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Cinema Speculation (Paperback): Quentin Tarantino Cinema Speculation (Paperback)
Quentin Tarantino
R514 R472 Discovery Miles 4 720 Save R42 (8%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A unique cocktail of personal memoir, cultural criticism and Hollywood history by the one and only Quentin Tarantino.

In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with CINEMA SPECULATION, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans - and all movie lovers - could have hoped for.

Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he first saw as a young moviegoer at the time, this book is as intellectually rigorous and insightful as it is rollicking and entertaining.

At once film criticism, film theory, a feat of reporting, and wonderful personal history, it is all written in the singular voice recognizable immediately as QT's and with the rare perspective about cinema possible only from one of the greatest practitioners of the artform ever.

Feel Free - Essays (Paperback): Zadie Smith Feel Free - Essays (Paperback)
Zadie Smith 1
R328 R299 Discovery Miles 2 990 Save R29 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The one and only Zadie Smith, prize-winning, bestselling author of Swing Time and White Teeth, is back with a second unmissable collection of essays.

No subject is too fringe or too mainstream for Zadie Smith's insatiable curiosity. From social media to the environment, from Jay-Z to Karl Ove Knausgaard, she has endless enthusiasmand the boundless wit, insight and wisdom to match. In Feel Free, pop culture, high culture, social change and political debate all get the Zadie Smith treatment, dissected with razor-sharp intellect, set brilliantly against the context of the utterly contemporary, and considered with a deep humanity and compassion.

This electrifying new collection showcases its author as a true literary powerhouse, demonstrating once again her credentials as an essential voice of her generation.

Richard Green In South African Film - Forging Creative New Directions (Paperback): Keyan A. Tomaselli, Richard Green Richard Green In South African Film - Forging Creative New Directions (Paperback)
Keyan A. Tomaselli, Richard Green
R395 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Save R30 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Both a history and a critique of South Africa's film industry, this book recounts the long experience of filmmaker and producer Richard Green.

Green's story—especially his work in forging the film initiative New Directions Africa—is emblematic of the struggles, negotiations, and competing ideologies that faced South Africa as it emerged from apartheid.

He continues to be an essential part of what is now a burgeoning industry that not only supports the creative work of Africans, but is also seen as having an important role in the nation-building process.

Now Go, 13 - On Grief and Studio Ghibli (Paperback): Karl Thomas Smith Now Go, 13 - On Grief and Studio Ghibli (Paperback)
Karl Thomas Smith
R216 R195 Discovery Miles 1 950 Save R21 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Grief is all around us. At the heart of the brightly coloured, vividly characterised, joyful films of Studio Ghibli, they are wracked with loss - of innocence, of love, of the connection to our world and of that world itself. Now Go enters these emotional waters to interrogate not only how Studio Ghibli navigates grief so well, but how that informs our own understanding of grief's manifold faces.

Max Factor and Hollywood - A Glamorous History (Paperback): Erika Thomas Max Factor and Hollywood - A Glamorous History (Paperback)
Erika Thomas; Contributions by Marc Wanamaker
R544 R503 Discovery Miles 5 030 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sculpting in Time - Reflections on the Cinema (Paperback, New ed): Andrey Tarkovsky Sculpting in Time - Reflections on the Cinema (Paperback, New ed)
Andrey Tarkovsky; Translated by Kitty Hunter Blair
R798 Discovery Miles 7 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Andrey Tarkovsky, the genius of modern Russian cinema--hailed by Ingmar Bergman as "the most important director of our time"--died an exile in Paris in December 1986. In Sculpting in Time, he has left his artistic testament, a remarkable revelation of both his life and work. Since Ivan's Childhood won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1962, the visionary quality and totally original and haunting imagery of Tarkovsky's films have captivated serious movie audiences all over the world, who see in his work a continuation of the great literary traditions of nineteenth-century Russia. Many critics have tried to interpret his intensely personal vision, but he himself always remained inaccessible.

