Pier Angelo Bertolotti 
VERONICA, la Dolcezza… [EPUB ebook] 

This work examines major box office hits like ”The Full Monty” as well as critically acclaimed films like ”Under the Skin”. It explores the role of distribution and exhibition, the Americanisatio …

How do you sell British humour to a French audience? Could piracy actually be good for the film business? Why are The Hobbit”s revolutionary technologies not mentioned in some adverts? Exploring the …

In the conference Africa and the History of Cinematic Ideas held in London in 1995, film-makers, cultural theorists and critics gathered to debate a range of issues. Views were exchanged on such topi …

John Ford”s masterpiece The Searchers (1956) was rated fifth greatest film of all time in Sight and Sound”s most recent poll of critics. Its influence on many of America”s most distinguished conte …

This is an examination of the concepts of spectatorship in the light of historical accounts of audience reception. The book looks at how audiences have historically talked about Hollywood movies, and …

As blockbusters employ ever greater numbers of dazzling visual effects and digital illusions, this book explores the material roots and stylistic practices of special effects and their makers. Gather …

This comprehensive study reconstructs the production history of The Blue Angel (1930), showing how director Josef von Sternberg”s virtuoso visual style was amply supported by an immensely talented t …

Along with my own personal story, I am going to write down a few things that may amuse you (or even take you down some other emotional path) and I”ll let you in on a few so-far-unrevealed aspects of …

Exorcism is more widespread in contemporary England than perhaps at any other time in history. The Anglican Church is by no means the main provider of this ritual, which predominantly takes place in …

The great director John Ford (1894-1973) is best known for classic westerns, but his body of work encompasses much more than this single genre. Jeffrey Richards develops and broadens our understandin …