Film - History & Criticism
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Detour
$18.62 Add to cartLong considered an unpolished gem of film noir, the private treasure of film
buffs, cinephiles and critics, Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour (1945) has recently earned
a new wave of recognition. In the words o- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Isenberg, Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 105
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1844572390
- Language: English
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Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics: Hollywood’s Best Mistakes, Goofs and Flat-Out Destructions of the Basic Laws of the Universe
$18.99 Read moreIn this fascinating and humorous guide, author Tom Rogers examines the real science behind stunts, plots, and special effects without ruining the fun of your favorite, universe-breaking action movies.
- Author: Rogers, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1402210337
- Language: English
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Kim Jong-Il Production
$28.99 Add to cartAn Amazon Best of The Year Nonfiction Selection
Library Journal Top Ten Book of the Year The Extraordinary True Story of Kim Jong-Il’s kidnapping of the golden couple of South Korean Cinema, The Movi- Author: Fischer, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 24 2015
- ISBN10: 1250054273
- Language: English
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A Short History of Cahiers Du Cinema
$24.95 Add to cartCahiers du Cin ma was the single most influential project in the history of film. Founded in 1951, it was responsible for establishing film as the ‘seventh art, ‘ equal to literature, painting or musi… [more below]
- Author: Bickerton, Emilie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1844677605
- Language: English
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Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine
$19.95 Add to cartThe Star Wars films continue to revolutionize science fiction, creating new standards for cinematographic excellence, and permeating popular culture around the world. The films feature many complex th… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture & Philosophy #12
- Author: Decker, Kevin S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 227
- Publish Date: March 23 2005
- ISBN10: 0812695836
- Language: English
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Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950
$40.00 Add to cartYou know film noir when you see it: the shadowed setting; the cynical detective; the femme fatale; and the twist of fate. Into the Dark captures this alluring genre with a cavalcade of compelling phot… [more below]
- Series: Turner Classic Movies
- Author: Vieira, Mark A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 24 2016
- ISBN10: 0762455233
- Language: English
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Cinema Symbolism 3: The Mysteries of Occult Hollywood Unveiled
$38.95 Add to cartIt lives. Coming in at over 800 pages, everyone’s favorite Freemason strikes again with Cinema Symbolism 3: The Mysteries of Occult Hollywood Unveiled. Applying his expert and objective observations,
- Author: Sullivan, Robert W., IV
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 804
- Publish Date: March 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0578806592
- Language: English
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Chronology of Classic Horror Films: The 1940s
$30.00 Add to cartAuthor Donald Willis continues his insights into horror film history with his new tome on the 1940s. Yes, we had vampires and
the Frankenstein Monster, mummies, a new villain-the Wolf Man, dark moody
- Author: Willis, Donald C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1644301318
- Language: English
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Incredibly Strange Films
$25.00 Add to cartIncredibly Strange Films is a functional guide to important territory neglected by the film-criticism establishment, spotlighting unhailed directors — Hershell Gordon Lewis, Russ Meyer, Larry Cohen, … [more below]
- Series: Re/Search #10
- Author: Vale, V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 18 2017
- ISBN10: 1889307114
- Language: English
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It’s a Wonderful Life: A Memory Book
$20.99 Add to cartPaperback release of 2003 holiday bestseller which offers behind the scenes info on this holiday classic as well as current info on stars from the show.
- Author: Cox, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 139
- Publish Date: June 15 2005
- ISBN10: 1581824343
- Language: English
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The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir
$21.99 Add to cartFoster Hirsch’s Dark Side of the Screen is by far the most thorough and entertaining study of the themes, visual motifs, character types, actors, directors, and films in this genre ever published. Fro… [more below]
- Author: Hirsch, Foster
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 25 2008
- ISBN10: 0306817721
- Language: English
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It’s a Wonderful Life: A Memory Book
$37.95 Add to cartPaperback release of 2003 holiday bestseller which offers behind the scenes info on this holiday classic as well as current info on stars from the show.
- Author: Cox, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: June 15 2005
- ISBN10: 163026363X
- Language: English
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The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
$85.00 Add to cartIn this lavish fortieth-anniversary tribute to the blockbuster film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, New York Times bestselling author J. W. Rinzler draws back the curtain to reveal the i… [more below]
- Series: Star Wars
- Author: Rinzler, J. W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: October 12 2010
- ISBN10: 0345509617
- Language: English
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Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood
$22.99 Add to cartIn the pre-Code Hollywood era, between 1929 and 1934, women in American cinema took lovers, had babies out of wedlock, got rid of cheating husbands, enjoyed their sexuality, led unapologetic careers,
- Author: Lasalle, Mick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 19 2001
- ISBN10: 0312284314
- Language: English
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The Winston Effect: The Art & History of Stan Winston Studio
$49.95 Add to cartFor over 30 years, Stan Winston and his team of artists and technicians have been creating characters, creatures and monsters for the silver screen, from The Terminator and the extraterrestrial monstr… [more below]
- Author: Duncan, Jody
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1845761502
- Language: English
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Action Scenarios: The Essential Guide to Action in Film
$24.99 Add to cartAction Scenarios: The Essential Guide to Action in Film examines all of the ways in which action is manifested in cinema, or what author Tico Romao calls the “action scenarios” of film. Loaded with de
- Author: Romao, Tico
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1644040042
- Language: English
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The Western Reader
$44.93 Add to cartThis lavishly-illustrated collection of writings on western movies covers close to a century of American cinematic achievement and includes almost a half-century of essays, commentary, and interviews…. [more below]
- Series: Limelight
- Author: Rickman, Gregg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: August 01 2004
- ISBN10: 879102683
- Language: English
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A Chronology of Film: A Cultural Timeline from the Magic Lantern to Netflix
$29.95 Add to cartA Chronology of Film presents a fresh perspective on the medium by tracing the complex links between technical innovations, social changes, and artistic interventions in the order that they occurred.
- Series: A Chronology Of… #4
- Author: Smith, Ian Haydn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 0500023697
- Language: English
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Frightfest Guide to Exploitation Movies
$19.95 Add to cartFrom the moment motion pictures were invented, fearless entrepreneurs, poverty row profiteers and money-grabbing grifters gave cinemagoers what they truly craved…. the sex, horror and cheap thrills … [more below]
- Author: Jones, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1903254876
- Language: English
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The Film Sense
$18.99 Add to cartAn exploration of the film as a more expressive and profound medium. Includes an analysis of a sound-film sequence from Alexander Nevsky. “The most instructive discussion of the film art yet put betwe… [more below]
- Series: Harvest Book
- Author: Eisenstein, Sergei
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 17 2010
- ISBN10: 0156309351
- Language: English
