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Soundscapes From Australia Richards, Fiona 2007. Embraces the different approaches of ethnomusicology, gender studies, musical analysis, performance studies and cultural history. Ranging across the country, from remote parts of the Northern Territory to the bustling east coast cities, from Tasmanian wilderness to tropical Queensland, the book includes references to art and literature as well as music. Issues of national identity, belonging and aboriginalization are an integral part of the book, with indigenous responses to place examined alongside music from the western orchestral, chamber and choral repertories. The book provides valuable insight into a wide range of music inspired by Australia, from the Yanyuwa people to Jewish communities in Victoria; from Peter Sculthorpe's opera Quiros to the work of European expats living in Australia before the Second World War; from historic Ealing film scores to contemporary sound installations. The work of many significant composers is discussed in detail, among them Ross Edwards, Barry Conyngham, David Lumsdaine, Anne Boyd and Fritz Hart. Throughout the book there is a sense of the vibrancy and diversity of the music inspired by the sights and sounds of the Australian landscape. $$167.00hb

Cinematic Tango: Contemporary Argentine Film Falicov, Tamara 2007. The Cinematic Tango explores the cultural politics of over sixty years of filmmaking in Argentina. From the 1940s when film was a successful studio product to the 1980s post-dictatorship period when national cinema was utilized as a public relations tool, Tamara L. Falicov explores how national culture on film has been shaped, articulated, and debated. She provides in-depth analysis of Argentina's contemporary period, when financial incentives led to the production of commercial "blockbusters" as well as new opportunities for first-time directors, sparking a surge of low-budget, independent filmmaking. $49.95pb

New Guide To Italian Cinema Celli & Cottino 2007. A New Guide to Italian Cinema, with co-author Carlo Celli, is a complete reworking and update of Marga Cottino-Jones’ popular A Student’s Guide to Italian Film (1983, 1993). This guide retains earlier editions’ interest in renowned films and directors but is also attentive to popular cinema, the films which actually achieved box office success among the Italian public. The Guide introduces the Italian cinema not just as a 20th century phenomenon but as an expression of the deeper roots of Italy's historic, cultural and literary past. Chapters offer historical timelines and commentary on political and cultural events and trends, followed by discussion of the Italian cinema industry and key films. Appendices offer guides to writing about film, statistical data of Italian box office history and short biographies and filmographies of important directors. The aim of the book is to provide the cinephile, student, teacher, or fan with a guide where points of interest may be identified and studied with clarity. $51.00pb

Live Flesh: The Male Body in Contemporary Spanish Cinema Fouz-Hernandez, Santiago & Martinez, Exposito, Alfredo 2007. In post-Franco Spain, a re-shaping of notions of the masculine has been under way for some time.  The authors of Live Flesh demonstrate how contemporary Spanish films, during this modern period, have contributed to this process.  They do so by visualizing the ways in which Spanish men have been abandoning old self images and adopting new ones, and they explain and explore the complexity and diversity of these fresh cinematic creations of masculine identities. The book's point of focus is Spanish films of the democratic period, both popular and auteur, made by directors of national and international prominence, such as Pedro Almodóvar, Alejandro Amenábar, Bigas Luna or Julio Medem, as well as films featuring acclaimed actors who have contributed to the construction of contemporary ideas of the masculine in their country, including Antonio Banderas and Javier Bardem.  Using a fresh theoretical framework, embracing queer and feminist theory and concepts of nation, race and class, each chapter examines key films that represent the male body, highlighting notable elements – young, muscular, homosexual, (dis)abled, foreign and so on – and goes on to focus on recent case studies from the early 1990s to the present. $51.00pb.

Cinema Of Ang Lee Dilley. J. 2007 Born in Taiwan, Ang Lee is one of cinema's most versatile directors whose ability to traverse cultural, national, and sexual boundaries has gained him worldwide recognition. His astonishingly diverse résumé shows him tackling culture clashes and globalization ( Eat Drink Man Woman, 1993), period drama ( Sense and Sensibility, 1995), blockbusters ( Hulk, 2003), and gay romance (Brokeback Mountain, 2005). In this book, the first full-length study of Ang Lee's work, the contributors use suggestive readings of gender and identity to uncover the enormous international appeal of this acclaimed contemporary director. $49.95pb

The Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East Gonul Donmez, Colin 2007. Contains twenty-four essays, each concerning an individual film from Morocco all the way to Iran. The volume explores not only the established film cultures of Turkey, Egypt, and Israel, but also the nascent cinemas of Palestine and Syria. Selected films include Cairo Station (Egypt, 1958), The Runner (Iran, 1989), Once Upon a Time, Beriut (Lebanon, 1994), Ten (Iran, 2002), and Uzak (Turkey, 2003). With a preface by Cannes Palme d'Or-winning director Abbas Kiarostami, The Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East unveils a diverse region of filmmaking. 288p, $49.95pb

