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Lights camera action.. .enter The Film Book" stage left. Step into the world of cinema with " The Film Book"
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It's the late 1970s & Christopher Fowler is a film freak obsessively watching lousy films in run-down fleapit cinemas. Longing to put his dreams on the screen & become a famous screenwriter he heads for Wardour Street the nation's equivalent of Hollywood with an armful of scripts. But he's made a spectacular mistake. He arrives just as the industry falls to its knees knocked down by the first appearance of video & the destruction of the old movie palaces. The only films being made are smutty low budget farces & TV spinoffs. He thought he'd be asked to make another ' Bullitt' but finds himself writing short films for boilers. Somehow against the odds he finds success
- although in a very different form from the one he expected. Ghastly hilarious & finally moving Film Freak" is a trawl through the arse-end of the British film industry that turns into a search for friendship & happiness."
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Written by two of the leading scholars in film studies Film History: An Introduction is a comprehensive global survey of the medium that covers the development of every genre in film from drama & comedy to documentary & experimental. As with the authors bestselling Film Art: An Introduction (now in its eighth edition) concepts & events are illustrated with frame enlargements taken from the original sources giving students more realistic points of reference than competing books that rely on publicity stills. The third edition of Film History is thoroughly updated &

Includes:: the first comprehensive overviews of the impact of globalization & digital technology on the cinema. Any serious film scholar--professor undergraduate or graduate student--will want to read & keep Film History. Visit the authorss blog at http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/

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Listography for movie buffs! This guided journal features four-colour illustrations & over 70 movie-themed list topics ranging from the classic (list your favorite films of all time) to the loveably idiosyncratic (list films you walked out on). ...

This fully-revised & updated second edition

Includes:: the latest significant releases & new insights are featured

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Film Production Management will tell you in step-by-step detail how to produce a screenplay & get it onto the big screen. Whether you are an aspiring or seasoned film professional this book will be an indispensable resource for you on a day-to-day basis. This updated edition remains true to the practical hands-on approach that has made previous editions so successful & has been updated with revised forms permits & budgets applicable to all productions; contains important information on standards & typical processes & practices;

Includes:: the latest information available on technological advances such as digital FX; & discusses the impact of the Internet on filmmaking. Film production professionals at all levels of experience will benefit from the information in this handbook to film production management.

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Founded by F. Maurice Speed in 1944 Film Review" is the world's longest-established movie guide. This is the only guide to provide essential credits & reviews for all theatrically released films in the UK. The 67th edition

Includes:: reviews of every film released from January to December 2011 box-office statistics new faces of the year & a detailed chapter of obituaries."

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This text seeks to revise notions of film genre. It connects the roles played by industry critics & audiences in making & re-making genre. In a critique of major voices in the history of genre theory from Aristotle to Wittgenstein Altman reveals the conflicting stakes for which the genre game has been played. Recognizing that the very term genre has different meaning for different groups he bases his genre theory on the uneasy competitive yet complimentary relationship among genre users & discusses a range of films from The Great Train Robbery to Star Wars & from The Jazz Singer to The Player. ...