The Sacred Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky Harry Potter: The Books, The FIlms, The Cultural Phenomenon J.R.R. Tolkien Liv Tyler Jean-Luc Godard Walerian Borowczyk The Cinema of Richard Linklater Media Hell: Explorations of Radio, Television and the Press Paul Bowles and Bernardo Bertolucci: Under Two Sheltering Skies The Poetry of Cinema
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by Jeremy Mark Robinson
A major new study of Russian filmmaker
Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986), director of seven feature films, including
Mirror,
Andrei Roublyov, Solarisand The Sacrifice.
Exploring every aspect of Andrei Tarkovskyís
output, including scripts, budget, production, shooting, editing, camera,
sound, music, acting, themes, motifs, and spirituality. His films are analyzed
in depth, with scene-by-scene discussions.
This is an important addition to film studies,
the most detailed study of Tarkovsky's work available. It contains 150
illustrations, of Tarkovskyís films, Tarkovsky at work, his contemporaries,
and his favourite painters.
Jeremy Robinson's books include Glorification:
Religious Abstraction in Renaissance and 20th Century Art (1990), Arthur
Rimbaud (1992), Lawrence Durrell (1995) and Detonation Britain:
Nuclear War in the UK (1997). He edits two magazines, Passion
and Pagan America (a journal of American poetry).
Bibliography, notes, illustrations 720pp NEW
Hardback ISBN 1-86171-096-8 / ISBN 1861712332 £60.00 / $105.00
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1-86171-028-3 £30.00 / $60.00
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The Books, The Films, The Cultural Phenomenon
by Jeremy Mark Robinson
A new critical study of Harry Potter,
the Harry Potter cultural phenomenon, the Harry Potter books,
the Harry Potter films and the Harry Potter franchise.
This new critical analysis explores the
Harry Potter cultural phenomenon, the most remarkable event publishing
of the past ten, twenty, thirty or more years. Since 1997, J.K. Rowling's
books have sold nearly 200 million copies, selling more than Stephen King,
John Grisham and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Topics studied include: the relation of
Harry
Potter to fantasy fiction, and to British literature and culture;
the history of children's literature and Harry Potter; Rowling's
literary sources. Rowling's literary and narrative strategies; the
use of magic and witchcraft in the books; issues of gender, race, class
and psychology in Harry Potter; analyses of each book;
the Harry Potter phenomenon in book publishin and the story of the
publication of the books; the Harry Potter films: the making
of the films, the scripts, the adaption process, casting, production, critical
reception; the relationship of the Harry Potter films to other contemporary
Hollywood movies; the economic and business aspects of the Harry
Potter phenomenon; the marketing of the Harry Potter franchise;
the audiences of Harry Potter products; merchandizing,
licensing, toys, etc; J.K. Rowling as author (and celebrity).
This book is written for the general reader
(and viewer) of Harry Potter.
Jeremy Robinson's books include Glorification:
Religious Abstraction in Renaissance and 20th Century Art (1990), Arthur
Rimbaud (1992), Lawrence Durrell (1995) and Detonation Britain:
Nuclear War in the UK (1997). He edits two magazines, Passion
and Pagan America (a journal of American poetry).
Bibliography, notes, illustrations
142pp ISBN 1-861-058-5 £15.99 / $25.00
'You never told him? Never told him what was in the letter Dumbledore left fer him? I was there! I saw Dumbledore leave it, Dursley! An' you've kept it from him all these years?'
'Kept what from me?' said Harry eagerly.
'STOP! I FORBID YOU!' yelled Uncle Vernon in panic.
Aunt Petunia gave a gasp of horror.
'Ah, go boil yer heads, both of yeh,' said Hagrid. 'Harry - yer a wizard.'
There was silence inside the hut. Only the sea and the whistling wind could be heard.
'I'm a what?'
'A wizard, o' course,' said Hagrid, sitting back down on the sofa, which groaned and sank even lower, 'an' a thumpin good'un, I'd say, once yeh've been trained up a bit. With a mum an' dad like yours, what else would yeh be?' An' I reckon it's abou' time yeh read yer letter.'(J.K. Rowling, from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
by Jeremy Mark Robinson
A new cultural analysis of J.R.R. Tolkien,
creator of Middle-earth and author of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit
and
other books.
