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Billboard (March 1911); 23 (Hardcover): The Billboard Publishing Co Billboard (March 1911); 23 (Hardcover)
The Billboard Publishing Co
R962 Discovery Miles 9 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Bad Ass Women of Cinema - A Collection of Interviews (Hardback) (Hardcover): Chris Watson Bad Ass Women of Cinema - A Collection of Interviews (Hardback) (Hardcover)
Chris Watson; Introduction by Steve Carver
R942 Discovery Miles 9 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Isabel Millar The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Isabel Millar
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the crucial role of psychoanalysis in understanding what AI means for us as speaking, sexed subjects. Drawing on Lacanian theory and recent clinical developments it explores what philosophy and critical theory of AI has hitherto neglected: enjoyment. Through the reconceptualization of Intelligence, the Artificial Object and the Sexual Abyss the book outlines the Sexbot as a figure who exists on the boundary of psychoanalysis and AI. Through this figure and the medium of film, the author subverts Kant's three Enlightenment questions and guides readers to transition from asking 'Does it think?' to 'Can it enjoy?' The book will appeal in particular to students and scholars of psychoanalysis, philosophy, film and media studies, critical theory, feminist theory and AI research.

Think Pink - The Story of DePatie-Freleng (hardback) (Hardcover): Mark Arnold Think Pink - The Story of DePatie-Freleng (hardback) (Hardcover)
Mark Arnold
R1,030 Discovery Miles 10 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Powerpuff Girls Temporary Tattoo Valentines - School Valentines (Hardcover): Powerpuff Girls Temporary Tattoo Valentines - School Valentines (Hardcover)
R250 R223 Discovery Miles 2 230 Save R27 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Make sure all your friends have an X-tra special Valentine’s Day with this awesome set of The Powerpuff Girls™ Valentines!

  • 28 CARDS AND ENVELOPES: With seven each of four unique card designs, coordinating envelopes, and exclusive The Powerpuff Girls™ temporary tattoos, this set contains everything you need to save both Townsville™ and Valentine’s Day.
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Transatlantic Crossings - British Feature Films in the United States (Hardcover): Sarah Street Transatlantic Crossings - British Feature Films in the United States (Hardcover)
Sarah Street
R3,902 Discovery Miles 39 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Transatlantic Crossings is a major study of the distribution and exhibition of British films in the USA. Charting the cross-cultural reception of many British films, Sarah Street draws on a wide range of sources including studio records, film posters, press books and statistics. While the power of Hollywood made it difficult for films that crossed the Atlantic, Street's research demonstrates that some strategies were more successful than others. She considers which British films made an impact and analyzes conditions that facilitated a positive reception from critics, censors, exhibitors and audiences. Case studies include Nell Gwyn (1926), The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), The Ghost Goes West (1935), Henry V (1946), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), Ealing comedies, The Horror of Dracula (1958), Tom Jones (1963), A Hard Day's Night (1964), Goldfinger (1964), The Remains of the Day (1993), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and Trainspotting (1996). Against a background of the economic history of the British and Hollywood film industries, Transatlantic Crossings considers the many fascinating questions surrounding the history of British films in the USA, their relevance to wider issues of Anglo-American relations and to notions of "Britishness" on screen.

Clipper (July 1913) (Hardcover): New York Clipper Clipper (July 1913) (Hardcover)
New York Clipper
R818 Discovery Miles 8 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Margarethe von Trotta - Interviews (Hardcover): Monika Raesch Margarethe von Trotta - Interviews (Hardcover)
Monika Raesch
R3,167 Discovery Miles 31 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Margarethe von Trotta (b. 1942) entered the film industry in the only way she could in the 1960s-as an actress. Throughout her career, von Trotta added thirty-two acting credits to her name; however, these credits came to a halt in 1975. Her ambition had always been to be a movie director. Though she viewed acting as a detour, it allowed her to be in the right place at the right time, and through her line of work she met such important directors as Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Volker Schloendorff. The latter would eventually provide her with the opportunity to codirect her first film, Die Verlohrene Ehre der Katharina Blum (The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum) in 1975. The debut's success ensured von Trotta's future in the film industry and launched her accomplished film directing career. In Margarethe von Trotta: Interviews, volume editor Monika Raesch furnishes twenty-four illuminating interviews with the auteur. Spanning three decades, from the mid-1980s until today, the interviews reveal not only von Trotta's life in the film industry, but also evolving roles of and opportunities provided to women over that time period. This collection of interviews presents the different dimensions of von Trotta through the lenses of film critics, scholars, and journalists. The volume offers essential reading for anyone seeking a better understanding of an iconic female movie director at a time when this possibility for women just emerged.

