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The Moment of Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder by David Thomson Publisher Comments It was made like a television movie, and completed in less than three months. It killed off its star in forty minutes. There was no happy ending. And it offered the most violent scene to date in American film, punctuated by shrieking strings that seared... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Hardcover 
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Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Oliver Reed by Robert Sellers Publisher Comments The Boozy Biography of the Four Greatest Actors to Ever Walk--Or Stagger--Into a Pub. Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Oliver Reed: On screen they were stars. Off screen they were legends Hellraisers is the story of drunken binges of... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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Alain Resnais (French Film Directors) by Emma Wilson Synopsis Alain Resnais, director of Hiroshima Mon Amour and L'Annee Derniere a Marienbad, has transformed the representation of memory, fantasy and desire in modern cinema. This illuminating new introduction to his work, extending from his earliest documentaries... (read more) Your price: $26.25 New - 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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Shots in the Mirror: Crime Films and Society 2nd Edition by Nicole Rafter Publisher Comments Movies play a central role in shaping our understanding of crime and the world generally, helping us define what is good and bad, desirable and unworthy, lawful and illicit, strong and weak. Crime films raise controversial issues about the distribution... (read more) List Price $30.75 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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American Science Fiction Film and Television by Lincoln Geraghty Synopsis American Science Fiction Film and Television presents a critical history of late 20th Century SF together with an analysis of the cultural and thematic concerns of this popular genre. Science fiction film and television were initially inspired by the... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $26.25 New - Trade Paper
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American Science Fiction Film and Television by Lincoln Geraghty Synopsis American Science Fiction Film and Television presents a critical history of late 20th Century SF together with an analysis of the cultural and thematic concerns of this popular genre. Science fiction film and television were initially inspired by the... (read more) List Price $94.95 Your price: $93.50 New - Hardcover
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence: From Stanley Kubrick to Steven Spielberg: The Vision Behind the Film by Jan (edt) Harlan Publisher Comments Film is the medium of the modern age, and in this spectacular, large-format publication, one of the pinnacles of contemporary moviemaking is celebrated. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) was a collaboration between two cinematic giants: Stanley Kubrick... (read more) Your price: $60.00 New - Hardcover
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Martin Scorsese's America by Ellis Cashmore Publisher Comments For over four decades, Martin Scorsese has been the chronicler of an obsessive society, where material possessions and physical comfort are valued, where the pursuit of individual improvement is rewarded and where male prerogative is respected and... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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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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A Grammar of Murder: Violent Scenes and Film Form by Karla Oeler Publisher Comments The dark shadows and offscreen space that force us to imagine violence we cannot see. The real slaughter of animals spliced with the fictional killing of men. The missing countershot from the murder victim's point of view. Such images, or absent images... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Trade Paper
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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: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Screen World, Volume 60: The Films of 2008 by Barry Monush Publisher Comments The up-to-date illustrated film reference book annual, with over 1,000 film stills. Movie fans eagerly await each new edition of Screen World, the definitive record of the cinema since 1949. Volume 60 provides an illustrated listing of every significant... (read more) Your price: $49.99 New - Hardcover
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Alice Doesnt: Feminism, Semiotics, Cinema by Teresa De Lauretis Publisher Comments The title seems appropriate, for not only is the book intended in the same sense as the placard, but both are signs of the same struggle, both are texts of the women's movement. The images or references suggested by the name 'Alice' are many and will... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Documenting the Documentary: Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video (Contemporary Film and Television) by Barry Keith (edt) Grant Publisher Comments Documenting the Documentary features essays by twenty-seven film scholars from a wide range of critical and theoretical perspectives. Each essay focuses on one or two important documentaries, engaging in questions surrounding ethics, ideology, politics... (read more) Your price: $36.75 New - Trade Paper
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From Star Wars to Indiana Jones: The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives by Mark Cotta Vaz Publisher Comments Located on the pastoral grounds of George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch, the Lucasfilm archives are where the artifacts used to make movie magic are safely stored. This private facility houses such iconic items as Jedi Master Yoda, the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lord of the Films: The Unofficial Guide to Tolkien's Middle-Earth on the Big Screen by J. W. Braun Publisher Comments A unique scene-by-scene breakdown of all of the Lord of the Rings movies, this guide provides in-depth analysis of the live-action trilogy and other related films, alongside games, puzzles, and interviews with the filmmakers. Each scene is explored in... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Clint Eastwood Icon: The Essential Film Art Collection by David Frangioni Synopsis Clint Eastwood is not a man; he is a nameless vigilante, a vengeful detective, bare-knuckle boxer, bounty hunter, Secret Service agent, Academy Award-winning director, and general force of retribution. At any moment his laconic one-liners can be heard in... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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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: $49.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers by Cathleen Falsani Synopsis Join award-winning author and columnist Falsani as she explores the serious existential questions raised in the movies of the wildly popular and always irreverent Coen brothers.... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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