A World of Movies
Author: Richard Lawton
Publisher: Outlet
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780517347003
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMovie stills and publicity shots depict the great stars and films of the silent era and of talkies
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How to Read a Film
Author: James Monaco
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 568
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow thoroughly revised and updated, the book discusses recent breakthroughs in media technology, including such exciting advances as video discs and cassettes, two-way television, satellites, cable and much more.
The Film Book
Author: Ronald Bergan
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780241484838
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStory of cinema -- How movies are made -- Movie genres -- World cinema -- A-Z directors -- Must-see movies.
Talking Movies
Author: Jason Wood
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781904764908
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Talking Movies' is a collection of interviews with some of the most audacious and respected contemporary filmmakers of the present generation.
The New York Times Book of Movies
Author: Wallace Schroeder
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Published: 2019-10-01
Total Pages: 1298
ISBN-13: 078933657X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of reviews for the 1,000 most important, popular, and influential movies of all time. While critiques of beloved Hollywood milestones from Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orson Welles are all included, this book is notably a resource for the modern cinema buff and student. Nowhere else can one find this curated collection of reviews with such special features as lists of best films by category and year, as well as unique recommendations and sidebars for the modern viewer--including what to watch and how: from DVD and Blu-Ray to streaming platforms. In an era when most students and fans of film simply rely on the Internet for information, this category killer will prove its worth as a relevant and indispensable gift and reference.
Reel History
Author: Alex von Tunzelmann
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Published: 2015-10-01
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1782396470
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom ancient Egypt to the Tudors to the Nazis, the film industry has often defined how we think of the past. But how much of what you see on the screen is true? And does it really matter if filmmakers just make it all up? Picking her way through Hollywood's version of events, acclaimed historian Alex von Tunzelmann sorts the fact from the fiction. Along the way, we meet all our favourite historical characters, on screen and in real life: from Cleopatra to Elizabeth I, from Spartacus to Abraham Lincoln, and from Attila the Hun to Nelson Mandela. Based on the long-running column in the Guardian, Reel History takes a comic look at the history of the world as told through the movies - the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly.
The Movies Go to College
Author: Wiley Lee Umphlett
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780838631331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTracing the collegiate film genre from the first silent offerings starting around 1915 to the realistic recent critical portrayals of college life, this study examines how collegiate films have reflected our changing tastes and values. An extensive filmography is also included.
The Greatest Movies You'll Never See
Author: Simon Braund
Publisher: Cassell
Published: 2014-02-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781844037742
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Hitchcock and Dali to Peckinpah and Lynch, cinema history is littered with masterpieces that have never seen the light of day. Now, The Greatest Movies You'll Never See unveils the fascinating - and frequently heart-breaking - stories of these projects' faltering steps from green light to movie graveyard. Opening at the dawn of contemporary cinema with Charlie Chaplin's Return from St. Helena, and closing with the collapse of Tony Scott's Potsdamer Platz, following the director's suicide in 2012, this riveting compendium of celluloid 'what ifs' goes behind the scenes of more than fifty 'lost' films to explain exactly why they never made it to the final cut. Discover the meticulous preparations behind Ray Harryhausen's War of the Worlds and Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon; learn why Brazzaville, a sequel to Casablanca, and Night Skies, a science-fiction horror story by Steven Spielberg, fell by the wayside; and read about the unrealized dreams of sometimes ill-fated auteurs Tim Burton and the Coen Brothers. The Greatest Movies You'll Never See details all the obstacles encountered, from unsympathetic studios and preposterous plots to the untimely deaths of stars. Alongside these compelling tales from development hell are script extracts, storyboards, concept artwork and frames of surviving footage. In addition, all the unmade movies are accompanied by original posters from acclaimed modern designers, including Akiko Stehrenberger (Funny Games, Kiss of the Damned) and Heath Killen (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Never Let Me Go). An endlessly absorbing alternative history of the silver screen, The Greatest Movies You'll Never See is an essential read for all true cineastes.
On the History of Film Style
Author: David Bordwell
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780674634299
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBordwell scrutinizes the theories of style launched by various film historians and celebrates a century of cinema. The author examines the contributions of many directors and shows how film scholars have explained stylistic continuity and change.
Silent Movies
Author: Peter Kobel
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2009-02-28
Total Pages: 607
ISBN-13: 0316069590
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on the extraordinary collection of The Library of Congress, one of the greatest repositories for silent film and memorabilia, Peter Kobel has created the definitive visual history of silent film. From its birth in the 1890s, with the earliest narrative shorts, through the brilliant full-length features of the 1920s, Silent Movies captures the greatest directors and actors and their immortal films. Silent Movies also looks at the technology of early film, the use of color photography, and the restoration work being spearheaded by some of Hollywood's most important directors, such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. Richly illustrated from the Library of Congress's extensive collection of posters, paper prints, film stills, and memorabilia -- most of which have never been in print -- Silent Movies is an important work of history that will also be a sought-after gift book for all lovers of film.
