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A history of the new zealand fiction feature film
Investigates the history of film in new zealand. This volume looks at the very beginning of the nz film industry, in the early years of the twentieth century, rather than concentrating on the renaissance in the 1970s. It covers various major... i...
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Approaches to popular film
An invaluable introduction to popular film and the way in which it is studied this book brings together the critical approaches and issues that have sought to define popular film from the 1950s to the present day. It includes discussion of mass......
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Claude chabrol
This clear and comprehensive study is the first book-length analysis of claude chabrol to be published in english since 1970. It brings back into focus a giant of french cinema, a man recently described by the french film press as possibly the... ...
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Contemporary french cinema
This book is an essential introduction to popular french film from the 1970s onwards. It charts recent developments in all genres of french cinema with analyses of over 120 movies, from la cage aux folles to cache.rEflecting the diversity of... p...
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Contemporary spanish cinema
Contemporary spanish cinema offers an essential analysis of the main trends and issues in spanish film since the death of franco in 1975. While taking account of cinema during the franco dictatorship, the book focuses principally on developments.....
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Contemporary spanish cinema and genre
Foreword by robert sklar introduction by jay beck and vicente rodriguez ortega 1pt. I industry, marketing and film culture 1 the fantastic factory the horror genre and contemporary spanish cinema by andrew willis 272 trailing the spanish... ...
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Genre and performance film and television
Offering a look at contemporary film and television, this book explores how popular genres frame our understanding of on-screen performance. It provides an interdisciplinary account of performance in film and television and examines a much...
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Ian mcewan
In vintage living texts, teachers and students will find the essential guide to the works of ian mcewan. It is unique in that it offers an in-depth interview with ian mcewan, relating specifically to the texts under discussion. This guide will... ...
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Jacques rivette
Jacques rivette is perhaps the best-kept secret of french cinema. Starting with his decisively influential film criticism of the 1950s, this title moves from the new wave through the complex, experimental films of the 1970s to the challenging... ...
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Medieval film
Presents an interdisciplinary study of medieval film and its cultural functions. This book examines why and how cinematic representations of the middle ages remain a popular, mainstream phenomenon. It is suitable for medievalists working in a... ...
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New challenges for documentary
Acknowledgements introduction part one theories and forms documentary as genre part two the inside view producers and directors part three issues of ethics and aesthetics part four changing contexts in television part five versions of...
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On anachronism
On anachronism argues that anachronism is basic to all literature and all history and further explores it in film and in music, and that it changes perceptions of time. *on anachronism* joins together shakespeare and proust as the great writers of...
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The art of record
Documentary is a controversial and important area of media production. The art of record is a fascinating insight into the function of documentary in film and television. Its attempts to depict reality, and to comment on it, have provoked... this...
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The from page to screen
A critical examination of the long established tradition of adapting classic novels to film or tv screen. It is historically wide-ranging, encompassing novelists from jane austen to michael ondaatje. robert giddings editor , erica sheen editor
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Beginning film studies
Andrew dix charts the complex landscape of twentieth and twenty-first century film studies. This title considers film stylistics and explore questions of narrative, authorship, genre, the star and ideology. It includes chapters on production and ...
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Cinesonica
Cinesonica sounding film and video explores previously neglected and under-theorised aspects of film and video sound, drawing on detailed case study analyses of hollywood cinema, art cinema, animated cartoons, and avant-garde film and video.
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Cinema - italy
Stefania parigi, sam rohdie trans a journey to the italian cinema in the company of its major film makers and theorists. Rossellini, visconti, pasolini and zavattini are given a new focus that overturns the usual views and perspectives. it offe...
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The reality of film
In formulating a notion of filmic reality, the reality of film offers a novel way of understanding our relationship to cinema. It argues that cinema need not be understood in terms of its capacities to refer to, reproduce or represent reality...