Cinema Taiwan: Politics Popularity & State Of The Arts Davis, D.W. 2007. Following the recent success of Taiwanese film directors, such as Hou Hsiao-hsien, Edward Yang, Ang Lee and Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwanese film is raising its profile in contemporary cinema. This collection presents an exciting and ambitious foray into the cultural politics of contemporary Taiwan film that goes beyond the auteurist mode, the nation-state argument and vestiges of the New Cinema. Cinema Taiwan considers the complex problems of popularity, conflicts between trans-national capital and local practice, non-fiction and independent filmmaking as emerging modes of address, and new possibilities of forging vibrant film cultures embedded in national (identity) politics, gender/sexuality and community activism. Insightful and challenging, the essays in this collection will attract attention to a globally significant field of cultural production and will appeal to readers from the areas of film studies, cultural studies and Chinese culture and society. 236p, $69.95

Pride and Panic: Russian Imagination of the West in Post-Soviet Film Hashamova, Yana 2007. Since the fall of Communism, Russians have struggled to reconcile their social traditions with a flood of Western cultural imports. Contemporary Russian cinema has latched on to the resulting confusion and ambivalence, mining societal upheaval for revolutionary cinematic topics. Yana Hashamova explores this largely uncharted territory in Pride and Panic. A groundbreaking study, Pride and Panic probes cinematic representations of the unsettled Russian national consciousness, a complex cocktail of fear, anger, and anxious uncertainty. Hashamova examines the works of both established and lesser-known Russian directors, and she draws thought-provoking parallels between these evolving social attitudes in contemporary Russia and the development of an individual human psyche. The cultural impact of globalization, the evolution of the Russian national identity, and the psychology of a society all intertwine in this fascinating study of the connections between film and political consciousness. $93.00hb

Pinewood Studios: Seventy Years Of Fabulous Film-Making Brigh, Morris 2007. A celebration of Pinewood’s first 70 years, paying a fitting tribute to the past but also looking towards the future. It contains an unparalleled selection of over 500 photographs from the Pinewood archive – featuring many previously unseen shots. 384p, $120.00hb

Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City Mazmudan, Ranjani 2007. This is an articulation of urban life in entirely new terms, specifically, the place of the village in the imaginary constitution of anti-colonial nationalism which gave way to a greater acknowledgment, even centrality, of urban space. Bombay Cinema takes the reader on an inventive journey through a cinematic city of mass crowds, violence, fashion, architectural fantasies, and subcultural identities. Moving through the world of gangsters and vamps, families and drifters, and heroes and villains, Bombay Cinema explores an urban landscape marked by industrial decline, civic crisis, working-class disenchantment, and diverse street life. Combining the anecdotal with the theoretical, the philosophical with the political, and the textual with the historical, Bombay Cinema leads the reader into the heart of the urban labyrinth in India, revising and deepening our understanding of both the city and its cinema. 312p, $42.95pb

Italian Neo-Realism: Rebuilding The Cinematic City Sheil, Mark 2007. Italian Neorealism is a valuable introduction to one of the most influential of film movements. Exploring the roots and causes of neorealism, particularly the effects of the Second World War, as well as its politics and style, Mark Shiel examines the portrayal of the city and the legacy left by filmmakers such as Rossellini, De Sica, and Visconti. Films studied include Rome, Open City (1945), Paisan (1946), The Bicycle Thief (1948), and Umberto D. (1952). $35.00pb.

Directors in British & Irish Cinema Murphy, Robert 2007. This unique volume presents a comprehensive reference guide to directors who have worked in the British and Irish film industries between 1895 and 2005. Each of its 980 entries on individual directors, from Rodney Ackland to Fred Zinneman, gives a resumé of the director's career, evaluates their achievements, and provides a guide to source material and a complete filmography. Engaging with the entire history of British and Irish cinema, the book encompasses filmmakers from Charles Chaplin to Lynne Ramsay, directors who worked in mainstream cinema and those who worked in the independent sector; those who are associated with the heyday of British cinema--Asquith, Powell and Pressburger, Mackendrick and Korda--or with the heady years of the 60s and 70s--Ken Russell, Nic Roeg, Derek Jarman, and Stanley Kubrick--as well as addressing contemporary filmmakers such as Nick Broomfield, Mike Figgis, Antonia Bird, and Anthony Minghella. $85.00pb

Film Drama & The Breakup of Britain Blandford, Steve 2007. Breaking down the scholarly barriers between theatre and film studies, Blandford examines British directors’ interpretations of their nation’s postcolonial age, tracing the various ways that auteurs have created dramatic narratives that explore the idea of being “British” and all its inherent complexity.  From community-based theatres in Scotland and Wales to the blockbuster The Full Monty, Blandford probes the cultural impact of Britain’s struggle to form a new identity, making his book an essential read for all those interested in postcolonial studies and the history of British film. $62.00pb

