or (if you prefer) NEW CINEMA TEXTS
Taschen
Cinema Series
•Federico
Fellini •Alfred
Hitchcock •Stanley
Kubrick
What promises to be an exciting new series gets off to a great start with these three volumes devoted to three of the greatest directors in the history of film. Each 192 page, 8" x 10"flexi-covered volume contains a biography, a filmography, and delves into each of the director's classic films. What sets these volumes apart from the countless other volumes devoted to these same directors, however, is the amazing abundance of fantastic images each contains: from classic film stills to never before seen behind-the-scenes photos, to rare family and personal snapshots, these books offer a real treat. A highlight is the inclusion of several pages of shots from the famous deleted original ending to Dr. Strangelove that involved a gigantic free-for-all cream-pie fight in the War Room.
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Time Animation:
Television
animation and American Culture
edited by Carol A
Stabile
and Mark Harrison
Routledge
From The Flintstones
to The Simpsons, this 12-essay volume explores prime time
made-for-television
animation, from its early heyday in the 1960s through to its resurgence
in the 1990s. Topics addressed include: the relation
between
earlier made-for- cinema animation and the later made-for-tv product;
the
role of animation in the businesses of broadcast and cable television
networks;
the links between animated characters and brand image; and the
perspectives
of various fan communities on their beloved programs and
characters.
Worthy of note: co-editor Harrison is a former Ph.D. candidate at the
University
of Pittsburgh, and, before relocating to Indiana to teach, was an
occasional
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The
Place of the Audience:
Cultural
Geographies of Film Consumption
by Mark Jancovich and
Lucy Faire, with Sarah Stubbings
BFI
This may seem like
an arcane topic, but it isn't. It's all about how and where and
when
and with whom you watch movies shapes your experience of the film you
are
watching as well as its meaning and significance. Covering the
history
of film consumption from the earliest screenings, up through the DVD
renting
present, this volume offers much on a topic that has heretofore been
largely
ignored.
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A
Long Hard Look at 'Psycho'
by Raymond Durgnat
BFI
Yes, here it
is:
an entire 250 page treatise accompanied by over 150 film stills devoted
entirely to mining what may very well be the richest film text in
history:
Psycho. The summation of the long career of one of the world's
most
distinguished film critics, A Long Hard Look itself deserves a
long
hard look.
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And here's a classic that we neglected to bring to your attention earlier:
Hitchcock/Truffaut
revised edition
Not only is this
without
doubt the greatest and most important interview in the history of
cinema
studies -- of Alfred Hitchcock by fan-turned-pro Francois Truffaut
--
but it lays a strong claim to being the single greatest interview ever
published, regardless of subject or topic. This oversize trade
paperback
edition runs 366 pages and is chock-a-block with film stills and frame
blow-ups, as well as behind the scenes photos. The bulk of this
book
consists of a transcription of interviews that were completes during
1962.
There is, in addition, a follow-up interview from 1967 as well as a
section
written by Truffaut shortly after Hitchcock's death in 1980 that covers
Hitchcock's last films.
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Finally, don't forget to explore our offering of the truly spectacular BFI Film Classics Series.
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