Provides descriptions of seven hundred important films, biographies of actors, directors, producers, writers, and others, histories of national industries and production companies, and explanations of technical processes

An up-to-date introduction to the film medium and industry examines the origins and development of the cinema and specific aspects of the filmmaking process and film genres, featuring a survey of the sound cinema since the thirties and a guide to filmmakers and actors

The fifth edition of the comprehensive film reference features more than seven thousand alphabetically organized entries on the artistic, technical, and commercial aspects of movies, including style, genres, actors and actresses, directors, producers, and motion picture studios. Original. 20,000 first printing.

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Critics and film historians discuss the work, significance, and contributions of directors and filmmakers from around the world and since the advent of the motion picture

Offers cast, credits, plot summary, and a critical bibliography for each of more than six hundred of the most studied films

Offers cast, credits, plot summary, and a critical bibliography for each of more than six hundred of the most studied films

Offers over 600 critical and biographical entries on women involved in the film industry in fields other than acting

Product Description: Focusing on classics of the cinema, this is one of a series which provides a broad spectrum of knowledge encompassing science, the arts, religion and social issues. The information is presented in sections designed for ease of access.

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A powerful analysis of the deepening instability of global capitalism.

Encompassing more than seven thousand entries, this comprehensive reference on all aspects of the film industry provides information on people in the movie industry, studios, film processes and techniques, industry terminology, and other topics

The fourth edition of the comprehensive film reference features more than eight thousand alphabetically organized entries on the artistic, technical, and commercial aspects of movies, including style, genres, actors and actresses, directors, producers, and motion picture studios. Original. 25,000 first printing.

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A comprehensive guide to film contains entries discussing genres, the impact of motion pictures on society, studios, the technical processes involved in film production, and the history of the format.

Provides descriptions of seven hundred important films, biographies of actors, directors, producers, writers, and others, histories of national industries and production companies, and explanations of technical processes

Ranging from Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan to Quentin Tarantino, and from auteur theory to the Hollywood Blockbuster, Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts has firmly established itself as the essential guide for anyone interested in film. Covering an impressive range of key genres, movements, theories and production terms, this third edition includes a fully updated bibliography, and has been revised and expanded to include new topical entries such as: female masquerade silent cinema exploitation cinema art direction national cinema political cinema. Authoritative yet accessible, Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts is undoubtedly a must-have guide to what is both a fascinating area of study and arguably the greatest art form of modern times.

Offers cast, credits, plot summary, and a critical bibliography for each of more than six hundred of the most studied films

Offers cast, credits, plot summary, and a critical bibliography for each of more than six hundred of the most studied films

The acclaimed author of The Brother Gardeners and Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of the visionary German naturalist whose ideas continue to influence how we view ourselves and our relationship with the natural world today. Alexander von Humboldt (1769 - 1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infested Siberia. He came up with a radical vision of nature, that it was a complex and interconnected global force and did not exist for man's use alone. Ironically, his ideas have become so accepted and widespread that he has been nearly forgotten. Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his investigation of wild environments around the world; his discoveries of similarities between climate zones on different continents; his prediction of human-induced climate change; his remarkable ability to fashion poetic narrative out of scientific observation; and his relationships with iconic figures such as Simon Bolivar and Thomas Jefferson. Wulf examines how his writings inspired other naturalists and poets such as Wordsworth, Darwin, and Goethe, and she makes the compelling case that it was Humboldt's influence on John Muir that led him to his ideas of preservation and that shaped Thoreau's Walden. Humboldt was the most interdisciplinary of scientists and is the forgotten father of environmentalism. With this brilliantly researched and compellingly written book, she makes clear the myriad, fundamental ways that Humboldt created our understanding of the natural world.