Film category: 7532 books
A Christmas Story
Behind the Scenes of a Holiday Classic
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
The definitive guide to everything fans want to know about A Christmas Story shares the inside story behind the film's Production, release, and unlikely ascent to the top of popular culture. From Jean Shepherd's original radio broadcasts to Bob Clark's 1983 sleeper hit film and beyond, A Christmas...
High Noon
The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
**From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Searchers, the revelatory story behind the classic movie High Noon and the toxic political climate in which it was created.
It's one of the most revered movies of Hollywood's golden era. Starring screen legend Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly in...
Movie-Made America
A Cultural History of American Movies
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Hailed as the definitive work upon its original publication in 1975 and now extensively revised and updated by the author, this vastly absorbing and richly illustrated book examines film as an art form, technological innovation, big business, and shaper of American values.
Ever since Edison's peep...
Becoming AFI
50 Years Inside the American Film Institute
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
For over fifty years, the American Film Institute has flourished as one of America’s great cultural entities. Its graduates, faculty, supporters, and trustees have included such acclaimed individuals as Steven Spielberg, Maya Angelou, Gregory Peck, Meryl Streep, Les Moonves, Patty Jenkins, David...
Buffoon Men
Classic Hollywood Comedians and Queered Masculinity
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Film scholars and fans have used distinctive terms to describe the Classic Hollywood comedian: He is a "trickster," a "rebel," or a "buffoon." Yet the performer is almost always described as a "he." In Buffoon Men: Classic Hollywood Comedians and Queered Masculinity, Scott Balcerzak reads the performances...
The Cinema of Me
The Self and Subjectivity in First Person Documentary
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
When a filmmaker makes a film with herself as a subject, she is already divided as both the subject matter of the film and the subject making the film. The two senses of the word are immediately in play – the matter and the maker—thus the two ways of being subjectified as both subject and object....
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
World Film Locations: Tokyo gives readers a kaleidoscopic view of one of the world’s most complex and exciting cities through the lens of world cinema. 50 scenes from classic and contemporary films explore how motion pictures have shaped the role of Tokyo in our collective consciousness, as well...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
Building on and bringing up to date the material presented in the first installment of Directory of World Cinema: Japan, this volume continues the exploration of the enduring classics, cult favorites, and contemporary blockbusters of Japanese cinema with new contributions from leading critics and...
Japanese Film and the Floating Mind
Cinematic Contemplations of Being
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2016
Japanese film is enduringly fascinating, challenging and rewarding. This book provides a cultural, historical and philosophical study of Japanese film, from the silent era to the present-day, focusing on its expansive consciousness. The author examines masterpieces by Ozu, Mizoguchi, Oshima and many...
A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors
From the Silent Era to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2013
This important work fills the need for a reasonably priced yet comprehensive volume on major directors in the history of Japanese film. With clear insight and without academic jargon, Jacoby examines the works of over 150 filmmakers to uncover what makes their films worth watching.Included...
The A List
The National Society Of Film Critics' 100 Essential Films
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
People love movies. People love lists. So The A-List is a natural. While there are plenty of encyclopedic lists of films, this compulsively readable book of 100 essays-most written expressly for this volume-flags the best of the best as chosen by a consensus of the National Society of Film Critics....
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Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2002
Steven Spielberg has fashioned an enviable career as a writer, producer, and director of American motion pictures, winning Academy Awards for Best Direction (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List), and for Best Film (Schindler's List). With David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg he founded Dreamworks...
Directors Close Up 2
Interviews with Directors Nominated for Best Film by the Directors Guild of America: 2006 - 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Since 1992, the Directors Guild of America has hosted an annual symposium featuring its nominees for outstanding feature film directing. From the first, film and television director Jeremy Kagan has moderated these sessions in which the finest contemporary directors weigh in on every aspect of the...
The Off-Hollywood Film Guide
The Definitive Guide to Independent and Foreign Films on Video and DVD
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
The Off-Hollywood Film Guide cuts through the clutter of the thousands of films currently available on video and DVD by specifically catering to independent- and foreign-film enthusiasts. In addition to a list of essential must-see films, this guide includes hundreds of entries, each with brief commentary...