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  • Audience Sociology and Consumer Behavior in the Film Industry
    Azime Cantaş
    With traditional media forms merging with emerging digital platforms, researchers and scholars face the daunting task of untangling the complex interplay between media consumption, cultural identities, and societal norms. Navigating this intricate terrain can be challenging, especially given the need for a cohesive research agenda. Audience Sociology and Consumer Behavior in th...
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    295,03 €

  • Audience Sociology and Consumer Behavior in the Film Industry
    Azime Cantaş
    With traditional media forms merging with emerging digital platforms, researchers and scholars face the daunting task of untangling the complex interplay between media consumption, cultural identities, and societal norms. Navigating this intricate terrain can be challenging, especially given the need for a cohesive research agenda. Audience Sociology and Consumer Behavior in th...
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    222,64 €

  • The Biopolitics of Gesture in the Cinema of Yorgos Lanthimos
    Carlo Comanducci
    This book establishes a dialogue between Yorgos Lanthimos and Giorgio Agamben as a way of interpreting the 'weird' roles, rules, and rituals that define and discipline lives in Lanthimos’s early works, from Kinetta to The Killing of a Sacred Deer. By exploring the resonance between Lanthimos’s cinema and Agamben’s understanding of gesture, this work wants to contribute to a the...
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    208,43 €

  • Film Literacy im Englischunterricht
    Jan-Erik Leonhardt
    Filme sind zu einem wichtigen Bestandteil des Fremdsprachenunterrichts geworden, jedoch erfolgte der Einsatz von Filmen bislang auf Basis eines empirisch wenig fundierten Forschungsfeldes. In diesem Buch untersucht Jan-Erik Leonhardt die Frage, welche Teilkompetenzniveaus von Film Literacy, also der Fähigkeit zu einem kritischen und selbstbestimmten Umgang mit Filmen, Lernende ...
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    114,96 €

  • Lloyd Kaufman
    Mathew Klickstein
    After nearly fifty years of disrupting media, gleefully Rabelaisian uberindie filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman (b. 1945) has been maligned, mocked, and--worst of all--ignored throughout the general course of his wildly eclectic and impactful filmography. As the equally huckster-ish and self-denigrating cofounder and president of Troma Entertainment--responsible for the likes of such sch...
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    158,32 €

  • Lloyd Kaufman
    Mathew Klickstein
    After nearly fifty years of disrupting media, gleefully Rabelaisian uberindie filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman (b. 1945) has been maligned, mocked, and--worst of all--ignored throughout the general course of his wildly eclectic and impactful filmography. As the equally huckster-ish and self-denigrating cofounder and president of Troma Entertainment--responsible for the likes of such sch...
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    35,56 €

  • Fred Schepisi
    Tom Ryan
    In the New Yorker, Stephen Schiff has described Fred Schepisi (b. 1939) as 'probably the least-known great director working in the mainstream American cinema--a master storyteller with a serenely muscular style that can make more flamboyant moviemakers look coarse and overweening.' Schepisi’s launch in Australia during the country’s film renaissance of the 1970s and his ongoing...
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    42,89 €

  • Italian Contemporary Screen Performers
    Bringing together performance studies, celebrity studies, and media production studies, this open access book offers a comprehensive understanding of the multi-layered condition of film and television performers within the contemporary Italian screen media landscape. By focusing on a selection of stars who reached success from 2000 onwards, the collection highlights how the ren...
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    75,21 €

  • A Vida Corporativa
    Wilson Fricati
    O futuro da vida corporativa traz consigo perspectivas variadas. Por um lado, a tendência da automação e do avanço da inteligência artificial pode transformar o mercado de trabalho, diminuindo a necessidade de tarefas repetitivas e liberando os profissionais para atividades de maior valor agregado e mais estimulantes. Por outro lado, as exigências de especialização e flexibilid...
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    16,59 €

