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Jeremy Mark Robinson
THE GHOST IN THE SHELL BOOKVOLUME 1: MANGAby Jeremy Mark RobinsonThis is a study of the Ghost In the Shell comic by Masamune Shirow (real name Masanori Ota, born in…
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A critical survey of the novelist who died in 1990. The author studies in detail all of Durrell’s work; the late series of novels The Avignon Quintet, the Tunc and…
Both Hardy and Powys created a poetic Wessex landscape. Hardy’s Wessex has entered popular folklore and myth, and is used in the promotion of holidays, walks, tours, museums, hotels, even…
ANDREA DWORKIN Of this study of her work, Andrea Dworkin wrote: It’s amazing for me to see my work treated with such passion and respect. There is nothing resembling it…
A new collection of essays. H.W. Fawkner’s essay A–Venusi explores issues of reading, movement, love and sex, the ‘amorous self’, and affectivity in A Glastonbury Romance. Ian Hughes looks at…
NUCLEAR WAR IN THE U.K. An exploration of how the United Kingdom would fare in a nuclear war. There are chapters on: nuclear politics * nukespeak and ‘nuclear theology’ *…
JEREMY MARK ROBINSON
This is a general guide to British author J.R.R. Tolkien and his works, including ‘The Lord of the Rings’, ‘The Silmarillion’, and ‘The Hobbit’.
PETER REDGROVE: HERE COMES THE FLOOD A Study of His Poetry by Jeremy Mark Robinson Poems of honey, wasps and bees; orchards and apples; rivers, seas and tides; storms, rain…
SEX-MAGIC-POETRY-CORNWALL: THE POEMS OF PETER REDGROVE A new study of the poems of one of Britain’s best but underrated poets, Peter Redgrove (1932-2003). This book considers some of Redgrove’s wildest…
Walerian Borowczyk (known as ‘Boro’) is one of cinema’s one-offs. Quite simply, there is no filmmaker quite like Borowczyk. Borowczyk’s films have an astonishing, magical quality. They reach a place…
SPIRITED AWAY: HAYAO MIYAZAKI: POCKET MOVIE GUIDE This book focusses on Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 masterpiece Spirited Away, winner of the Best Animated Movie Oscar. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no…
BLADE RUNNER AND THE CINEMA OF PHILIP K. DICK BY JEREMY MARK ROBINSON This book is about the films made from the fiction of Philip K. Dick, which include the…
THE LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIES: POCKET GUIDE A pocket guide to the Hollywood adaptions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings, released in 2001, 2002 and…
ANDREI TARKOVSKY: POCKET GUIDE A new pocket guide to Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986), director of seven feature films, including Mirror, Andrei Roublyov, Solaris and The Sacrifice. a This book…
This guide explores every aspect of Andrei Tarkovsky’s output, including scripts, budget, production, shooting, editing, camera, sound, music, acting, themes, symbols, motifs, and spirituality. Tarkovsky’s films are analysed in depth…
HAYAO MIYAZAKI: POCKET GUIDE Born on January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, Hayao Miyazaki is known as the ‘Japanese Disney’, a filmmaker as revered - and as popular - as Walt…
This book is a guide to the 1982 movie made from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick - Blade Runner. A thorough exploration of Blade Runner…
PRINCESS MONONOKE: HAYAO MIYAZAKI: POCKET MOVIE GUIDE REVISED AND UPDATED, WITH NEW ILLUSTRATIONS This book focusses on Hayao Miyazaki’s 1997 masterpiece Princess Mononoke.
Princess Mononoke is a work of genius…
This is a study of the adaptations of Ghost In the Shell by Masamune Shirow.
A new critical study of the Italian filmmaker and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini's most controversial movie, Salo, o Le 120 Giornate di Sodoma (1975).
Immoral Tales (Contes Immoraux, 1974) is a masterpiece. Made in French, it was a collection of four erotic stories.
A major new study of Russian filmmaker Ardrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986), director of seven feature films, including ‘Mirror’, ‘Solaris’ and ‘The Sacrifice’. Exploring every aspect of his output, including scripts, budget…
he Devils is a celebrated 1971 picture based on the Loudun demonology trials in the 17th century, scripted by Ken Russell from Aldous Huxley’s The Devils of Loudun (1952) and…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
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A new critical study of the Italian filmmaker and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini's best-known movie, The Gospel According To Matthew (1964), widely regarded as the finest film about Christ.
La Bete (a.k.a. The Beast, The Beast in Heat and Death's Ecstasy, 1975) was Walerian Borowczyk's most controversial film.
PERFORMANCE: DONALD CAMMELL: NIC ROEG: POCKET MOVIE GUIDE by Jeremy Mark Robinson This book explores Performance, a classic movie co-directed by Donald Cammell and Nic Roeg and starring Mick Jagger…
TOMMY: KEN RUSSELL: THE WHO: POCKET MOVIE GUIDE By Jeremy Mark Robinson. Tommy is a 1975 movie based on the rock opera by the British pop band Who and directed…
WOMEN IN LOVE: KEN RUSSELL: D.H. LAWRENCE: POCKET MOVIE GUIDE By Jeremy Mark Robinson. Women In Love (1969) is the most well-known film of a D.H. Lawrence novel. It was…
A new book about the British landscape painter Kurt Jackson (b. 1961).
This is a book about Akira - the manga of 1982-90 and the movie of 1988, and about the creator of Akira, the genius artist Katsuhiro Otomo (b. 1954).
A study of the Japanese artist and filmmaker Katsuhiro Otomo.
THE ART OF MASAMUNE SHIROWVOLUME 3: EROTICAby Jeremy Mark RobinsonThis is a study of the erotic art of Masamune Shirow (real name Masanori Ota, born in 1961, Kobe, Japan), a…
A new critical study of the Italian filmmaker and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975).
A new critical study of the Italian filmmaker and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini's 'trilogy of life' movies (also known as the 'trilogia di vita'/ 'mediaeval trilogy').
Walerian Borowczyk (1923-2006) is one of cinema's great talents.
KURT JACKSON A new book about the British landscape painter Kurt Jackson (b. 1961). This new hardback edition includes many new illustrations. including photographs taken for this new edition. The…
This is a new study of the art of Japanese artist Masamune Shirow, in three volumes - manga, anime and erotica.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING: POCKET MOVIE GUIDE A pocket guide to the Hollywood adaption of the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1950s fantasy epic…
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS: POCKET MOVIE GUIDE A pocket guide to the Hollywood adaption of the second part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1950s fantasy epic book The…
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING: POCKET MOVIE GUIDE A pocket guide to the Hollywood adaption of the third part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1950s fantasy epic…
A filmmaker like no other, Ken Russell remains one of cinema's extraordinary talents, a creator of masterpieces such as The Devils, Tommy and The Music Lovers.
