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Hollywood, the Pentagon and Washington: The Movies and National Security...
Jean-Michel Valantin
International relations; Cinema industry
Hardback
A concerned investigation of the curious relationship between Hollywood and the US Department of Defense that exposes some... [more]
Bollywood Dreams: An Exploration of the Motion Picture Industry and its...
Nasreen Munni Kabir, Jonathan Torgovnik
Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Paperback
A behind-the-scenes look at the Indian film industry. [more]
The Insider's Guide to Film Finance
Philip Alberstat (Partner at law firm Osborne Clarke, London, UK)
Cinema industry
Paperback
Demystifies the legal and commercial implications of a film from start to finish. This book provides a survey of each of the... [more]
Postsocialist Cinema in Post-Mao China: The Cultural Revolution after the...
Chris Berry
Films, movies & cinema; Film theory & criticism; Asian history; Cultural studies; Media studies; Marxism & Communism; Cinema industry
Hardback
Determines whether the cycle of films produced after the fall of the Gang of Four in the People's China in 1976, and representing... [more]
European Film Industries
Anne Jackel
Films, movies & cinema; Media studies; Cinema industry
Paperback
Key areas of critical debate are highlighted, including private and public financing, co-production, film policy, links between... [more]
What Just Happened?: Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line
Art Linson
Individual film directors, film-makers; Biography: arts & entertainment; Cinema industry
Paperback
A tale of what it is to make movies, this book explores, at close range, finicky directors, clueless executives, shameless... [more]
Hollywood Economics: How Extreme Uncertainty Shapes the Film Industry
Arthur De Vany (University of California Irvine, USA)
Business & Economics; Economic theory & philosophy; Cinema industry
Paperback
Movies expected to perform well can flop, whilst independent movies with low budgets can be wildly successful. In this text,... [more]
British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference
Sue Harper (Professor of Film History, University of Portsmouth), Vincent Porter (Professor of Mass Communications and Director of the Research Centre, School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster)
Film theory & criticism; Social & cultural history; Cultural studies; Popular culture; Cinema industry
Hardback
In this history of 1950s British cinema, Sue Harper and Vincent Porter draw on previously unknown archive material to chart... [more]
Hollywood Economics: How Extreme Uncertainty Shapes the Film Industry
Arthur De Vany (University of California Irvine, USA)
Economic theory & philosophy; Cinema industry
Hardback
Movies expected to perform well can flop, whilst independent movies with low budgets can be wildly successful. In this text,... [more]
Selling Hollywood to the World: US and European Struggles for Mastery of...
John Trumpbour (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
Film theory & criticism; Cinema industry
Hardback
The global expansion of Hollywood and American popular culture in the first decades of the twentieth century met with strong... [more]
Hitchcock at Work
Bill Krohn
Film, TV & Radio; Individual film directors, film-makers; Cinema industry
Paperback
A behind-the-scenes examination of the work of director Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980). [more]
A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture
Terry Ramsaye
Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Hardback
Published in the year 1964, A Million and One Nights is a valuable contribution o the field of History. [more]
Odeon Cinemas Volume 1: Oscar Deutsch Entertains our Nation
Allen Eyles
Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial; Films, movies & cinema; History: specific events & topics; Cinema industry
Paperback
This first volume about the history of Odeon cinemas in Britain traces its creation in the 1930s and its evolution to the... [more]
Exhibition, The Film Reader
Ina Rae Hark
Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial; Cinema industry
Paperback
From the kinetoscope, designed for use by one viewer at a time, to the lavish movie palaces of Hollywood's golden era, the... [more]
Bollywood Cinema: Temples of Desire
Vijay Mishra
Film theory & criticism; Media studies; Cinema industry; Legal profession: general
Paperback
Mishra argues that Indian film production and reception is shaped by the desire for national community and a pan-Indian culture.... [more]
Moviegoing in America: A Sourcebook in the History of Film Exhibition
Gregory A. Waller
Films, movies & cinema; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Cultural studies; Cinema industry
Paperback
This diverse collection of material about the history of film exhibition in the United States documents and enlivens the history... [more]
Hollywood and Anti-Semitism: A Cultural History up to World War II
Steven Alan Carr (Purdue University, Indiana)
Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Jewish studies; Cinema industry
Paperback
Examines the role of American Jews in the entertainment industry. Steven Carr reconceptualizes Jewish involvement in Hollywood... [more]
Mirror
Natasha Synessios
Film theory & criticism; Film movie scripts & screenplays; Freedom of information & freedom of speech; Cinema industry
Paperback
Mirror lies at the centre of Russian director Tarkovsky's oeuvre, being his most complex and autobiographical film. This... [more]
Moviegoing in America: A Sourcebook in the History of Film Exhibition
Gregory A. Waller
Films, movies & cinema; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Cultural studies; Cinema industry
Hardback
This diverse collection of material about the history of film exhibition in the United States documents and enlivens the history... [more]
Managing in the Media
William Houseley, Tom Nicholls (Tom Nicholls is a Senior Lecturer in Media Theory at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside.), Ron Southwell
Film, TV & Radio; Media studies; Management & management techniques; Cinema industry
Paperback
It amalgamates cultural theories, film and television analysis, management theories and media practice into a text to provide... [more]
Reel Racism: Confronting Hollywood's Construction Of Afro-american Culture...
Vincent F. Rocchio
Social discrimination; Ethnic studies; Anthropology; Cinema industry
Paperback
Analyzes specific films to demonstrate how they participate in the process of racism. [more]
More Than A Movie: Ethics In Entertainment
Miguel Valenti
Ethics & moral philosophy; Cinema industry; Radio & television industry
Hardback
Starting with the pivotal question, does media influence society? , Miguel Valenti and a host of film-industry contributors... [more]
British Cinema, Past and Present
Justine Ashby, Andrew Higson
Films, movies & cinema; Cultural studies; Cinema industry
Paperback
British Cinema brings together leading international scholars to investigate the rich diversity of Britain's film production,... [more]
British Cinema, Past and Present
Justine Ashby, Andrew Higson
Films, movies & cinema; Cultural studies; Cinema industry
Hardback
British Cinema brings together leading international scholars to investigate the rich diversity of Britain's film production,... [more]
On Screen Rivals: Cinema and Television in the United States and Britain...
Jane Stokes
Films, movies & cinema; Television; Media studies; Cinema industry; Radio & television industry
Paperback
A look at the relationship between the film and television industries in Britain and America, charting the changes in the... [more]