European Cinemas in the Television Age, Ostrowsna & Roberts. 2007. Radically rethinks European cinema's post-war history from the perspective of television's impact on the culture of cinema's production, distribution, consumption, and reception. In every European country television has transformed the economic, technological, and aesthetic terms of cinema production. Its growing popularity has drastically reshaped cinema's audiences and forced governments to introduce policies to regulate the interaction between cinema and television. Cinematic criticism has been slow to address the impact of television, but this study recognizes its influence and offers a more authentic and richer history of European cinemas. $52.95pb

Complete Film Works: Robert Frank, Frank, Robert 2007. Frank, as a filmmaker, has remained a well-kept secret for almost four decades. Robert Frank The Complete Film Works fills a long overdue gap by presenting every one of Frank's more than 25 films and videos, some of them classics of the New American Cinema of the 1950s and 60s. $150.00hb

Film Genre From Iconography To Ideology, Barry, Grant 2007. This is a concise evaluation of film genre, discussing genre theory and sample analyses of the western, science fiction, the musical, horror, comedy, and the thriller. It introduces the topic in an accessible way and includes sections on the principles of studying and understanding "the idea of genre"; genre and popular culture; the narrative and stylistic conventions of specific genres; the relations of genres to culture and history, race, gender, sexuality, class and national identity; and the complex relations between genre and authorship. Case studies include: 42nd Street, Pennies from Heaven, Red River, All That Heaven Allows, Night of the Living Dead, Die Hard, Little Big Man, Blue Steel, and Posse. $35.00pb

Evolution of Film Harbord, Jane 2007. How is film changing? What does it do, and what do we do with it? This book examines the reasons why we should be studying film in the twenty-first century, connecting debates from philosophy, anthropology and new media with historical concerns of film studies .The book brings together key thinkers of the contemporary in an innovative exchange between film and theory. Marc Auge's concept of 'non-place' is brought to bear on, and disrupt, the category of national cinema. Manuel DeLanda's notion of morphogenesis frames an understanding of film as a process of constant evolution, in which the terms of change are immanent to matter itself. And the concept of inertia, from Paul Virilio's work, allows us to comprehend the different energies of film. Arguing that there is no higher position from which to view the present, either in theory or in film, we move blindly and yet with faith, discovering the present frame by frame. $42.00pb
Hollywood and the Mob: Movies, Mafia, Sex and Death Adler, Tim 2007. Since the earliest days of the American film industry, the Mafia has sought to make a fast buck through intimidation, threats and violence. From the 1930s, when the mob was extorting the studios for the equivalent of twenty million dollars a year, right up to the present day, which has seen Mafia henchmen sent to prison for threatening action star Steven Seagal, Mafia figures such as Al Capone, Sam Giancana and John Gotti have tried to infiltrate the studio lot and exert their control. At the same time, Hollywood has made its own mark on the Mafia. James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Al Pacino and Tony Soprano have all taught the boys how to dress and increasingly the Mafia imitates Hollywood rather than the other way round. This exhaustively researched book, distilled from hundreds of sources, discloses the secret history of Hollywood and the Mafia. $49.95hb
Science Fiction Cinema: Between Fantasy and Reality Cornea, Christine 2007. Offering a broad historical and theoretical reassessment of this popular genre, Christine Cornea explores the development of science fiction in cinema from its very beginnings to the present day. Each chapter offers analyses of particular films, situating them within a wider historical/cultural context while also highlighting a specific key thematic issue. Cornea provides vital and unique perspectives on the genre, including discussions of the relevance of psychedelic imagery, race, the "new woman of science," generic performance, and the prevalence of "techno-orientalism" in recent films. Enriching the book are new interviews with some of the main practitioners in the field, such as Roland Emmerich, Paul Verhoeven, Ken Russell, Stan Winston, William Gibson, Brian Aldiss, Joe Morton, Dean Norris, and Billy Gray. While American films are Cornea's main focus, she also engages with a range of pertinent examples from other countries and explains why science fiction lends itself well to trans-national reception. $49.95pb

Me & My Brother Frank, Robert 2007 Robert Frank's first feature-length film, premiered at the 1968 Venice Film Festival. Everything that had defined Frank's art up to that point is packed into this film--the view of America as if from the outside, the placement of the marginal in a central role, the poetic libertinage of the Beats. The story, which takes place during the showing of another film in a rundown movie theater, weaves together opposites, playing the counterfeit against the authentic, pornography against poetry, acting against being, Beat cynicism against hippie romanticism, monochrome against color. Me and My Brother celebrates the poetic essay, affirms the underground and the assemblage form, and packs in some bizarre twists and turns. This book and DVD set includes stills, dialogue and the re-edited 85-minute film. $85.00hb Film Histories: An Introduction & Reader Monteith & Grange 2007. Arranged chronologically, Film Histories is a wide-ranging anthology that covers the history of film from 1885 to the present. Each chapter contains an introduction by the editors on key developments within the respective period, followed by a classic piece of historical research about that period. Various approaches to film history are taken by the authors of the articles, exposing readers to different forms of historical research. Topics include: the history of audiences, exhibition, marketing, censorship, aesthetic history, political history, and historical reception studies. $$58.95pb

