Books & Mags
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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
With 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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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
As seen in:Director: Stanley Kubrick
Fully restored edition of Anthony Burgess’ original text of A Clockwork Orange, with a glossary of the teen slang ‘Nadsat’, explanatory notes, pages from the original typescript, interviews, articles and reviews
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Accidentally Wes Anderson
Director: Wes Anderson
The 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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At Home at Highclere: Entertaining at The Real Downton Abbey
As seen in:Director: Michael Engler
As owner of Highclere, the real Downton Abbey, Lady Carnarvon’s love of history is richly rewarded with Highclere Castle’s mine of family records going back some 300 years. She has delved into the archives to create a book that invites you inside the Castle, past and present.
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Baz Luhrmann (World Directors)
Director: Baz Luhrmann
The first major book-length study of the work of Australian film-maker Baz Luhrmann, one of the most exciting and controversial personalities working in World Cinema today
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Blade Runner / Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
As seen in:Directors: Ridley Scott, Denis Villeneuve
THE book by sci-fi supremo Philip K Dick on which Blade Runner is based.
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Bond: Photographed by Terry O’Neill
The book Bond: Photographed by Terry O’Neill features iconic portraits and contact sheets from Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die, Golden Eye and Casino Royale
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Brazil (BFI Film Classics)
As seen in:Director: Terry Gilliam
Paul McAuley traces Brazil’s production and critical reception, analyses its retro-futuristic imagery and inventive sequences, and unpicks the narrative’s intricate web of accident, coincidence and allusion.
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Breuer
As seen in:Designer: Marcel Breuer
The most comprehensive book on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981)
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Christmas at Highclere: Recipes and traditions from the real Downton Abbey
As seen in:Director: Michael Engler
Highclere Castle, known as ‘the real Downton Abbey’, bustles with activity at the best of times, but it is never more alive than at Christmas. Christmas at Highclere is a look behind the scenes at the routines and rituals that make the castle the most magical place to be throughout the festive season.
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Creating Interior Atmosphere, Mise-en-scène and Interior Design
Creating Interior Atmosphere, Mise-en-scène and Interior Design explores the creation of interior atmosphere as seen through the lens of mise-en-scene. You will learn how this film theory informs the concept of `staged space’ translated through the narrative and expressive qualities of a particular scene.