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Margarethe von Trotta (b. 1942) entered the film industry in the only way she could in the 1960s—as an actress. Throughout her career, von Trotta added thirty-two acting credits to her name; however, these credits came to a halt in 1975. Her ambition had always been to be a movie director. Though...

The image that appears on the movie screen is the direct and tangible result of the joint efforts of the director and the cinematographer. A Hidden History of Film Style is the first study to focus on the collaborations between directors and cinematographers, a partnership that has played a crucial...

Sewing Techniques for Theatre: An Essential Guide for Beginners distills the intimidating art of sewing down into simple, quick, and effective lessons to prepare readers for an entry-level position in a costume shop. The lessons follow an hour-by-hour structure, offering detailed instructions to creating...

Rifiutandosi di testimoniare in favore di un paziente omosessuale che ha causato la morte di più persone, lo psichiatra Charles vede la propria vita sgretolarsi. L'opinione pubblica insinua che abbia sviluppato un odio per gli omosessuali in seguito alla conversione religiosa: sarebbe questo, e...

Ciathy è in prigione da trentacinque anni per lʼomicidio di due agenti di polizia, commesso quando faceva parte di un movimento anarchico. Ann è un ufficiale preposto alla libertà sulla parola. Durante la sua reclusione Cathy dichiara di aver scoperto lʼesistenza di Dio e di essersi convertita...

Directions for Directing: Theatre and Method lays out contemporary concepts of directing practice and examines specific techniques of approaching scripts, actors, and the stage. Addressed to both young and experienced directors but also to the broader community of theatre practitioners, scholars,...

Richard Foreman has been writing, directing and designing avant-garde theatre in New York since he first founded his Ontological-Hysteric company there in 1968. In all that time, few directors have taken up the challenge of staging his problematic, rewarding texts, and Foreman's work remains under-explored...

Development is a large and central part of the American TV industry, and yet the details of how it works – who makes development decisions and why, where ideas for new shows come from, even basics like the differences between what TV studios and TV networks do – remain elusive to many. In...

Orson Welles è stato l’artista più dirompente e decisivo dall’avvento del cinema sonoro. A ventitré anni sconvolse l’America annunciando alla radio l’invasione della Terra da parte di creature venute da Marte. A venticinque, con un’opera cruciale come Quarto potere, riscrisse la grammatica...

¿Por qué diablos pagamos dinero para que la gente nos asuste hasta la mitad? ¿Por qué es divertido? Un elemento universal que aparece en la psicología de casi todos los humanos es el miedo. Esto es cierto independientemente de la historia o las características personales. Este proyecto explora...

Il Casanova di Fellini ieri e oggi 1976-2016, con molti documenti inediti anche di Fellini – lettere, disegni, foto, testi da archivi e collezioni private – celebra quarant'anni dell'opera dove il regista affronta le sue ombre più profonde. Il film ispirato ai Mémoires dello scrittore veneto,...

Hal Hartley est un réalisateur américain dont la place et la trajectoire au sein du cinéma contemporain sont uniques. Uniques par leur style, leur force et leur originalité. Uniques, car il aura marqué toute une génération de cinéphiles durant les années 90 avant de s’engager dans...

In diesem Buch wollen wir die Werkgeschichte sowohl der Bücher als auch der Filme Revue passieren lassen. Die Rezensionen und Erläuterungen der F.A.Z.-Autoren werden dabei ergänzt und untermalt von Interviews mit den Darstellern der Filme und des Regisseurs. Interessant ist da beispielsweise eine...

A stunning full-color, illustrated, behind-the-scenes guide to the Good Omens television series, adapted for the screen by Neil Gaiman himself and starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant. Following the original novel’s chronological structure—from “the Beginning” to “End Times”—this...