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The Movie Book

Author : DK

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 781 pages

File Size : 50,64 MB

Release : 2016-01-05

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1465450629

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Learn about the visual and performing arts in The Movie Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Movies in this overview guide to the subject, great for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Movie Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Movies, with: - More than 100 of the best movies ever made worldwide - Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts - A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout - Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understanding The Movie Book is the perfect introduction to the rich history of cinema like never before - from the golden age of black-and-white films to international art-house and 21st-century sci-fi, aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Here you’ll discover more than 100 of the best movies ever made, uncovering the key themes and big ideas behind the world's most celebrated cinematic gems. Your Movie Questions, Simply Explained This book brings cinema to life with iconic quotes and film stills, posters, biographies of directors, actors, and actresses, along with narrative timelines and infographics exploring key themes. If you thought it was difficult to learn about the best cinematic masterpieces, The Movie Book presents key information in an easy to follow layout. Learn everything about your favorite movies, as well as celebrated classics and the films to watch before you die, through iconic quotes and stills, posters, biographies, memorabilia and narrative timelines, through fantastic mind maps and step-by-step summaries. The Big Ideas Series With millions of copies sold worldwide, The Movie Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking graphics along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand.



The Art of Adaptation

Author : Linda Seger

Publisher : Holt Paperbacks

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 43,40 MB

Release : 2011-04-01

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 9781429936682

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Adaptations have long been a mainstay of Hollywood and the television networks. Indeed, most Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning films have been adaptations of novels, plays, or true-life stories. Linda Seger, author of two acclaimed books on scriptwriting, now offers a comprehensive handbook for screenwriters, producers, and directors who want to successfully transform fictional or factual material into film. Seger tells how to analyze source material to understand why some of it resists adaptation. She then gives practical methods for translating story, characters, themes, and style into film. A final section details essential information on how to adapt material and how to protect oneself legally.



The Movie Book

Author : Editors of Phaidon Press

Publisher : Phaidon Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 35,6 MB

Release : 1999-10-12

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 9780714838472

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An A-Z guide to 500 landmark individuals working in film.



The Movie Book of Answers

Author : Carol Bolt

Publisher : Hachette Books

Page : 708 pages

File Size : 21,48 MB

Release : 2018-10-23

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN : 0316449946

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An updated, repackaged edition of the bestselling divination tool and party favorite - ask a yes or no question, open the book, and discover your answer in the form of quotations from the world's most iconic films. Still looking for a way to know what tomorrow will bring? Here's where you'll find the answers that only Hollywood could provide. A party favorite, this fun, weirdly wise little book is for you. The Movie Book of Answers contains answers from over 150 films, including advice from classics such as Casablanca ("Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon."), and pithy gems from modern blockbusters like Fargo ("You're darned tootin'!"). So what are you waiting for?... Go ahead-ask your question.



The Rise (The Movie Book)

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Publisher : NCA Equal Opportunity Books

Page : 230 pages

File Size : 30,70 MB

Release :

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ISBN : 1448646561

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The Road Movie Book

Author : Steven Cohan

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 396 pages

File Size : 12,67 MB

Release : 2002-01-04

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 113482436X

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The Road Movie Book is the first comprehensive study of an enduring but ever-changing Hollywood genre, its place in American culture, and its legacy to world cinema. The road and the cinema both flourished in the twentieth century, as technological advances brought motion pictures to a mass audience and the mass produced automobile opened up the road to the ordinary American. When Jean Baudrillard equated modern American culture with 'space, speed, cinema, technology' he could just as easily have added that the road movie is its supreme emblem. The contributors explore how the road movie has confronted and represented issues of nationhood, sexuality, gender, class and race. They map the generic terrain of the road movie, trace its evolution on American television as well as on the big screen from the 1930s through the 1980s, and, finally, consider road movies that go off the road, departing from the US landscape or travelling on the margins of contemporary American culture. Movies discussed include: * Road classics such as It Happened One Night, The Grapes of Wrath, The Wizard of Oz and the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby Road to films * 1960's reworkings of the road movie in Easy Rider and Bonnie and Clyde * Russ Meyer's road movies: from Motorpsycho! to Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! * Contemporary hits such as Paris Texas, Rain Man, Natural Born Killers and Thelma and Louise * The road movie, Australian style, from Mad Max to the Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.



The Documentary Film Book

Author : Brian Winston

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 416 pages

File Size : 10,35 MB

Release : 2019-07-25

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1838718753

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Powerfully posing questions of ethics, ideology, authorship and form, documentary film has never been more popular than it is today. Edited by one of the leading British authorities in the field, The Documentary Film Book is an essential guide to current thinking on documentary film. In a series of fascinating essays, key international experts discuss the theory of documentary, outline current understandings of its history (from pre-Flaherty to the post-Griersonian world of digital 'i-Docs'), survey documentary production (from Africa to Europe, and from the Americas to Asia), consider documentaries by marginalised minority communities, and assess its contribution to other disciplines and arts. Brought together here in one volume, these scholars offer compelling evidence as to why, over the last few decades, documentary has come to the centre of screen studies.



The Movie Book

Author : Don Shiach

Publisher : Smithmark Pub

Page : 255 pages

File Size : 42,95 MB

Release : 1996

Category : Motion picture actors and actresses

ISBN : 9780765197238

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Book Description

Story of the movies, told through the people in them and behind them. includes profiles of the studios and the ruthless ambitions men who ran them.



The Movie Book

Author : Dorling Kindersley (corp)

Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 44,6 MB

Release : 2022-03-29

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 9780241562949

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Does Chinatown subvert the film noir genre? What is the effect of Pulp Fiction's episodic plot? How do multiple points of view undermine notions of reality in Rashomon? Learn the answer to these questions and more with The Movie Book, the ultimate guide to the greatest movies ever to grace the silver screen. Part of DK's bestselling Big Ideas series, The Movie Book chronicles the history of cinema, from the golden age of black-and-white films to international art-house and 21st-century sci-fi. The key themes and big ideas behind more than 100 of the world's most celebrated cinematic gems are explored in authoritative and engaging text. Beginning with the iconic A Trip to the Moon (1902), immerse yourself in the world of film, from The Wizard of Oz (1939), Vertigo (1958), and Jaws (1975) to Spirited Away (2006), Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and Parasite (2019). Discover everything about your favourite movies, as well as celebrated classics and the films you need to see, through film stills, posters, biographies, movie memorabilia, and narrative timelines. Along with iconic quotes from the films themselves and key critics, this book brings cinema to life. Whether you are a fan of comedies, romance, musicals, action movies, or thrillers, The Movie Book is essential for anyone with a passion for cinema.



The Movie Book

Author : Steven H. Scheuer

Publisher : Conran Octopus

Page : 384 pages

File Size : 11,56 MB

Release : 1974

Category : Motion pictures

ISBN : 9780706404661

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