Grindhouse: The Sleaze-filled Saga of an Exploitation Double Feature Tarantino, Quentin & Rodriguez, Robert 2007. Join directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez as they resurrect the blood-soaked, sex-fuelled exploitation double features of the “grindhouse” circuit. Together with cast and crew, Tarantino and Rodriguez chronicle the making of not one but two motion pictures: Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof and Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror. Compiling never-before-seen production artwork, hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos, exclusive interviews and enough blood, flesh and gore for two books, Grindhouse: The Sleaze-Filled Saga Of An Exploitation Double Feature offers fans the definitive insider’s guide to the world of Grindhouse! $60.00hb

The Historical Epic and Contemporary Hollywood: From Dances With Wolves to Gladiator Russell, James 2007. Seeks to document and explain a recent revival of historical epic films in Hollywood. Rather than relying on abstract theoretical approaches, Russell employs empirical historical techniques to explore how industrial conditions and the agendas of key directors, writers and producers led to the increased production of historical epics such as Dances With Wolves (1990), Titanic (1997), Gladiator (2000) and The Passion of the Christ (2004). The book begins by exploring the careers of filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Mel Gibson during the 1990s. Russell looks in detail at their agendas, the production of their films and at the content of the films themselves. As the book progresses, he goes on to address the activities of the major studios, in terms of production and marketing, and looks at changing industrial conditions, such as the emergence of DVD. Finally, Russell examines social trends, particularly increasing levels of religious commitment and political division in America. $49.90pb

Unsilvered Screens: Surrealism On Film Harper & Stone (ed) 2007. Leading critics from the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, and Japan offer fresh, provocative views of canonical Surrealist works from Buñuel, Jan Svankmajer, and David Lynch. They also offer lively analyses of surrealist aspects of contemporary Japanese, Russian, and British cinema, Disney animation, digital cinema, and documentary, exploring the vibrant effect and considerable legacy of surrealism on film. $49.95pb

Film: A Critical Introduction Pramaggiore, M. 2007. This 2nd edition provides a comprehensive framework for studying films, with an emphasis on writing as a means of exploring film’s aesthetic and cultural significance. This book’s consistent and comprehensive focus on writing allows the reader to master film vocabulary and concepts while learning to formulate rich interpretations. Part I introduces the reader to the importance of film analysis, offering helpful strategies for discerning the way films produce meaning. Part II examines the fundamental elements of film, including narrative form, mise en scène, cinematography, editing, and sound, and shows how these concepts can be used to interpret films. Part III moves beyond textual analysis to explore film as a cultural institution and introduce the reader to essential areas of film studies research. $75.00pb.

Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen, Cartmel, D. 2007. Offers a multi-disciplinary approach to the adaptation of literature to film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider broad topics, such as the issue of adaptation from novels and plays to the screen, canonical and popular literature, fantasy, genre and adaptations for children. There are also case studies, such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the nineteenth-century novel and modernism, which allow the reader to place adaptations of the work of writers within a wider context. An interview with Andrew Davies, whose work includes Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Bleak House (2005), reveals the practical choices and challenges that face the professional writer and adaptor. 288p, $49.95pb.

Cognitive Semiotics of Film Buckland, Warren 2007. Argues that the conflict between cognitive film theory and contemporary film theory is unproductive. He examines and develops the work of "cognitive film semiotics," a neglected branch of film theory that combines the insights of cognitive science with those of linguistics and semiotics. Presenting a survey of cognitive film semiotics, this study also re-evaluates the film semiotics of the 1960s, highlights the weaknesses of American cognitive film theory, and challenges the move toward "post-theory" in film studies. $59.95pb.

Dali & Film Gale, Matthew 2007. Investigates, for the first time in depth, the part played by film as a key influence on Dali's art, as well as his extensive involvement in film-based projects. This illuminating publication presents not only the major paintings that reflect the artist's famous preoccupation with film, but also all sorts of other materials related to the key film projects on which he worked. Extensively illustrated with reproductions of paintings, film stills, storyboards and photographs of the artist with figures ranging from studio bosses to the Marx Brothers, Dali & Film reveals the depth and persistence of Dali's fascination with the medium. $75.00hpb

I Could've Written a Better Movie Than That!: How to Make Six Figures as a Script Consultant Even If You're Not a Screenwriter, Rydall, Derrek 2007. One of the best kept secrets in Hollywood is the use of consultants to fine-tune scripts. Whether you are a screenwriter or not, if you have a second sense or insightful knowledge that can improve film storytelling, you may have just found a new way to make over $100,000 a year. $40.50pb

