Film, Television & Visual Culture

Vitagraph: America's First Great Motion Picture Studio [Paperback]

Andrew A. Erish (Author)

£25.00

ISBN: 9780813195346
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
In Vitagraph, Andrew A. Erish provides a comprehensive examination and reassessment of the company most responsible for defining and popularizing the American movie. This history challenges long-accepted Hollywood mythology that simply is... .... Learn More

Anne Bancroft: A Life [Paperback]

Douglass K. Daniel (Author)

£25.00

ISBN: 9780813195421
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" These famous lines from The Graduate (1967) would forever link Anne Bancroft (1931–2005) to the groundbreaking film and confirm her status as a movie icon. Along with her portrayal of Annie ... .... Learn More

Hal Wallis: Producer to the Stars [Paperback]

Bernard F. Dick (Author)

£27.00

ISBN: 9780813195384
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Hal Wallis might not be as well known as David O. Selznick or Samuel Goldwyn, but the films he produced—Casablanca, Jezebel, Now Voyager, The Life of Emile Zola, Becket, True Grit, and many other classics (as well as scores of Elvis movies)—have c... .... Learn More

John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars [Paperback]

Eve Golden (Author)

£23.00

ISBN: 9780813196497
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
Charming and classically handsome, John Gilbert (1897–1936) was among the world's most recognisable actors during the silent era. He was a wild, swashbuckling figure on screen and off, and accounts of his life have focused on his high-profile roma... .... Learn More

Moving Pictures, Living Machines: Automation, Animation and the Imitation of Life in Cinema and Media [Paperback]

Greta Plaitano (Editor); Simone Venturini (Editor); Paolo Villa (Editor)

£33.99

ISBN: 9788869772764
Published by : Mimesis International

History of Cinema Without Names is an editorial project which gathers research papers presented at Gorizia Conference, Italy. It promotes a new research perspective on the notions of film authorship, style, and genre, with the aim of... .... Learn More

CINÉMA&CIE,INTERNATIONAL FILM STUDIES JOURNAL, VOL. XIX, no. 33, FALL 2019: Avant-garde and Popular Forms Between Music and Visual Media. Transhistorical and Intermedial Investigations [Paperback]

Simone Dotto (Editor); François Mouillot (Editor); Maria Teresa Soldani (Editor)

£12.00

ISBN: 9788869772962
Published by : Mimesis International
This special issue of Cinéma&Cie aims at pushing the discussion on the relationships between avant-garde arts and popular culture far beyond traditional scholarship on the topic, stressing the concept of cultural history more than the specificity ... .... Learn More

Cinema and Ontology [Paperback]

Maurizio Ferraris (Author); Enrico Terrone (Author)

£18.00

ISBN: 9788869771606
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Philosophy
The essays presented in this volume investigate the relationship between cinema and ontology. This investigation unfolds, on the one hand, through an ontological understanding of cinema, that is, an understanding of the specificity of if its being... .... Learn More

The Size Effect: A Journey into Design, Fashion and Media [Paperback]

Roy Menarini (Editor); Antonella Mascio (Editor); Simona Segre Reinach (Editor); Ines Tolic (Editor)

£15.00

ISBN: 9788869771743
Published by : Mimesis International
At the end of the last century, the so-called "new technologies" started to question the process of design, production, sales and consumption through a radical change, which today re-defines many concepts both in industry and every-day life. The n... .... Learn More

A History of Cinema Without Names Volume 3 [Paperback]

Diego Cavallotti (Editor); Simone Dotto (Editor); Leonardo Quaresima (Editor)

£26.00

ISBN: 9788869771354
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Udine/Gorizia Conference Proceedings
History of Cinema Without Names is an editorial project which gathers research papers presented at Gorizia Conference. It promotes a new research perspective on the notions of film authorship, style, and genre, with the aim of re-articulating the... .... Learn More

CINÉMA&CIE INTERNATIONAL FILM STUDIES JOURN ALvol. XVIII, no. 30, Spring 2018: Reinventing Mao: Maoisms and National Cinemas [Paperback]

Federico Zecca (Editor); Marco Dalla Gassa (Editor); Corrado Neri (Editor)

£12.00

ISBN: 9788869771705
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: CINÉMA&CIE
Volume: vol. XVIII
This special issue of Cinéma & Cie explores the cultural dynamics, ideological aporias and political struggles that characterize the relationship between Maoism and national cinemas, from the immediate aftermath of the Cultural Revolution to the p... .... Learn More