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Tall, dark and handsome, with a manufactured name and a scrupulously designed professional image, Rock Hudson represented the Hollywood ideal of American masculinity during the 1950s and 60s; an idea …

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 …

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 …

Examines the most successful literary adaption of a clutch of 1990s films based on Henry James» The Wings of the Dove (Ian Softley, 1997). The author is interested in the nature of cinema adaptation …

In a world, in which camcorders and CCTV are witness to our every move and Big Brother and The Blair Witch Project are phenomenally popular and widely imitated, the divide between reality and liction …

This text examines the complex forces pushing and constraining technological developments in cinema. It contests the view that technological advance is simply the result of scientific progress. Rathe …

Documentary films constitute a major part of film history. Cinema»s origins lie, arguably, more in non-fiction than fiction, and documentary represents the other — often submerged and barely visible …

This key textbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of developments in international communication worldwide. Taking a comparative approach to the major theories of global media, Terry …

Hitchcock was a masterful director, popular with audiences of all ages and critically acclaimed both during and after his unusually long career. What may have been sensed by many viewers but not full …

This book explores the connections between history and fantasy in George RR Martin»s immensely popular book series »A Song of Ice and Fire» and the international TV sensation HBO TV»s Game of Thr …