In Sculpting in Time, Tarkovsky sets down his thoughts and his memories, revealing for the first time the original inspirations for his extraordinary films--Ivan's Childhood, Andrey Rublyov, Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker, Nostalgia, and The Sacrifice. He discusses their history and his methods of work, he explores the many problems of visual creativity, and he sets forth the deeply autobiographical content of part of his oeuvre--most fascinatingly in The Mirror and Nostalgia. The closing chapter on The Sacrifice, dictated in the last weeks of Tarkovsky's life, makes the book essential reading for those who already know or who are just discovering his magnificent work.

Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli - The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather (Hardcover): Mark Seal Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli - The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather (Hardcover)
Mark Seal
R530 R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Save R57 (11%) In Stock

The behind-the-scenes story of the making of The Godfather, fifty years after the classic film's original release. The story of how The Godfather was made is as dramatic, operatic, and entertaining as the film itself. Over the years, many versions of various aspects of the movie's fiery creation have been told-sometimes conflicting, but always compelling. Mark Seal sifts through the evidence, has extensive new conversations with director Francis Ford Coppola and several heretofore silent sources, and complements them with colorful interviews with key players including actors Al Pacino, James Caan, Talia Shire, and others for irresistible insights into how the movie whose success some initially doubted roared to glory. On top of the usual complications of filmmaking, the creators of The Godfather had to contend with the real-life members of its subject matter: the Mob. During production of the movie, location permits were inexplicably revoked, author Mario Puzo got into a public brawl with an irate Frank Sinatra, producer Al Ruddy's car was found riddled with bullets, men with "connections" vied to be in the cast, and some were given film roles. As Seal notes, this is the tale of "a classic movie that revolutionized filmmaking, saved Paramount Pictures, minted a new generation of movie stars, made its struggling author Mario Puzo rich and famous, and sparked a war between two of the mightiest powers in America: the sharks of Hollywood and the highest echelons of the Mob." Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli is the lively and complete story of how a masterpiece was made, perfect for anyone who loves the movies.

Alternative Film Posters A-Z (Hardcover): Jeremy Arblaster Alternative Film Posters A-Z (Hardcover)
Jeremy Arblaster
R1,037 Discovery Miles 10 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
American Energy Cinema (Paperback): Robert Lifset, Raechel Lutz, Sarah Stanford-McIntyre American Energy Cinema (Paperback)
Robert Lifset, Raechel Lutz, Sarah Stanford-McIntyre
R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Historians investigate the relationships between film, culture, and energy. American Energy Cinema explores how Hollywood movies have portrayed energy from the early film era to the present. Looking at classics like Giant, Silkwood, There Will Be Blood, and Matewan, and at quirkier fare like A Is for Atom and Convoy, it argues that films have both reflected existing beliefs and conjured new visions for Americans about the role of energy in their lives and their history. The essays in this collection show how film provides a unique and informative lens to understand perceptions of energy production, consumption, and infrastructure networks. By placing films that prominently feature energy within historical context and analyzing them as historical objects, the contributing authors demonstrate how energy systems of all kinds are both integral to the daily life of Americans and inextricable from larger societal changes and global politics.

May 68 in French Fiction and Film - Rethinking Society, Rethinking Representation (Hardcover): Margaret Atack May 68 in French Fiction and Film - Rethinking Society, Rethinking Representation (Hardcover)
Margaret Atack
R5,205 Discovery Miles 52 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first study of May 68 in fiction and in film. It looks at the ways the events themselves were represented in narrative, evaluates the impact these crucial times had on French cultural and intellectual history, and offers readings of texts which were shaped by it. The chosen texts concentrate upon important features of May and its aftermath: the student rebellion, the workers strikes, the question of the intellectuals, sexuality, feminism, the political thriller, history, and textuality. Attention is paid to the context of the social and cultural history of the Fifth Republic, to Gaullism, and to the cultural politics of gauchisme. The book aims to show the importance of the interplay of real and imaginary in the text(s) of May, and the emphasis placed upon the problematic of writing and interpretation. It argues that re-reading the texts of May forces a reconsideration of the existing accounts of postwar cultural history. The texts of May reflect on social order, on rationality, logic, and modes of representation, and are this highly relevant to contemporary debates on modernity.

