#paperback #critical #film #filmanalysis #cinema #modernity #filmstudies

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Mississippi

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

Cinema, Modernity, and Drift

In Empty Moments, Leo Charney describes the defining quality of modernity as "drift"--the experience of being unable to locate a stable sense of the present. Through an exploration of artistic, philosophical, and scientific interrogations of the experience of time, Charney presents cinema as the emblem of modern culture's preoccupation with the reproduction of the present.
Empty Moments creates a catalytic dialogue among those who, at the time of the invention of film, attempted to define the experience of the fleeting present. Interspersing philosophical discussions with stylistically innovative prose, Charney mingles Proust's conception of time/memory with Cubism's attempt to interpret time through perspective and Surrealism's exploration of subliminal representations of the present. Other topics include Husserl's insistence that the present can only be fantasy or fabrication and the focus on impossibility, imperfection, and loss in Kelvin's laws of thermodynamics. Ultimately, Charney's work hints at parallels among such examples, the advent and popularity of cinema, and early film theory.
A book with a structural modernity of its own, Empty Moments will appeal to those interested in cinema and its history, as well as to other historians, philosophers, literary, and cultural scholars of modernity.




Empty Moments

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#paperback #nonfiction #audreyhepburn #hollywood #breakfastattiffanys #audrey #cinema #star 

Michigan

Her Real Story

Traces the life and career of the popular film actress, describes her major roles, and recounts her work on behalf of UNICEF

Audrey

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Book is new but shows minor shelf wear. Never used! 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Behind the Scenes of the Greatest (True) Stories Ever Told

Documentary students and fans revel in stories about filmmakers conquering extraordinary challenges trying to bring their work to the screen. This book brings vividly to life the sometimes humorous, sometimes excruciating-and always inspiring-stories behind the making of some of the greatest documentaries of our time. All of the filmmakers and films profiled are Oscar-nominated or Oscar-winning.

Documentary Case Studies walks readers through the fixes and missteps that today's documentary leaders worked through at all stages to create their masterworks-from development, fundraising and pre-production, through production and then post. There are plenty of "how to" documentary filmmaking books in circulation, but this book will instead deploy a personal, intimate, and candid approach to unlocking the secrets of the craft and the business by meeting filmmakers who tackle production challenges in the most resourceful and unconventional ways.

Documentary Case Studies

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#hardcover #fiction #witty #movies #cinema

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Pennsylvania

A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated

Movies (And Other Things)

#paperback #filmmaking #filmschool #cinema #filmproduction #screenwriting #movies #makingmovies #producing #hollywood

California

Discovering the Mythic Structure of 50 Unforgettable Films

Designed as a companion to The Writer's Journey, Myth & the Movies analyzes 50 U.S. and foreign films in every cinematic genre.

Myth and the Movies

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New Jersey

Dissident Cinema

The first illustrated critical monograph of Academy Award-winning writer/director Bong Joon-ho, the visionary behind films such as Parasite, Snowpiercer, Okja, and The HostBrilliantly illustrated and designed by the London-based film magazine Little White Lies, Bong Joon-ho examines the career of the South Korean writer/director, who has been making critically acclaimed feature films for more than two decades. First breaking out into the international scene with festival-favorite Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), Bong then set his sights on the story of a real-life serial killer in 2003's Memories of Murder and once again won strong international critical attention, winning Best Director at San Sebastian Film Festival. But it was 2006's The Host that proved to be a huge breakout moment both for Bong and the Korean film industry. The big-budget monster movie, set in Seoul, premiered at Cannes and became an instant hit--South Korea's widest release ever, setting new box office records and selling remake rights in the US to Universal. Bong's next feature, Mother (2009) also premiered at Cannes, once again earning critical acclaim and appearing on many "best-of" lists for 2009/2010. But it was Bong's first English-language film, Snowpiercer (2013)--set on a post-apocalyptic train where class divisions erupt into class warfare--that brought his work outside of the South Korean and film festival markets and onto the stage of global commercial cinema. After a short sidestep with 2017's Okja, which became a center of controversy due to its being produced and released by Netflix, despite A. O. Scott calling it "a miracle of imagination and technique," it was Bong's 2019 black comedy/thriller Parasite that took his career to new heights, winning the Palme d'Or, with a unanimous vote, as well as Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film. Parasite's jarring shifts in tone--encompassing darkness, drama, slapstick, and black humor--and its unsubtle critiques of late capitalism and American imperialism are in conversation with Bong's entire body of work, and this mid-career monograph will survey the entirety of that work, including his short films, to flesh out the stories behind the films with supporting analytical text and interviews with Bong's key collaborators. The book also explores Bong's rise in the cultural eye of the West, catching up readers with his career before his next masterpiece arrives.

Bong Joon Ho

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#paperback #art #artschool #film #filmschool #sound #sounddesign #cinema #music

Texas

The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema

Offers user-friendly knowledge and stimulating exercises to help compose story, develop characters and create emotion through skillful creation of the sound track.

Sound Design

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8 books.  From the 70's.  The dust jackets are good for the age.   One has some tape on edge of jacket.   These are hardcover and padded.  Not sure if it's leather.  The book edges are in very good condition as are corners & pages.  

Please message with questions.   Thank you.  

