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A call to arms from Empire magazine's 'geek queen', Helen O'Hara, that explores women's roles - both in front of and behind the camera - since the birth of Hollywood, how those roles are reflected within wider society and what we can do to level the playing field.

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In 1974, a low-budget, no-star horror movie caused panic among the censors and provoked glee from its intended audience. This companion to "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" provides the inside story of one of the most successful and influential horror films ever made, plus its three sequels.

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The action adventure 300: Rise of an Empire is the highly anticipated follow-up to the 2007 international blockbuster 300. This oversized hardback companion book to the new movie features production art, photography from the acclaimed Clay Enos (Watchmen Portraits) and input from producer Zack Snyder and director Noam Murro.

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A groundbreaking exploration of German expressionist cinema and technology.

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Investigates the history of film in New Zealand. This volume looks at the very beginning of the NZ film industry, in the early years of the twentieth century, rather than concentrating on the renaissance in the 1970s. It covers various major directors, who have had international success, including Geoff Murphy, Roger Donaldson, and Lee Tamahori.

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A Journey Through Documentary Film offers an overview of documentary history, taking readers from the early 'actualities' of pioneering non-fiction filmmakers such as Robert J. Flaherty and John Grierson, to the documentaries of Michael Moore, Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, and the directors dominating the field (and box office) today.

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A revealing look at the Japanese through the window of their contemporary culture.

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This first book published on film noir established the genre--a classic, at last in translation.

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"A Social History of the Cinema in Wales" offers a perspective on the place of cinema in Welsh popular culture. The 'golden age' of cinema entertainment is now half a century behind us, yet it continues to linger in popular memory.

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This work examines the Welsh acting tradition. Although lacking a metropolitan centre, a culture developed in which both chapels and schools encouraged recitations and performances. Each chapter evokes an actor and assesses their work, career and contribution made to film and theatre in general.

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A simple guide to understanding how films work.

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Examines the centrality of Cinema Novo to film-making in Brazil. Focusing on film makers' use of narrative allegories for the "conservative modernization" Brazil and other nations underwent in the 1960s and 1970s, the author asks questions relating to the connection between film and history.

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A study of non-professional film making using regional archive sources and oral history. The book traces the rise of Britain's amateur cine photography from its early pioneers, through its years of peak popularity to its adjustment to wider societal and technological changes. -- .

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An incredibly detailed and thorough examination of Hollywood year by year during the first decade of the Cold War. Addresses the dramatic synergy between American politics and pop culture.

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This is the first full-length monograph in English on one of France's most important contemporary filmmakers, whose originality lies in his subtle exploration of sexuality and national identity -- .

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The films of Andrei Tarkovsky have been revered as ranking on a par with the masterpieces of Russia's novelists and composers. This book offers a comprehensive account of Tarkovsky's entire film output. It examines Tarkovsky's films elementally, grouping them into four sections: Water, Fire, Earth, and Air.