen comic performance, from Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton to Harold Lloyd, Douglas Fairbanks, and Laurel & Hardy. Besides these giants of cinema, however, there are other silent era performers—both leading actors and supporting players—who left an enduring legacy of laughter.In The 100 Greatest Silent Film Comedians, James ... Read more

    RM 485.69