Cinephilia in the Age of Digital Reproduction - Film, Pleasure, and Digital Culture Volume 1 by Scott Balcerzak; Jason Sperb; Sperb Balcerzak
$15.00 NZD
Category: Film | Series: Film and Media Studies | Reading Level: very good
For years, "cinephilia" has been a part of the theatrical experience, denoting a deep, even limitless passion for the medium. Cinephilia encompasses consuming, defining, sharing, discussing, and writing about films, but what happens when the experience of watching movies becomes something increasingly c ...Show more
The Film Spectator - From Sign to Mind by Warren Buckland (Editor)
$14.00 NZD
Category: Film | Series: Film Culture in Transition Ser. | Reading Level: very good
This is the first collection of essays in English to give prominence to the work of European film scholars whose aim is "to understand how film is understood." The Film Spectator raises fundamental issues that have confronted film theory for the past thirty years, but which have never been adequately an ...Show more
The Past Awaits: People, Images, Film by Vincent Ward; Lani-rain Feltham; Louis Nowra
$35.00 NZD
Category: Film | Reading Level: very good
Vincent Ward is one of the great creative figures of our generation, whose films have had an enduring influence on the way we see ourself in this country. This book is an appropriately powerful contribution to that legacy.
Playing Doctor - Television, Storytelling, and Medical Power by Joseph Turow
$15.00 NZD
Category: Film | Reading Level: very good
Playing Doctor is an engaging and highly perceptive history of the medical TV series from its inception to the present day. Turow offers an inside look at the creation of iconic doctor shows as well as a detailed history of the programs, an analysis of changing public perceptions of doctors and medicine ...Show more
Reel Tracks - Australian Feature Film Music and Cultural Identities by Rebecca Coyle (Editor)
$14.00 NZD
Category: Film | Reading Level: very good
Over the last decade popular cinema has employed a variety of music forms, including traditional composed screen music, pre-recorded music tracks, mixes of music and sound effects, and various combinations of these elements. Film music scholars have developed new ways of understanding and analyzing the ...Show more
The State of European Cinema - A New Dose of Reality by Angus Finney
$14.00 NZD
Category: Film | Series: Cassell Film Studies | Reading Level: very good
A critical review of the current state of European cinema, based on two years of research and interviews with more than 100 film professionals. The book includes: ten case studies of European films such as Trainspotting and Breaking the Waves; an analysis of Europe's public subsidy funds, co-production ...Show more
Television - The Critical View by Horace Newcomb (Editor)
$16.00 NZD
Category: Media | Reading Level: very good
First published in 1976, Television: The Critical View set the foundation for the serious study of television, becoming the gold standard of anthologies in the field. With this seventh edition, editor Horace Newcomb has moved the book from one merely intended to legitimize the critical inquiryof televis ...Show more
Return to Paradise - A Guide to South Sea Island Films by Larry Langman
$15.00 NZD
Category: Film | Reading Level: very good
Over 600 American films, released between 1908 and the present, are arranged in chronological order in this work. A must for the film buff, each entry lists the title, year of release, the releasing company or distributor, the director, screenwriter and major cast credits.
To Be Continued ... - Soap Operas Around the World by Robert C. Allen
$20.00 NZD
Category: Film | Series: Comedia Ser. | Reading Level: very good
To Be Continued... explores the world's most popular form of television drama; the soap opera. From Denver to Delhi, Moscow to Manchester, audiences eagerly await the next episode of As the World Turns, The Rich Also Weep or Eastenders. But the popularity of soap operas in Britain and the US pales in co ...Show more
Encyclopedia of European Cinema - The British Film Institute by Ginette Vincendeau (Editor)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Film | Reading Level: very good
Imagining Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary by Lliam MacDonald; Mark Cousins; Kevin Macdonald
$20.00 NZD
Category: Film | Reading Level: very good
The Chronicles of Downton Abbey: A New Era by FELLOWES JESSICA
$18.00 NZD
Category: Film | Reading Level: very good
The Great War has ended, but Downton Abbey is far from peaceful...A changing world has brought new challenges and new guests, and inside the walls of the Great House there is more intrigue, rivalry and romance than ever. The Chronicles of Downton Abbey takes you deep into the lives of the Crawleys, thei ...Show more