Sean Redmond 
Blade Runner [PDF ebook] 

This is the first book to focus on James Bond s relationship to the playboy ideal through the sixties and beyond. Examining aspects of the Bond phenomenon and the playboy lifestyle, it considers how …

What are the foundations of scriptwriting? Why do some scripts gain more prestige than others? How do you write a script and get it noticed? Scriptwriting for Film, Television and New Media answers t …

Chinese cinema continues to go from strength to strength. After art-house hits like Chen Kaige”s Yellow Earth (1984) and Wong Kar-wai”s In the Mood for Love (2000), the Oscar-winning su …

Electric Edwardians presents a stunning visual record of the films of Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon, combined with an illuminating discussion of the films and the social context of their production …

This text presents the work of cultural theorists and philosophers of new media, together with the perspectives of artists experimenting with different interactive models critically examining their …

Shyam Benegal is the best known and most prolific contemporary film-maker from India”s arthouse or ”New Cinema” tradition. This work traces a career with its beginnings in political cinema and a …

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 …

For the first time in one volume, this book presents in concise, chronological form, Sergei Eisenstein”s most significant work, including his famous theories of montage and articles on subjects as …

A heist thriller with a dazzling twist in the tail, this film ”The Usual Suspects” has seen its reputation grow until it is now a major cult movie. Ernest Larsen examines the film”s sophistcated …

Brings together an introduction to academic study of audiences as ”readers” of films and an investigation into how the film industry perceives audiences as part of its industrial practices. …