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This is an examination of The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton s only outing as a film director It looks at the symbolism of the piece at Willa her throat cut sitting in the Model T Ford

La cima del realismo underground es la materia cinematográfica propiamente dicha. Ninguna toma puede ser más precisa que la que se hace por puro instinto, ya sea en la cámara o en la mesa de edición

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 brilliant 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 ge

Descubra todo lo que siempre quiso saber de la película que cambió el cine. Esta impresionante perspectiva entre bambalinas de 2001: Una odisea en el espacio ayuda a conocer mejor a los actores principales, diseñadores de produccion y expertos en efectos especiales que, junto a la prodigiosa mente de Stanley Kubrick y Arthur C. Clarke, revolucionaron el genero de ciencia-ficcion y el arte del cine. Disponible hasta el momento como parte de la exitosa edicion de coleccionista de varios volumenes, esta completa recopilacion grafica incluye fotografias tomadas delante y detras de las camaras, bocetos, diseños de decorados y material publicitario de los archivos de Kubrick. Este asombroso material visual desvela los meticulosos metodos de direccion de Kubrick, ademas de los misterios y el magnetismo de una pelicula enorme en su alcance y compleja en su interes humano. Escrita y documentada durante varios años por Piers Bizony, periodista especializado en tecnologia, efectos especiales y espacio exterior, esta completa recopilacion es una gran muestra de amor y un homenaje a una obra maestra de la cultura del siglo xx.

“Bond, James Bond.” Desde que Sean Connery pronunció esas palabras inmortales en 1962, el agente secreto más apuesto de la historia del cine ha cautivado y emocionado a espectadores de todo el mundo.

“Bond, James Bond.” Desde que James Bond pronunciara aquellas ya míticas palabras en 1962, el agente secreto más galante de la historia del cine no ha dejado de apasionar y conquistar a espectadores

The definitive study of the great filmmaker set in the context of Russian cultural history

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 a metal tin just like a reel of film, The Film Book is full to bursting with interesting stats, facts and figures and is essential for any film buff.

The Ethnographic Optic traces the surprising role of ethnography in French cinema in the 1960s and examines its place in several New Wave fictions and cinéma vérité documentaries during the final years of the French colonial empire Focusing on prominent French filmmakers Jean Rouch Chris Marker and Alain Resnais author Laure Astourian elucidates their striking pivot from centering their work on distant lands to scrutinizing their own French urban culture As awareness of the ramifications of the shrinking empire grew within metropolitan France these filmmakers turned inward what their similarly white urban bourgeois predecessors had long turned outward toward the colonies the ethnographic gaze Featuring some of the most canonical and best loved films of the French tradition such as Moi un Noir La jetee and Muriel this is an essential book for readers interested in national identity and cinema

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

Wes Anderson is considered one of the most important directors of the post Baby Boom generation making films such as Rushmore 1998 and The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 in a style so distinctive that his films are often recognizable from a single frame Through the travelogue The Darjeeling Limited 2007 and the stop motion animation of Fantastic Mr Fox 2009 his films examine issues of gender race and class through dysfunctional family dynamics with particular focus on masculinity and male bonding Anderson s auteur status is enriched by his fascination with Truffaut and the French New Wave as well as his authorship of every one of his screenplays drawing on influences as diverse as Mark Twain J D Salinger Roald Dahl and Stefan Zweig Works such as Moonrise Kingdom 2012 and The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 continue to fascinate with their postmodern hyper nostalgic attention to detail This book explores the filmic and literary influences that have helped make Anderson a major voice in 21st century indie culture and reveals why Wes Anderson is one of the most inventive filmmakers working in cinema today

This book offers a new interpretation of Ozu Yasujiro s career from his earliest work in the 1920s up to his death in 1963 focusing on Ozu s depiction of the everyday life and experiences of ordinary Japanese people during a time of depression war and economic resurgence

Over one hundred years since it premiered on cinema screens D W Griffith s controversial photoplay The Birth of a Nation continues to influence American film production and to have relevance for race relations in the United States While lauded at the time of its release for its visual and narrative innovations and a box office hit with film audiences it provoked African American protest in 1915 for racially offensive content In this collection of essays contributors explore Griffith s film as text artifact and cultural legacy and place it into both the historical and transnational contexts of the first half of the 1900s and its resonances with current events in America such as BlackLivesMatter HollywoodSoWhite and OscarsSoWhite movements Through studies of the film s reception formal innovations in visual storytelling and comparisons with contemporary movies this work challenges the idea the United States has moved beyond racial problems and highlights the role of film and representation in the continued struggle for equality This title is also available as an Open Access edition online at https iu pressbooks pub thebirthofanation

In this innovative book Julian Hanich explores the subjectively lived experience of watching films together to discover a fuller understanding of cinema as an art form and a social institution that matters to millions of people worldwide