Film & movie: styles & genres books

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The Creation of the Cowboy Hero: Fiction, Film and Fact

The Creation of the Cowboy Hero: Fiction, Film and Fact...

Author: Jeremy Agnew
ISBN: 9780786478392
Format: Paperback
$43.95

"""As business interests have commercialized the American West and publishers and studios have created a compelling...  Read More >>

Japanese and American Horror: A Comparative Study of Film, Fiction, Graphic Novels and Video Games

Japanese and American Horror: A Comparative Study of...

Author: Katarzyna Marak
ISBN: 9780786496662
Format: Paperback
$43.95

Horror fiction is an important part of the popular culture in many modern societies. This book compares and contrasts...  Read More >>

Travels of Bollywood Cinema:: From Bombay to LA

Travels of Bollywood Cinema:: From Bombay to LA

Author: Anjali Gera Roy (, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Kharagpur) ,  Chua Beng Huat (, Chua Beng Huat: Professor, Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore)
ISBN: 9780199454150
Format: Paperback
$44.95

The book examines the historical and spatial flows of Indian popular cinema from Bombay (Mumbai) and other production...  Read More >>

Politics in Popular Movies: Rhetorical Takes on Horror, War, Thriller, and Sci-Fi Films

Politics in Popular Movies: Rhetorical Takes on Horror,...

Author: John S. Nelson
ISBN: 9781612055565
Format: Hardback
$242.00

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The Creature Chronicles: Exploring the Black Lagoon Trilogy

The Creature Chronicles: Exploring the Black Lagoon...

Author: Tom Weaver ,  David Schecter
ISBN: 9780786494187
Format: Hardback
$114.00

"""He was the final addition to Universal's ""royal family"" of movie monsters: The Creature from the Black Lagoon....  Read More >>

Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film, Updated Edition

Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror...

Author: Tony Williams
ISBN: 9781628461909
Format: Hardback
$290.40

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The Sci-fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz

The Sci-fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien...

Author: Chris Barsanti
ISBN: 9781578595037
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Once upon a time, science fiction was only in the future. It was the stuff of drive-ins and cheap double-bills....  Read More >>

Warlikowski: Extra Ecclesiam: Translated by Soren Gauger

Warlikowski: Extra Ecclesiam: Translated by Soren Gauger...

Author: Jaroslaw Fazan ,  Grzegorz Niziolek
ISBN: 9783631626801
Format: Hardback
$103.63

This book joins Krzysztof Warlikowski’s theater with the dynamic changes in Polish society following 1989, using...  Read More >>

Women and Death in Film, Television, and News: Dead but Not Gone

Women and Death in Film, Television, and News: Dead...

Author: Joanne Clarke Dillman
ISBN: 9781137457684
Format: Hardback
$184.95

Dead women litter the visual landscape of the 2000s. In this book, Clarke Dillman explains the contextual environment...  Read More >>

The Zombie Renaissance in Popular Culture

The Zombie Renaissance in Popular Culture

Author: L. Hubner ,  M. Leaning
ISBN: 9781137276490
Format: Hardback
$191.95

This collection addresses the significant cultural phenomenon of the 'zombie renaissance' – the growing importance...  Read More >>

‘Dancing As If Language No Longer Existed’: Dance in Contemporary Irish Drama

‘Dancing As If Language No Longer Existed’: Dance in...

Author: Eamon Maher ,  Katarzyna Ojrzynska
ISBN: 9783034318136
Format: Paperback
$133.64

This book offers a comprehensive study of the role of dance in a wide range of contemporary Irish plays, arguing...  Read More >>

Avant-Doc: Intersections of Documentary and Avant-Garde Cinema

Avant-Doc: Intersections of Documentary and Avant-Garde...

Author: Scott MacDonald (Professor of Film History, Professor of Film History, Hamilton College)
ISBN: 9780199388707
Format: Hardback
$228.95

With in-depth interviews of directors like Nina Davenport, Ross McElwee, Ed Pincus, and others, Avant-Doc provides...  Read More >>

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Chronicles: Art & Design

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Chronicles:...

Author: Weta
ISBN: 9780062265715
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Companion to the motion picture The Hobbit: the battle of the five armies, which is based on The Hobbit by J.R.R....  Read More >>

Phantom Ladies: Hollywood Horror and the Home Front

Phantom Ladies: Hollywood Horror and the Home Front...

Author: Tim Snelson
ISBN: 9780813570426
Format: Paperback
$102.83

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The Hollywood Meme

The Hollywood Meme

Author: Professor Christopher A Whatley (University of Dundee)
ISBN: 9780748677474
Format: Electronic book text
$343.17

Public opinion in Scotland in 1707 was sharply divided, between advocates of Union, opponents, and a large body...  Read More >>

Rex Ingram: Visionary Director of the Silent Screen

Rex Ingram: Visionary Director of the Silent Screen...

Author: Ruth Barton
ISBN: 9780813147093
Format: Hardback
$92.27

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The Monomyth in American Science Fiction Films: 28 Visions of the Hero's Journey

The Monomyth in American Science Fiction Films: 28 Visions...

Author: Donald E. Palumbo ,  Donald E. Palumbo
ISBN: 9780786479115
Format: Paperback
$46.00

"One of the great intellectual achievements of the 20th century, Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces...  Read More >>

Dashiell Hammett and the Movies

Dashiell Hammett and the Movies

Author: William H. Mooney
ISBN: 9780813562520
Format: Paperback
$102.83

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Dashiell Hammett and the Movies

Dashiell Hammett and the Movies

Author: William H. Mooney
ISBN: 9780813562537
Format: Hardback
$396.00

As the father of the hardboiled detective genre, Dashiell Hammett had a huge influence on Hollywood. Yet, it is...  Read More >>

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

Author: Barry Forshaw
ISBN: 9781844578115
Format: Paperback
$26.99

The War of the Worlds was one of a handful of high-prestige science fiction productions in a low-budget era, and...  Read More >>

Quatermass and the Pit

Quatermass and the Pit

Author: Kim Newman
ISBN: 9781844577910
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Kim Newman's fascinating study focuses on Roy Ward Baker's 1967 film, written by Quatermass creator Nigel Kneale...  Read More >>

Film Noir

Film Noir

Author: Homer B. Pettey ,  R. Barton Palmer
ISBN: 9780748691074
Format: Hardback
$232.88

Explores the development of film noir as a cultural and artistic phenomenon. This book traces the development of...  Read More >>

International Noir

International Noir

Author: Homer B. Pettey ,  R. Barton Palmer
ISBN: 9780748691104
Format: Hardback
$232.88

Examines the influence of film noir on visual narrative and technique in global cinematic traditions. This book...  Read More >>

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