Human Beasts: The Films of Paul Naschy: Standard Edition, Paperback - Troy Howarth

Reducere. STANDARD B&W EDITION] Paul Naschy, a.k.a. Jacinto Molina, is renowned as Spain's number one icon of the horror genre. His love of the macabre began...

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Reducere. DescriptionThere has never been a filmmaker like Paul Naschy. Naschy's involvement in cinema spans 40 years and counting, with work as an actor, sc...

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Reducere. This book covers the films of Dario Argento, Italy's acknowledged master of horror and suspense, has made a career out of exploring the macabre poe...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the late 1950s, Mario Bava helped to create and define the Italian horror film. His classic directorial works of the 1960s and 1970s,...

Looks at the work of Jesus "Jess" Franco (1930-2013), one of the most prolific and madly inventive filmmakers in the history of cinema. Editors Ant...

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Examines the diverse oeuvre of internationally recognised French-Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb.Publisher: Edinburgh University PressIllustrati...

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Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Steve ChoeIllustration(s): 20 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 224Collection: Refocus...

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Using an auterist lens to challenge the notions of taste, genre and aesthetics that are commonly used to form the cinematic canon, this book explor...

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was a silent comedy trailblazer--the teacher of Buster Keaton, a collaborator of Charlie Chaplin--whose reputation was ecli...

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Fred Schepisi is one of the crucial names associated with the revival of the Australian film industry in the 1970s. The Films of Fred Schepisi trac...

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In Screams & Nightmares, Brian J. Robb examines the entire career of legendary film maker Wes Craven, from his low-budget beginnings to his most re...

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This book studies the intimate tensions between affect and emotions as terrains of sociopolitical significance in the cinema of Lucrecia Martel, Al...

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Reassessing the unique qualities of Renoir's influential visual style by interpreting his films through Gilles Deleuze's film philosophy, and throu...

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Publisher: Pushkin PressAuthor(s): Paul HowarthNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 30Cover type: Paperback / softback...