The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies, Paperback - David Thomson

Reducere. The definitive story of the medium that defines our timesThe Big Screen tells the enthralling story of the movies: their rise and spread, their rem...

One of film's greatest living experts tells the story of the movies, and how they have shaped us. Now in paperback, this is a wide-ranging, passion...

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Reducere. The classic 1940 study of con men and con games that Luc Sante in Salon called "a bonanza of wild but credible stories, told concisely with deadpan...

From the dawn of cinema to the present, New York City has been the site of endless unforgettable movie moments. Turner Classic Movies Cinematic Cit...

DescriptionIn this wholly original work of film criticism, David Thomson, celebrated author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, probes the many...

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Reducere. A throwback to kid's monster movie books from the 1970s, Dinosauruses of the Movies examines the better known dinosaur movies made between 1914-197...

Reducere. This picture book for the kid in us all pays tribute to the old monster movie books of the 1970s. Giant apes other than King Kong are spotlighted, ...

Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since the glory days of the big studios? This book argu...

Circuses and film are a natural pairing, and the new essays making up this volume begin the exploration of how these two forms of entertainment hav...

DescriptionIn an era when many businesses have come under scrutiny for their environmental impact, the film industry has for the most part escaped ...

DescriptionA Los Angeles Times Bestseller Winner of the Best Non-Fiction Book Prize at the 2018 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards "Be...

Cinematic depictions of real U.S. presidents from Abraham Lincoln to George W. Bush explore how Hollywood movies represent American history and pol...

Hollywood publicist Rob Harris chronicles the drama and comedy behind the scenes that eclipse those in front of the camera. It's the story of a fai...

Reducere. The adventures and antics of James Bond have provided the world with many of the most gripping story lines of the last half-century. Fleming's nove...

THAT'S RIGHT. THE LOST FILMS IS BACK. And like a Heisei era Godzilla foe, it's mutated into its second, bigger, badder form. And it's got it all: A...

Reducere. The S.S. United States book is the first comprehensive work on the vessel in decades. This volume includes many rarely seen photographs from the li...

The story of the New York Police Department, America's largest and most celebrated law enforcement agency.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Jules...

Reducere. From the 1950s onwards, far eastern filmmakers from Japan, China, and Korea--but mostly Japan--cranked out a bevy of dai kaiju ("giant strange beas...

Reducere. 1989 marked the start of the Heisei era in Japan. It also marked a new direction in tokusatsu films beginning with Godzilla vs. Biollante and Gunhe...

Tells the story of Hollywood's depiction of American journalism from the start of the sound era. This work argues that films have relentlessly play...

Reducere. Think The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films turned over every stone and revealed every surprise known to man? Think again. ...

Reducere. THAT'S RIGHT. THE LOST FILMS IS BACK. And like a Heisei era Godzilla foe, it's mutated into its second, bigger, badder form. And it's got it all: A...

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The New Revised and Expanded Edition reviews over 25 new films including Shin Godzilla (2016), Kong: Skull Island (2017) and Godzilla: Planet of th...

Reducere. Early in his career, Judge Dee visits a senior magistrate who shows him a beautiful lacquer screen on which a scene of lovers has been mysteriously...

A notable work by the doyen of writers about cinemaPublisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor(s): David ThomsonNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022...

Publisher: OrionAuthor(s): David ThomsonPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 27Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii si alege...

Goes beyond the traditional adaptation approach of comparing and contrasting the similarities of film and book versions of a text. By tracing a pat...

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Reducere. You've seen books dedicated to the special effects of Japanese monster movies, but this is perhaps the first tome to take an in-depth look at both ...

Reducere. Since the very first dai kaiju eiga, GODZILLA (1954), made its way across the Pacific to U.S. shores, the Japanese originals have rarely made it to...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Noah TsikaIllustration(s): 1 map and 24 illustrationsNumber of pages: 291Publication date: 2022...

From the #1 New Zealand bestseller, comes a poignant and absorbing family saga with a powerful social commentary. *Also appeared in January Buyer's...

Reducere. DescriptionRandy Skretvedt's seminal LAUREL & HARDY: THE MAGIC BEHIND THE MOVIES is generally acknowledged as the gold standard in writing about th...

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In Battle of the Big Hole, noted historian Aubrey Haines has compiled the many written and first-person accounts of this historic moment in the Ind...

Contributor(s): Author: David TysonThe Niagara Escarpment is the most significant land form in southern Ontario, designated a UNESCO World Biospher...

Reducere. In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of Long Kesh prison in Belfast. While a stunned world watched and distraught family me...

Publisher: Book Law PublicationsAuthor(s): David G BirchNumber of pages: 124Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 274 x 216 x 11Cover type: Paperback /...

Gracie LaRoo had long been starstruck with the town where glamorous film stars worked on thrilling films. But now it's her turn, a famous director ...

The advent of new screening practices and viewing habits in the twenty-first century has spurred debate over what it means to be a "cinephile." Sar...

Reducere. DescriptionSince 2001, Trevor Lynch's witty, pugnacious, and profound film essays and reviews have developed a wide following among cinephiles and ...

Reducere. The Films of John Cassavetes: Pragmatism, Modernism, and the Movies is the first book to tell in detail the story of a maverick filmmaker who worke...

For decades after its invention, television was considered by many to be culturally deficient when compared to cinema, as analyses rooted in commun...