Digital Encounters Wood, Aylish 2007. Digital Encounters is a cross media study of digital moving images in animation, cinema, games and installation art. In a world increasingly marked by proliferating technologies, the way we encounter and understand these story-worlds, game spaces and art works reveals aspects of the ways in which we organise and decode the vast amount of visual material we are bombarded with each day. Working with examples from The Incredibles; The Matrix; Tomb Raider: Legend and Bill Viola's The Five Angels for the Millenium, Aylish Wood considers how viewers engage with the diverse interfaces of digital effects cinema, digital games and time-based installations and argues that technologies alter human engagement, distributing our attention across a network of images and objects.This groundbreaking study of digital technology will revitalise this area of research. $61.00

Media We Deserve Salter, David 2007. Mediacrity* is about the major entities of the Australian media, their roles and influence in our lives, and the issues of journalistic practice that shape their content. The nation is fortunate to have media that are generally competent and occasionally very good indeed. But the print and broadcast material that we consume every day can also be perverse, shallow, illogical, infuriatingly opportunistic, crassly commercial, insufferably pretentious and rarely witty. David Salter tries to untangle and make sense of the contradictions. Our media tend to deal in prefabricated versions of reality – false assumptions of habitual values rather than open-minded observation. *It's a unique form of media-manufactured mediocrity: mediacrity. $34.95pb

Sitcoms: The 101 Greatest TV Comedies of All Time Bloom, Ken 2007. The most beloved, most groundbreaking, and most entertaining TV comedies of all time are celebrated in words and pictures—many of them rare—by the award-winning authors of Broadway Musicals. In 101 lively chapters and lots of special features they explore our favourite form of popular entertainment—the TV situation comedy. Of the many hundreds of shows that have debuted over TV's 60-year history, the authors have carefully selected the most influential, popular, and enduring ones, from Gilligan's Island to Seinfeld, I Love Lucy to Will and Grace, creating a history of the medium that goes beyond stats and trivia to reveal all that goes into the creation of classic television, from the writing and all-important casting to the directing and, of course, the acting. Each chapter of Sitcoms features numerous photos, many rare and behind-the-scenes, along with cast lists, artists' biographies, "off-set" titbits, critical commentary, and all of the relevant statistics. Special features cover such topics as famous unseen characters, sitcom pets, spin-offs, sitcoms made from movies, and many more. It's a visual and informative feast for TV lovers, from nostalgia buffs to the TV Land generation. $39.95pb

Sopranos on the Couch: The Ultimate Guide Yacowar, Maurice 2007. Yacowar dissects each episode, character and plot line from the show's first three seasons. It's enough to make even an aficionado's head spin. This comprehensive examination also includes a cast of characters, listing all actors from Dominic Chianese (Corrado "Junior" Soprano) to Michele DeCesare (Hunter Scangarelo), and a list of selected Web sites. $ 29.95pb

The Director’s Cut: Picturing Hollywood in the 21^st Century, Littger, Stephan (ed) 2007. In The Director’s Cut, 21 Hollywood filmmakers share the thrilling accounts of their creative journeys to the film industry’s top position. These conversations provide revealing and in-depth explorations of each director’s artistic roots—giving readers a real understanding of the environments and attitudes that these very different filmmakers have experienced and embraced in their careers and personal lives. The directors in this book have been chosen because of their reputation, sustained popularity at the box office, and diversity of background—both personal and cinematic. The Director’s Cut reflects the variety of talent that has arrived from all over the world to make movies in Hollywood today. Thanks to the candid honesty and openness of these directors, this collection offers illuminating insights into their creative decision-making processes and the key biographical moments in their lives, along with practical advice for would-be directors from all walks of life. $29.95pb

Paper Dreams: The Lost Art of Hollywood Still Photography Schifferli, Christoph 2007. Film stills are a blind spot in the history of twentieth century photography. Largely collected and appreciated simply for their documentary value, only recently private and public collectors have started to discover their seductive and original artistic qualities. In the 1920s and 1930s, during Hollywood's Golden Age, film-still photography reached an unmatched level of technical sophistication and mastery and developed an aesthetic style of its own. This book assembles a selection of vintage film stills from the Hollywood of the 1920s and 1930s - masterpieces from a large collection of film photography. Reproduced in their original format and in high-quality tritone printing, the book conveys the unique creative and narrative qualities of these pictures from a forgotten chapter of black-and-white photography. $90.00pb

 

 

Documentary Storytelling: Making Stronger & More Dramatic Films / 2^nd ed, Bernard, Sheila 2007.
Filled with real-world examples drawn from the author’s career and the experiences of some of today’s top documentarians, Documentary Storytelling includes special interview chapters with Ric Burns, Jon Else, Nick Fraser, Susan Froemke, Sam Pollard, Onyekachi Wambu and other film professionals. This second edition has been brought up to date with a more international focus, a look at lower-budget independent filmmaking, and consideration of newer films including Super Size Me, Murderball, So Much So Fast, and When the Levees Broke.$49.95pb