  • From Havana to Hollywood
    Philip Kaisary
    Centers Cuban cinema to explore how films produced in Havana or Hollywood differently represent Black resistance to slavery.From Havana to Hollywood examines the presence or absence of Black resistance to slavery in feature films produced in either Havana or Hollywood-including Gillo Pontecorvo’s Burn!, neglected masterpieces by Cuban auteurs Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Sergio Gir...
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    44,51 €

  • Fame Amid the Ruins
    Stephen Gundle
    Italian cinema gave rise to a number of the best-known films of the postwar years, from Rome Open City to Bicycle Thieves. Although some neorealist film-makers would have preferred to abolish stars altogether, the public adored them and producers needed their help in relaunching the national film industry. This book explores the many conflicts that arose in Italy between 1945 a...
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    46,58 €

  • Carnivalizing Reconciliation
    Hanna Teichler
    Transitional justice and national inquiries may be the most established means for coming to terms with traumatic legacies, but it is in the more subtle social and cultural processes of 'memory work' that the pitfalls and promises of reconciliation are laid bare. This book analyzes, within the realms of literature and film, recent Australian and Canadian attempts to reconcile wi...
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    47,10 €

  • Overhearing Film Music
    John Caps
    Three generations of famous movie soundtrack composers reveal the secrets of their art and success.Beginning with a quick history of film scoring and then taking the reader backstage to interview a dozen major screen composers, Overhearing Film Music represents three generations of movie soundtrack music. Ranging from groundbreaking composers who scored classic 1940s melodramas...
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    166,62 €

  • Deanna Durbin
    Alice Lorence
    A photographic essay, for serious students of operella and operetta, on the motion picture career of the Classical soprano Deanna Durbin covering each of her delightful musical films from 1936 to 1948. New Revised Edition. Copyright 2025. ...
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    37,98 €

  • Malta
    Etienne Psaila
    Malta-a Mediterranean jewel steeped in history and cinematic charm. Known as the island where ancient legends come alive and epic tales unfold, Malta has captivated visitors for centuries.In Malta: The Island of Legends and Gladiators, journey through the breathtaking landscapes and historic landmarks that have made this small nation a global treasure. Discover how Malta became...
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    20,97 €

  • Fast Machines
    Etienne Psaila
    From roaring engines to death-defying stunts, the Fast & Furious franchise has captivated audiences worldwide and revolutionized automotive culture. This book takes you on an exhilarating journey through the cars that became as legendary as the characters who drove them. From Brian O’Conner’s iconic Toyota Supra to Dom Toretto’s indomitable Dodge Charger, each vehicle tells a s...
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    23,47 €

  • Indian Cinema and Human Rights
    This book examines the intersection between Indian cinema (across geographic regions, languages and formats) and human rights. It analyzes Indian cinema from multiple human rights perspectives, such as freedom of expression and censorship, socio-economic rights, caste rights, women’s and children’s rights and LGBTQIA+ equality. The book bridges human rights law and cinema studi...
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    222,07 €

  • Disney’s Live-Action Movie Bombs, 1979-2019
    Tyler Mattis
    This book explores the history of Disney’s biggest live-action movie failures from the late 1970s to the late 2010s. That stretch of time was a transformative period in which the company made many financial gains but gradually lost its identity, which had largely been synonymous with founder Walt Disney. The chapters explain why each movie was made, the casting process, prod...
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    58,61 €

  • You Squashed My Pea! A Brit’s Take on War, Stalkers and Other Fun Movie Stuff
    Dave Franklin
    Exploding heads. A bunch of pygmies in blackface firing arrows at a herd of rampaging elephants. The devil’s helpers innocuously serving up choccy mousse. Geriatric commandos. A pickaxe being driven through a tattooed female chest. Malcolm McDowell in swastika-adorned underpants. Malcolm McDowell raping a bride. Malcolm McDowell clapping with glee as heads are sliced off. Gee, ...
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    16,21 €

