The Film Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide to Film and the Film Industry [7th ed.] 978-0-06-202615-6, 0062026151

“The best movie reference book, hands down” (Newsweek) is now available in a deftly revised and meticulously updated sev

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The Film Encyclopedia: The Complete Guide to Film and the Film Industry [7th ed.]
978-0-06-202615-6, 0062026151

"The ultimate guide to movies, directors, and genres; Charts the history of cinema from its origins as a carnival s

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In a career that spanned eight decades, Christopher Lee (1922-2015) appeared in more than 200 roles for film and televis

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For more than a century, original music has been composed for the cinema. From the early days when live music accompanie

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What has brought about the transformation of the British film industry over the last few decades, to the beginnings of w

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Musicians, both fictional and real, have long been subjects of cinema. From biopics of composers Beethoven and Mozart to

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Petrocinema presents a collection of essays concerning the close relationship between the oil industry and modern media—

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Brings together an introduction to academic study of audiences as ‘readers’ of films and an investigation into how the f

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Re-frames the computer-animated film as a new genre of contemporary cinema Widely credited for the revival of feature-l

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