Film Criticism in the Digital Age (Hardcover): Mattias Frey, Cecilia Sayad Film Criticism in the Digital Age (Hardcover)
Mattias Frey, Cecilia Sayad
R3,171 Discovery Miles 31 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Over the past decade, as digital media has expanded and print outlets have declined, pundits have bemoaned a "crisis of criticism" and mourned the "death of the critic". Now that well-paying jobs in film criticism have largely evaporated, while blogs, message boards, and social media have given new meaning to the saying that "everyone's a critic" urgent questions have emerged about the status and purpose of film criticism in the twenty-first century. Film Criticism in the Digital Age, ten scholars from across the globe come together to consider whether we are witnessing the extinction of serious film criticism or seeing the start of its rebirth in a new form. Drawing from a wide variety of case studies and methodological perspectives, the book's contributors find many signs of the film critic's declining clout, but they also locate surprising examples of how critics - whether moonlighting bloggers or salaried writers - have been able to intervene in current popular discourse about arts and culture. In addition to collecting a plethora of scholarly perspectives, Film Criticism in the Digital Age includes statements from key bloggers and print critics, like Armond White and Nick James. Neither an uncritical celebration of digital culture nor a jeremiad against it, this anthology offers a comprehensive look at the challenges and possibilities that the Internet brings to the evaluation, promotion, and explanation of artistic works.

Victorian Literature and Film Adaptation (Hardcover, New): Abigail Burnham Bloom, Mary Sanders Pollock Victorian Literature and Film Adaptation (Hardcover, New)
Abigail Burnham Bloom, Mary Sanders Pollock
R2,598 Discovery Miles 25 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Conversations on Quentin Tarantino (hardback) (Hardcover): Andrew J. Rausch Conversations on Quentin Tarantino (hardback) (Hardcover)
Andrew J. Rausch
R781 Discovery Miles 7 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Marvel Studios All Your Questions Answered (Hardcover): Adam Bray Marvel Studios All Your Questions Answered (Hardcover)
Adam Bray 1
R417 R359 Discovery Miles 3 590 Save R58 (14%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Who exactly are the Guardians of the Galaxy? Why are the Infinity Stones so important? What's the best order to watch the films in? And are Iron Man and Captain America friends or enemies? If you've ever mixed up the different ?Thor ?movies, or you get confused by which Avengers villain is which, fear not! ?Marvel Studios: All Your Questions Answered? is the book for you - whether you want to take your very first steps into this pop-culture colossus, you have friends who are die-hard Marvel fans and seem to speak in another language, or you just want to have all of the questions answered that you've been dying to ask.

Featuring a sneak peek of the highly anticipated ?Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War?, this friendly companion untangles plots and characters, film by film. Even if you've never seen a Marvel Studios movie, it's hard to miss that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a really big deal. 10 years' worth of movies, all linked together into a vast, unique and compelling storyline. If you want to find out more but aren't sure where to start, this entertaining, illustrated book breaks down everything in a straightforward and fun way!

© 2018 MARVEL

Media and Genre - Dialogues in Aesthetics and Cultural Analysis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Ivo Ritzer Media and Genre - Dialogues in Aesthetics and Cultural Analysis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Ivo Ritzer
R3,898 Discovery Miles 38 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book reflects and analyzes the relationship between media and genre, focusing on both aesthetics and discursive meaning. It considers genres as having a decisive impact on media cultures, either in film, on TV, in computer games, comics or radio, on the level of production as well as reception. The book discusses the role of genres in media and cultural theory as a configuration of media artifacts that share specific aesthetic characteristics. It also reflects genre as a concept of categorization of media artifacts with which the latter can be analyzed under terms depending on a specific historical situation or cultural context. A special focus is placed on trans-media perspectives. Even as genres develop their own traditions within one medium, they reach beyond a media-specific horizon, necessitating a double perspective that considers the distinct recourse to genre within a medium as well as the trans-media circulation and adaption of genres.

