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A rare intimate portrait of Hollywood s reigning blockbuster auteur whose deeply personal billion dollar movies have established him as the most successful director to come out of the British Isles since Alfred Hitchcock Updated with a chapter on Oppenheimer A masterclass brilliant Immersive detailed meticulous privileged inside dope Craig Raine More than just the tinkerings of a glass watchmaker Christopher Nolan s films have an unerring grasp of the way time makes us feel Time steals people away in his films and he takes careful note of the theft Time is Nolan s great antagonist his lifelong nemesis He seems almost to take it personally Written with the full cooperation of Nolan himself who granted Tom Shone access to never before seen photographs storyboards and sketches the book is a deep dive into the director s films influences methods and obsessions Here for the first time is Nolan on his dislocated transatlantic childhood how he dreamed up the plot of Inception lying awake one night in his dorm at school his colour blindness and its effect on Memento his obsession with puzzles and optical illusions and much much more Written by one of our most penetrating critics The Nolan Variations is a landmark study of one of the tw

This comprehensive and in depth study delves into the life and works of the most famous director who has ever lived Steven Spielberg Spielberg is the medium s defining artist the embodiment of the Hollywood ideal the commercial potential of film married to its creative possibilities He s widely popular but he s also a stylist and far darker than he is given credit for Often it is this very darkness that speaks to us But it s also his incredible knack for telling stories with lightness that speaks to millions by mixing the extraordinary with the ordinary His leading characters even Indiana Jones are marked by their vulnerability their mistakes their yearning It s the human touch There are so many parts to Spielberg s story the suburban background that supplied the films with a biographical streak the collaborations with George Lucas and the Movie Brats in general with composer John Williams producer Kathleen Kennedy editor Michael Khan stars Richard Dreyfus Harrison Ford and Tom Hanks and mogul and mentor Sid Sheinberg The myths that bloomed from the making of these films The nightmare shoot and stubborn shark behind Jaws The strange ambitions of Close Encounters Dive bombing with 1941 Inventing Indiana Jones Re inventing the blockbuste

A fresh innovative interpretation of the life work and lasting influence of the twentieth century s most iconic filmmaker

A fresh innovative interpretation of the life work and lasting influence of the twentieth century s most iconic filmmaker

The British Film Industry in 25 Careers tells the history of the British film industry from an unusual perspective that of various mavericks visionaries and outsiders who often against considerable odds have become successful producers distributors writers directors editors props masters publicists special effects technicians talent scouts stars and sometimes even moguls Some such as Richard Attenborough and David Puttnam are well known names Others such as the screenwriter and editor Alma Reville also known as Mrs Alfred Hitchcock Constance Smith the lost star of British cinema or the producer Betty Box and her director sister Muriel are far less well known What they all have in common though is that they found their own pathways into the British film business overcoming barriers of nationality race class and gender to do so Counterpointing the essays on historical figures are interviews with contemporaries including the director Amma Asante the writer and filmmaker Julian Fellowes artist and director Isaac Julien novelist and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi and media entrepreneur Efe Cakarel founder of the online film platform MUBI who ve come into today s industry adjusting to an era in which production and releasing models are

Over the decades since he was first hailed by critics and filmmakers around the world Sergei Eisenstein has assumed many identities Originally cast as a prophet of revolution and the maestro of montage and later seen as both a victim of and apologist for Stalin s tyranny the scale and impact of Eisenstein s legacy has continued to grow If early research on Eisenstein focused on his directorial work from the legendary Battleship Potemkin and October to the still controversial Ivan the Terrible with time scholars have discovered many other aspects of his multifarious output In recent years multimedia exhibitions access to his vast archive of drawings and publication of his previously censored theoretical writings have cast Eisenstein in a new light Deeply engaged with some of the leading thinkers and artists of his own time Eisenstein remains a focus for many of their successors contested as well as revered Over half a century since his death in 1948 an ambitious treatise that he hoped would be his major legacy Method has finally been published Eisenstein s lifelong search for an underlying unity that would link archaic art with film s modernity individuals with their historic communities and humans as a species with the universe may have more app

As the first book length study of the films of Mia Hansen Love this volume introduces her cinema to both an academic and a general readership

This insightful biography takes a balanced and thoughtful look at the creative and enigmatic man who has had a greater influence on American culture than almost any other individual Walt Disney

Showcases the most contemporary scholarly and archival research into Ken Russell s career and work

Examines an under analysed period of Robert Altman s career

The first multi disciplinary reconsideration of Lynch s uvre

Thefirst multi disciplinary reconsideration of Lynch s uvre

A comprehensive historically informed study of the art and politics of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar showing how Almodóvar s films draw on various national cinemas and film genres including Spanish cinema of the dictatorship European art cinema Hollywood melodrama and film noir

Learn movie making techniques through the movies you know and love with This Is How You Make a Movie Using key scenes from some of the best loved movies of all time Tim Grierson explores everything from cinematography to the secrets of talking to camera Deep focus is explored through Citizen Kane forced perspective through Elf and slow motion through Reservoir Dogs Examples from blockbusters Wonder Woman to Oscar winners Rocky silent era gems Intolerance to recent art house treasures American Honey give readers a glimpse of cinema s breadth and potential A fascinating read for movie buffs who want to understand what goes on behind the camera and above all an essential read for students and beginners in the industry With sections on acting directing lighting and camera writing and editing this book includes all the technical help you need to get your movie career off the ground Including these directors and more Steven Spielberg Martin Scorsese Mike Leigh Sofia Coppola Spike Lee Barry Jenkins Francis Ford Coppola Steve McQueen Tim Miller Stanley Kubrick Alfred Hitchcock Barry Jenkins Charlie Chaplin Roman Polanski Andrea Arnold Tim Burton Kenneth Branagh Including these movies and more Atonement If Beale Street Could Talk Ferris Bueller s D

Screen Deep is a book about the immense potential of screen storytelling to defeat an evil both historic and urgently topical racism Everyone watches TV and movies Everyone has an interest in building a more just and equitable world Screen Deep goes beyond the many film books and anti racist manuals by demonstrating the connection between these two aspects of modern life In Screen Deep Ellen E Jones combines her personal experience as a mixed race woman who cares about racism with her professional expertise as a film and TV journalist of twenty years standing to ask and answer several questions Is there such a thing as an Indigenous western Is race comedy cancelled Where are all the films for white people And most importantly Can you still fight the good fight with a mouthful of popcorn

This new and updated edition covers the full life s work of iconic director Tim Burton including the Netflix phenomenon Wednesday and the start of development on Beetlejuice 2 Tim Burton is one of the most popular and remarkable filmmakers of the last 30 years being responsible for such films as Edward Scissorhands The Nightmare Before Christmas Corpse Bride and Alice in Wonderland He is famed for the visually arresting style of his films combined with highly original storylines A truly international filmmaker Tim Burton has carved a reputation as one of the world s greatest creative directors This stunning treasury explores the influences on his development as a filmmaker and assesses how he has captured the fruits of his imagination on screen Illustrated with many behind the scenes photographs and stunning film stills chapters analyse the success and style of films such as Beetlejuice Ed Wood and Mars Attacks and examine how Burton breathed new life into well known stories that include Batman Planet of the Apes Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Alice Through the Looking Glass and Dumbo Tim Burton The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work is a must for anyone who enjoys the creativity of films and is a fitting appreciation of one of Hollywood s most dynamic m

An exploration of the films of Joao Pedro Rodrigues and Joao Rui Guerra da Mata

The story of two extraordinary filmmaking generations father and daughter Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola

The Complete Saga from Mad Max to Furiosa