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Christopher Frayling
Between the worldwide box-office success of his Dollars films - A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For A Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966)…
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Looks at the key time periods, genres and key works in world cinema. This title places the world of cinema in the context of social and cultural developments that have…
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VIDEOTAPES FROM HELL
Arthur Conan Doyle
Could the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville have been caused by gigantic ghostly hound that is said to have haunted his family for generations? Arch-rationalist Sherlock Holmes characteristically dismisses…
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Sir Christopher Frayling explores the journey from Henry James’s original novella, The Turn of the Screw, via critical debates and the stage version of The Innocents, to the screenplay by…
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Leading cultural historian Christopher Frayling reflects on gothic themes in literature, art and popular culture, through correspondence with Angela Carter.
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Over 400 Spaghetti Westerns were produced during the 1960s and 1970s peak period. This book deals with several interesting examples, not to mention French, German, and Russian Westerns along the…
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Explores the genealogy of the film scientist in films made in Western Europe, and especially in Hollywood after the 1930s, showing how in film the scientist has often been used…
Lavishly illustrated catalogue of the world- renowned artists and designers associated with the Royal College of Art, London, arguably the most influential art and design school in the world.
Celebrating 200 years of Frankenstein!
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This series of linked essays explores the crafts in education, in history and literature, in the contemporary arts landscape, in the digital age, and takes an unsentimental, hard-headed look at…
Harry Lange’s complete archive of the greatest sci-fi film in history - a maginificent tome of unseen and behind-the-scenes snaps.
This coffee table visual feast celebrates a century of classic vampire cinema - mainstream and niche - through the many colourful ways in which the key films have been marketed…
A comprehensive anthology of vampires in literature, from Dracula to Twilight.
Christopher Frayling has spent 50 years exploring the history of one of the most enduring figures in the history…
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Christopher Frayling explores the genealogy of the film scientist in film from its beginnings to the present day, from early films such as Frankenstein and Metropolis, to cult films of…
History of the only postgraduate university of art and design in the world.
Dinah Casson
The author guides the inquisitive museum visitor through a series of questions and problems which confront museum curators, and their designers, behind closed doors. With a foreword by Christopher Frayling.
You could say that Once Upon a Time in the West was the movie that made me consider film-making… but more, how to make an impact as a film-maker… Quentin…
Emily King
Offers a selection of nine essays that examine the range of design for popular entertainment, from theater and film, to television and radio. This book covers topics such as design…
The definitive celebration of the visual imagery of the French New Wave.
