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Film Studies

Nightmares in the Dream Sanctuary War and the Animated Film

Kornhaber Donna

ISBN: HB: 9780226472683, University of Chicago Press, January 2020
328 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 20 colour plates, 20 halftones

In 2008, "Waltz with Bashir" shocked the world by presenting a bracing story of war in what seemed like the most unlikely of formats – an animated film. Yet as Donna Kornhaber shows in this pioneering new book, the relationship between animation and...

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Robert Paul and the Origins of British Cinema

Ian Christie

ISBN: PB: 9780226105635, ISBN: HB: 9780226105628, University of Chicago Press, January 2020
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 84 halftones, 1 table

The early years of film were dominated by competition between inventors in America and France, especially Thomas Edison and the Lumiere brothers. But while these have generally been considered the foremost pioneers of film, they were not the only cru...

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Filmed Thought Cinema as Reflective Form

Pippin Robert B.

ISBN: PB: 9780226672007, ISBN: HB: 9780226671956, University of Chicago Press, December 2019
312 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 66 colour plates, 30 halftones

With the rise of review sites and social media, films today, as soon as they are shown, immediately become the topic of debates on their merits not only as entertainment, but also as serious forms of artistic expression. Philosopher Robert B. Pippin,...

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Photography

Color Mania The Material of Color in Photography and Film

Fluckiger Barbara, Hielscher Eva, Wietlisbach Nadine

ISBN: PB: 9783037786079, Lars Muller Publishers, November 2019
120 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 82 colour and black&white illus.

Since the earliest days of cinema, film has been a colourful medium and art form. More than 230 film colour processes have been devised in the course of film history, often in close connection with photography. In this regard, both media institutiona...

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Cinemachines An Essay on Media and Method

Stewart Garrett

ISBN: PB: 9780226656731, ISBN: HB: 9780226656564, University of Chicago Press, November 2019
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 31 halftones, 1 line drawing

The hero stands on stage in high-definition 3-D while doubled on a crude pixel screen in "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk". Alien ships leave Earth by dissolving at the conclusion of "Arrival". An illusory death spiral in "Vertigo" transitions abrup...

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Performing Arts

Film, Music, Memory

Hoeckner Berthold

ISBN: PB: 9780226649757, ISBN: HB: 9780226649610, University of Chicago Press, November 2019
320 pp., 25.4x17.7 cm, 48 colour plates, 44 halftones,

Film has shaped modern society in part by changing its cultures of memory. "Film, Music, Memory" reveals that this change has rested in no small measure on the mnemonic powers of music. As films were consumed by growing American and European audience...

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Art of Film Projection A Beginner's Guide

Cherchi Usai Paolo, Christiano Spencer, Surowiec Catherine A., Wagner Timothy J.

ISBN: HB: 9780935398311, DAP, George Eastman Museum, November 2019
344 pp., 20.3x14.6 cm, 25 colour illus., 111 black&white illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! "The Art of Film Projection: A Beginner's Guide" is a beautifully produced, comprehensive outline of the materials, equipment and knowledge needed to present the magic of cinema to an enthralled audience. Part manual and...

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Philosophy

Film Studies

Dance of Values Sergei Eisenstein's Capital Project

Vogman Elena

ISBN: PB: 9783035801088, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, October 2019
240 pp., 24.1x15.2 cm, 30 colour plates, 30 halftones

Sergei Eisenstein's cinematic adaptation of Karl Marx's "Capital" was never realized, yet it has haunted the imagination of many filmmakers, historians, and philosophers to the present day".Dance of Values" aims to conjure the phantom of Eisenstein's...

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Biography & Memoires

Film Studies

Biographic: Marilyn Great Lives in Graphic Form

Greenwood Katie

ISBN: HB: 9781781453704, GMC Group, Ammonite Press, October 2019
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, colour illus.

The Biographics series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits, and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey eac...

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Biographic: Audrey Great Lives in Graphic Form

Collins Sophie

ISBN: HB: 9781781453711, GMC Group, Ammonite Press, September 2019
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, colour illus.

The Biographics series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits, and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey eac...

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