Since March 2000, photographer Joel Sternfeld has been documenting the abandoned elevated railway, the High Line, which runs down the West Side of Manhattan. Sometimes a river of grass, sometimes more like wheat fields of Canada, this unique ruin permits contemplation of nature, and of cityscape. Walking the path of this true time landscape, experiencing the seasons as they unf...(展开全部)

Depictions of Asian American men as effeminate or asexual pervade popular movies. Hollywood has made clear that Asian American men lack the qualities inherent to the heroic heterosexual male. This restricting, circumscribed vision of masculinity—a straitjacketing, according to author Celine Parreñas Shimizu—aggravates Asian American male sexual problems both on and off screen. ...(展开全部)

Hollywood moviemaking is one of the constants of American life, but how much has it changed since the glory days of the big studios? David Bordwell argues that the principles of visual storytelling created in the studio era are alive and well, even in today's bloated blockbusters. American filmmakers have created a durable tradition - one that we should not be ashamed to call a...(展开全部)

Understanding Movies provides valuable insight into how movies communicate and convey meaning to their audiences through a unique network of language systems and techniques. In a readable, accessible, and sometimes humorous manner, Understanding Movies engages students in the fascinating language of film and helps further their appreciation and understanding of why and how movi...(展开全部)

作者简介： 西德尼·吕美特（Sidney Lumet，1924—2011），好莱坞殿堂级导演，逾60年创作生涯横跨舞台剧、电视、电影领域，其中共拍摄电影作品45部，处女作《十二怒汉》便斩获柏林电影节金熊奖，其他代表作有《东方快车谋杀案》《长夜漫漫路迢迢》《热天午后》《电视台风云》等，共获50余项奥斯卡提名。2005 年，获颁奥斯卡终身成就奖。曾七次被美国导演工会（DGA）提名为最佳导演，并获得终身荣誉会员资格，及 DGA 最负盛名的奖项 D.W. 格里菲斯奖。1993年，获得美国国家艺术俱乐部（National Arts Club）颁发的终身成就奖。纽约现代艺术博物馆、美国运动影像博物馆、伦敦英国学院和巴黎的法国博物馆都曾为其举办过电影回顾展。 译者简介： 张文思，电影书籍译者，译有《生活本身：罗杰·伊伯特自传》《电影行话手册》《功夫熊猫艺术设定集》...(展开全部)

作者简介： 西德尼·吕美特（Sidney Lumet，1924—2011），好莱坞殿堂级导演，逾60年创作生涯横跨舞台剧、电视、电影领域，其中共拍摄电影作品45部，处女作《十二怒汉》便斩获柏林电影节金熊奖，其他代表作有《东方快车谋杀案》《长夜漫漫路迢迢》《热天午后》《电视台风云》等，共获50余项奥斯卡提名。2005 年，获颁奥斯卡终身成就奖。曾七次被美国导演工会（DGA）提名为最佳导演，并获得终身荣誉会员资格，及 DGA 最负盛名的奖项 D.W. 格里菲斯奖。1993年，获得美国国家艺术俱乐部（National Arts Club）颁发的终身成就奖。纽约现代艺术博物馆、美国运动影像博物馆、伦敦英国学院和巴黎的法国博物馆都曾为其举办过电影回顾展。 译者简介： 张文思，电影书籍译者，译有《生活本身：罗杰·伊伯特自传》《电影行话手册》《功夫熊猫艺术设定集》...(展开全部)

Noted science writer Chet Raymo explores how we found our place in space and time, and what it has meant to humankind. In "Walking Zero," Chet Raymo uses the Prime Meridian--the line of zero longitude and the standard for all the world's maps and clocks--to tell the story of humandkind's intellectual journey from a cosmos not much larger than ourselves to the universe of the ga...(展开全部)

Informative and entertaining, Reel Justice rates trial scenes in films on a one-to-four-gavel scale, with four being a classic and one being "ask for a new trial." Authors Paul Bergman and Michael Asimow, both accomplished law professionals, discuss the cultural messages encoded in the films, point out what went right and wrong in scenes where liberties were taken, and even ans...(展开全部)

From starry-eyed fans with dreams of fame to cotton entrepreneurs turned movie moguls, the Bombay film industry has historically energized a range of practices and practitioners, playing a crucial and compelling role in the life of modern India. Bombay Hustle presents an ambitious history of Indian cinema as a history of material practice, bringing new insights to studies of me...(展开全部)