Two of the nation's largest corporations stand accused of causing the deaths of children. Representing the bereaved parents, the unlikeliest of heroes emerges: a young, flamboyant Porsche-driving lawyer who hopes to win millions of dollars and ends up nearly losing everything -- including his sanity. A Civil Action is the searing, compelling tale of a legal system gone awry ...(展开全部)

The legal thriller of the decade. --Cleveland Plain Dealer Now a Major Motion Picture! In this true story of an epic courtroom showdown, two of the nation's largest corporations stand accused of causing the deaths of children. Representing the bereaved parents, the unlikeliest of heroes emerges: a young, flamboyant Porsche-driving lawyer who hopes to win millions of dollars a...(展开全部)

The legal thriller of the decade. --Cleveland Plain Dealer Now a Major Motion Picture! In this true story of an epic courtroom showdown, two of the nation's largest corporations stand accused of causing the deaths of children. Representing the bereaved parents, the unlikeliest of heroes emerges: a young, flamboyant Porsche-driving lawyer who hopes to win millions of dollars a...(展开全部)

"With his customary range and depth, Stephen Teo gives us a remarkable study of the action films of Johnnie To. To is one of the finest filmmakers working in the world today, and Teo situates his distinctive achievement within the wider context of Hong Kong politics, culture, and film production. In-depth analyses of To's films gain resonance from Teo's survey of the wider hist...(展开全部)

作者简介 张建德(Stephen Teo)，现任新加坡南洋理工大学黄金辉传播与信息学院广播与电影研究系主任。他2003年由澳大利亚皇家墨尔本理工大学博士毕业，2005年至2008年担任新加坡国立大学亚洲研究所研究员，之后加入南洋理工大学。张建德研究香港电影多年，著作包括《香港电影：额外维度》(1997)、《王家卫》 (2005)、《胡金栓与<侠女子>(2007)、《中国武术电影：武侠传统》(2009)等。除教书、写作外，他也涉足电影制作、放映等多个领域，包括上世纪80年代中期自主拍摄多部短片，还曾为日本山形国际纪录片电影节担任策划工作。 译者简介 黄渊，上海外国语大学法语系毕业，热爱电影，译有《这只是一部电影：希区柯克》(2006)、 《赫尔佐格谈赫尔佐格》(合译，2008)、 《施拉德论施拉德》(2008)、《双重生命，第二次机会：基耶斯洛夫斯基的...(展开全部)

How are human actions shaped by the materiality of media? Contemporary media leads us more than ever to an ‘acting at a distance,’ an acting entangled with the materiality of communication and the mediality of transmission. This book explores this crucial phenomenon thereby introducing urgent questions of human interaction, the binding and breaking of time and space, and the en...(展开全部)

Film Music: A History explains the development of film music by considering large-scale aesthetic trends and structural developments alongside socioeconomic, technological, cultural, and philosophical circumstances. The book's four large parts are given over to Music and the "Silent" Film (1894--1927), Music and the Early Sound Film (1895--1933), Music in the "Classical-Style" ...(展开全部)

Film Music: A History explains the development of film music by considering large-scale aesthetic trends and structural developments alongside socioeconomic, technological, cultural, and philosophical circumstances. The book's four large parts are given over to Music and the "Silent" Film (1894--1927), Music and the Early Sound Film (1895--1933), Music in the "Classical-Style" ...(展开全部)

French critic and composer Michel Chion argues that watching movies is more than just a visual exercise--it enacts a process of audio-viewing. The audiovisual makes use of a wealth of tropes, devices, techniques, and effects that convert multiple sensations into image and sound, therefore rendering, instead of reproducing, the world through cinema. The first half of Film, A ...(展开全部)

格温·拉弗拉（1885-1957），达尔文的孙女，一个剑桥望族的成员。她的剑桥回忆录堪称一部非小说类的幽默小说，一部公认的文学经典。自1952年初版以来，被反复重印，从不曾脱版。英国大多数主流报刊对它评价极高，例如《泰晤士报—文学副刊》评论说：“《旧迹遗踪》是一本自始至终令人愉悦的读物，带有大量漫不经心的幽默和智慧，……雷维拉特夫人绝没有浪得达尔文的虚名。”