Death on the Run (Paperback, Sasha Ed.): Corna Cunningham Death on the Run (Paperback, Sasha Ed.)
Corna Cunningham
R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A History of the Life of Richard Coeur De Lion, King of England, 2 (Paperback): George Payne Rainsford James A History of the Life of Richard Coeur De Lion, King of England, 2 (Paperback)
George Payne Rainsford James
R616 Discovery Miles 6 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
As You Wish - Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride (Paperback, Export): Cary Elwes, Joe Layden As You Wish - Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride (Paperback, Export)
Cary Elwes, Joe Layden; Foreword by Rob Reiner 2
R266 R199 Discovery Miles 1 990 Save R67 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes the New York Times bestselling account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with the cast and crew. The Princess Bride has been a family favourite for close to three decades. Ranked by the American Film Institute as one of the top 100 Greatest Love Stories and by the Writers Guild of America as one of the top 100 screenplays of all time, The Princess Bride will continue to resonate with audiences for years to come. Cary Elwes was inspired to share his memories and give fans an unprecedented look into the creation of the film while participating in the twenty-fifth anniversary cast reunion. In As You Wish he has created an enchanting experience; in addition to never-before seen photos and interviews with his fellow cast mates, there are plenty of set secrets and backstage stories. With a foreword by Rob Reiner and limited edition original artwork by acclaimed artist Shepard Fairey, As You Wish is a must-have for all fans of this beloved film.

Before The Raid (Paperback): Tom L West Before The Raid (Paperback)
Tom L West
R295 Discovery Miles 2 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Before the Raid was a 1942 Crown Film Unit, propaganda film, made for boosting public morale in war time. The booklet explores the making of this film at Portmahomack in North East Scotland, and its message about the need for free and oppressed peoples to engage in civil resistance towards evil and, with sacrifice, in their ability to overcome it. In support of their work in maintaining the local history of the Tarbat Peninsula, all proceeds from the sale of this book go to: The Tarbat Historic Trust.

The End - Surviving the World Through Imagined Disasters (Paperback): Katie Goh The End - Surviving the World Through Imagined Disasters (Paperback)
Katie Goh
R219 R198 Discovery Miles 1 980 Save R21 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Movies made easy - A practical guide to film analysis (Paperback, 2nd ed): Leon van Nierop Movies made easy - A practical guide to film analysis (Paperback, 2nd ed)
Leon van Nierop
R597 Discovery Miles 5 970 Ships in 7 - 10 working days

The introduction of film study or analysis into the school curriculum along with the presentation of courses on the art of cinema at several universities and universities of technology, has led to more and more students becoming cinema literate. Movies made easy is a guideline for students who want to discover or rediscover the joys of cinema, while focusing on important elements such as editing, subtext, directing and irony in a film. This is an update of Seeing sense - on film analysis, but provides greater balance between classic and contemporary films, and South African films and Hollywood blockbusters.

