Film & movie: styles & genres books

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The 100 Greatest Silent Film Comedians

The 100 Greatest Silent Film Comedians

Author: James Roots
ISBN: 9781442236493
Format: Hardback
$251.00

This book ranks the top 100 silent film stars based on a scale that considers creativity, originality, chemistry...  Read More >>

Adaptation, Intermediality and the British Celebrity Biopic

Adaptation, Intermediality and the British Celebrity...

Author: Márta Minier ,  Maddalena Pennacchia
ISBN: 9781409461265
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Beginning with the premise that the biopic is a form of adaptation and an example of intermediality, this collection...  Read More >>

Journeys in Argentine and Brazilian Cinema: Road Films in a Global Era

Journeys in Argentine and Brazilian Cinema: Road Films...

Author: Natalia Pinazza
ISBN: 9781137336033
Format: Hardback
$191.95

Many South American films that use the popular road movie format to examine regional culture and attitudes, especially...  Read More >>

Revisionist Rape-Revenge: Redefining a Film Genre

Revisionist Rape-Revenge: Redefining a Film Genre

Author: Claire Henry
ISBN: 9781137414168
Format: Hardback
$191.95

Considered a notorious subset of horror in the 1970s and 1980s, there has been a massive revitalization and diversification...  Read More >>

Body Gothic: Corporeal Transgression in Contemporary Literature and Horror Film

Body Gothic: Corporeal Transgression in Contemporary...

Author: Xavier Aldana Reyes
ISBN: 9781783160921
Format: Hardback
$145.95

Body Gothic assesses the role and relevance of corporeal transgression in literature and film of the last three...  Read More >>

The Art of Noir

The Art of Noir

Author: Eddie Muller
ISBN: 9780715647684
Format: Paperback
$59.49

As bold as the genre itself, the essential collection of film noir posters  Read More >>

Reeling with Laughter: American Film Comedies: From Anarchy to Mockumentary

Reeling with Laughter: American Film Comedies: From...

Author: Michael V. Tueth
ISBN: 9781442243644
Format: Paperback
$81.99

In this book, Tueth looks at some of the most enduring comic movies of all time. Beginning with the anarchic romp...  Read More >>

James Cagney Films of the 1930s

James Cagney Films of the 1930s

Author: James L. Neibaur
ISBN: 9781442242197
Format: Hardback
$216.00

This book provides a film-by-film look at the thirty-two movies James Cagney made during the 1930s, from his supporting...  Read More >>

Studying the British Crime Film

Studying the British Crime Film

Author: Paul Elliott
ISBN: 9781906733742
Format: Paperback
$85.39

Ever since its inception, British cinema has been obsessed with crime and the criminal. The Britain of British cinema...  Read More >>

The Films of Claire Denis: Intimacy on the Border

The Films of Claire Denis: Intimacy on the Border

Author: Marjorie Vecchio
ISBN: 9781848859548
Format: Paperback
$49.99

The films of Claire Denis, one of the most challenging and respected of contemporary filmmakers, probe the psyche...  Read More >>

Bad Seeds and Holy Terrors: The Child Villains of Horror Film

Bad Seeds and Holy Terrors: The Child Villains of Horror...

Author: Dominic Lennard
ISBN: 9781438453293
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Examines the complexities and contradictions that arise when the monsters in the movies are children.  Read More >>

Gender and the Uncanny in Films of the Weimar Republic

Gender and the Uncanny in Films of the Weimar Republic...

Author: Anjeana K. Hans
ISBN: 9780814338940
Format: Paperback
$87.09

Scholars of film and German history will appreciate the intriguing study of Gender and the Uncanny in Films of the...  Read More >>

Zombies and Sexuality: Essays on Desire and the Living Dead

Zombies and Sexuality: Essays on Desire and the Living...

Author: Shaka McGlotten ,  Steve Jones
ISBN: 9780786479078
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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The Sounds of Silent Films: New Perspectives on History, Theory and Practice

The Sounds of Silent Films: New Perspectives on History,...

Author: Claus Tieber ,  Anna Katharina Windisch
ISBN: 9781137410719
Format: Hardback
$191.95

The Sounds of Silent Films is a unique collection of investigatory and theoretical essays that, for the first time,...  Read More >>

Inside the Historical Film

Inside the Historical Film

Author: Bruno Ramirez ,  Bruno Ramirez
ISBN: 9780773544208
Format: Hardback
$266.51

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Gangsters and G-Men on Screen: Crime Cinema Then and Now

Gangsters and G-Men on Screen: Crime Cinema Then and...

Author: Gene D. Phillips
ISBN: 9781442230750
Format: Hardback
$128.00

In this book, noted film and literature scholar Gene D. Phillips looks at the crime film genre. In addition to the...  Read More >>

Memory and Imagination in Film: Scorsese, Lynch, Jarmusch, Van Sant

Memory and Imagination in Film: Scorsese, Lynch, Jarmusch,...

Author: P. Lombardo
ISBN: 9780230241718
Format: Hardback
$204.39

Inspired by Baudelaire's art criticism and contemporary theories of emotions, and developing a new aesthetic approach...  Read More >>

The Other Guy: Media Masculinity Within the Margins

The Other Guy: Media Masculinity Within the Margins...

Author: Derek A. Burrill ,  Toby Miller
ISBN: 9781433122460
Format: Hardback
$563.38

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The Performance of Trauma in Moving Image Art

The Performance of Trauma in Moving Image Art

Author: Dirk Cornelis de Bruyn
ISBN: 9781443860536
Format: Hardback
$124.17

With reference to recent neurological research into Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) using new imaging technologies...  Read More >>

The Horrors of Trauma in Cinema: Violence Void Visualization

The Horrors of Trauma in Cinema: Violence Void Visualization...

Author: Michael Elm ,  Kobi Kabalek
ISBN: 9781443860420
Format: Hardback
$137.11

This volume explores the multifaceted depiction and staging of historical and social traumata as the result of extreme...  Read More >>

Modern Sci-Fi Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Time-Travel, Alien, Robot, and Out-of-This-World Movies Since 1970

Modern Sci-Fi Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know About...

Author: Tom DeMichael
ISBN: 9781480350618
Format: Paperback
$49.14

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The Emergence of Film Culture: Knowledge Production, Institution Building, and the Fate of the Avant-Garde in Europe, 1919-1945

The Emergence of Film Culture: Knowledge Production,...

Author: Malte Hagener
ISBN: 9781782384236
Format: Hardback
$175.95

Between the two world wars, a distinct and vibrant film culture emerged in Europe. Film festivals and schools were...  Read More >>

Latino Image Makers in Hollywood: Performers, Filmmakers and Films Since the 1960s

Latino Image Makers in Hollywood: Performers, Filmmakers...

Author: Frank Javier Garcia Berumen
ISBN: 9780786474325
Format: Paperback
$60.50

This book documents in-depth the historical and socio-economic factors that created Latino and Latina images and...  Read More >>

House of Horror Film by Film

House of Horror Film by Film

Author:
ISBN: 9781910270301
Format: Mixed media product
$33.61

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