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Hamlet in Pieces | |||
| Shakespeare Reworked: Peter Brook, Robert Lepage, Robert Wilson | Literature | |||
| Andy Lavender | ||||
| Continuum 2001 260 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0826414613 | ||||
| Published Price £19.99 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| Theatre critic Andy Lavender focuses on Hamlet, 'Shakespeare's biggest, best, most evidently Shakespearean play' and examines in depth three unorthodox versions of it that were presented, on arthouse stages, during the 1990s. Lavender explores each play's relation to Hamlet and how it was created for the theatre by one of three great modern theatre directors: Qui Est La, directed by Peter Brook; Elsinore, directed by Robert Lepage and Hamlet: a monologue, directed by Robert Wilson. | ||||
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The Overlook Film Encyclopedia | |||
| The Gangster Film | Literature | |||
| Phil Hardy (Edited by) | ||||
| Overlook 1998 512 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0879518812 300x235mm | ||||
| Published Price $65.00 | Sale Price £7.99 | |||
| The fourth volume in a series hailed for the breadth and depth of its reviews, The Gangster Film is devoted to crime in the movies, or more precisely, public crime by organized groups of people, whether mobsters, rogue cops or corrupt officials. Starting with early racketeer and bootlegger films of the '20s, the book traces the progress of the gangster through reviews of 1,500 films - both fringe cinema and blockbusters - up to Nil by Mouth, Palookaville and Antapan Krong Muang (Thailand) in 1997. | ||||
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A Theatregoer's Guide to Shakespeare | |||
| Literature | ||||
| Robert Thomas Fallon | ||||
| Duckworth 2003 480 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0715632264 | ||||
| Published Price £18.00 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| In this volume of 'surveys' of Shakespeare's plays, Professor Fallon aims to enhance the theatregoer's enjoyment of a performance by demystifying the 'daunting surface' of Shakespeare's text - its language, poetry and allusion - and sketching the essential shape of each play. The most frequently staged plays, such as Hamlet, Othello and The Merchant of Venice, receive the fullest treatment, with more detailed, scene by scene appraisals of the dialogue and characters, but all the plays are covered, with outlines of their plot, characters and setting. | ||||
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Oliver Stone | |||
| Literature | ||||
| Stephen Lavington | ||||
| Virgin 2004 300 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 075350975X | ||||
| Published Price £16.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Oliver Stone is now one of the most controversial and well-known of contemporary American directors, but he began his career as a screen writer, responsible for the scripts of Midnight Express and Scarface. This guide covers both his writing and directorial features, discussed in chronological order from Seizure (1974) to Alexander (2004). | ||||
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | |||
| Second edition | Literature | |||
| Jay L Halio | ||||
| Manchester University Press 2003 208 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0719062217 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Halio's study of the Dream's history begins with a survey of performance from Shakespeare's time to the 19th century, then looks in depth at 20th century productions, including those of Peter Brook, Adrian Noble and Michael Hoffman. | ||||
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Memory and Popular Film | |||
| Literature | ||||
| Paul Grainge (Edited by) | ||||
| Manchester University Press 2003 261 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0719063752 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| These 12 essays discuss the status and function of memory in cultural life through topics such as film festivals and the revival of classic Hollywood, films and the Vietnam war, and John Sayles's Lone Star. Inside Popular Film series. | ||||
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Memory and Popular Film | |||
| Literature | ||||
| Paul Grainge (Edited by) | ||||
| Manchester University Press 2003 261 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0719063744 | ||||
| Published Price £45.00 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| These 12 essays discuss the status and function of memory in cultural life through topics such as film festivals and the revival of classic Hollywood, films and the Vietnam war, and John Sayles's Lone Star. Inside Popular Film series. No jacket. | ||||
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The Greatest Movie Car Chases of All Time | |||
| Literature | ||||
| Jesse Crosse | ||||
| Motorbooks 2006 176 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0760324107 270x208mm | ||||
| Published Price £16.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Defying death, destruction and the laws of mechanical engineering, car chases have provided some of the most memorable action movie sequences since the days of the Keystone Cops. In this collage of speed and thrills the author revisits high octane films such as Bullitt, The French Connection and Vanishing Point, meets the stunt drivers and directors, examines the special effects techniques and lists his top 20 chases of all time. | ||||
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Hamlet in Purgatory | |||
| Literature | ||||
| Stephen Greenblatt | ||||
| Princeton University Press 2001 322 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0691058733 | ||||
