With its unique ability to bring our wildest fantasies to life, the cinema has done more than any other medium to popularize the science fiction genre throughout the world. This book features images, representing the creme de la creme of science fiction posters from artists in different countries and cultures.

Product Description: In 1942, a young man at Warner Bros. art department created a poster for Casablanca. Over the next sixty-three years, posters for A Streetcar Named Desire, Dial M For Murder, Bonnie and Clyde, Bullitt, My Fair Lady, Get Carter, Dirty Harry, The Untouchables and Unforgiven became coveted items, cherished by movie-goers all over the world...read more

Product Description: The publication of New York sociologist Richard Sennett's study ‘TheCraftsman’, and of assorted government reports from all over the Western world, have helped to focus attention on the issue and to give it urgency. It ranges from teaching and training (the value of "making things", whatever the subject) right across the spectrum to the stimulation of modern creative industries...read more

Product Description: Prolifically illustrated, this is the perfect introduction to the history of film for students and budding cinephiles alike. This extensive yet accessible book traces the evolution of cinema, from the great silver screen-classics through postwar movements from film noir to nouvelle vague, and up to the present day with the emerging commercial success of 3-D...read more

Product Description: Sergio Leone is a singular figure among Italian filmmakers of the postwar years; his films grow in reputation year after year. Groundbreaking westerns such as his Dollars trilogy and the authoritative Once upon a Time in the West have made Leone one of the most popular and influential directors in world cinema...read more

Product Description: The context of cultural and social change enriches this study of the cinematic world, creating a fascinating guide to film that examines each stage of cinema's development with scholarly detail in an easy-to-read format. Organized chronologically, the book traces the evolution of cinema from the earliest days of film projection to the golden age of film halls, drive-ins, outdoor shows, and the current multiplexes...read more

Product Description: For the first time, world vintage movie poster authority Tony Nourmand shares his personal selection of the 100 essential movie posters of all time. For 30 years, Nourmand has been instrumental in redefining 20th-century movie posters as an art form and a valuable collectible...read more

Product Description: Prolifically illustrated, this is the perfect introduction to the history of film for students and budding cinephiles alike. This extensive yet accessible book traces the evolution of cinema, from the great silver screen-classics through postwar movements from film noir to nouvelle vague, and up to the present day with the emerging commercial success of 3-D...read more

Product Description: The definitive book on Sergio Leone's landmark Western, Once Upon A Time In The West (1968). An in-depth analysis and shot by shot look at this iconic film by the world's leading authority on Sergio Leone, Sir Christopher Frayling, who coined the phrase "Spaghetti Western"...read more

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Product Description: Leading cultural historian and broadcaster Christopher Frayling reflects on gothic themes in literature, art, and popular culture, through the lens of his friendship and correspondence with Angela Carter during her formative writing years...read more