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Disparos, plata y celuloide

Historia, cine y fotografía en México 1846-1982

by Ricardo Pérez Montfort ...

Narrated by Noé Velázquez ...

Unabridged

7 hours 6 min

En cierto sentido, la historia no es lo que ocurrió, sino lo que creemos que ocurrió.Piense usted en Pancho Villa. La imagen que tiene en la mente fue fijada por una fotografía o una película. Y sucede exactamente igual con Lázaro Cárdenas, Emiliano Zapata, una adelita, «un tendero gallego de los años cincuenta», «un apacible pueblito de provincia», cualquier «rancho de inicios del siglo XX» y, de ... Read more

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TALES OF THE VIDEO NASTY

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by Nathan Toulane ...

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Unabridged

4 hours 52 min

A carefree memoir of growing up during the golden age of VHS and video rental stores in the 1980s. This humorous nostalgia trip rewinds to an era of chunky plastic tapes, horror movie sleepovers, and rewinding woes. Relive the magic of discovering cinema through the blurry analogue footage, cheesy effects, and garish cover art of the VHS generation. A warm remembrance of all that was sublime and ... Read more

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A carefree memoir of growing up during the golden age of VHS and video rental stores in the 1980s. This humorous nostalgia trip rewinds to an era of chunky plastic tapes, horror movie sleepovers, and rewinding woes. Relive the magic of discovering cinema through the blurry analogue footage, cheesy effects, and garish cover art of the VHS generation. A warm remembrance of all that was sublime and
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The Birds

by Camille Paglia ...

Narrated by Gabrielle Glaister ...

Series series BFI Film Classics
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4 hours 10 min

Bloomsbury presents The Birds by Camille Paglia, read by Gabrielle Glaister.Drawing on Daphne du Maurier's short story and contemporary newspaper reports of bird attacks in California, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) featured Tippi Hedren in her first starring role. Camille Paglia's compelling study considers the film's aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities, and analyses its depiction of ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents The Birds by Camille Paglia, read by Gabrielle Glaister.Drawing on Daphne du Maurier's short story and contemporary newspaper reports of bird attacks in California, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) featured Tippi Hedren in her first starring role. Camille Paglia's compelling study considers the film's aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities, and analyses its depiction of
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Women vs Hollywood

The Fall and Rise of Women in Film

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'A fascinating polemic' Sunday Times'A powerful, sobering and vital work' The Mail on Sunday'A page-turning read, peppered with humour' Sight & Sound'A must read' Edgar WrightA call to arms from Empire magazine's 'geek queen', Helen O'Hara, that explores women's roles - both in front of and behind the camera - since t... ... Read more

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Sidney Poitier

The Great Speeches of an Icon Who Moved Us Forward

by Sidney Poitier, Joanna Poitier ...

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Unabridged

5 hours 10 min

The speeches of film legend Sidney Poitier—given at commencement addresses, awards shows, memorials, and more, on topics ranging from entertainment history to filmmaking, civil rights, and parenthood—come to vibrant life in this inspirational and stunningly packaged volume from the Poitier estate that sheds new light on the trailblazing artist's life and culture of the past century.Sidney Poitier ... Read more

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The Art of Immersive Storytelling

Strategies From the Gaming World

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Level up your storytelling with award-winning experience designer, world builder, and former Disney Imagineer.Immersive experiences and interactive exhibits are popping up all over the world, telling stories that engage our imaginations and sense of play like never before.Exploring the parallels between video games and the world’s most exciting, innovative spaces, this sequel to the groundbreaking ... Read more

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Level up your storytelling with award-winning experience designer, world builder, and former Disney Imagineer.Immersive experiences and interactive exhibits are popping up all over the world, telling stories that engage our imaginations and sense of play like never before.Exploring the parallels between video games and the world’s most exciting, innovative spaces, this sequel to the groundbreaking
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The Canadian Mounted

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[Please note that this book is narrated by an AI computer voice]The Prop Book That Keeps on Popping Up!Yes, the cover of this book looks a lot like the one Del Griffith (John Candy) is reading at the New York airport in the 1987 movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles. That same book also appears in 2018's Deadpool 2. It was long believed that this was a prop book. But it was a real book published in ... Read more

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[Please note that this book is narrated by an AI computer voice]The Prop Book That Keeps on Popping Up!Yes, the cover of this book looks a lot like the one Del Griffith (John Candy) is reading at the New York airport in the 1987 movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles. That same book also appears in 2018's Deadpool 2. It was long believed that this was a prop book. But it was a real book published in
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The Animated Marx Brothers

by Matthew Hahn ...

