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  • Star Wars The Mandalorian Visual Guide

    by Pablo Hidalgo ...
    "Fans might not realize all of the hard work, dedication, and little details that go into each and every episode of The Mandalorian, but they can catch a glimpse of that here, in this book." - Pedro PascalGo behind the scenes with this essential companion to all three seasons of Star Wars™: The Mandalorian™.Discover the hidden gadgets of Din Djarin's beskar armour. Learn more about the iconic ... Read more

    R474,13

  • Our Films Their Films

    by Satyajit Ray ...
    This book brings together Satyajit Rays major writings and talks on film makers, and presents them in two sections. Our Films is devoted mainly to his own experiences and contains many interesting anecdotes, but also has observations to offer on trends in Indian films. Their Films deals with some films abroad that have become landmarks in the history of cinemafrom the silent era to the present day ... Read more

    R95,37

  • Writing The Romantic Comedy, 20th Anniversary Expanded and Updated Edition

    The Art of Crafting Funny Love Stories for the Screen

    by Billy Mernit ...
    **“Writing the Romantic Comedy is so much fun to read it could pop a champagne cork.”**—Alexa Junge, writer and producer of FriendsRevised and expanded to celebrate a new generation of romantic comedies, Billy Mernit’s insightful look into the mechanics of writing Hollywood’s most enduring genre features case studies that reveal the screenwriting secrets behind classics new and old.**Whether you ... Read more

    R244,02

  • Sadist Cinema

    A Serbian Film

    by Fwah Storm ...
    Series Book 1 - Sadist Cinema
    In 2010 the world was subjected to a new and brave entry into the world of foreign cinema. A film that caused panic and outrage across the globe, and has resulted in multiple bans of the film, as well as a few arrests.Since then ‘A Serbian Film’ has earned itself a cult status, and mentions of its name still enduce fear into the hearts of movie goers around the world!‘SADIST CINEMA’ is a short ... Read more

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  • Total recall

    Les mémoires très attendus d'Arnold Schwarzenegger, le récit de son parcours étonnant : petit culturiste autrichien immigré aux Etats-Unis, il deviendra l'une des plus grandes vedettes du cinéma mondial, avant d'entamer une carrière politique qui l'a conduit à gouverner la Californie.Faut-il présenter celui que l'on a surnommé, à tour de rôle, le " Chêne autrichien " pendant ses années de ... Read more

    R259,95

  • Costume Design 101 - 2nd edition

    The Business and Art of Creating Costumes For Film and Television

    Written by an industry venteran with 40 years of experience, this book is the new edition of Costume Design ... Read more

    R381,56

  • Beautiful Monsters

    The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Aliens and Predator

    by David McIntee ...
    Beautiful Monsters is the story of the Alien and Predator film franchises. Each film is chronicled through analysis and extensive background information, and the themes and influences examined through articles. In addition all the spin-off books, comics and computer games are detailed.This is your one-stop guide for everything relating to two of cinema’s most popular and enduring creations who ... Read more

    R102,37

  • The Enneagram Movie & Video Guide 3.0

    How To See Personality Styles In the Movies - Third Edition Revised and Expanded

    by Thomas Condon ...
    See Your Favorite Stars in a Whole New Light Whether you are a movie lover, aspiring actor, storyteller, student of psychology or Enneagram enthusiast, this spirited and original book will alter the way you see movies forever. From classics to independent films to mega-hits, personality types are everywhere in the movies - if you know how to see them. The Enneagram is a fascinating and popular ... Read more

    R152,82

  • Elizabeth Taylor, A Passion for Life

    The Wit and Wisdom of a Legend

    by Joseph Papa ...
    A beautiful, illustrated, keepsake volume of quotations by the legendary Elizabeth Taylor"Passion is the ingredient in me that has made me who I am. It's my passion for life...my passion for passion that has made me never give up." -- Elizabeth TaylorFrom the time she appeared in National Velvet, the film that skyrocketed her to international fame at age twelve in 1944, until her death in 2011, ... Read more

    R207,33

  • Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

    A "meticulous history" of the classic suspense film based on exclusive interviews with the director, writers, cast, and crew ( The New York Times Book Review).First released in June 1960, Psycho altered the landscape of horror films forever. But just as compelling as the movie itself is the story behind it, which has been adapted as a movie starring Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock, Helen Mirren as ... Read more

    R240,91 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Filmmaker's Handbook

    A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age: Fifth Edition

    The authoritative guide to producing, directing, shooting, editing, and distributing your video or film. Whether you aspire to be a great filmmaker yourself or are looking for movie gifts, this comprehensive guide to filmmaking is the first step in turning a hobby into a career.Widely acknowledged as the “bible” of video and film production, and used in courses around the world, The Filmmaker’s ... Read more

    R278,63

  • Monty Python Speaks

    The Complete Oral History of Monty Python, as Told by the Founding Members and a Few of Their Many Friends and Collaborators

    by David Morgan ...
    With a Foreword by John Oliver, host of Last Week TonightIn celebration of the 50th anniversary of its BBC debut, a revised and updated edition of the complete oral history of Monty Python—an insightful, in-depth portrait of the brilliant and hysterically funny show that transformed modern comedy.Broadcast by the BBC between 1969 and 1974, Monty Python’s Flying Circus introduced something ... Read more

    R231,71

  • Film & Television Coll Europe

    Edited by Kirschner ...
    Published in 1995, "Film & Television" is an important contribution to Film and Media. ... Read more