Motion Picture Acting for Professionals and Amateurs (Hardcover): Jean Bernique Motion Picture Acting for Professionals and Amateurs (Hardcover)
Jean Bernique
R894 Discovery Miles 8 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Science Fiction Film and Television (Hardcover): Lincoln Geraghty American Science Fiction Film and Television (Hardcover)
Lincoln Geraghty
R3,884 Discovery Miles 38 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"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 classic literature of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne. The potential and fears born with the Atomic age fuelled the popularity of the genre, upping the stakes for both technology and apocalypse. From the Cold War through to America's current War on Terror, science fiction has proved a subtle vehicle for the hopes, fears and preoccupations of a nation at war.The definitive introduction to American science fiction, this book is also the first study to analyze SF across both film and TV. Throughout, the discussion is illustrated with critical case studies of key films and television series, including "The Day the Earth Stood Still," "Planet of the Apes," "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "The X-Files," and "Battlestar Galactica."

The Night of the Hunter (Paperback, 2000 ed.): Simon Callow The Night of the Hunter (Paperback, 2000 ed.)
Simon Callow
R385 R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Save R30 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is an examination of "The Night of the Hunter," Charles Laughton's only outing as a film director. It looks at the symbolism of the piece, at Willa, her throat cut sitting in the Model-T Ford, and the Preacher, a silhouetted threat on the horizon.

The Joe E. Brown Films (hardback) (Hardcover): James L. Neibaur The Joe E. Brown Films (hardback) (Hardcover)
James L. Neibaur
R862 Discovery Miles 8 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Andrei Tarkovsky - Pocket Guide (Hardcover, 2nd Ed.): Jeremy Mark Robinson Andrei Tarkovsky - Pocket Guide (Hardcover, 2nd Ed.)
Jeremy Mark Robinson
R970 Discovery Miles 9 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

ANDREI TARKOVSKY: POCKET GUIDE

A new pocket guide to Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986), director of seven feature films, including Mirror, Andrei Roublyov, Solaris and The Sacrifice. This book explores every aspect of Andrei Tarkovsky's output, including scripts, budget, production, shooting, editing, camera, sound, music, acting, themes, symbols, motifs, and spirituality. Tarkovsky's films are analyzed in depth, with scene-by-scene discussions. Fully illustrated.

Andrei Tarkovsky is one of the most fascinating of filmmakers. He is supremely romantic, an old-fashioned, traditional artist - at home in the company Leonardo da Vinci, Pieter Brueghel, Aleksandr Pushkin, Fyodor Dostoievsky andByzantine icon painters. Tarkovsky is a magician, no question, but argues for demystification (even while films celebrate mystery). His films are full of magical events, dreams, memory sequences, multiple viewpoints, multiple time zones and bizarre occurrences.

As genre films, Andrei Tarkovsky's movies are some of the most accomplished in cinema. As science fiction films, Stalker and Solaris have no superiors, and very few peers. Only the greatest sci-fi films can match them: Metropolis, King Kong, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Tarkovsky happily and methodically rewrote the rules of the sci-fi genre: Stalker and Solaris are definitely not routine genre outings. They don't have the monsters, the aliens, the visual effects, the battles, the laser guns, the stunts and action set-pieces of regular science fiction movies.

No one could deny that Andrei Roublyov is one of the greatest historical films to explore the Middle Ages, up there with The Seventh Seal, El Cid, The Navigator and Pier Paolo Pasolini's 'Life' trilogy. If you judge Andrei Roublyov in terms of historical accuracy, epic spectacle, serious themes, or cinematic poetry, it comes out at the top. Finally, in the religious film genre, The Sacrifice and Nostalghia are among the finest in cinema, the equals of the best of Ingmar Bergman, Luis Bunuel, Robert Bresson and Carl-Theodor Dreyer. The text for this new edition has been updated and revised.

Includes illustrations, bibliography and notes. ISBN 978186171834.

