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Child of the Century
ISBN: PB: 9780300251791, Yale University Press, April 2020
680 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm
Ben Hecht's critically acclaimed autobiographical memoir, first published in 1954, offers incomparably pungent evocations of Chicago in the 1910s and 1920s, Hollywood in the 1930s, and New York during the Second World War and after.
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£16,00
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Color Mania The Material of Color in Photography and Film
ISBN: PB: 9783037786079, Lars Muller Publishers, November 2019
120 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 82 colour and black&white illus.
Since the earliest days of cinema, film has been a colourful medium and art form. More than 230 film colour processes have been devised in the course of film history, often in close connection with photography. In this regard, both media institutiona...
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£25,00
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Cinemachines An Essay on Media and Method
ISBN: PB: 9780226656731, ISBN: HB: 9780226656564, University of Chicago Press, November 2019
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 31 halftones, 1 line drawing
The hero stands on stage in high-definition 3-D while doubled on a crude pixel screen in "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk". Alien ships leave Earth by dissolving at the conclusion of "Arrival".  An illusory death spiral in "Vertigo" transitions abrup...
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£24,00
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£68,00
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Classics The Greatest Films of the 20th Century
ISBN: FLEXI: 9781760790196, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, March 2018
400 pp., 20.2x20.2 cm, 600 illus.
One of the most comprehensive and lavish books on the history of motion pictures,The Classics explores the history of many of Hollywood's greatest films in the 20th century. Showcasing over 600 photographs of much-loved films,actors and directors, th...
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£14,99
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Cocktails of the Movies An Illustrated Guide to Cinematic Mixology
ISBN: HB: 9783791383484, Prestel Publishing, January 2017
160 pp., 18.7x15 cm, 160 colour illus.
Now available in a new pocket edition, "Cocktails of the Movies" serves up the 64 greatest cocktails to have featured on film. Take a journey through Hollywood's lifelong love affair with cocktails, celebrating the greatest characters and their icon...
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£9,99
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Closed Circuits Screening Narrative Surveillance
ISBN: PB: 9780226201498, ISBN: HB: 9780226201214, University of Chicago Press, February 2015
296 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 line drawing
The recent uproar over NSA surveillance can obscure the fact that surveillance has been an indelible part of contemporary life for decades. And cinema has long been aware of its power – and potential for abuse. In "Closed Circuits", Garrett Stewart...
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£24,00
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£80,00
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Conjugations Marriage and Form in New Bollywood Cinema
ISBN: PB: 9780226304267, ISBN: HB: 9780226304250, University of Chicago Press, February 2012
240 pp., 23x15 cm, 41 halftones
Bollywood movies have been long known for their colorful song-and-dance numbers and knack for combining drama, comedy, action-adventure, and music. But when India entered the global marketplace in the early 1990s, its film industry transformed radica...
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£22,50
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£69,00
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Conversations with Mohsen Makhmalbaf
ISBN: PB: 9780857425942, Seagull Books, May 2010
188 pp., 20.8x14.5 cm
Born in Tehran in 1957, filmmaker Mohsen Ostad Ali Makhmalbaf grew up in the religious and politically charged atmosphere of the 1960s, and the June 1963 uprising of Ayatollah Khomeini constitutes one of his earliest memories. In 1972, Makhmalbaf for...
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£10,99
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City Flicks Indian Cinema and the Urban Experience
ISBN: PB: 9781905422364, ISBN: HB: 9781905422357, Seagull Books, October 2006
240 pp., 23x15.6 cm
The relationship between cinema and modernity in the Indian context is both complex and multifaceted. In this volume, some of the leading names in film and cultural studies explore its many dimensions. The essays range from discussions of urbanity...
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£24,00
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£79,00
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