Dialog is one of the best known - and obvious - elements in a film. But the language of cinema is more subtle and sophisticated than dialog alone. From Metropolis to Kill Bill, this remarkable reference guide reveals 100 of the most potent storytelling tools of the film medium. It demonstrates how master screenwriters and directors depend on cinematic devices to pump up action,...(展开全部)

In addition to being one of the most acclaimed and accomplished fiction writers in the world, Nobel Prize winner J. M. Coetzee is also a literary critic of the highest caliber. In this collection of twenty essays, Coetzee examines the work of some of the twentieth-century’s greatest writers—from Samuel Beckett and Günter Grass to Gabriel García Márquez and Philip Roth. Brillian...(展开全部)

A new collection of essays and literary criticism from Nobel Prize winner J. M. Coetzee In addition to being one of the most acclaimed and accomplished fiction writers in the world, J. M. Coetzee is also a literary critic of the highest caliber. As Derek Attridge observes in his illuminating introduction, reading Coetzee’s nonfiction offers one the opportunity to see “how an...(展开全部)

Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos is one of the most influential and widely respected filmmakers in the world today, yet his films are still largely unknown to the American public. In the first book in English to focus on Angelopoulos's unique cinematic vision, Andrew Horton provides an illuminating contextual study that attempts to demonstrate the quintessentially Greek na...(展开全部)

The introduction gives an overview of Hitchcock's long career, with special attention to the varied influences on his work; themes that run through many of his films, from the 'transference of guilt', to the connection between knowledge and danger; the overlooked importance of his presence within his films, including his famous cameo appearances and characters who represent him...(展开全部)

The introduction gives an overview of Hitchcock's long career, with special attention to the varied influences on his work; themes that run through many of his films, from the 'transference of guilt', to the connection between knowledge and danger; the overlooked importance of his presence within his films, including his famous cameo appearances and characters who represent him...(展开全部)

This powerful and tragic novel vividly paints life in a nation in social and moral crisis. Set in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. Ozumu Dazai died, a suicide, in 1948. But the influence of his book has made "people of the setting sun" a permanent part of the Japanese language, and...(展开全部)

金伯莉·帕尔默（Kimberly Palmer） 编辑/自由撰稿人/咨询顾问/规划师/公共演讲者/CEO 美国国民网红级斜杠创业家， NBC、CNBC、CNN等美国各大电视和广播节目的常客，精通理财决策和财务规划类话题，演讲足迹遍布全美。她是《美国新闻与世界报道》（U.S. News & World Report）资深编辑、阿尔法消费者（Alpha Consumer）博客博主、《创收一代：年轻专业人士的消费、投资和回馈指南》的作者，也是Etsy“帕尔默规划”小店的老板。她从把副业做成了自己的事业，已经拥有了自己的小型团队。她还曾以亨利卢斯学者（Henry Luce Scholar）的身份为《华盛顿邮报》、《华尔街日报》和东京的《朝日新闻》撰稿。她拥有芝加哥大学公共政策专业的硕士学位，和阿默斯特学院历史专业的学士学位。金伯莉和她的丈夫、两个孩子住在华盛...(展开全部)

Donald Kalsched explores the interior world of dream and fantasy images encountered in therapy with people who have suffered unbearable life experiences. He shows how, in an ironical twist of psychical life, the very images which are generated to defend the self can become malevolent and destructive, resulting in further trauma for the person. Why and how this happens are the q...(展开全部)