The George Raft Films (hardback) (Hardcover): James L. Neibaur The George Raft Films (hardback) (Hardcover)
James L. Neibaur
R1,081 Discovery Miles 10 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Cinema of Stephanie Rothman - Radical Acts in Filmmaking (Hardcover): Alicia Kozma The Cinema of Stephanie Rothman - Radical Acts in Filmmaking (Hardcover)
Alicia Kozma
R3,170 Discovery Miles 31 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The rare woman director working in second-wave exploitation, Stephanie Rothman (b. 1936) directed seven successful feature films, served as the vice president of an independent film company, and was the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America's student filmmaking prize. Despite these career accomplishments, Rothman retired into relative obscurity. In The Cinema of Stephanie Rothman: Radical Acts in Filmmaking, author Alicia Kozma uses Rothman's career as an in-depth case study, intertwining historical, archival, industrial, and filmic analysis to grapple with the past, present, and future of women's filmmaking labor in Hollywood. Understanding second wave exploitation filmmaking as a transitory space for the industrial development of contemporary Hollywood that also opened up opportunities for women practitioners, Kozma argues that understudied film production cycles provide untapped spaces for discovering women's directorial work. The professional career and filmography of Rothman exemplify this claim. Rothman also serves as an apt example for connecting the structure of film histories to the persistent strictures of rhetorical language used to mark women filmmakers and their labor. Kozma traces these imbrications across historical archives. Adopting a diverse methodological approach, The Cinema of Stephanie Rothman shines a needed spotlight on the problems and successes of the memorialization of women's directorial labor, connecting historical and contemporary patterns of gendered labor disparity in the film industry. This book is simultaneously the first in-depth scholarly consideration of Rothman, the debut of the most substantive archival materials collected on Rothman, and a feminist political intervention into the construction of film histories.

Monsters, Makeup & Effects 2 - Conversations with Cinema's Greatest Artists: Conversations with Cinema's Greatest... Monsters, Makeup & Effects 2 - Conversations with Cinema's Greatest Artists: Conversations with Cinema's Greatest Artists (Hardcover)
Heather Wixson
R1,172 Discovery Miles 11 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Seeing Sense: On film analysis (Paperback, Reissue): Leon van Nierop Seeing Sense: On film analysis (Paperback, Reissue)
Leon van Nierop
R597 Discovery Miles 5 970 Ships in 7 - 10 working days

The introduction of film study or analysis into the school curriculum, along with the presentation of courses on the art of cinema at technikons, universities and film and television schools, has led to more and more students becoming cinema literate at an early age. It is not intended as a text on film criticism, film theory or communication studies. Instead it sets out to provide practical answers to questions confronted by newcomers to courses on film analysis and appreciation. The contemporary examples, case studies and many photographs enhance the student-driven approach of this interesting publication.

The Cannon Film Guide Volume II (1985-1987) (hardback) (Hardcover): Austin Trunick The Cannon Film Guide Volume II (1985-1987) (hardback) (Hardcover)
Austin Trunick
R1,554 Discovery Miles 15 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Rewatching on the Point of the Cinematic Index (Hardcover): Allen H. Redmon Rewatching on the Point of the Cinematic Index (Hardcover)
Allen H. Redmon
R3,154 Discovery Miles 31 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Rewatching on the Point of the Cinematic Index offers a reassessment of the cinematic index as it sits at the intersection of film studies, trauma studies, and adaptation studies. Author Allen H. Redmon argues that far too often scholars imagine the cinematic index to be nothing more than an acknowledgment that the lens-based camera captures and brings to the screen a reality that existed before the camera. When cinema's indexicality is so narrowly defined, the entire nature of film is called into question the moment film no longer relies on a lens-based camera. The presence of digital technologies seemingly strips cinema of its indexical standing. This volume pushes for a broader understanding of the cinematic index by returning to the early discussions of the index in film studies and the more recent discussions of the index in other digital arts. Bolstered by the insights these discussions can offer, the volume looks to replace what might be best deemed a diminished concept of the cinematic index with a series of more complex cinematic indices, the impoverished index, the indefinite index, the intertextual index, and the imaginative index. The central argument of this book is that these more complex indices encourage spectators to enter a process of ongoing adaptation of the reality they see on the screen, and that it is on the point of these indices that the most significant instances of rewatching movies occur. Examining such films as John Lee Hancock's Saving Mr. Banks (2013); Richard Linklater's oeuvre; Paul Greengrass's United 93 (2006); Oliver Stone's World Trade Center (2006); Stephen Daldry's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011); and Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017), Inception (2010), and Memento (2000), Redmon demonstrates that the cinematic index invites spectators to enter a process of ongoing adaptation.

