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A Short History of Cahiers Du Cinema by Emilie Bickerton Publisher Comments Cahiers du cinema, the French film journal founded in 1951, had a cataclysmic influence on film-making and writing. The story of its genesis and subsequent life-cycle resonates with critics, practitioners and the film-going public, but a substantial... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Hardcover 
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Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies by Robert Sklar Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Cinema Studies the Key Concepts 2ND Edition by Susan Hayward Synopsis This text has been revised to meet the needs of students and film enthusiasts. Some 150 key genres, movements, theories and production terms are explained and analyzed. Entries include: auteur theory; Blaxploitation; British New Wave; feminist film... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Film: A Critical Introduction by Maria Pramaggiore Publisher Comments Film: A Critical Introduction, 2nd edition,provides a comprehensive framework for studying films, with an emphasis on writing as a means of exploring film’s aesthetic and cultural significance. This book’s consistent and comprehensive... (read more) List Price $107.95 Your price: $50.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Cinema Studies the Key Concepts 3RD Edition by Susan Hayward Publisher Comments Ranging from Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan to Quentin Tarantino, from auteur theory to the Hollywood Blockbuster," Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts" has firmly established itself as the essential guide for anyone interested in film. Now fully... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $20.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Film Analysis: A Reader by Jeffrey Geiger Synopsis Written with undergraduate readers in mind, these essays cover the central issues raised in today's cinema courses and provide students with practical models to help them improve their own writing and film-analysis skills. Film Analysis also includes a... (read more) List Price $38.75 Your price: $29.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Short Guide To Writing About Film 5TH Edition by Timothy Corrigan Publisher Comments Doubling an introduction to film study and a practical writing guide, this brief text introduces students to film terms and the major film theories, enabling them to write more critically. Examples from newer movies provide a fresh list of references for... (read more) List Price $33.20 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Alice Guy Blache: Cinema Pioneer by Joan Simon Publisher Comments This book celebrates the achievements of Alice Guy Blache (1873-1968), the first woman motion picture director and producer. From 1896 to 1907, she created films for Gaumont in Paris. In 1907, she moved to the United States and established her own film... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $38.50 New - Hardcover
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The Major Film Theories: An Introduction (Galaxy Book; Gb450) by Dudley Andrew Publisher Comments Both a history of film theory and an introduction to the work of the most important writers in the field, Andrew's volume reveals the bases of thought of such major theorists as Munsterberg, Arnheim, Eisenstein, Balazs, Kracauer, Bazin, Mitry, and Metz.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Soundtrack Available: Essays on Film and Popular Music by Pamela Rober Wojcik Publisher Comments From the silent era to the present day, popular music has been a key component of the film experience. Yet there has been little serious writing on film soundtracks that feature popular music. Soundtrack Available fills this gap as its contributors... (read more) List Price $33.75 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Hollywood Vs. America by Michael Medved Publisher Comments Why does our popular culture seem so consistently hostile to the values that most Americans hold dear? Why does the entertainment industry attack religion, glorify brutality, undermine the family, and deride patriotism? In this explosive book, one of the... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Art in the Cinematic Imagination by Susan Felleman Publisher Comments An illuminating exploration of the relationship between art and cinema, from Hitchcock to... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Film Experience: An Introduction by Timothy Corrigan Publisher Comments The Film Experience is a comprehensive introduction to film that treats students as the avid movie fans they are while surpassing all other texts in helping them understand the art forms full scope, breadth, and depth. Like other introductory texts, it... (read more) List Price $88.05 Your price: $34.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Reel Families (Arts & Politics of the Everyday) by Patricia Zimmermann Publisher Comments Amateur film has been seen as the junkheap of private culture. Yet, music videos recycle home movies as authenticity; commercials copy its style to sell intimacy; documentaries use it to recount history "from below." "Reel Families" is the first... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Projected Cities (Locations) by Stephen Barber Publisher Comments In this illuminating and provocative survey, Stephen Barber examines the historical relationship between film and the urban landscape. Projected Cities looks with particular focus at the cinema of Europe and Japan, two closely linked cinematic cultures... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies by Paul Bergman Book News Annotation An alphabetical guide to each character in all of Maugham's stories, novels, and plays, including human, animal, named, unnamed, living, and dead characters. Brief entries indicate the work in which the character appears and describe the character in... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hollywood in the Holy Land: Essays on Film Depictions of the Crusades and Christian-Muslim Clashes by Nickolas Haydock Synopsis This collection of essays analyzes film representations of the Crusades, other medieval East/West encounters, and the modern inheritance of encounters between orientalist fantasy and apocalyptic conspiracy. From studies of the filmic representations of... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $25.95 Used - Trade Paper
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New Hollywood Cinema : an Introduction (02 Edition) by Geoff King Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-284) and index.... (read more) List Price $34.50 Your price: $20.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Concepts in Film Theory by Dudley Andrew Publisher Comments A remarkable continuation of Dudley Andrew's classic, The Major Film Theories, this work focuses on the key concepts in film study: perception, representation, signification, narrative structure, adaptation, evaluation, identification, figuration, and... (read more) List Price $50.25 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And-Rock-N-Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind Staff Pick I don't know much about film, but I can keep up with the best Hollywood gossipers. In an attempt to elevate and justify my shameful interest in the lives of celebrities, I found a terrific book. Easy Riders Raging Bulls begins with Hollywood in bad... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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