Stephen Prince is a professor of cinema at Virginia Tech, teaching film history, criticism, and theory. He is the author of numerous books, including
Classical Film Violence,
Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film,
The Warrior”s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa, and
Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies.
17 Ebooks by Stephen Prince
Stephen Prince: Firestorm
It was believed that September 11th would make certain kinds of films obsolete, such as action thrillers crackling with explosions or high-casualty blockbusters where the hero escapes unscathed. Whil …
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Prince Stephen Prince: Visions of Empire
Visions of Empire explores film’s function as a medium of political communication, recognizing not just the propaganda film, but the various ways that conventional narrative films embody, question, o …
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Stephen Prince: Blocking of Zeebrugge
On the night of 22 23 April 1918 the Royal Navy carried out a raid on the German held ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend Operation Z-O. Under the cover of clouds and smoke, over 70 ships and an assault fo …
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Stephen Prince: The Warrior’s Camera
The Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, who died at the age of 88, has been internationally acclaimed as a giant of world cinema. Rashomon, which won both the Venice Film Festival’s grand prize an …
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Stephen Prince: Horror Film
In this volume, Stephen Prince has collected essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal, as well as discussions of the developmental respo …
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Stephen Prince: Blocking of Zeebrugge
On the night of 22 23 April 1918 the Royal Navy carried out a raid on the German held ports of Zeebrugge and Ostend Operation Z-O. Under the cover of clouds and smoke, over 70 ships and an assault fo …
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€16.42
Natalie J Ring & Amy Louise Wood: Crime and Punishment in the Jim Crow South
Policing, incarceration, capital punishment: these forms of crime control were crucial elements of Jim Crow regimes. White southerners relied on them to assert and maintain racial power, which led to …
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R. Barton Palmer & Murray Pomerance: Little Solitaire
Think about some commercially successful film masterpieces–The Manchurian Candidate. Seven Days in May. Seconds. Then consider some lesser known, yet equally compelling cinematic achievements–The F …
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Stephen Prince: Digital Visual Effects in Cinema
Avatar. Inception. Jurassic Park. Lord of the Rings. Ratatouille. Not only are these some of the highest-grossing films of all time, they are also prime examples of how digital visual effects have tr …
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Lucy Fischer: Art Direction and Production Design
How is the look of a film achieved? In Art Direction and Production Design, six outstanding scholars survey the careers of notable art directors, the influence of specific design styles, the key role …
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David Desser & Lester D. Friedman: Tough Ain’t Enough
Throughout his lengthy career as both an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this point in his career, has emerged as one of America s most p …
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David Desser & Lester D. Friedman: Tough Ain’t Enough
Throughout his lengthy career as both an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this point in his career, has emerged as one of America s most p …
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Stephen Prince: Dream of Resistance
Celebrated as one of Japan s greatest filmmakers, Kobayashi Masaki s scorching depictions of war and militarism marked him as a uniquely defiant voice in post-war Japanese cinema. A pacifist drafted …
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Stephen Prince: Digital Cinema
Digital Cinema considers how new technologies have revolutionized the medium, while investigating the continuities that might remain from filmmaking’s analog era. In the process, it raises provocativ …
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Stephen Prince: Digital Cinema
Digital Cinema considers how new technologies have revolutionized the medium, while investigating the continuities that might remain from filmmaking’s analog era. In the process, it raises provocativ …
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€31.97
Stephen Prince: Apocalypse Cinema
Vivid images of the apocalypse proliferate throughout contemporary cinema, which pictures the death of civilization in wildly different ways. Some films imagine a future where humanity is wiped out e …
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