| Published Price £37.95 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| Originally focused on the ghost of Hamlet's father and how Shakespeare achieved the magical intensity of this ghost 'like none other', Greenblatt's study expanded into an exploration of the notion of Purgatory that Shakespeare inherited and transformed. The result is a wide-ranging investigation of the cultural poetics of medieval beliefs about the relationship of the living and the dead and how doctrines of Purgatory and the elaborate practices surrounding it came under Protestant attack in the mid 16th century. | ||||
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Hollywood Beyond the Screen | |||
| Design and Material Culture | Literature | |||
| Anne Massey | ||||
| Berg 2000 203 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1859733212 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Hollywood has exerted a profound influence on British style and design. From its earliest days, Hollywood glamour in the form of make-up, hairstyles and fashion was mimicked by women throughout Britain. But the influence of Hollywood was more than skin-deep. Nearly every form of British material culture in the 20th century has been influenced to some extent by American style, disseminated through the medium of film to a broad and receptive market. With the erection of the Chrysler Building in New York in the late 1920s, representing the city and modern American urban life, the Manhattan skyline became an enduring icon in popular culture on both sides of the Atlantic. Not only in Hollywood film, but jazz and American companies all combined to bring the new Moderne style to bear on Britain. The architecture of shops, cinemas and factories all reflect this influence, as did various forms of transportation and the interior of homes. | ||||
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War Films | |||
| Literature | ||||
| James Clarke | ||||
| Virgin 2006 296 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0753510944 | ||||
| Published Price £16.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Films about war have been a part of cinema history since the beginning of moving pictures, and in the post Second World War era have gone on to assume a prominent place in our collective imagination. This Virgin Film Guide explores the war film through studies of 23 important movies, from All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) to Spielberg's War of the Worlds (2005), looking at each film's production and creative history and analysing themes, style, character and historical background. | ||||
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Martial Arts | |||
| Literature | ||||
| PTJ Rance | ||||
| Virgin 2005 280 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0753510782 | ||||
| Published Price £16.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Martial arts movies have been a cult phenomenon since the 1960s, but recent films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Kill Bill, and Hero have achieved international box office success. This book examines in detail 20 important films and TV series, focusing on the common themes, fighting styles, set-piece martial battles and training sequences, from the genre's beginnings in 1920s China and The Story of Wong Fei Hung (1949) to House of Flying Daggers (2004). | ||||
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Print the Legend | |||
| The Life and Times of John Ford | Literature | |||
| Scott Eyman | ||||
| Johns Hopkins University Press 2000 656 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0801865603 | ||||
| Published Price $25.00 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Through a career that spanned decades and more than 130 films - among them such American masterpieces as The Searchers, The Grapes of Wrath and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - John Ford left a cinematic legacy that few filmmakers will ever equal. Yet Ford himself was famously reticent about his personal life, often fabricating details and events. In this richly detailed biography, Eyman focuses on 'how the facts of John Martin Feeney led to the legend of John Ford'. | ||||
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Chasing Dragons | |||
| An Introduction to the Martial Arts Film | Literature | |||
| David West | ||||
| IB Tauris 2006 272 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1850439826 | ||||
| Published Price £18.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| An authoritative guide to martial arts cinema, Chasing Dragons examines major films produced in Japan, Hong Kong and Hollywood. From early masterpieces such as The Seven Samurai through to American ninja movies and recent examples of the genre, including The Matrix and Kill Bill, it focuses on the texts, directors, combat techniques and stars who fight at 24 frames per second. | ||||
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Secret Dreams | |||
| The Biography of Michael Redgrave | Literature | |||
| Alan Strachan | ||||
| Weidenfeld 2004 484 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0297607642 | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| This is the first full biography of the popular British actor, Sir Michael Redgrave (1908-1985), written by an experienced director and theatre writer. Redgrave was a consummate stage performer, but future generations will know him for his films, such as the Hitchcock classic, The Lady Vanishes (1938), The Dam Busters, and The Go-Between. Redgrave was a most private man, but Alan Strachan knew him well, and he has had access to diaries and archives available for the first time. | ||||
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