Films, cinema Books

Originally published in 1964, this book tells the history of the British cinematograph industry for the first time. It describes moments of splendid triumph and others of shattering failure. The mood switches from reckless optimism to demoralising...

This study explores the model derived from Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, via Marxism and semiotics, of looking at film. It retraces the steps of film theory from ideological criticism of the late '60s to spectator studies in 1988 when the book...

In 1989 alone, for example, there were some forty-five major motion pictures which were sequels or part of a series. The film series phenomenon crosses all genres and has been around since the silent film era. This reference guide, in alphabetical order,...

If Greek tragedy is sometimes regarded as a form long dead and buried, both theatre producers and film directors seem slow to accept its interment. Originally published in 1986, this book reflects the renewed interest in questions of staging the Greek...

This was the first comprehensive study of film production in Ireland from the silent period to the present day, and of representations of Ireland and 'Irishness' in native, British, and American films. It remains an authority on the topic. The book...

Taking the subject chronologically from the 1890s to when the book was initially published in 1989, this book analyses those films specifically concerned with working-class conditions and struggle, and discusses them within the context of the debate on...

This is a comprehensive survey of the relationship between film and literature. It looks at the cinematic adaptations of such literary masters as Shakespeare, Henry James, Joseph Conrad and D.H. Lawrence, and considers the contribution to the cinema made...

This is a study of nine key film-makers who came into prominence in the early '70s: Claude Chabrol, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lindsay Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey, Satyajit Ray, Miklos Jancsó, and Dušan Makavejev - representing...

As a rapidly aging continent, Europe increasingly depends on the successful integration of migrants. Unfortunately, contemporary political and media discourses observe and frequently also support the development of nationalist, eurosceptic and xenophobic...

This title was first published in 1997:  This is the definitive English translation of the new Russian Civil Code (Parts 1 and 2), often referred to as "the second Russian Constitution". The Civil Code of the Russian Federation is the result of a...

The Western in the Global South investigates the Western film genre's impact, migrations, and reconfigurations in the Global South. Contributors explore how cosmopolitan directors have engaged with, appropriated, and subverted the tropes and conventions...

This book is the first to explore style and spectacle in glam popular music performance from the 1970s to the present day, and from an international perspective. Focus is given to a number of representative artists, bands, and movements, as well as...

For three generations of Americans, World War II has been a touchstone for the understanding of conflict and of America's role in global affairs. But if World War II helped shape the perception of war for Americans, American media in turn shape the...

Reading and Writing a Screenplay takes you on a journey through the many possible ways of writing, reading and imagining fiction and documentary projects for cinema, television and new media. It explores the critical role of a script as a document to be...

Despite their name, the silent films of the early cinematic era were frequently accompanied by music and other sound elements of many kinds, including mechanical instruments, live performers, and audience sing-alongs. The 12 chapters in this concise...

Today's technologies and economic models won't settle for a conventional approach to filmmaking.　The Strategic Producer: On the Art and Craft of Making Your First Feature combines history, technology, aesthetics, data, decision-making strategies, and...

In The Screenwriters Taxonomy, award-winning screenwriter and educator Eric R. Williams offers a new collaborative approach for creative storytellers to recognize, discuss and reinvent storytelling paradigms. Williams presents seven different aspects of...

During the last two decades Spain has undergone an unprecedented transformation from being a country of emigrants to receiving a significant number of migrants from all around the world. This book focuses on the analysis of documentaries and fiction...

Das Moderne Musikdrama (1884) ist ein Buch des deutschen Musikwissenschaftlers Ludwig Nohl. In diesem Werk untersucht Nohl die Entstehung und Entwicklung des modernen Musikdramas, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die Werke von Richard Wagner. Er beschreibt...

Le livre ""Histoire Du Theatre En Picardie Depuis Son Origine Jusqu'a La Fin Du XVI Siecle (1880)"" �����crit par Georges Lecocq est une �����tude d�����taill�����e de l'histoire du th����������tre en Picardie depuis ses d�����buts jusqu'������ la fin du...

Das Buch ""Die Musikalischen Zeitschriften Seit Ihrer Entstehung Bis Zur Gegenwart"" aus dem Jahr 1884 wurde von Wilhelm Freystatter verfasst. Es handelt sich um eine umfassende Beschreibung der Geschichte der musikalischen Zeitschriften seit ihrer...

Symphonie: M�����langes de Critique Litt�����raire et Musicale (1891) est un livre �����crit par Hugues Imbert. Ce recueil de critiques litt�����raires et musicales offre une vue d'ensemble de la sc�����ne culturelle fran�����aise de la fin du XIXe...

The Monthly Review V75: Or Literary Journal, From July To December, 1786 (1786) is a book edited by R. Griffiths. It is a collection of literary reviews and critiques covering a range of topics, including novels, poetry, history, and philosophy. The book...