 

Film Musicals the Rough Guide Parkinson, David 2007. The perfect companion to cinema's most spectacular genre, The Rough Guide to Film Musicals reveals how an escapist entertainment became Hollywood's most ingenious art form. From such enduring classics as Singin' In The Rain and West Side Story to recent successes like Evita and Chicago, this book reviews 50 essential musicals, including several forgotten gems. There are profiles of musical icons such as Fred Astaire, Judy Garland and George Gershwin and details of musicals from around the world. Complete with a list of the best soundtracks, websites and books for further reading, this Rough Guide takes a behind the scenes look at this magical movie genre. $24.95pb

The Illusion of Life 2: More Essays on Animation Cholodenko, Alan 2007. Continues Cholodenko’s first volume's pioneering work on the theory of animation. Covering a range of key topics, including post-WWII animation in Japan and the United States, computer animation, games, flight simulation and war, as well as issues of a general theoretical nature, the sixteen essays and introduction provide an abundance of new understandings, approaches, correctives, and challenges to scholars of animation as well as film. $59.95pb

Once Upon a Time: Walt Disney: The Sources of Inspiration for the Disney Studios Girveau, Bruno 2007. The origins of Disney's masterpieces and the works the studio in turn inspired are the subject of this lavishly illustrated book. While the works of Walt Disney rank among the icons of American mass culture, it is easy to forget that Disney's characters and stories were inspired by original works of art. Now the sources that motivated Disney's imagination--and the artists that his studio in turn influenced--are brought to light. From the launching of the Walt Disney Company until the founder's death in 1967, this book includes more than 300 original works selected from the Disney archives and from private collections, together with paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, and film stills. Here Disney fans will discover the fairy tales behind Sleeping Beauty and Snow White; they'll learn that Pinocchio's village was modelled on the medieval city of Rothenburg in Bavaria; that Bambi's forest took its inspiration from fifteenth-century Chinese painting; that Dumbo's bird's-eye views drew on the work of Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton. One chapter is devoted to the mutually admiring relationship between Salvador Dali and Disney. Finally, the book looks at the myriad ways in which Disney's products became source materials for modern and contemporary artists, including Prokofiev and Leopold Stokowski as well as Christian Boltanski, Bertrand Lavier, Peter Saul, and Gary Baseman. A wonderful sourcebook for Disney enthusiasts, this colourful volume offers a unique perspective on the often-overlooked links between highbrow and popular culture. $150.00hb

The Art of Ratatouille Paik, Karen 2007. From the hit-makers at Pixar Animation Studios who brought us Buzz Lightyear, Nemo, and Mr. Incredible, now comes Remy, the furry star of Ratatouille. A lovable rat (yes, a rat!), Remy is driven by his passion for fine cuisine to become a chef against all odds and with madcap adventures along the way at the most famous restaurant in Paris. The Art of Ratatouille includes more than 200 of the artistic ingredients in this heart warming film: storyboards, full-colour pastels, digital and pencil sketches, character studies, maquettes, and more. In this exclusive movie tie-in book for adults, with quotes from the director, artists, animators, and production team that reveal the genius at work inside the studio that changed cartoon heroes forever. $65.00hb.

Unsung Heroes of Animation Robinson Chris 2007. This excellent collection of insightful biographical essays by Chris Robinson, will provide invaluable illumination. Robinson is the perfect guide, viewing as he does over 1,000 animated films a year. This book focuses on a world of little-known, fiercely independent contemporary animators. Robinson writes with keen perception and a critical eye; he is sincere, compassionate, and always passionate about his subjects. Chris Robinson is an author, freelance writer, and the artistic director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival. $ $59.00pb

Walt Disney: The Biography Gabler, Neal 2007. Gabler is the first writer to gain complete access to the archives of the American icon Walt Disney. Readers can now discover the whole story, witnessing Disney's invention of a "synergistic empire that combined film, television, theme parks, music, book publishing, and merchandise." $49.95hb

 

 

Andrei Rublev Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, Russia 1966, $34.95

Arizona Dream Dir. Emir Kusturica, US 1994, $14.95

Catch a Fire Dir. Phillip Noyce, SA 2006, $39.95

Last of the Blonde Bombshells Dir. Gillies Mackinnon, UK 2000, $34.95

Twin Peaks / Season 2 – Part 1 & Part 2 Dir. David Lynch $49.95 each (Season 1 is also available for $69.95)

The Naked Lunch Dir. David Cronenberg, US 1991, $19.95

The Apu Trilogy (region 2) Dir. Satyajit, Ray $149.00

The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky Box Set (Contains 4 films – Fando Y Lis, El Topo, The Holy Mountain & La Constellation & soundtracks for El Topo & The Holy Mountain) $79.95