  • Under the Mistletoe
    Liz W Faber
    When you think of holiday romance in popular culture, you probably imagine the formulaic made-for-TV movies we all love to watch: a career gal moves from the big city to a small town, where she finds the love of her life and the true meaning of Christmas. Yet, as with so much of the romance genre, our favorite holiday movies, books, TV episodes, and plays are so much richer ...
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    71,81 €

  • The Cinephile Catalogue
    Antonio Polanco
    Imagine the world’s greatest movies in the palm of your hands! The Cinephile Catalogue is the totally interactive movie book for movie lovers. This customizable film guide is your anytime movie buddy that will help you watch and appreciate cinema as you never have before!Both well researched and crafted specifically for cinephiles, this keepsake film journal series guides you t...
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    58,81 €

  • A History of Italian Cinema
    Irmbert Schenk
    This book provides a complete description of the development of Italian film and cinema from its beginnings in 1895 until today. Special emphasis is placed on those periods in which Italian film history became aesthetically decisive for world cinematography: silent film of the 1910s, neorealism after World War II, and auteur and genre cinema around 1960. And then on the multifa...
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    79,41 €

  • Evacuee Cinema
    Salma Siddique
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    141,44 €

  • In the Mood for CineAsia
    Enrique Garcelán / Gloria Fernández
    Érase una vez… una empresa cultural dedicada a la promoción del cine asiático. Para cumplir su cometido editó la primera y, hasta la fecha, única revista de cine asiático en el mercado español. Muchos emprendedores o autónomos pueden pensar que aquello se trató de una película de ciencia ficción, y que los cuatro responsables de la empresa —procedentes de otra galaxia—acabarían...
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    31,72 €

  • Altered States of Consciousness in the Movies
    John C. Stephens
    Altered states of consciousness (ASCs)--including dreams, hypnosis, spirit possession and brainwashing--have long captivated contemporary culture. In the 20th century, Hollywood integrated ASCs into an array of films, reflecting society’s fascination with the subject. After early cinematic portrayals laid the groundwork, the depiction of ASCs on the silver screen surged with...
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    72,12 €

  • Heroes of the New Hollywood
    Dan Lalande
    In instant classics spanning the 1970s, audiences watched Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, and Robert De Niro come of artistic age. Together, this dynamic group advanced the craft of screen acting and redefined what it meant to be a man in the age of post-’60s disillusionment, burgeoning feminism, and the narcissistic machoism of disco ...
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    58,48 €

  • African Cinema and Urbanism
    Marie-Paule Macdonald
    This work brings together theories and practices from the disciplines of urbanism, architecture and African cinema studies to examine, through African screen media, how African artists are bringing attention to issues of urban precarity, climate change, survival and growth, and creativity on the continent. ...
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    35,96 €

  • Breaking Away
    Steve Basford
    Breaking Away, released in 1979, is the quintessential underdog movie, earning numerous award nominations and ranking in multiple Top Ten lists. Why is it so popular, to this day?What is Breaking Away about, a bike race? The race is the climactic ending of the movie, but a small portion. It’s a story about class differences, honesty, pride, family, relationships, romance, and c...
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    21,83 €

  • Indigenous Ecocinema
    Salma Monani
    Introducing the concepts of d-ecocinema and d-ecocinema criticism, Monani expands the purview of ecocinema studies and not only brings attention to a thriving Indigenous cinema archive but also argues for a methodological approach that ushers Indigenous intellectual voices front and center in how we theorize this archive. Its case-study focus on Canada, particularly the work em...
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    24,04 €

  • An Eye for Hitchcock
    Murray Pomerance
    A series of fascinating and groundbreaking meditations on six films directed by the legendary Alfred Hitchcock.Film scholar Murray Pomerance presents a series of fascinating and groundbreaking meditations on six films directed by the legendary Alfred Hitchcock, a master of the cinema. Two of the films, North by Northwest and Vertigo, are extraordinarily famous and have been see...
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    126,59 €