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Avant-Garde Film: Forms, Themes and Passions (Short Cuts)

2 reviews
Michael O'Pray

Wallflower Press, 2003

A Solid Introduction to Avant-Garde Film
One of the major stumbling blocks for people first starting out on the winding road into the world of avant-garde film, is not so much the films, but the theory. The films are perfectly understandable if one is well versed in the techniques of cinema, in identifying those aspects of film form that oppose the mainstream and therefore can be broadly classified as avant-garde. The films are often ...

Bad Taste (Cultographies)
Jim Barratt

Wallflower Press, 2008

And now for something completely different... a low-budget comedy gore film from New Zealand, influenced as much by the work of Monty Python and Buster Keaton as by the splatter masters, like Sam Raimi and George A. Romero. Composed by the gifted hands of Peter Jackson and his collaborators, Bad Taste is a steady-earning cult classic that launched the career of the world's highest-paid filmmaker. This book recounts the fascinating story of ...

Alternative Europe: Eurotrash and Exploitation Cinema Since 1945 (Directors' Cuts)

Wallflower Press, 2004

This second title in the AlterImage series that investigates previously underexplored areas of popular and cult cinema ( Underground U.S.A. being the first volume) features over twenty essays from an eclectic range of writers uncovering the cult cinema of Europe. The writers consider such unusual and diverse topics as Russian horror cinema, British exploitation, Belgian alternative cinema, and black "Emmanuelle" films. Alternative Europe ...

Big bucks now chasing one-time wallflower.(Banking & Finance): An article from: Real Estate Weekly
Linda Barr

Thomson Gale, 2005

This digital document is an article from Real Estate Weekly, published by Thomson Gale on September 28, 2005. The length of the article is 862 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Big bucks now chasing one-time ...

Are you super shy or a social butterfly? Whether you're the life of the party or more about wallflower power, ...
Erika Sorocco

Monarch Avalon, Inc., 2005

This digital document is an article from Girls' Life, published by Monarch Avalon, Inc. on June 1, 2005. The length of the article is 854 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Are you super shy or a social butterfly? Whether ...

The Art of Film: John Box and Production Design (Film Studies)
Ian Christie

Wallflower Press, 2008

John Box had one of the most productive design careers in British cinema, winning a record four Academy Awards and four BAFTAs. He shot to fame with Lawrence of Arabia (1962)., and directors ranging from David Lean and Carol Reed to Michael Mann and Norman Jewison have all valued his abilit to bring "a vocabulary of life" to the challenges of each film. Whether he was recreating 1930s China in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958), ...

Big Brother International: Format, Critics and Publics

Wallflower Press, 2005

Since its inception, Big Brother has been versioned in over thirty countries and reached an estimated audience of over two billion. The first of its kind, this book includes essays from international contributors that integrate the academic disciplines of cinema studies, sociology, cultural and critical studies. Additionally, it considers the reception and impact of the series, and how different regions adopt the format to suit local cultural ...

The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic

Wallflower Press, 2006

Since its release in 1982, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner , based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? , has remained a cult classic through its depiction of a futuristic Los Angeles; its complex, enigmatic plot; and its underlying questions about the nature of human identity. The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic examines the film in a broad context, examining its relationship to the ...

The Cinema of Andrzej Wajda: The Art of Irony and Defiance (Directors' Cuts)

Wallflower Press, 2004

This book is a major reassessment of the great Polish director Andrzej Wajda, who received a Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2000. This timely collection covers all aspects of his work, from his early trilogy of the 1950s -- A Generation , Kanal , Ashes and Diamonds -- to his 1999 epic, Pan Tadeusz . The contributors consider Wajda's daring innovations in style, his concern with Polish history and nationhood, and his artistic ...

Breach

1 review

Alfred Publishing Company, 2001

Excellent Matching Portfolio
this is an excellent matching portfolio to 2000's Breach by The Wallflowers. It has well done transcriptions for all the songs for guitar and voice. It has great detail and should be a great investment for you!

Cinema and History: Screening the Past (Short Cuts)
Michael Chopra-Gant

Wallflower Press, 2008

With its unparalleled capacity for realism, cinema seems uniquely positioned to bring history to life for a mass audience. Whether retelling stories about past events or reflecting more contemporary issues, cinema has been arguably the primary source of historical knowledge for many people from its earliest years right up to the present. This volume examines some of the key historical issues raised by popular film, including what film might ...

The BUFVC Handbook

Wallflower Press, 2005

The BUFVC Handbook is an invaluable guide for teachers, librarians, producers and all those who use audiovisual media in higher and further education. Contents include: • Background information about the BUFVC and its work • Information on over 60 audiovisual centres in UK higher and further education • Education officers and contacts for the BBC and independent television companies • Comprehensive information describing more than 100 ...

British Social Realism From Documentary to Brit Grit (Short Cuts)
Samantha Lay

Wallflower Press, 2002

From its beginnings in the documentary movement of the thirties, to its more stylistically eclectic and generically hybrid contemporary forms, socialrealism in British cinema remains a rich and diverse tradition. Samantha Lay examines the movements, moments, and cycles of British social realist texts through a detailed consideration of practice, politics, form, style, and content. It also includes case studies of key texts including Listen To ...

Chavez: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: A Case Study of Politics and the Media (Nonfictions)
Caroline Bainbridge

Wallflower Press, 2008

Blazing Passions: Contemporary Hong Kong Cinema
Julian Stringer

Wallflower Press, 2007

Blazing Passions takes the temperature of one of the world's most vibrant film cultures, exploring Hong Kong cinema from the late 1970s to the present day. Julian Stringer's fourteen insightful essays -- eight influential previously published pieces plus six new essays for this collection -- cover the little-known 'new wave' cinema of the early 1980s, Hong Kong cinema's pivotal juncture of 1997, and explore new approaches to the region's cinema ...

Cinema in the Digital Age
Nicholas Rombes

Wallflower Press, 2008

Does the digital era spell the death of cinema as we know it? Or is it merely heralding its rebirth? Are we witnessing the emergence of something entirely new? Cinema in the Digital Age examines the fate of cinema in this new era, paying special attention to the technologies that are reshaping film and their cultural impact. Examining Festen (1998), The Blair Witch Project (1999), Timecode (2000), Russian Ark (2002), The Ring ...

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