 #hardcover #poetry #cinema  #sculpture #opera #food #painting #architecture #vintage #bundle 

Mammoth Hardcover (8 to 10 lbs)

Indiana

World of Culture 

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Novel

From the legendary actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, while also capturing the changes in America and American culture since World War II.

"Wild, ambitious and exceptionally enjoyable." --Matt Haig, best-selling author The Midnight Library, The Humans and Reasons to Stay Alive

Part One of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for twenty-three years.

Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing underground comic books in Oakland, California, reconnects with his uncle and, remembering the comic book he saw when he was five, draws a new version with his uncle as a World War II fighting hero. 

Cut to the present day: A commercially successful director discovers the 1970 comic book and decides to turn it into a contemporary superhero movie.

Cue the cast: We meet the film's extremely difficult male star, his wonderful leading lady, the eccentric writer/director, the producer, the gofer production assistant, and everyone else on both sides of the camera.

Bonus material: Interspersed throughout are three comic books that are featured in the story--all created by Tom Hanks himself--including the comic book that becomes the official tie-in to this novel's "major motion picture masterpiece."

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

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"This book is an effort to serve the homeschooling community and any families who wish to 'learn with the movies;' to make learning come alive through the use of drama and film."

Spiral-bound. See pics 📸

©2003

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A Guide for Education and Fun

⭐ Learning With the Movies

#cinema #filmreference #crimedrama #organizedcrimefilms #gangsterfilms #

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

The Gangster Film

The Cinema of Francois Truffaut by Graham Petrie. 1970 square shaped paperback (about 5 inches tall). has some cover wear, and price sticker on 1st page. has many b&w pictures throughout. 240 pages long. in English.

The Cinema of Francois Truffaut

#kaiju #monsters #movies #cinema #Japan #Godzilla #academic #popculture

A Critical Study of Cinema's Biggest Monsters

The Kaiju (strange monster or strange beast) film genre has a number of themes that go well beyond the "big monsters stomping on cities" motif. Since the seminal King Kong 1933) and the archetypal Godzilla (1954), kaiju has mined the subject matter of science run amok, militarism, capitalism, colonialism, consumerism and pollution. This critical examination of kaiju considers the entirety of the genre--the major franchises, along with less well known films like Kronos (1957), Monsters (2010) and Pacific Rim (2013). The author examines how kaiju has crossed cultures from its original folkloric inspirations in both the U.S. and Japan and how the genre continues to reflect national values to audiences.

The Kaiju Film

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#paperback #talkies #cinema #history #photos

A photographic album of film and cinema in Greater Manchester, Lancashire 

The Picture House Talkies

#paperback #nonfiction #horror #cinema #movies #darioargento

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

New York

The Man, the Myths and the Magic

For over twenty years, internationally renowned journalist Alan Jones has reported on every aspect of Dario Argento's career. Now, for the first time, every feature, interview, and in-depth look at Argento's multi-faceted universe has been collated into one volume that tells the complete story of the man, the myths and the magic, and in doing so also uncovers the luminous chaos of the entire Italian film industry itself.

Profondo Argento

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#dinosaurs #kaiju #prehistoric #animals #scifi #popculture #cinema #television #monsters 

The Real and Imagined Creatures of the Past That We Love to Fear

Over centuries, discoveries of fossil bones spawned legends of monsters such as giants and dragons. As the field of earth sciences matured during the 19th century, early fossilists gained understanding of prehistoric creatures such as Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Stegosaurus. This historical study examines how these genuine beasts morphed in the public imagination into mythical, powerful engines of destruction and harbingers of cataclysm, taking their place in popular culture, film, and literature as symbols of "lost worlds" where time stands still.

Prehistoric Monsters

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#hardback #collectible #outofprint #cinema

Film Pioneer Siegmund Lubin

In addition to detailing the life and career of Siegmund Lubin of Philadelphia, this work explores the complex character of America's first Jewish movie mogul and separates his accomplishments as a film pioneer from the myths he himself helped create. Along with descriptions of his studios in Pennsylvania, the book also provides accounts of Lubin's studios in California and Florida and his company's location work in Arizona, New Mexico, New Jersey, and New England.

The King of the Movies

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Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Illinois

The Official Guide to the Motion Picture

Following every step of the process, this book is an on-set illustrated record of how King Kong was made. From concept to final cut - it provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the motion picture event of 2005 was made.

Leo Charney

Empty Moments

Alexander Walker

Audrey

Jeff Swimmer

Documentary Case Studies

Shea Serrano

Movies (And Other Things)

Christopher Vogler

Myth and the Movies

Karen Han; Little White Lies (Illustrator); David Lowery (Foreword by)

Bong Joon Ho

David Sonnenschein

Sound Design

Newsweek Books

World of Culture

Tom Hanks; R. Sikoryak (Illustrator)

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Beth Holland

⭐ Learning With the Movies

John Baxter

The Gangster Film

Graham Petrie

The Cinema of Francois Truffaut

Jason Barr

The Kaiju Film

Maryann Gomes

The Picture House Talkies

Alan Jones

Profondo Argento

Allen A. Debus

Prehistoric Monsters

Joseph P. Eckhardt

The King of the Movies

Jenny Wake; Fran Walsh (Screenplay by); Philippa Boyens (Screenplay by); Peter Jackson (Screenplay by); Merian C. Cooper (Contribution by)

The Making of King Kong

Irma M. Resnick

Hollywood: Manifesti del Cinema nell’eta’ dell’ oro