Narrated by Nat Segaloff ...

Unabridged

4 hours 52 min

To many people, the Marx Brothers always seemed cartoonish. Small wonder that film animators plucked their personas from their first appearances in The Cocoanuts (1929) and Animal Crackers (1930) and caricatured them in countless animated appearances in theatrical cartoons. Their animated likenesses have since been wisecracking in television cartoons, direct-to-video movies, fan films, commercials ... Read more

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To many people, the Marx Brothers always seemed cartoonish. Small wonder that film animators plucked their personas from their first appearances in The Cocoanuts (1929) and Animal Crackers (1930) and caricatured them in countless animated appearances in theatrical cartoons. Their animated likenesses have since been wisecracking in television cartoons, direct-to-video movies, fan films, commercials
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You Talkin' To Me?

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by Linda Seger, John Rainey ...

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5 hours 17 min

Unlike the chitchat of everyday life, dialogue must express character, advance the story, suggest a theme, and include a few memorable lines that audiences will be quoting for decades to come. The best stories have dialogue that sparkles, but it’s easy for inexperienced writers to fall into common pitfalls like creating dialogue that’s wooden or too on the nose. Other writers end up with ... Read more

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Unlike the chitchat of everyday life, dialogue must express character, advance the story, suggest a theme, and include a few memorable lines that audiences will be quoting for decades to come. The best stories have dialogue that sparkles, but it’s easy for inexperienced writers to fall into common pitfalls like creating dialogue that’s wooden or too on the nose. Other writers end up with
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Dark Carnival

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by David J. Skal, Elias Savada ...

Narrated by David J. Skal ...

Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

One of the most original and unsettling filmmakers of all time -- thecreator of the horror classics Dracula and Freaks, among others-- Tod Browning is also one of the most enigmatic directors who ever worked in Hollywood. A complicated, troubled, and fiercely private man, he confounded would-be biographers hoping to penetrate his secret, obsessive world -- both during his lifetime and afterward ... Read more

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Misterios de la sala oscura

Ensayos sobre el cine y su tiempo

by Fernanda Solórzano ...

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15 hours 47 min

El cine es a un tiempo la más joven de las artes y la que mayor influencia tiene actualmente sobre la ideología de nuestra sociedad.Ya desde el comienzo del siglo XX, Walter Benjamin reflexionaba sobre lo que supondría la masificación del arte que las nuevas técnicas de reproducción hicieron posible, y proponía que en un futuro -sin duda, el que vivimos hoy- las nuevas técnicas tenderían a la ... Read more

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El cine es a un tiempo la más joven de las artes y la que mayor influencia tiene actualmente sobre la ideología de nuestra sociedad.Ya desde el comienzo del siglo XX, Walter Benjamin reflexionaba sobre lo que supondría la masificación del arte que las nuevas técnicas de reproducción hicieron posible, y proponía que en un futuro -sin duda, el que vivimos hoy- las nuevas técnicas tenderían a la
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Video Production and Editing Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: The Video Editing and Digital Filmmaking

by L.M. Bradley, and Lucas Warehan ...

Narrated by Marcus Mulenga ...

Unabridged

26 min

Video Production and Editing Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: The Video Editing and Digital FilmmakingYou have probably encountered hundreds of videos online and you can easily determine which videos have great quality because they are the ones that grab your attention and make you watch until the end. Being able to create beautiful videos has many benefits, either for personal or professional use. An ... Read more

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In the Blink of an Eye

A Perspective on Film Editing, 2nd Edition

by Walter Murch ...

Narrated by Chris Brinkley ...

Unabridged

3 hours 48 min

In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated film editor Walter Murch's vivid, multifaceted, thought -- provoking essay on film editing. Starting with what might be the most basic editing question -- Why do cuts work? -- Murch treats the reader to a wonderful ride through the aesthetics and practical concerns of cutting film. Along the way, he offers his unique insights on such subjects as continuity and ... Read more

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In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated film editor Walter Murch's vivid, multifaceted, thought -- provoking essay on film editing. Starting with what might be the most basic editing question -- Why do cuts work? -- Murch treats the reader to a wonderful ride through the aesthetics and practical concerns of cutting film. Along the way, he offers his unique insights on such subjects as continuity and
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Hollywood Gothic

The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen

by David J. Skal ...

Narrated by David J. Skal ...

Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

The primal image of the black-caped vampire Dracula has become an indelible fixture of the modern imagination. It's recognition factor rivals, in its own perverse way, the familiarity of Santa Claus. Most of us can recite without prompting the salient characteristics of the vampire: sleeping by day in its coffin, rising at dusk to feed on the blood of the living; the ability to shapeshift into a ... Read more

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The primal image of the black-caped vampire Dracula has become an indelible fixture of the modern imagination. It's recognition factor rivals, in its own perverse way, the familiarity of Santa Claus. Most of us can recite without prompting the salient characteristics of the vampire: sleeping by day in its coffin, rising at dusk to feed on the blood of the living; the ability to shapeshift into a
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The Monster Movies of Universal Studios

by James L. Neibaur ...

Narrated by Steve Menasche ...

Unabridged

7 hours 45 min

In 1931 Universal Studios released Dracula starring Bela Lugosi. This box office success was followed by a string of films featuring macabre characters and chilling atmospherics, including Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Invisible Man. With each new film, Universal established its place in the Hollywood firmament as the leading producer of horror films, a status it enjoyed for more than twenty ... Read more

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In 1931 Universal Studios released Dracula starring Bela Lugosi. This box office success was followed by a string of films featuring macabre characters and chilling atmospherics, including Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Invisible Man. With each new film, Universal established its place in the Hollywood firmament as the leading producer of horror films, a status it enjoyed for more than twenty
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Smart Pop Explains Harry Potter Books and Movies

Smart Answers to Questions That Pop Up

by The Editors of Smart Pop ...

Narrated by Poppy Royana ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Smart Pop Explains
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5 hours 41 min

Who is Snape? What’s a horcrux? When did Sirius Black escape from Azkaban? Why was Hermione sorted into Gryffindor?It’s easy for new fans to get overwhelmed by the sprawling mythology and complexity of the Harry Potter movies and books. Unlike encyclopedias and guides that offer diehard fans trivia, details, and deep dives into every on-screen moment, this first-of-its-kind explainer is an easy, ... Read more

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Who is Snape? What’s a horcrux? When did Sirius Black escape from Azkaban? Why was Hermione sorted into Gryffindor?It’s easy for new fans to get overwhelmed by the sprawling mythology and complexity of the Harry Potter movies and books. Unlike encyclopedias and guides that offer diehard fans trivia, details, and deep dives into every on-screen moment, this first-of-its-kind explainer is an easy,
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UNMASKED, OR THE SCIENCE OF IMMORALITY TO GENTLEMEN (UNABRIDGED)

by MARY EDWARDS WALKER ...

Narrated by Jessica Johnson ...

Unabridged

3 hours 35 min

Mary Edwards Walker was a physician and surgeon who served in the Civil War. An abolitionist, prohibitionist, and cross-dressing leader of the women's dress reform movement, she published this lively sex manual in 1878. It is a curious blend of useful information and Victorian sexual mythology, at once puritanical and explicit. ... Read more

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Mary Edwards Walker was a physician and surgeon who served in the Civil War. An abolitionist, prohibitionist, and cross-dressing leader of the women's dress reform movement, she published this lively sex manual in 1878. It is a curious blend of useful information and Victorian sexual mythology, at once puritanical and explicit.
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Acting in Film

An Actor's Take on Movie Making

by Michael Caine ...

Narrated by Nicky Rebelo ...

Unabridged

3 hours 12 min

Mr. Caine gives you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to rob him blind! The man who's hypnotized the camera lenses for a quarter of a century reveals the most closely guarded secrets on script preparation, working with the director, forming a character, voice, sound, and movement. Pearl by pearl he lays out the Caine wisdom on everything from set politics to set decorum, the film bureaucracy and more ... Read more

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Mr. Caine gives you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to rob him blind! The man who's hypnotized the camera lenses for a quarter of a century reveals the most closely guarded secrets on script preparation, working with the director, forming a character, voice, sound, and movement. Pearl by pearl he lays out the Caine wisdom on everything from set politics to set decorum, the film bureaucracy and more
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Horror's New Wave

15 Years of Blumhouse

by Blumhouse ...

Narrated by Chanté McCormick, Daniel Henning, Graham Halstead, Jaime Lincoln Smith, Ramón de Ocampo, Raphael Corkhill, Raquel Beattie, Vikas Adam ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

Celebrate legendary horror studio Blumhouse’s legacy with this lavish compendium that takes you behind the scenes of the films that have reshaped the horror genre, from The Exorcist to the Paranormal Activity and Halloween franchises.With Blumhouse celebrating its 15th anniversary throughout 2025, Horror’s New Wave captures the company’s journey to become a powerhouse in the horror and thriller ... Read more

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Celebrate legendary horror studio Blumhouse’s legacy with this lavish compendium that takes you behind the scenes of the films that have reshaped the horror genre, from The Exorcist to the Paranormal Activity and Halloween franchises.With Blumhouse celebrating its 15th anniversary throughout 2025, Horror’s New Wave captures the company’s journey to become a powerhouse in the horror and thriller
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Immersive Storytelling for Real and Imagined Worlds

A Writer's Guide

by Margaret Kerrison ...

