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Examines the work of women in East Asian Cinema in front of and behind the screen

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This book considers the presence of the supernatural and Gothic elements of the Western on screen. It identifies traditions usually associated with the Gothic or horror film in the Western and examines ways in which they have often played either sub-textual or explicit rolesin the Western narrative throughout its history and in contemporary forms.

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Forty years ago as a graduate student I wrote a book about Spaghetti Westerns, called 10,000 Ways to Die. It's an embarrassing tome: full of half-assed semiotics and other attenuated academic nonsense.Thirty years later I wrote an entirely new book with the same title, about the same subject, from a different perspective - that...

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'Outlaw Nation' is a cultural history of the bushranger legend on stage and screen from colonial to contemporary Australia. It provides a detailed analysis of the mechanisms through which bushrangers became an indelible part of the Australian cultural consciousness.

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A return by essential film critic Laura Mulvey to questions of film theory and feminism.

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Provides an introduction to the products and context of the new Australian film industry which arose toward the end of the 1960s. Traces the development of Australian film and the evolution of the film genres peculiar to Australia and the adaptation of traditional Hollywood forms.

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The manipulation of the cinematic image by the viewer also makes visible cinema's material and aesthetic attributes. By exploring how new technologies can give new life to 'old' cinema, Death 24x A Second offers an original re-evaluation of film's history and also its historical usefulness.

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The film director is the guide, the inspiration, the focus that can shepherd hundreds of artists into the creation of a single work of art. The challenge is to collaborate effectively to realize a vision. This title helps you learn how to read a script, find its core, and determine your "vision". It aims to take the reader into the process.

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Aims to help directors create a personal camera style and master complex staging challenges. This second edition includes chapters on digital visualization and script breakdown. It uses illustrations to explain how to create extended sequence shots, elaborate moving camera choreography, and tracking shots with multiple story points.

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The second edition of Peter Hutchingss landmark work on British horror cinema, featuring later writings by Hutchings and a new introduction by film historian Johnny Walker.

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Duvivier was a giant of classic French cinema with a career spanning key moments of French film history. This analysis goes beyond its historical range to engage with key debates in film studies: notably auteurism, stardom and questions of the national. -- .

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Monsters in the closet is a history of the horror film that explores the genre's relationship to the social and cultural history of homosexuality in America. The book examines the historical figure of the movie monster in relation to various medical, psychological, religious and social models of homosexuality.

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The first book devoted to the study of horror film and adaptation. Comprised of essays by top scholars in the field, this anthology includes analyses of such under-examined films as Thomas Edisons Frankenstein, John Barrymores Jekyll and Hyde, Jean Epsteins La chute de la maison Usher, Gus van Sants Psycho and Guillermo de Toros Cronos

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Ever wonder why certain movies are considered 'classics' or 'breakthrough films' and other films are quickly forgotten This work analyzes over 50 US and foreign films in every cinematic genre including drama, westerns, horror, action-adventure, romance, comedy, romantic comedy, suspense-thriller and fantasy-science fiction.

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Nordic Noir: The Pocket Essential Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction, Film and TV by Britain's leading expert on crime fiction, Barry Forshaw, is a compact and authoritative guide to the phenomenally popular genre. The information-packed study examines and celebrates books, films and TV adaptations, from Sjwall & Wahl's...

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In the long-awaited sequel to his surprise bestseller, "Save the Cat!," author and screenwriter Snyder returns to form in a fast-paced follow-up that proves why his is the most talked-about approach to screenwriting in years.

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A study of the rape-revenge film. Jacinda Read suggests that the rape-revenge cycle can be read as one of the primary ways in which Hollywood has attempted to make sense of feminism and the changing shape of heterosexual femininity in the post-1970 period.