El Topo & The Holy Mountain are also available individually at $34.95 each

Wim Wenders on Film (Contains 3 films - Nick's

Movie/ Lightning over Water; The State of Things & A Trick of the Light) $59.95

Wim Wender’s Road Movies (contains Alice In The Cities, Wrong Movie & Kings Of The Road) $59.95

Sophie Scholl Dir. Marc Rothemund, Germany 2006, $29.95

La Haine Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz, France 1995, $19.95

Ax / Le Couperet Dir. Costa Gavras, France 2004, $29.95

Origins - Spirits of The Past Dir. Keiichi, Sugiyama, Japan, $29.95

Sanshiro Sugata Dir. Akira Kurosawa, Japan 1945, $34.95

Der Golem Dir. Paul Wegener, Germany 1920, $9.95

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream Dir . Stuart Samuels, $ 24.95

Happy Feet Dir. George Miller, Aust 2006, $39.95

The Queen Dir. Stephen Frears, UK 2006, $39.95

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Dir .Tom Tykwer, Germany 2006, $34.95

Marie Antoinette Dir. Sofia Coppola, US 2006, $39.95

Who Killed the Electric Car? Dir. Chris Paine, US 2006, $39.95

Tiger & The Snow Dir. Roberto Benigni, Italy 2005, $29.95

Pan’s Labyrinth Dir. Guillermo Del Toro, Spain 2006, $39.95

Bastard Boys Dir: Ray Quint, Aust 2007, $29.95

Story of the Kelly Gang Dir. J & N Tait, Aust 1906, $39.95 DVD & book pack.

Babel Dir. Alejandro Inarritu, 2006, $39.95

A Scanner Darkly Dir. Richard Linklater, US 2006, $34.95

The Science of Sleep Dir. Michel Gondry, 2006, $29.95

Stranger Than Fiction Dir. Marc Forster, US 2006, $39.95

Last Train to Freo Dir. Jeremy Sims, Aust 2006, $34.95

Love & Hate Dir. Dominic Savage, 2006, $29.95

Benny’s Video Dir. Michael Haneke, Germany 1992, $34.95

C.R.A.Z.Y. Dir. Jean-Marc Valee, FR/Canada 2005, $29.95

Chronos Dir. Ron Fricke, $29.95

71 Fragments Of A Chronology of Chance Dir. Michael Haneke, Germany 1994, $34.95

Careful He Might Hear You Dir. Carl Schultz, Aust 1983, $29.95

Mamma Roma Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy 1962, $29.95

Great Aussie Icons Bryan Brown – Stir & The Money Makers Dir. Stephen Wallace & Bruce Beresford, Aust. $19.95

The City Of Women Dir. Federico Fellini, Italy 1980, $29.95

Fellini Collection – Vol 1(Contains 4 films - Intervista; La Dolce Vita; I Vitelloni & Fellini's Magic) Dir. Federico Fellini , Italy , $39.95

The White Sheik Dir. Federico Fellini, Italy 1952, $19.95

Thin Blue Line Dir. Errol Morris, US 1988, $24.95

Paris, Je T’Aime Dir. Various, France 2006, $34.95

The Valet Dir. Francis Veber , France 2006, $29.95

Medea Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy 1970, $34.95

Fast Food Nation Dir. Richard Linklater, US 2006, $29.95

The Good Shepherd Dir. Robert De Niro, US 2006, $39.95

Flags of Our Fathers Dir . Clint Eastwood, US 2006, $39.95

Two Lane Blacktop Dir. Monte Hellman, US 1971, $24.95

Stalker Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, Russia 1979, $34.95

Eyes Without A Face Dir. Georges Franju, France 1960, $29.95

L’Avventura Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy 1960, $34.95

Palm Beach Story Dir. Preston Sturges, US 1942, $24.95

The Lady Eve Dir. Preston Sturges, US 1941, $24.95

Heatwave Dir .Phillip Noyce, Aust 1987, $24.95

Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train Dir. Bob Ellis, Aust $24.95

Adventures of Antoine Doinel – The Truffaut Collection (contains The 400 Blows; Stolen Kisses; Bed & Board; Love on the Run; Antoine et Collette) Dir. Francois Truffaut, France $39.95

The Wind That Shakes The Barley Dir. Ken Loach, UK 2006, $29.95

Kanyini Dir. Melanie Hogan, Aust 2006, $29.95

The Good German Dir. Steven Soderbergh, US 2006, $34.95

Letters From Iwo Jima Dir . Clint Eastwood, US 2006, $34.95

Keane Dir. Lodge Kerrigan, US 2005, $24.95

The Crying Game Dir. Neil Jordan, UK 1992, $29.95

The Blue Angel / Director’s Suite – 2 Disc Edition Dir. Josef Von Sternberg, Germany 1930, $34.95

