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An incisive, witty and comprehensive textbook that looks at the many genres of comedy from silent film onwards. Covering film, televison and radio it is not only up-to-date but also provides full historical context. It focuses on all of the key issues studied on university courses. -- .

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Analyses the achievement of one of the central partnerships in British film history -- .

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This book presents a combined biographical, critical, and bibliographical estimate of Laurel & Hardy's significance in film comedy, the arts in general, and as popular culture icons.

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The first book-length study of Cantets work in English. It explores his unique working method, and discusses his very particular way of constructing films at the uneasy interface of the individual, the group and the broader social context.

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The first book-length study of Cantet's work in English. It explores his unique working 'method,' and discusses his very particular way of constructing films at the uneasy interface of the individual, the group and the broader social context. -- .

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Rewrites the history of the development of film and TV industries and cultures through questions of gender during the critical decade of the 1970s Spain.

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Leni Riefenstahl achieved fame as a dancer, actress, photographer and director, but her entire career is coloured by her association with the Nazis. Using original documentation, this book looks at Riefenstahl's life, work and politics.

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A study of the "enfant terrible" of French cinema. The ingredients and influences of Carax's films (including "Les Amants du Pont Neuf" and "Pola X") are examined: Paris, pop music, flanerie, amour fou, mannerist and neo-baroque aesthetics, "Nouvelle Vague" and contemporary naturalist cinema.

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"Les Diaboliques" was a top grossing film in 1955. The author sets "Les Diaboliques" against the political culture of its time, and demonstrates the importance of Clouzot as a master of the thriller genre. She gives an in-depth textual analysis of the film, and presents a comparison with its US remake.

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For a Father's Day gift or everyday inspiration: a specially priced new paperback edition of the critically acclaimed memoir

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Shares a wealth of scandalous and intriguing tales about all, from the stars of Hollywood's Golden Era like Jean Harlow and Grace Kelly to idols of the sixties and seventies like Jim Morrison and John Belushi (who tragically died there in 1982).

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In Listening to Stanley Kubrick, Christine Gengaro provides an in-depth exploration of the music that was composed for Stanley Kubricks films and places the preexistent music he utilized into historical context. This book offers a thoroughly researched examination into the musical elements of one of cinemas most brilliant artists.

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This approach to literature and film explores how contemporary fiction and film fulfill a continuum in our never-ending search to understand how life ought to be lived.

Encompassing a broad spectrum of modern film and fiction, a variety of authors and directors are represented.

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This approach to literature and film explores how contemporary fiction and film fulfill a continuum in our never-ending search to understand how life ought to be lived.

Encompassing a broad spectrum of modern film and fiction, a variety of authors and directors are represented.

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The first collection to consolidate authoritative research into the burgeoning field of 'live cinema', the creation of live events around a particular film screening.

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This critical yet accessible overview of Hollywoods local presence investigates the dynamic between the studios film entertainment divisions and individual media markets exploring how their position, partnerships and practices function in an era characterised by globalisation, digitisation and convergence.

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In this book, Philip Allen examines the presence of Lope de Vegas adapted work on Spanish screens since the mid-twentieth century. In his analysis, Allen revisits and problematizes stereotypes present in popular and academic culture surrounding the authors life and works, which have at times been co-opted as propaganda.

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This book analyses one of France's most controversial directors. It discusses Louis Malle's treatment of topics such as fascism, incest, child prostitution and the Holocaust. It is the first work published on the director in the English Language. -- .

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Now fully updated: The only critical study available of Woody Allen's entire body of work