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Building (Eyewitness Books)$54.30Take an exciting tour of world architecture and discover how all kinds of structures are built--from the humblest African mud huts to the slender minarets of Turkish mosques to the earthquake-resistant skyscrapers of Tokyo. .
Indiewood, USA: Where Hollywood meets Independent$71.33Indiewood is the place where Hollywood and the American independent sector meet, where lines blur and two very different kinds of cinema come together in a striking blend of creativity and commerce. This is an arena in which innovative, sometimes challenging cinema reaches out to the mainstream. Or, alternatively, a zone of duplicity and compromise in which the ‘true’ heritage of the indie sector is co-opted as an offshoot of Hollywood.
ScreenPlaySOLD OUTWhat is the relationship between cinema and videogames? Hollywood film franchises are routinely translated into games. Some game titles make the move onto the big screen, none more prominently than Lara Croft, iconic star of the Tomb Raider series. Games often depend on recognized film genres, milieu or devices for branding and marketing. Some aspire to a film-like quality of graphics and action. But games also offer markedly different experiences, especially in the realm of "interactivity.
American Independent Cinema$5.98"Geoff King's important book stands with the best scholarship I have seen on this vital, constantly evolving subject." —David Sterritt, author of The Films of Alfred HitchcockThe independent sector has produced many of the most distinctive films to have appeared in the U.S. in recent decades.
New Hollywood Cinema$21.50What is "New Hollywood"? The "art" cinema of the Hollywood "Renaissance" or the corporate controlled blockbuster? The introverted world of Travis Bickle or the action heroics of Indiana Jones, Buzz Lightyear, and Maximus the Gladiator? Innovative departures from the "classical" Hollywood style or superficial glitz, special effects, and borrowings from MTV? Wholesale change or important continuities with Hollywood's past? The answer suggested, continued.
Film Comedy$19.50What exactly is film comedy and what is the basis for its widespread appeal? Film Comedy uses formal, socio-historical and industrial perspectives to answer this question.
Lost in Translation (American Indies)$85.00Elusive, subtle, and atmospheric, Lost in Translation was one of the indie hits of 2004, but what was the basis of the film's appeal and how exactly was it marked as distinctly independent? Considering industrial factors, such as strategies in funding and release, to the role of star performance and formal qualities, including the film's low key narrative structure and impressionistic use of visual imagery and sound, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the film's balance, continued.
Spectacular Narratives: Hollywood in the Age of the$17.10What makes today's Hollywood films so successful? Is it the sheer scale of special effects that gives films like "Jurassic Park" or "The Matrix" their mass audience appeal? Geoff King looks at the underexplored dynamic relationship between narrative and spectacle in contemporary Hollywood cinema.