This new critical study explores Tolkien's
major writings (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Beowulf: The Monster
and the Critics, The Letters, The Silmarillion and The History of
Middle-earth volumes), Tolkien and fairy tales, the mythological, political
and religious aspects of Tolkien's Middle-earth, the critics' response
to Tolkien's fiction over the decades, the Tolkien industry (merchandizing,
toys, role-playing games, posters, Tolkien societies, conferences and the
like), Tolkien in visual and fantasy art, the cultural aspects of The
Lord of the Rings (from the 1950s to the present), Tolkien's fiction's
relationship with other fantasy fiction, such as C.S. Lewis and Harry
Potter, and the TV, radio and film versions of Tolkien's books, including
the new Hollywood interpretations of The Lord of the Rings. The
2001-03 Hollywood films are discussed in great detail, with a scene-by-scene
analysis of each film (including the extended cuts, and omissions, additions,
alterations, etc).
This new book draws on contemporary cultural theory and analysis and offers a sceptical but sympathetic and illuminating account of the Tolkien phenomenon. This book is designed to appeal to the general reader (and viewer) of Tolkien: it is written in a clear, jargon-free and easily-accessible style.
Jeremy Robinson's books include Glorification:
Religious Abstraction in Renaissance and 20th Century Art (1990), Arthur
Rimbaud (1992), Lawrence Durrell (1995) and Detonation Britain:
Nuclear War in the UK (1997). He edits two magazines, Passion
and Pagan America (a journal of American poetry).
820pp Illustrations, bibliography, notes
ISBN 1-86171-057-7 ISBN-13
9781861710574 £30.00 / $60.00
When Bilbo, son of Bungo, of the respectable family of Baggins prepared to celebrate his seventy-first birthday there was some little talk in the neighbourhood, and people polished up their memories. Bilbo had once had some brief notoriety among the hobbits of Hibbiton and Bywater - he had disappeared after breakfast one April 30th and had not reappeared until lunch-time on June 22nd in the following year. A very odd proceeding, and one for which he had never accounted satisfactorily. He wrote a book about it, of course: but even those who had read it never took that seriously.More Info(J.R.R. Tolkien, from an early draft of the first chapter of The Lord of the Rings)
To read extracts from the J.R.R. Tolkien book, click here
Liv Tyler
Star in Ascendance: Her First Decade in Film
by Thomas A. Christie
A new study of the films of Hollywood star Liv Tyler, charting all of her film career up to the present - including Armageddon (1998), Cookie's Fortune (1999), One Night at McCool's (2001) and the Lord of the Rings movies (2001-03).
This is the only in-depth exploration of
Liv Tyler's films available anywhere.
Thomas Christie's pioneering account of Liv Tyler's film career to date is a truly impressive product, combining a wide-ranging knowledge of the film world with a strong, readable narrative style. His meticulous approach has resulted in a work that is factually informative, while his judgements and opinions are scrupulously fair and even-handed. For anyone looking for an authoritative account of Liv Tyler's film career, drawn from an impressively wide-ranging selection of international sources, moving easily between the worlds of high art and popular culture, this volume can be thoroughly recommended.Douglas J. Allen
Lecturer in Social Sciences, Motherwell College, Scotland.
Bibliography, notes, colour illustrations
240pp Pbk ISBN 1-86171-131-X
£15.00 / $30.00
To read extracts from Liv Tyler, click here
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The Passion of Cinema / Le Passion de Cinéma
by Jeremy Mark Robinson
A new study of the French filmmaker Jean-Luc
Godard (b. 1930), director of iconic films such as Breathless, Weekend,
Pierrot le Fou, Passion and Vivre Sa vie. This book explores
27 of Godard's major films, from Breathless to Notre Musique,
and includes a scene by scene analysis of Godard's controversial 1985 film
of the Virgin Mary, Je Vous Salue, Marie.
Jeremy Robinson's books include Glorification:
Religious Abstraction in Renaissance and 20th Century Art (1990), Arthur
Rimbaud (1992), Lawrence Durrell (1995), Detonation Britain:
Nuclear War in the UK (1997) and The Sacred Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky
(2006). He edits two magazines, Passion and Pagan America
(a journal of American poetry).
