Wallflower Press imprint: 134 books
Eastwood's Iwo Jima
Critical Engagements with Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
With Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Clint Eastwood made a unique contribution to film history, being the first director to make two films about the same event. Eastwood's films examine the battle over Iwo Jima from two nations' perspectives, in two languages, and embody...
The Blade Runner Experience
The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2006
Since its release in 1982, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, has remained a cult classic through its depiction of a futuristic Los Angeles; its complex, enigmatic plot; and its underlying questions about the nature of human identity....
Beyond Bruce Lee
Chasing the Dragon Through Film, Philosophy, and Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
In order to understand Bruce Lee, we must look beyond Bruce Lee to the artist's intricate cultural and historical contexts. This work begins by contextualising Lee, examining his films and martial arts work, and his changing cultural status within different times and places. The text examines Bruce...
by Alexia Kannas
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
The release of Italian director Dario Argento's Deep Red in 1975 saw both a return to form for the director and the crystallization of tropes of the giallo genre. While the film's immense popularity in Italy spawned a wave of copy-cat formula thrillers, this enthusiastic reception was not replicated...
The Road Movie
In Search of Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Though often seen as one of America's native cinematic genres, the road movie has lent itself to diverse international contexts and inspired a host of filmmakers. As analyzed in this study, from its most familiar origins in Hollywood the road movie has become a global film practice, whether as a vehicle...
Cultures of Representation
Disability in World Cinema Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Cultures of Representation is the first book to explore the cinematic portrayal of disability in films from across the globe. Contributors explore classic and recent works from Belgium, France, Germany, India, Italy, Iran, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Senegal, and Spain, along with a...
A Search for Belonging
The Mexican Cinema of Luis Buñuel
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
As one of the foremost Spanish directors of all time, Luis Buñuel’s filmography has been the subject of innumerable studies. Despite the fact that the twenty films he made in Mexico between 1947 and 1965 represent the most prolific stage of his career as a filmmaker, these have remained relatively...
The Celluloid Madonna
From Scripture to Screen
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
The Celluloid Madonna is the first book to analyze the life of the Virgin Mary on screen from the silent era through to the present. For decades, Mary has caught the imagination of filmmakers from a range of religious backgrounds, whether Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Marxist, or atheist, and film's...
The Cinema of Christopher Nolan
Imagining the Impossible
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Over the past fifteen years, writer, producer and director Christopher Nolan has emerged from the margins of independent British cinema to become one of the most commercially successful directors in Hollywood. From Following (1998) to Interstellar (2014), Christopher Nolan's films explore philosophical...
The Cinema of Hal Hartley
Flirting with Formalism
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Over the course of nearly thirty years, Hal Hartley has cultivated a reputation as one of America's most steadfastly independent film directors. From his breakthrough films – The Unbelievable Truth (1989), Trust (1990), and Simple Men (1992) – to his recently completed 'Henry Fool' trilogy, Hartley...
Film Censorship
Regulating America's Screen
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2018
Film Censorship is a concise overview of Hollywood censorship and efforts to regulate American films. It provides a lean introductory survey of U.S. cinema censorship from the pre-Code years and classic studio system Golden Age—in which film censorship thrived—to contemporary Hollywood. From the...
Playing to the Camera
Musicians and Musical Performance in Documentary Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Playing to the Camera is the first full-length study devoted to the musical performance documentary. Its scope ranges from rock concert films to experimental video art featuring modernist music. Unlike the 'music under' produced for films by unseen musicians, on-screen 'live' performances show us...
The Cinema of Terry Gilliam
It's a Mad World
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Terry Gilliam has been making movies for more than forty years, and this volume analyzes a selection of his thrilling directorial work, from his early films with Monty Python to The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnussus (2009). The frenetic genius, auteur, and social critic continues to create indelible...
The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski
Variations on Destiny and Chance
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2004
Since his death in 1996, Krzysztof Kieslowski has remained the best-known contemporary Polish filmmaker and one of the most popular and respected European directors, internationally renowned for his ambitious Decalogue and Three Colors trilogy.
In this new addition to the Directors'Cuts series,...