    R4 951,39

  • Elephant de Gus Van Sant

    Les Fiches Cinéma d'Universalis

    Une fiche de référence sur Elephant, un chef-d'oeuvre de Gus Van Sant.Présenté au Festival de Cannes 2003, Elephant a remporté, pour la première fois dans les annales, la palme d'or ainsi que le prix de la mise en scène. Par le biais de la fiction, le film de Gus Van Sant évoque le drame du lycée de Columbine (Littleton, Colorado), qui était aussi le point de départ du documentaire de Michael ... Read more

    R140,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Horizons West

    Directing the Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood

    by Jim Kitses ...
    When first published in 1969, Horizons West was immediately recognised as the definitive critical account of the Western film and some of its key directors. This greatly expanded new edition is, like the original, written in a graceful, penetrating and absorbingly readable style. It provides definitive critical analysis of the six greatest film-makers of the Western genre: John Ford, Anthony Mann, ... Read more

    R1 857,81

  • Any Resemblance to Actual Persons

    The Real People Behind 400+ Fictional Movie Characters

    by Hal Erickson ...
    Most film buffs know that Citizen Kane was based on the life of publisher William Randolph Hearst. But few are aware that key characters in films like Double Indemnity, Cool Hand Luke, Jaws, Rain Man, A Few Good Men and Zero Dark Thirty were inspired by actual persons. This survey of a clef characters covers a selection of fictionalized personalities, beginning with the Silent Era. The landmark ... Read more

    R747,14

  • Flashbacks in Film

    A Cognitive and Multimodal Analysis

    Series series Routledge Advances in Film Studies
    Flashbacks in Film examines film flashback as a rich multimodal narrative device, analyzing the cognitive underpinnings of film flashbacks and the mechanisms that lead viewers to successfully comprehend them.Combining a cognitive film theory approach with the theoretical framework proposed by blending theory, which claims that human beings’ general ability for conceptual integration underlies most ... Read more

    R1 128,62

  • The New Biographical Dictionary Of Film 6th Edition

    by David Thomson ...
    With more than one hundred new entries, from Amy Adams, Benedict Cumberbatch and Cary Joji Fukunaga to Joaquin Phoenix, Mia Wasikowska and Robin Wright, and completely updated, here from David Thomson - 'The greatest living writer on the movies' (John Banville, New Statesman); *'*Our most argumentative and trustworthy historian of the screen' (Michael Ondaatje) - is the latest edition of The New ... Read more

    R292,32

  • Phantasm

    Saggi - saggio (109 pagine) - L’unico libro in Italia che racconta la saga di PhantasmUn’analisi lucida degli incubi di Don Coscarelli nella società in subbuglio degli anni Settanta: la nascita del Tall Man e del suo inferno privato, l’influenza della Nuova Hollywood e il cinema degli zombie, l’universo distopico e il primo supervillain del grande schermo.Tra morte e stregoneria, profanazione dei ... Read more

    R99,55 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Flying Fists:

    The Definitive Guide to Western Martial Arts Films of the 1970s

    by John Beckett ...
    It all began in 1973. A television series called Kung Fu was transmitted, and a film called Enter the Dragon was released. Together they revitalised a genre!This book concerns itself mainly with what occurred after those two events, and how interest in martial arts cinema left Asia and exploded across the Western world throughout the 1970’s, inspiring offerings from countries as far-flung as Italy ... Read more

    R153,68 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Emergence of Video Processing Tools Volumes 1 & 2

    Television Becoming Unglued

    The Emergence of Video Processing Tools presents stories of the development of early video tools and systems designed and built by artists and technologists during the late 1960s and 70s. Split over two volumes, the contributors examine the intersection of art and science and look at collaborations among inventors, designers and artists trying to create new tools to capture and manipulate images ... Read more

    R1 162,06

  • How to Start Acting: A Quick Start Guide on How to Start an Acting Career

    UPDATED FOR 2014: How to Start Acting: A Quick Start Guide on How to Start an Acting Careero Seven Steps to Starting an Acting Careero A Day in the Life of a Budding Actoro 3 Secrets on How to Develop an Acting Careero 10 Ways to Establish a Good Acting Careero Secrets to Jumpstarting Your Acting Careero Four Great Tips for Staying Motivatedo How Much Can You Make As an Actoro How to Create a ... Read more

    R114,48

  • Ma chère Emi, il est cinq heures du matin...

    Lettres de tournage

    Translated by Delphine Gachet ...
    15 juin 1964.Une demande m'est arrivée d'Amérique pour publier en un volume l'ensemble des journaux que j'ai tenus. Je ne les ai pas écrits au nom d'une ambition littéraire. Cependant, l'idée que le public connaisse les coulisses d'un film et se rende compte de tout le travail pénible qu'il faut pour en réaliser un m'amuse...Comment travaillait Vittorio De Sica, l'un des plus grands réalisateurs ... Read more

    R259,95

  • Horror Bulletin Monthly October 2022

    Horror Bulletin Monthly Issues, #13

    by Brian Schell ...
    Series Book 13 - Horror Bulletin Monthly Issues
    The lucky Thirteenth issue of the Horror Guys Monthly review digest, Horror Bulletin, includes reviews of thirty-two full-length films and horror shorts-- one each day this month (plus an extra!).Each of the films contains a complete synopsis of the film, including spoilers (so beware!), as well as our commentary on the quality of the story and how well it holds up for viewers today.Part One: ... Read more

    R66,31