(Paperback, 2nd edition)

First edition co-authored with Jack Ellis.

(Paperback, Main)

Offers a memoir of a suburban boy, who's creative life spent turning dreams into celluloid, and money into light.

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From SD-6 to the CIA, from kick-ass costumes and multi-coloured wigs to dysfunctional family relationships and undercover office romance, the hit spy drama "Alias" has won the hearts of savvy viewers everywhere. This book takes a look at the show that's redefining the spy genre.

(Hardback)

This book is the first full-length examination of a Soviet cultural diplomatic effort. In her work, McDaniel focuses on the key role that the Soviets assigned to the arts in transforming societies and demonstrates that the Soviets conceived of the arts as a kind of "artful warfare"; a valuable weapon in winning the Cold War.

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This comprehensive history of Japanese animation draws on Japanese primary sources and testimony from industry professionals to explore the production and reception of anime, from its early faltering steps, to the international successes of Spirited Away and Pokmon.

(Paperback, Main)

In May 1979, Francis Ford Coppola unveiled a 'work in progress' cut of his film, Apocalypse Now, at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Documents, from original research and interviews, the experiences and representations which have been ignored in previous media books about people of African descent. There are chapters about Paul Robeson, Newton I. Aduaka, and soap operas, as well as several useful appendices and suggestions for further reading.

This is the most comprehensive and insightful reference available on Broadway theater as an American cultural phenomenon and an illuminator of American life.

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A comprehensive, authorized compendium of all things Buffy the Vampire Slayer, published in celebration of the revered shows twentieth anniversary.

From its debut in 1997, Buffy the Vampire Slayer became a cult hit with legions of devoted viewers and propelled the shows creator Joss Whedon to stardom.

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Deleuze identifies three distinct principal types of 'image movement' and draws upon diverse examples from the work of such major filmmakers as Griffith, Eisenstein, Cassavetes and Altman.

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Focuses on a century of film. This book argues that - after the century of Chaplin and Pol Pot, Monroe and Hitler, Stalin and Mae West, Mao and the Marx Brothers - film and history are inextricably intertwined. It presents the author's thoughts on film theory, cinematic technique, film histories, as well as the video revolution.

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Serge Diaghilev (1872 - 1929) was an extraordinarily gifted impresario, curator, director and animator of the arts. He was perfectly at home driving the wave of creative energy that pushed theatrical performance to the cutting edge of cultural activity in the early twentieth century.

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Focusing on Spielberg's blockbusters, this book examines Spielberg's distinct manipulation of film form, and his singular use of stylistic and narrative techniques. It demonstrates the aesthetic options available to Spielberg, and particularly the choices he makes in structuring his blockbusters.

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Presents miscellaneous trivia, in a question and answer format, about Disney films, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Walt Disney, and other related topics.

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No one could travel through history past present and future as much as the Doctor does without leaving an impression.

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Discussing the events from the five years since the "Doctor Who" show's return in 2005, this title presents an account of the show.

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This fascinating study relates horror film to recent interpretations of the body and the self, drawing from feminist film theory, psychoanalytic theory, cultural criticism and gender studies.

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Viewers are captivated by "Fringe", a science fiction procedural in the best tradition of "The X-Files" with a taut central mythology, rich characters, and its own laboratory cow. This title delves into the science, science fiction, and pseudoscience of "Fringe" with a collection of essays by science and science fiction writers.

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Credited with bringing the supernatural and science-fiction back to mainstream television, "Lost" is a popular television show. Every episode presents more and more mysteries. This book includes essays contributed by sex experts, psychologists, renowned science fiction authors and sociologists - who provide insights into the show.

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(Hardback)

An examination of experimental cinema and media art from the Arabic-speaking world that explores filmmakers' creative and philosophical inventiveness in trying times.

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The 14 genres considered here by film scholar contributors other than Gehring include the adventure film, the western, the gangster film, film noir, the WW II combat film, the horror film, science fiction, fantasy, the musical, melodrama, the social problem film, the biographical film, and the art film.