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  • Shot on Location

    Shot on Location

    by R. Barton Palmer

    In the early days of filmmaking, before many of Hollywood's elaborate sets and soundstages had been built, it was common for movies to be shot on location. Decades later, Hollywood filmmakers rediscovered the practice of using real locations and documentary footage in their narrative features. Why d... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2016
  • Guillaume de Mauchaut: La Prise d'Alixandre (Garland Library of Medieval Literature)

    Guillaume de Mauchaut: La Prise d'Alixandre (Garland Library of Medieval Literature)

    by R. Barton Palmer

    This is the first edition in more than a century and the first modern English translation of the crowning masterwork of Machaut's literary career. Based on his extensive discussion with returning crusaders, the poet recounts King Peter I of Cyprus's successful attack and capture of the Egyptian city... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2002
  • Adaptation in Visual Culture: Images, Texts, and Their Multiple Worlds (Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture)

    Adaptation in Visual Culture: Images, Texts, and Their Multiple Worlds (Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture)

    by R. Barton Palmer • Julie Grossman

    This book offers the first comprehensive discussion of the relationship between Modern Irish Literature and the Irish cinema, with twelve chapters written by experts in the field that deal with principal films, authors, and directors. This survey outlines the influence of screen adaptation of impor... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2016
  • Screening Modern Irish Fiction and Drama

    Screening Modern Irish Fiction and Drama

    by R. Barton Palmer • Marc C. Conner

    This book offers the first comprehensive discussion of the relationship between Modern Irish Literature and the Irish cinema, with twelve chapters written by experts in the field that deal with principal films, authors, and directors. This survey outlines the influence of screen adaptation of impor... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2016
  • Jean Froissart: A Dual Language Anthology

    Jean Froissart: A Dual Language Anthology

    by R. Barton Palmer • Kristen M. Figg

    First published in 2002. Jean Froissart is probably the best known medieval historians. His Chronicle (of the Hundred Years War) is among the top ten historical works in western civilization. In his own time, though, he was better known as a poet. This is the first dual language anthology including ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2002
  • The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh (The Philosophy of Popular Culture #Ppcs)

    The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh (The Philosophy of Popular Culture #Ppcs)

    by R. Barton Palmer • Steven M. Sanders

    Widely regarded as a turning point in American independent cinema, Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape (1989) launched the career of its twenty-six-year-old director, whose debut film was nominated for an Academy Award and went on to win the Cannes Film Festival's top award, the Palme d'Or... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2008
  • Modern American Drama on Screen

    Modern American Drama on Screen

    by William Robert Bray • R. Barton Palmer

    From its beginnings, the American film industry has profited from bringing popular and acclaimed dramatic works to the screen. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive account, focusing on key texts, of how Hollywood has given a second and enduring life to such classics of the American theat... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2013
  • Modern British Drama on Screen

    Modern British Drama on Screen

    by William Robert Bray • R. Barton Palmer

    This collection of essays offers the first comprehensive treatment of British and American films adapted from modern British plays. Offering insights into the mutually profitable relationship between the newest performance medium and the most ancient. With each chapter written by an expert in the ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2013
  • The Philosophy of Michael Mann (The Philosophy of Popular Culture)

    The Philosophy of Michael Mann (The Philosophy of Popular Culture)

    by Aeon J. Skoble • R. Barton Palmer • Steven Sanders

    A collection of essays exploring the philosophical themes and aesthetic vision behind blockbuster film including The Insider, Public Enemies,and more.Known for his finely crafted crime thrillers, American filmmaker Michael Mann has long been regarded as a talented triple threat capable of moving eff... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2014
  • Giving the Devil His Due: Satan and Cinema

    Giving the Devil His Due: Satan and Cinema

    by Murray Leeder • Catherine O'Brien • R. Barton Palmer • David Sterritt • J. P. Telotte • Carl H. Sederholm • Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock • Regina M. Hansen • Katherine A. Fowkes • Simon Bacon • David Hauka • Russ Hunter • Barry C. Knowlton • Eloise R. Knowlton

    The first collection of essays to address Satan’s ubiquitous and popular appearances in filmLucifer and cinema have been intertwined since the origins of the medium. As humankind’s greatest antagonist and the incarnation of pure evil, the cinematic devil embodies our own culturally specific anxietie... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2021
  • Thinking in the Dark: Cinema, Theory, Practice

    Thinking in the Dark: Cinema, Theory, Practice

    by Murray Pomerance • Johannes Von Moltke • Daniel Morgan • R. Barton Palmer • Dudley Andrew • Tom Conley • Sarah Keller • Colin Williamson • Steven Rybin • Steven Woodward • Jeremy Blatter • Professor William Rothman • Tom Gunning • Gilberto Perez • Professor Kristen Hatch • Dominic Lennard • Alex Clayton • Nathan Holmes • Will Scheibel • Jonah Corne • Professor William Brown • Professor Matthew Solomon

    Today's film scholars draw from a dizzying range of theoretical perspectives--they're just as likely to cite philosopher Gilles Deleuze as they are to quote classic film theorist André Bazin. To students first encountering them, these theoretical lenses for viewing film can seem exhilarating, but al... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2015
  • After Hitchcock: Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality

    After Hitchcock: Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality

    by Palmer • David Boyd • R. Barton

    Alfred Hitchcock is arguably the most famous director to have ever made a film. Almost single-handedly he turned the suspense thriller into one of the most popular film genres of all time, while his Psycho updated the horror film and inspired two generations of directors to imitate and adapt this mo... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2006
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