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Rising Sun, Divided Land
Columbia University Press 2013; US$ 27.99With Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Clint Eastwood made a unique contribution to film history, being the first director to make two films about the same event. Eastwood's films examine the battle over Iwo Jima from two nations' perspectives, in two languages, and embody a passionate view on conflict, enemies, and heroes.... more...
Film Dialogue
Columbia University Press 2013; US$ 27.99Film Dialogue is the first anthology in film studies devoted to the topic of language in cinema, bringing together leading and emerging scholars to discuss the aesthetic, narrative, and ideological dimensions of film speech that have largely gone unappreciated and unheard. Consisting of thirteen essays divided into three sections: genre, auteur theory,... more...
Bas Jan Ader
University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 27.50On July 9, 1975, Dutch-born artist Bas Jan Ader set sail from Chatham, Massachusetts, on a thirteen-foot sailboat. He was bound for Falmouth, England, on the second leg of a three-part piece titled In Search of the Miraculous . The damaged boat was found south of the western tip of Ireland nearly a year later. Ader was never seen again. ... more...
Adapting Nineteenth-Century France
University of Wales Press 2013; US$ 150.00This book focuses on adaptations in and of nineteenth-century France, assessing the reworking of Emile Zola in radio, Honoré de Balzac in silent cinema, Gustave Flaubert in contemporary fiction, Victor Hugo in musical theatre, Guy de Maupassant in television and Jules Verne in sound film. more...
Rainer on Film
Santa Monica Press 2013; US$ 19.99From American Beauty (overrated) to The Night of the Hunter (masterpiece), this collection of Peter Rainer?s film criticism spans the course of his illustrious 30-year career, which dates back to the early 1980s. It is drawn from a wide range of publications, including the Christian Science Monitor , the Los Angeles Herald Examiner , Los Angeles... more...
Cinema and the Republic
University of Wales Press 2013; US$ 135.00A thought-provoking study of what contemporary French cinema has to say about immigration and social cohesion. more...
A Year at the Movies
HarperCollins 2013; Not AvailableFor some of us, moviegoing is an occasional pleasure. Kevin Murphy made it his obsession, and he did it for you. Mr. Murphy, known to legions of fans as Tom Servo on the legendary TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000, went to the movies every day for a year. That's every single day, people. For a whole fricken' year. And not only did he endure,... more...
A Year at the Movies
HarperCollins 2013; US$ 10.99For some of us, moviegoing is an occasional pleasure. Kevin Murphy made it his obsession, and he did it for you. Mr. Murphy, known to legions of fans as Tom Servo on the legendary TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000, went to the movies every day for a year. That's every single day, people. For a whole fricken' year. And not only did he endure,... more...
British Cinema Past and Present
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95British Cinema: Past and Present responds to the commercial and critical success of British film in the 1990s. Providing a historical perspective to the contemporary resurgence of British cinema, this unique anthology brings together leading international scholars to investigate the rich diversity of British film production, from the early sound... more...
South African National Cinema
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95South African National Cinema examines how cinema in South Africa represents national identities, particularly with regard to race. This significant and unique contribution establishes interrelationships between South African cinema and key points in South Africa?s history, showing how cinema figures in the making, entrenching and undoing of apartheid.... more...