www.crmoon.com

I Love the Illusion - The Life and Career of Agnes Moorehead, 2nd edition (hardback) (Hardcover): Charles Tranberg I Love the Illusion - The Life and Career of Agnes Moorehead, 2nd edition (hardback) (Hardcover)
Charles Tranberg
R1,045 Discovery Miles 10 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Reforming Hollywood - How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies (Hardcover): William Romanowski Reforming Hollywood - How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies (Hardcover)
William Romanowski
R1,067 Discovery Miles 10 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Religious Communication Association's Book of the Year
Hollywood and Christianity often seem to be at war. Indeed, there is a long list of movies that have attracted religious condemnation, from Gone with the Wind with its notorious "damn," to The Life of Brian and The Last Temptation of Christ. But the reality, writes William Romanowski, has been far more complicated--and remarkable.
In Reforming Hollywood, Romanowski, a leading historian of popular culture, explores the long and varied efforts of Protestants to influence the film industry. He shows how a broad spectrum of religious forces have played a role in Hollywood, from Presbyterians and Episcopalians to fundamentalists and evangelicals. Drawing on personal interviews and previously untouched sources, he describes how mainline church leaders lobbied filmmakers to promote the nation's moral health and, perhaps surprisingly, how they have by and large opposed government censorship, preferring instead self-regulation by both the industry and individual conscience. "It is this human choice," noted one Protestant leader, "that is the basis of our religion." Tensions with Catholics, too, have loomed large--many Protestant clergy feared the influence of the Legion of Decency more than Hollywood's corrupting power. Romanowski shows that the rise of the evangelical movement in the 1970s radically altered the picture, in contradictory ways. Even as born-again clergy denounced "Hollywood elites," major studios noted the emergence of a lucrative evangelical market. 20th Century-Fox formed FoxFaith to go after the "Passion dollar," and Disney took on evangelical Philip Anschutz as a partner to bring The Chronicles of Narnia to the big screen.
William Romanowski is an award-winning commentator on the intersection of religion and popular culture. Reforming Hollywood is his most revealing, provocative, and groundbreaking work on this vital area of American society.

Show Sold Separately - Promos, Spoilers, and Other Media Paratexts (Hardcover, New): Jonathan Gray Show Sold Separately - Promos, Spoilers, and Other Media Paratexts (Hardcover, New)
Jonathan Gray
R3,096 Discovery Miles 30 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Highlights the trailers, merchandising and cultural conversations that shape our experiences of film and television It is virtually impossible to watch a movie or TV show without preconceived notions because of the hype that precedes them, while a host of media extensions guarantees them a life long past their air dates. An onslaught of information from print media, trailers, internet discussion, merchandising, podcasts, and guerilla marketing, we generally know something about upcoming movies and TV shows well before they are even released or aired. The extras, or "paratexts," that surround viewing experiences are far from peripheral, shaping our understanding of them and informing our decisions about what to watch or not watch and even how to watch before we even sit down for a show. Show Sold Separately gives critical attention to this ubiquitous but often overlooked phenomenon, examining paratexts like DVD bonus materials for The Lord of the Rings, spoilers for Lost, the opening credits of The Simpsons, Star Wars actions figures, press reviews for Friday Night Lights, the framing of Batman Begins, the videogame of The Thing, and the trailers for The Sweet Hereafter. Plucking these extra materials from the wings and giving them the spotlight they deserve, Jonathan Gray examines the world of film and television that exists before and after the show.

Feminist Film Theory and Cleo from 5 to 7 (Hardcover): Hilary Neroni Feminist Film Theory and Cleo from 5 to 7 (Hardcover)
Hilary Neroni
R2,849 Discovery Miles 28 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. Feminist Film Theory and Cleo from 5 to 7 offers a concise introduction to feminist film theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Agnes Varda's critically acclaimed 1962 film Cleo from 5 to 7. Hilary Neroni employs the methodology of looking for a feminist alternative among female-oriented films. Through three key concepts-identification, framing the woman's body, and the female auteur-Neroni lays bare the debates and approaches within the vibrant history of feminist film theory, providing a point of entry to feminist film theory from its inception to today. Picking up one of the currents in feminist film theory - that of looking for feminist alternatives among female-oriented films - Neroni traces feminist responses to the contradictions inherent in most representations of women in film, and she details how their responses have intervened in changing what we see on the screen.

Mr. Suicide - Henry "Pathe" Lehrman and Th e Birth of Silent Comedy (hardback) (Hardcover): Thomas Reeder Mr. Suicide - Henry "Pathe" Lehrman and Th e Birth of Silent Comedy (hardback) (Hardcover)
Thomas Reeder; Introduction by Steve Massa
R1,404 Discovery Miles 14 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Dead Man (Paperback, 2000 ed.): Jonathan Rosenbaum Dead Man (Paperback, 2000 ed.)
Jonathan Rosenbaum
R387 R357 Discovery Miles 3 570 Save R30 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

When it was released, "Dead Man" puzzled many audiences and critics. Here, the author argues that the film is both a quantum leap and a logical step in the director's career, and it's a film that speaks powerfully of contemporary concerns.

The Thin Man - Murder Over Cocktails (hardback) (Hardcover): Charles Tranberg The Thin Man - Murder Over Cocktails (hardback) (Hardcover)
Charles Tranberg
R816 Discovery Miles 8 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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