It may be the catalogue for an exhibit mounted first at Brown University, but in the way it explores the set designs of films produced in Weimar, Germany, and later, Film Architecture doesn't read like scaffolding to an event long past. Beginning with oddball stuff like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari whose tilting, dream-curved sets would appeal equally to Virginia Woolf (who prai...(展开全部)

A complete catalogue of motion picture techniques for filmmakers. It concentrates on the 'storytelling' school of filmmaking, utilizing the work of the great stylists who established the versatile vocabulary of technique that has dominated the moviessince 1915. This graphic approach includes comparisons of style by interpreting a 'model script', created for the book, in storybo...(展开全部)

A complete catalogue of motion picture techniques for filmmakers. It concentrates on the 'storytelling' school of filmmaking, utilizing the work of the great stylists who established the versatile vocabulary of technique that has dominated the moviessince 1915. This graphic approach includes comparisons of style by interpreting a 'model script', created for the book, in storybo...(展开全部)

Introduction to Film Studies is a comprehensive textbook for students of cinema. This completely revised and updated fifth edition guides students through the key issues and concepts in film studies, traces the historical development of film and introduces some of the worlds key national cinemas. A range of theories and theorists are presented from Formalism to Feminism, from ...(展开全部)

A landmark, now classic, study of the rich cinematic history of the Weimar Republic, "From Caligari to Hitler" was first published by Princeton University Press in 1947. Siegfried Kracauer - a prominent German film critic and member of Walter Benjamin's and Theodor Adorno's intellectual circle - broke new ground in exploring the connections between film aesthetics, the prevaili...(展开全部)

齐格弗里德•克拉考尔（Siegfried Kracauer,1889—1966），著名批评家、社会学家和电影理论家。生于德国，早年为《法兰克福报》的记者、时事评论员，因持续撰文对“纳粹”进行批评，1933年被迫流亡巴黎，后于1941年辗转到达纽约，成为现代艺术博物馆的特聘研究员，随后又在多个研究所从事社会学研究。他的写作涉及小说、文论、社会调查、电影理论和哲学研究等多个领域。代表作有《雇员们》、《大众装饰》、《从卡里加利到希特勒》、《电影的理论》等。

齐格弗里德•克拉考尔（Siegfried Kracauer,1889—1966），著名批评家、社会学家和电影理论家。生于德国，早年为《法兰克福报》的记者、时事评论员，因持续撰文对“纳粹”进行批评，1933年被迫流亡巴黎，后于1941年辗转到达纽约，成为现代艺术博物馆的特聘研究员，随后又在多个研究所从事社会学研究。他的写作涉及小说、文论、社会调查、电影理论和哲学研究等多个领域。代表作有《雇员们》、《大众装饰》、《从卡里加利到希特勒》、《电影的理论》等。

What does an elephant do? It stomps its foot. Can you? From the creator of such beloved classics as The Grouchy Ladybug and The Mixed-Up Chameleon comes this interactive story that invites kids to imitate animal movements. Watching giraffes bend their necks or monkeys wave their arms is fun, but nothing could be better than joining in. From their heads down to their toes, k...(展开全部)