A scientist (Bryant Haliday) working on a matter transmitter discovers that his corrupt head of staff is colluding with a government minister to use his invention for their own ends. When a demonstration of his equipment is sabotaged, he orders his assistant to project him into the minister's home as proof that his discovery really works. However, the experiment goes wrong & the scientists emerges in a back alley, hideously disfigured & with the ability to kill by electrification. ...

Presents a collection of essays exploring films from a psychoanalytic perspective, focussing specifically on the representation of loss in European cinema. This book also explores other themes familiar to psychoanalytic discourse, such as establishment & resolution of Oedipal conflicts & representation of pathological characters on the screen. ...

Through an engagement with the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein & classical & contemporary theorists of film, this book re-assesses a century of film theory & the language & ways through which our conceptions of film have been made. It explores a different way of conceiving film as a language. ...

Presents a study of imperialism & cinema. This work maps the history of empire cinema in both Hollywood & Britain through case studies of popular films including biopics, adventures, literary adaptations, melodramas, comedies & documentaries, from the 1930s & " The Four Feathers" to the present, with " Indiana Jones" & " Three Kings". ...

This edition of " Projections" is focused around the experience of female film-makers & actresses. There are interviews, conversations & articles by actresses & directors, including Lisa Choledenko (" Laurel Canyon") & Katia Lund (" City of God"). ...

The European Film Academy was founded in 1988 as a cinematic brotherhood that would bring together film-makers from across the East-West divide. This title features articles & interviews with leading directors, writers, producers, actors, cinematographers, critics, directors of festivals & cinema institutions. ...

Presents an understanding of the intriguing qualities of projective geometry. Illustrated with over 200 instructive diagrams & exercises, this book reveals the secrets of space to those who work through them. It is suitable for Steiner-Waldorf teachers. ...