Narrated by Margaret Kerrison ...

Unabridged

5 hours 15 min

The emerging discipline of immersive storytelling recognizes the power of creative works that put the viewer at the center of the action. Theme-park designer Margaret Kerrison shares tips and tricks for writers on teams tasked with bringing a narrative to life. How do you take an idea from inspiration to manifestation? How do you move from telling a story to creating a world? In this book, the ... Read more

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The emerging discipline of immersive storytelling recognizes the power of creative works that put the viewer at the center of the action. Theme-park designer Margaret Kerrison shares tips and tricks for writers on teams tasked with bringing a narrative to life. How do you take an idea from inspiration to manifestation? How do you move from telling a story to creating a world? In this book, the
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With Great Power

How Spider-Man Conquered Hollywood during the Golden Age of Comic Book Blockbusters

by Sean O'Connell ...

Narrated by Matt Weisgerber ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

If Hollywood had a superhero throne, Spider-Man would be perched upon it. As the most popular superhero in the world, the web-slinger plays a pivotal role in three of the six highest-grossing film franchises in history: the Marvel Cinematic Universe; the Avengers quadrilogy; and the Spider-Man movies themselves.Spidey has come a long way since Marvel guru Stan Lee first concocted him in 1962, but ... Read more

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If Hollywood had a superhero throne, Spider-Man would be perched upon it. As the most popular superhero in the world, the web-slinger plays a pivotal role in three of the six highest-grossing film franchises in history: the Marvel Cinematic Universe; the Avengers quadrilogy; and the Spider-Man movies themselves.Spidey has come a long way since Marvel guru Stan Lee first concocted him in 1962, but
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The 50 Great Films [Russian Edition]

by Julia Cameron ...

Narrated by Maria Antonova ...

Unabridged

1 hour 21 min

In this book are collected 50 best films in the history of cinematography. The rating was compiled on the basis of the results of opinion polls and opinions of critics. He does not pretend to be the most authoritative, but for sure many of the listeners will pick up a nice film for viewing with this list. Have a nice listening! ... Read more

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In this book are collected 50 best films in the history of cinematography. The rating was compiled on the basis of the results of opinion polls and opinions of critics. He does not pretend to be the most authoritative, but for sure many of the listeners will pick up a nice film for viewing with this list. Have a nice listening!
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The Thin Man

Murder Over Cocktails

by Charles Tranberg ...

Narrated by Holly Palance ...

Unabridged

10 hours 24 min

The Thin Man films are one of the most highly regarded and successful series of films from Hollywood's classic era. This book looks at the people who populated the films, including full chapter profiles of its stars, William Powell and Myrna Loy, whose chemistry together was a huge reason for the success of the films. As Nick and Nora Charles they knocked the stereotypes of on-screen marriage out ... Read more

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Sleeping with Strangers

How the Movies Shaped Desire

by David Thomson ...

Narrated by David Thomson ...

Unabridged

17 hours 14 min

In this wholly original work of film criticism, David Thomson, celebrated author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, probes the many ways in which sexuality has shaped the movies—and the ways in which the movies have shaped sexuality. Exploring the tangled notions of masculinity, femininity, beauty, and sex that characterize our cinematic imagination—and drawing on examples that range from ... Read more

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In this wholly original work of film criticism, David Thomson, celebrated author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, probes the many ways in which sexuality has shaped the movies—and the ways in which the movies have shaped sexuality. Exploring the tangled notions of masculinity, femininity, beauty, and sex that characterize our cinematic imagination—and drawing on examples that range from
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Disparos, plata y celuloide

TALES OF THE VIDEO NASTY

The Birds

Women vs Hollywood

Sidney Poitier

The Art of Immersive Storytelling

The Canadian Mounted

The Animated Marx Brothers

You Talkin' To Me?

Dark Carnival

Misterios de la sala oscura

Video Production and Editing Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: The Video Editing and Digital Filmmaking

In the Blink of an Eye

Hollywood Gothic

The Monster Movies of Universal Studios

Smart Pop Explains Harry Potter Books and Movies

UNMASKED, OR THE SCIENCE OF IMMORALITY TO GENTLEMEN (UNABRIDGED)

Acting in Film

Horror's New Wave

Immersive Storytelling for Real and Imagined Worlds

With Great Power

The 50 Great Films [Russian Edition]

The Thin Man

Sleeping with Strangers