Bibliography, notes, illustrations
266pp
Paperback ISBN
9781761712271 £15.00 / $30.00
Cinema of Erotic Dreams
by Jeremy Mark Robinson
Walerian Borowczyk (1923-2006) was a Polish
artist, animator and filmmaker who lived in France for much of his life.
He is the author of European art cinema masterpieces Goto: Island of
Love, Blanche and Immoral Tales, some surreal animated shorts,
and controversial films such as The Beast. This new book concentrates
on Borowczyk's feature films, from Goto to Love Rites, which
contain some of the most extraordinary images and scenes in recent cinema.
Erotica for some, porn for others, Borowczyk's films are highly idiosyncratic
and unforgettable.
Jeremy Robinson's books include Glorification:
Religious Abstraction in Renaissance and 20th Century Art (1990), Arthur
Rimbaud (1992), Lawrence Durrell (1995) and Detonation Britain:
Nuclear War in the UK (1997). He edits two magazines, Passion
and Pagan America (a journal of American poetry).
Bibliography, notes, illustrations 240pp.
Paperback ISBN
9781861712301 £15.00 / $30.00
The Cinema of Richard Linklater
by Thomas A. Christie
Richard Linklater (b. 1960) is an important American film director whose movies include School of Rock, Dazed and Confused, Slacker, A Scanner Darkly and Before Sunrise.
This is the first major study of the films
of Richard Linklater, and reviews all of his movies to date.
Bibliography, notes, illustrations
220pp Hdbk ISBN 9781861712387
£45.00 / $90.00
Global Media Warning
(new edition)
by Oliver Whitehorne
A new edition, including a new bibliography and introduction.
An incisive analysis of the 'megavisual' hyperspace that is global media. Whitehorne's wry overview takes in juicy, hypocrisy-rich topics such as censorship in the media; consensus politics and the news; the religious dimensions of advertizing; excessive consumerism; media narratives; radio voices; soap operas; pornography; adverts in print, radio and television; tabloid and broadsheet newspapers; Cosmopolitan and 'women's magazines'; violence and bad language; 'family' viewing; British radio, including a detailed study of Radio 1; the Madonna phenomenon; pop promos, MTV and pop music; feminism and the media.
Oliver Whitehorne is a freelance writer
who has written extensively on the media. His previous books include TV
Texts (1985), Eat the Media: Advertizing and Consumerism (1989),
and Media Hell: Explorations of Radio, Television and the Press
(Crescent Moon (1995).
Bibliography, illustrations, notes
ISBN 1-871846-28-5 £21.99 / $34.50
American ex-pat writer Paul Bowles and New Wave Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci collaborated on the 1990 film The Sheltering Sky, based on Bowles' 1949 novel. Hughes looks at Bowles' fiction, which is concerned with exile, alienation, violence and social collapse, often in a vividly portrayed North African setting. Next, Hughes analyzes Bertolucci's provocative cinema, which ranges from the New Wave and politically-conscious art movies The Conformist and Last Tango in Paris to the more 'mainstream' Hollywood epic treatments of The Last Emperor and Little Buddha.
Cassidy Hughes is a writer and photographer.
His previous books include Images of India (1982), Petrarch,
Dante and the Troubadours (1992) and Sex in Art (1993). His
photographs have been exhibited in London, Rome, Hong Kong and New York
(among others). He lives near St Just in West Penwith, Cornwall.
Filmography and bibliography, notes. 76pp
ISBN 1-871846-66-8 £8.99 / $13.50
The 'cinema of poetry' studied here includes
filmmakers such as Welles, Ozu, Bresson, Cocteau, Tarkovsky, Bergman, Kurosawa,
Godard, Bertolucci, Pasolini and Mizoguchi. Though the (mainly European)
art film is the chief field of Madden's enquiry, his analysis takes in
the whole of the history of cinema, from the Lumiere brothers, through
the silent era and golden age of Hollywood to avant garde filmmakers such
as Anger, Snow and Brakhage. Madden reappraises the æsthetics of
cinema and its affinities with poetry, mythology, religion, magic and narrative
art.
Bibliography, illustrations, notes
87pp ISBN 1-871846-52-8 £10.99
/ $17.00
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