The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany V2 is a book that was published in 1818 by Archibald Constable and Company. It is a new series of the Scots Magazine and covers the period from January to June of the same year. The book is a literary...

The Calcutta Review V43: 1866 (1866) is a book published by R. C. Lepage and Company. It is a collection of articles and essays written by various authors, covering a wide range of topics such as literature, history, politics, religion, and science. The...

Il libro ""Filippo Pedrell: Ed Il Dramma Lirico Spagnuolo"" scritto da Tebaldini, Giovanni nel 1897, ����� una biografia del compositore e musicologo spagnolo Filippo Pedrell. Il libro esplora la vita e le opere di Pedrell, concentrandosi sulla sua...

An eclectic collection of essays by the winner of the National Award Swarna Kamal for Best Film Critic 1997 With more than a thousand films produced annually in over fifteen languages India is acknowledged as the largest producer of motion pictures in...

'Extraordinary ... details what makes women characters iconic in Hindi cinema and analyses them in relation to their directors and more importantly to the society at that point of time' -Rani Mukerji It's been a long hundred years since Dadasaheb...

Mrinal Sen is one of India's finest film makers and one of its most renowned in international circles. After an inauspicious feature debut, Sen found his feet with critically acclaimed films like Baishey Shravana" in 1960, and "Akash Kusum" in 1965. His...

Spinnenfilme für Kinder (Schweinchen Wilbur und seine Spinnenfreundin Charlotte u. a.). Spinnenepisoden in TV-Serien (Brokenwood, Dr. Who). Kurzfilme mit Spinnen für Kinder und Erwachsene. Kinofilme thematisch geordnet, alles Filme, die im Buch...

This defining movie guide and blog companion contains a plethora of equally passionate and subjective movie reviews published by the title-giving nerd on his blog rafenew.world between 2015 and 2020.The second chapter gathers even more (German) pieces...

In 2017 Japan celebrates 100 years of anime. 1917 indeed saw the first Japanese animated movies being released in Tokyo cinemas, reflecting years of imports of Western animated movies and knowledge. Yet even earlier local printed animation, inspired by...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject Musicology - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,7, Technical University of Braunschweig (Anglistik und Amerikanistik), language: English, abstract: The research paper offers the following question: Is the film...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Didaktik - Deutsch - Literatur, Werke, Note: 2, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: „Von Beginn an hat der Kinderfilm auf literarische Stoffe zurückgegriffen" und weiterhin sind Kinder- und Jugendbücher häufig...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Note: 1,3, Freie Universität Berlin, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ausgehend von einer raumzeitlichen Kartographie des fiktiven Windens und einer Betrachtung des Zeitreise-Modells, welches in...

Academic Paper from the year 2018 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1.3, University of Würzburg, course: American Poverty, language: English, abstract: One of the first films that gave a vivid insight into black poverty was "Boyz n the...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Multimedia, Internet, neue Technologien, Note: 1,8, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Umweltverschmutzung, Klimawandel, Hungerkatastrophen, Massenflucht - das...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, Note: 1,3, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Veranstaltung: Filmsynchronisation, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: "Yippie Yah Yeah Schweinebacke" gehört...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, Note: 1,3, Universität Hamburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Debatte um die ästhetische Chirurgie ist komplex und kann aus sehr unterschiedlichen Perspektiven...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Kunst - Fotografie und Film, Note: 1,3, Universität Koblenz-Landau (Institut für Kulturwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Mit Bildern forschen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Vieles wurde über den Bildband Menschen...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, Note: 1,5, Universität Siegen (Sprach-, Literatur- und Medienwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Von "Beverly Hills 90210" zu "O.C. California":...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, Note: 1, Universität Konstanz (Fachbereich Kunst- und Medienwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Gedächtnispathologien in Film und Literatur, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract:...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Note: 1,0, Universität der Künste Berlin (Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Wer oder was ist Leni Riefenstahl? Eine Frage, die nicht einfach zu beantworten ist...

This book delineates cinema in China prior to WWI into five periods and interprets this section of history under references of up-to-date early film theories. The spreading of cinema is treated as a continuation of the lantern tradition, and is...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Note: 1,0, Freie Universität Berlin, Veranstaltung: Filmgeschichte, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die folgende Arbeit analysiert, wie die bisher verstreute ästhetische und intellektuelle...

Everyone has a natural “story sense”, honed by the thousands of stories we’re exposed to growing up, from fairy tales, TV shows, movies, novels, comic strips, family anecdotes and playground jokes, to the founding myths of our many...

VHS Nasty: The Video Nasties is the definitive, full-colour guide to the halcyon days of the 1980s, when the British government and its nanny state, headed by the self-proclaimed and totally unelected "Protector of Public Morals," Mary Whitehouse,...

The third in a series collecting the complete weekly "Video Views" columns (1999-2001) by renowned cartoonist, author and film scholar Stephen R. Bissette covers the video and DVD releases of November 2000 to May 2001.As the Millennium turned, Bissette...