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The British Documentary Film Movement, 1926â€“1946

by Paul (Temple University, Philadelphia) Swann

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 The most important and internationally influential development in British cinema was the documentary film movement led by John Grierson in the 1930s and 1940s. Paul Swann's study is a political and social history of this movement, which was characterized by actuality-based films made outside the commercial industry.
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Interpreting The Moving Image

by Noel (University Of Wisconsin, Madison) Carroll

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 Interpreting the Moving Image is a collection of essays by one of the most astute critics of cinema at work today. This volume provides a close analysis of major films of both the narrative and the avant-garde traditions.
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Horror Film And Psychoanalysis - Freud'S Worst Nightmare

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 This volume explores the subject of psychoanalysis and film in a series of essays that debate its legitimacy, utility and validity as applied to the horror genre.
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Film At The Intersection Of High And Mass Culture

by Paul Coates

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 Film at the Intersection of High and Mass Culture analyses the contradictions and interaction between high and low art, with particular reference to Hollywood and European cinema. Written in the essayistic speculative tradition of Walter Benjamin and Thedor Adorno, this study also includes analyses of several key films of the 1980s.
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Metaphor And Film

by Trevor Whittock

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 In Metaphor and Film, Trevor Whittock demonstrates that feature films are permeated by metaphors that were consciously introduced by directors. An examination of cinematic metaphor forces us to reconsider the nature of metaphor itself, and the ways by which such visual imagery can be recognised and understood, as well as interpreted.
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Film And Phenomenology - Towards A Realist Theory Of Cinematic Representation

by Allan Casebier

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 Film and Phenomenology presents a new approach to the question of cinematic representation, which runs contrary to the course of contemporary film theory.Film and Phenomenology presents a new approach to the question of cinematic representation which runs contrary to the course of contemporary film theory.
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The Taste For Beauty

by Eric Rohmer

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 This is a collection of essays by the film-maker and critic Eric Rohmer which were originally written for the French film review Cahiers du Cinema between 1948â€"1979. Rohmer writes in depth on the issues most fundamental to film and also includes a personal defence of his films.
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The British Documentary Film Movement, 1926â€“1946

by Paul (Temple University, Philadelphia) Swann

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 The most important and internationally influential development in British cinema was the documentary film movement led by John Grierson in the 1930s and 1940s. Paul Swann's study is a political and social history of this movement, which was characterized by actuality-based films made outside the commercial industry.
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The Gorgon'S Gaze - German Cinema, Expressionism, And The Image Of Horror

by Paul Coates

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 The Gorgon's Gaze is an interdisciplinary study of recurrent themes in German cinema as it has developed since the early twentieth century. Coates explores the nature of expressionism and its persistence in the styles of such modern masters of Film noir as Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman.
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Russian Critics On The Cinema Of Glasnost

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 This collection of newly translated essays by some of Russia's most astute commentators of film and culture illuminates important aspects of Russian film-making during the 1980s, and provides insight into the successes and shortcomings of Glasnost, as captured in film, for a Western audience.
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Inside Soviet Film Satire

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 Inside Soviet Film Satire is a lively collection of sixteen original essays by Soviet, American and Canadian scholars and film commentators.
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Documentary Film Classics

by William (University Of Miami) Rothman

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 Documentary Film Classics offers close readings on a number of major films, such as Nanook of the North, Land Without Bread, Night and Fog, Chronicle of a Summer and Don't Look Back. Spanning the history of the documentary film tradition, William Rothman analyses the philosophical and historical issues and themes implicit in these works.
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Another Frank Capra

by Leland (Iowa State University) Poague

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 Another Frank Capra offers a new interpretation of the great Hollywood director beyond the patriotic sentimentalist or the cynical opportunist that he has been taken for. Often cast as a cinematic simpleton or primitive, Capra's exploitation of the stylistic and narrative resources of cinema was, in fact, extremely self-conscious and adventurous in ways typical of artistic modernism.
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Theorizing The Moving Image

by Noel (University Of Wisconsin, Madison) Carroll

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 A selection of essays written by a leading film critic, this 1996 volume examines theoretical aspects of film and television through penetrating analyses of a variety of genres and films.
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The Cinema Of Satyajit Ray - Between Tradition And Modernity

by Darius (San Diego Mesa College) Cooper

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 Darius Cooper's study of Ray is the first to examine his rich and varied work from a social and historical perspective. The most comprehensive treatment of Ray's work, The Cinema of Satyajit Ray makes accessible the oeuvre of one of the most prolific and creative filmmakers of the twentieth century.
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Theorizing The Moving Image

by Noel (University Of Wisconsin, Madison) Carroll

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 A selection of essays written by a leading film critic, this 1996 volume examines theoretical aspects of film and television through penetrating analyses of a variety of genres and films.
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The 'I' Of The Camera - Essays In Film Criticism, History, And Aesthetics

by William (University Of Miami) Rothman

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 The 'I' of the Camera has become a classic in the literature of film. William Rothman challenges readers to think about film in adventurous ways that are more open to movies and our experience of them. This second edition includes fourteen new essays and a new foreword.
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Horror Film And Psychoanalysis - Freud'S Worst Nightmare

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 This volume explores the subject of psychoanalysis and film in a series of essays that debate its legitimacy, utility and validity as applied to the horror genre.
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The Cinema Of Satyajit Ray - Between Tradition And Modernity

by Darius (San Diego Mesa College) Cooper

110,85€ + 10% CARD

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 Darius Cooper's study of Ray is the first to examine his rich and varied work from a social and historical perspective. The most comprehensive treatment of Ray's work, The Cinema of Satyajit Ray makes accessible the oeuvre of one of the most prolific and creative filmmakers of the twentieth century.
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Recycled Culture In Contemporary Art And Film - The Uses Of Nostalgia

by Vera Dika

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 In this study, Vera Dika explores works of art and film that resist the pull of the past. Her study positions avant-garde art work within the context of contemporary mainstream film practice, as well as in relationship to their historical moment.
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The 'I' Of The Camera - Essays In Film Criticism, History, And Aesthetics

by William (University Of Miami) Rothman

124,37€ + 10% CARD

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 The 'I' of the Camera has become a classic in the literature of film. William Rothman challenges readers to think about film in adventurous ways that are more open to movies and our experience of them. This second edition includes fourteen new essays and a new foreword.
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Recycled Culture In Contemporary Art And Film - The Uses Of Nostalgia

by Vera Dika

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 In this study, Vera Dika explores works of art and film that resist the pull of the past. Her study positions avant-garde art work within the context of contemporary mainstream film practice, as well as in relationship to their historical moment.
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Melodrama And Asian Cinema

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 This unique study examines the importance of melodrama in the film traditions of Japan, India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia.
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The Gorgon'S Gaze - German Cinema, Expressionism, And The Image Of Horror

by Paul Coates

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 The Gorgon's Gaze is an interdisciplinary study of recurrent themes in German cinema as it has developed since the early twentieth century. Coates explores the nature of expressionism and its persistence in the styles of such modern masters of Film noir as Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman.
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