film books
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Colour Films in Britain: The Negotiation of Innovation 1900-1955
As seen in:Shop NowSarah Street’s illuminating study Colour Films in Britain traces the history of colour in British cinema, and analyses the use of colour in a range of films, both fiction and non-fiction, including The Open Road, The Glorious Adventure, This is Colour, Blithe Spirit, This Happy Breed, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, The Tales of Hoffmann and Moulin Rouge.
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French New Wave: A Revolution in Design
As seen in:Directors: Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard
Shop NowA definitive celebration on the visual imagery of the French New Wave.
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Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design
As seen in:Directors: Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese
Shop NowDesigned by Saul Bass’s daughter Jennifer and written by distinguished design historian Pat Kirkham, Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design contains more than 1,400 illustrations, many from the Bass archive and never published before, providing an in-depth account of one of the leading graphic artists of the 20th century.
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse The Art of the Movie
As seen in:Designer: Justin K. Thompson
Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
Shop NowDiscover the world of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in this stunning book which brings together a collection of art from the animated movie. Packed with concept art, final designs, and artist commentary plus previously unseen storyboards.
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The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger: Romantic Imaginations
As seen in:Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Shop NowThe Cinema of Powell and Pressburger examines two true visionaries of British cinema, who created glorious Technicolor masterpieces including Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes
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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
Shop NowWith more than 1.75 million copies sold worldwide in 30 languages, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (updated for 2020) is the ultimate movie guide that celebrates the cult classics and their contemporary competitors, along with box office hits and breakout independents.
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Accidentally Wes Anderson
Director: Wes Anderson
Shop NowThe book Accidentally Wes Anderson brings together the world’s most Anderson-like sites in all their faded grandeur and pop-pastel colours, telling the story behind each stranger than-fiction-location.
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Dark Places: The Haunted House in Film
As seen in:Shop NowDark Places: The Haunted House in Film is a wide-ranging and compelling study, where Barry Curtis demonstrates how the claustrophobic interiors of haunted spaces in films connect to the dark places’ of the human psyche.
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The Glass Room
As seen in:Designer: Mies Van der Rohe
Director: Julius Sevcik
Shop NowThe film The Affair tells a story of love, friendship, life-changing decisions and the early life of Villa Tugendhat and is based on an adaptation of Simon Mawer’s acclaimed 2009 novel The Glass Room
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