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The Film Book: A Complete Guide to the World of Cinema

Publisher:Дорлинг Киндерсли
Year:2011
Pages:352
ISBN:978-1-4053-6316-7

Lights, camera, action... enter "The Film Book", stage left. Step into the world of cinema with "The Film Book" - the films, the directors, the genres and the styles. Profiling 100 of the world's most influential directors and 100 key cinematic works, the book will take you through the changing experience of cinema from the earliest silent movies to the modern 3D cinematic phenomenon. Covering every national school of film-making from Hollywood to Bollywood the book is a great browse bible with "Top 10" and "What to Watch" feature boxes. Test your knowledge with the essential trivia section - how much do you know about Oscar winners, biggest flops, banned films and more? From the birth of cinema right up until the present day, "The Film Book" is a cinematic masterpiece. Packaged in ...

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Ernesto R. Acevedo-Munoz. Bunuel and Mexico: The Crisis of National Cinema

Publisher:
Year:2003
Pages:202
ISBN:0520239520

Book DescriptionThough Luis Bunuel, one of the most important filmmakers of the twentieth century, spent his most productive years as a director in Mexico, film histories and criticism invariably pay little attention to his work during this period. The only English-language study of Bunuel's Mexican films, this book is the first to explore a significant but neglected area of this filmmaker's distinguished career and thus to fill a gap in our appreciation and understanding of both Bunuel's achievement andthe history of Mexican film. Ernesto Acevedo-Munoz considers Bunuel's Mexican films--made between 1947 and 1965--within the context of a national and nationalist film industry, comparing the filmmaker's employment of styles, genres, character types, themes, and techniques to those ...

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Maryanne Vandervelde. Films and Friends : Starting and Maintaining a Movie Group

Publisher:
Year:2004
Pages:208
ISBN:0312320795

Book Description The first guide to starting and maintaining a film group. If you've ever wanted to be in a film club but didn't know how to get started, choose films, and keep discussions going, this is the book for you. Here, Maryanne Vandervelde offers advice on how to deal with problems that might arise, including unforeseen pitfalls, uncooperative discussants, and scheduling conflicts. But it's the close friendships and fascinating discussions over the years that explain why her group is still going strong more than seven years after it was founded. She has compiled reflections on what they have learned, a breakdown of all the movies they've discussed, and suggestions for movie rentals, with accompanying issues and discussion topics to get the ball rolling. Fun and informative, ...

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Gay Hendricks. Spiritual Cinema

Publisher:
Year:2005
Pages:169
ISBN:1401907024

Book DescriptionWould you like to discover a new world of movies that expands your mind, warms your hearts and stirs your soul? If so, this book is sure to become a valuable resource for you. Here you will find a treasure trove of films that inspire you and celebrate every aspect of the human spirit. Spiritual Cinema asks the big questions about life and living: Who are we? Why are we here? Where are we bound? and What can we become when we live at our highest level of potential? This book can lightyour path to hundreds of hours of inspiration and wisdom.