The horror film reveals as much, if not more, about the British psyche as the more respectable heritage film or the critically revered social realist drama. Yet, like a mad relative locked in the attic, British horror cinema has for too long been ignored and maligned. Even when …
1. Late Keaton, Docufiction, the Nouvelle Vague -- 2. Self-Perception and Asynchronous Sound: Godard, Hitchcock, Resnais -- 3. `Texte Theatre Film': Auteurism, Meyerhold/Eisenstein, Duras -- 4. Photogenie, the Close-Up, Gender Performance. In 1936 Samuel Beckett wrote a letter …
In 1936 Samuel Beckett wrote a letter to Sergei Eisenstein - the legendary director of such films as Battleship Potemkin - expressing his own desire to work in the lost tradition of silent film. Drawing on substantial archival material, this is the first book to examine comprehe…
In 1936 Samuel Beckett wrote a letter to Sergei Eisenstein - the legendary director of such films as Battleship Potemkin - expressing his own desire to work in the lost tradition of silent film. Drawing on substantial archival material, this is the first book to examine comprehe…
What is crime? What constitutes violence? What is it permissible to talk about or describe in cultural depictions of crime and violence? What is the impact of portraying crime and violence on an audience? How are crime and violence presented to make them culturally acceptable fo…
French comedy films occupy a specific cultural space and are influenced by national traditions and shared cultural references, but at the same time they have always been difficult to classify. This book investigates the different methods in which these comedies textually inscrib…
"A study of films set in four iconic American landscapes--Indian Country, the South, the inner city, and the suburbs--reveals the way that popular film participates in a nationwide discussion about the role of multiculturalism in the post civil rights era. Cinematic sensations o…
This study explores the representation of international migration on screen and how it has gained prominence and salience in European filmmaking over the past 100 years. Using Polish migration as a key example due to its long-standing cultural resonance across the continent, thi…
"In 1996 Trainspotting was the biggest thing in British culture. Brilliantly and aggressively marketed, it crossed into the mainstream despite being a black comedy set against the backdrop of heroin addiction in Edinburgh. Produced by Andrew Macdonald, scripted by John Hodge and…
Coming Out to the Mainstream is a collection of essays written from a range of perspectives from scholar to film producer who seek to contextualize and reframe the New Queer Cinema phenomenon in a comparatively different cultural and political context of.
Italian cinema gave rise to some of the best-known films of the postwar years, and its stars were beloved by both the public and producers. This book explores the many conflicts over stars and stardom that arose during Italian cinema's postwar rebirth, shedding new light on the …
The first sustained analysis of the current oeuvre of film director Darren Aronofsky, examining the many intersections between his filmic work and his philosophical positions--
"Explores a variety of theological and methodological approaches to film spectatorship through a dialogue of international contributions"--
"All countries and nations are deeply affected by their neighbours and every national cinema reflects this relationship. This book explores how postcolonial approaches can 'frame' the neighbours of people living in Eastern Europe. It elucidates how the region has evolved from be…
With the huge global success of Hollywood 'family film' franchises, such as Harry Potter, it is unsurprising that there have been many attempts to emulate this success. In recent years, there has been an explosion in international production of films for both adults and children…
"Mike Allen's insightful study explores the long and diverse career of the actor and director Robert Redford, from his early work in theatre and TV to his contemporary status as an iconic and enduring star. Allen assesses Redford's importance to the American film industry during…
"Mike Allen's insightful study explores the long and diverse career of the actor and director Robert Redford, from his early work in theatre and TV to his contemporary status as an iconic and enduring star. Allen assesses Redford's importance to the American film industry during…
"Mike Allen's insightful study explores the long and diverse career of the actor and director Robert Redford, from his early work in theatre and TV to his contemporary status as an iconic and enduring star. Allen assesses Redford's importance to the American film industry during…
"Lighting and shadows are used within a range of art forms to create aesthetic effects. Piotr Sadowski's study of light and shadow in Weimar cinema and contemporaneous visual arts is underpinned by the evolutionary semiotic theories of indexicality and iconicity. These theories …
Introduction -- Chapter 1. 'My tailor? Savile Row': Sean Connery and Dr No (1962) -- Chapter 2. 'Fitting Fleming's hero like a Savile Row suit': Sean Connery (1963 - 1967) -- Chapter 3. 'The man with the Midas touch': Lifestyle, fashion and marketing (1960s) -- Chapter 4. 'Comin…