For No Reason at All - The Changing Narrative of the First World War in American Film (Hardcover): Jeffrey A. Hinkelman For No Reason at All - The Changing Narrative of the First World War in American Film (Hardcover)
Jeffrey A. Hinkelman
R3,187 Discovery Miles 31 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The years following the signing of the Armistice saw a transformation of traditional attitudes regarding military conflict as America attempted to digest the enormity and futility of the First World War. During these years popular film culture in the United States created new ways of addressing the impact of the war on both individuals and society. Filmmakers with direct experience of combat created works that promoted their own ideas about the depiction of wartime service-ideas that frequently conflicted with established, heroic tropes for the portrayal of warfare on film. Those filmmakers spent years modifying existing standards and working through a variety of storytelling options before achieving a consensus regarding the fitting method for rendering war on screen. That consensus incorporated facets of the experience of Great War veterans, and these countered and undermined previously accepted narrative strategies. This process reached its peak during the Pre-Code Era of the early 1930s when the initially prevailing narrative would be briefly supplanted by an entirely new approach that questioned the very premises of wartime service. Even more significantly, the rhetoric of these films argued strongly for an antiwar stance that questioned every aspect of the wartime experience. For No Reason at All: The Changing Narrative of the First World War in American Film discusses a variety of Great War-themed films made from 1915 to the present, tracing the changing approaches to the conflict over time. Individual chapters focus on movie antecedents, animated films and comedies, the influence of literary precursors, the African American film industry, women-centered films, and the effect of the Second World War on depictions of the First. Films discussed include Hearts of the World, The Cradle of Courage, Birthright, The Big Parade, She Goes to War, Doughboys, Young Eagles, The Last Flight, Broken Lullaby, Lafayette Escadrille, and Wonder Woman, among many others.

Shooting to Kill - How an Independent Producer Blasts Through the Barriers to Make Movies That Matter (Paperback, New edition):... Shooting to Kill - How an Independent Producer Blasts Through the Barriers to Make Movies That Matter (Paperback, New edition)
Christine Vachon, David Edelstein
R468 R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Save R31 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Complete with behind-the-scenes diary entries from the set of Vachon's best-known fillms, Shooting to Kill offers all the satisfaction of an intimate memoir from the frontlines of independent filmmakins, from one of its most successful agent provocateurs -- and survivors. Hailed by the New York Times as the "godmother to the politically committed film" and by Interview as a true "auteur producer," Christine Vachon has made her name with such bold, controversial, and commercially successful films as "Poison," "Swoon," Kids," "Safe," "I Shot Andy Warhol," and "Velvet Goldmine." Over the last decade, she has become a driving force behind the most daring and strikingly original independent filmmakers-from Todd Haynes to Tom Kalin and Mary Harron-and helped put them on the map.

So what do producers do? "What don't they do?" she responds. In this savagely witty and straight-shooting guide, Vachon reveals trheguts of the filmmaking process--rom developing a script, nurturing a director's vision, getting financed, and drafting talent to holding hands, stoking egos, stretching every resource to the limit and pushing that limit. Along the way, she offers shrewd practical insights and troubleshooting tips on handling everything from hysterical actors and disgruntled teamsters to obtuse marketing executives.

Complete with behind-the-scenes diary entries from the sets of Vachon's best-known films, Shooting To Kill offers all the satisfactions of an intimate memoir from the frontlines of independent filmmaking, from one of its most successful agent provocateurs-and survivors.

Autobiographical Reenactment in French and Belgian Film - Repetition, Memory, Self (Hardcover): Tom Cuthbertson Autobiographical Reenactment in French and Belgian Film - Repetition, Memory, Self (Hardcover)
Tom Cuthbertson
R2,698 Discovery Miles 26 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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