The Front Page Dir. Billy Wilder, US 1974, $29.95

Radical Digital Cinema / Volume 1 Dirs. Various, Germany 2002, $29.95

Radical Digital Cinema / Volume 2 Dir. Various, Germany 2002, $29.95

2:37 Dir.: Muralik Thalluri, aust 2006, $39.95

Dr. Mabuse the Gambler Dir. Fritz Lang, Germany 1922, $34.95

Lonely Hearts Dir. Paul Cox, Aust 1983, $24.95

Sam Fuller Box Set (Contains Pickup on South Street (1953); Forty Guns (1957); Shock Corridor (1963) & The Naked Kiss (1964)) Dir . Sam Fuller, US, $39.95

The Sorrow & Pity Dir. Marcel Ophuls, France 1969, $34.95

The De Sica Collection (Contains 3 films - The Bicycle Thieves; Miracle in Milan & The Roof) Dir .Vittorio De Sica, Italy, $39.95

The Lives Of Others Dir. Florian Hencke Von Donnersmarck, Germany 2006, $39.95

Burke & Wills Dir. Matthew Zeremes & Oliver Torr, Australia 2006, $29.95

La Belle et la Bete / Bauty & The Beast Dir .Jean Cocteau, France 1946, $34.95

Orphee / Orpheus Dir. Jean Cocteau, France 1950, $34.95

A Tattooed Life Dir. Suzuki Seijun, Japan 1965, $24.95

Hero’s Journey Dir. Grace Phan $29.95

Reincarnation / Rinne Dir. Takashi Shimizu, Japan 2005, $29.95

Rang de Basanthi Dir. Rakesh Mehra, India 2006, $29.95

Dynamite Warrior Dir. Chalerm Wongpim $29.95

Curse of the Golden Flower Dir. Zhang Yimou, China 2006, $39.95

Slaughterhouse Five Dir. George Roy Hill, US 1972, $24.95

Emerald City Dir. Michael Jenkins, Aust 1988, $29.95

David Williamson Collection (Contains 4 films of Williamson's plays - Don's Party; The Removalists; Travelling North & The Four Minute Mile) Dirs.: Various, Aust., $49.95

The Killers box set (contains both the 1946, Dir. Robert Siodmark & the 1964, Dir. Don Siegal versions) US, $39.95

Un Chien Andalou / 2 Disc Edition (also contains his 1933 film, Las Hurdes and a documentary on Bunuel) Dir. Luis Bunuel ) Spain, $39.95

A Woman Is A Woman / Une Femme Est Une Femme Dir. Jean Luc Godard, France 1961, $19.95

Alphaville Dir. Jean Luc Godard, France 1965, $19.95

First Name Carmen / Prenom Carmen Dir. Jean Luc Godard, France 1983, $19.95

Little Soldier / Le Petit Soldat Dir. Jean Luc Godard, France 1963, $19.95

Contempt Dir. Jean Luc Godard, France 1963, $19.95

Oh Woe Is Me / Helas Pour Moi Dir. Jean Luc Godard, France 1993, $19.95

Passion Dir. Jean Luc Godard, France 1982, $19.95

Breathless Dir. Jean Luc Godard, France 1960, $19.95

Pierrot Le Fou Dir. Jean Luc Godard, France 1965, $19.95

Nights of Cabiria Dir. Federico Fellini, Italy 1957, $19.95

The Bad Sleep Well Dir. Akira Kurosawa, Japan 1960, $34.95

Tales From Earthsea Dir. Goro Miyazaki, Japan 2006, $34.95

The Lower Depths Dir. Akira Kurosawa, Japan 1957, $34.95

The Road To Guantanamo Dir. Michael Winterbottom, UK 2006, $29.95

Army In The Shadows Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville, France 1969, $19.95

Shanghai Triad Dir. Zhang Yimou, China 1994, $19.95

Notes on A Scandal Dir. Richard Eyre, UK 2006, $39.95

The Namesake Dir. Mira Nair $39.95 – DUE OCT 8^th

Becoming Jane Dir. Julian Jarrod $34.95 – DUE OCT 8^th

Volver Dir. Pedro Almodovar $32.95 – DUE NOV 8^th

Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives Of Florence Broadhurst Dir. Gillian Armstrong, Aust 2006, $32.95 – DUE NOV 8^th

The Experimental Films of Osamu Tezaka (Japanese animator) $29.95

The Tree of Wooden Clogs Dir. Ermanno Olmi, Italy 1978, $29.95

Bra Boys Dir Sunny Abberton, Aust 2006, $39.95

The Blue Gardenia (region 1) Dir. Fritz Lang, US 1953, $24.95

Re-Animator Dir. Gordon Stuart, US 1985, $19.95

The Magnificent Ambersons (region 2) Dir. Orson Welles, US 1942, $45

Belle de Jour Dir. Luis Buneul, France 1967, $36.95

Paris Vu Par Dirs. Various, France 1964, $34.95

The Dennis Potter Box Set $199.95

Hamish Macbeth Series 1-3 Box Set $69.95

Shakespeare Retold Box Set $79.95