Studying Pans Labyrinth

Author : Tanya Jones
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1800347359
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studying Pan's Labyrinth written by Tanya Jones and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pan's Labyrinth (2006) is a film of extraordinary technical achievement and intense emotional impact, garnering acclaim from both critics and audiences alike. Such a rich cinematic text demands close scrutiny and comprehensive study. This volume guides the reader through a detailed analysis of the film, concentrating on the generation of meaning for the viewer. The book maps technical choices and how they capture human experience and political conflict. It also details the processes of production, distribution, and exhibition. Specific examples from a range of film texts enable a vivid grasp of technical vocabulary, therefore providing readers with the tools to analyze other films as well.

Author : Barbara Creed
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136750754
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Monstrous-Feminine written by Barbara Creed and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-04 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In almost all critical writings on the horror film, woman is conceptualised only as victim. In The Monstrous-Feminine Barbara Creed challenges this patriarchal view by arguing that the prototype of all definitions of the monstrous is the female reproductive body.With close reference to a number of classic horror films including the Alien trilogy, T

Author : Mar Diestro-Dópido
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1838717536
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pan's Labyrinth written by Mar Diestro-Dópido and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guillermo del Toro's cult masterpiece, Pan's Labyrinth (2006), won a total of 76 awards and is one of the most commercially successful Spanish-language films ever made. Blending the world of monstrous fairytales with the actual horrors of post-Civil War Spain, the film's commingling of real and fantasy worlds speaks profoundly to our times. Immersing herself in the nightmarish world that del Toro has so minutely orchestrated, Mar Diestro-Dópido explores the cultural and historical contexts surrounding the film. Examining del Toro's ground-breaking use of mythology, and how the film addresses ideas of memory and forgetting, she highlights the techniques, themes and cultural references that combine in Pan's Labyrinth to spawn an uncontainable plurality of meanings, which only multiply on contact with the viewer. This special edition features an exclusive interview with del Toro and original cover artwork by Santiago Caruso.

Author : Guillermo del Toro
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062414488
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun written by Guillermo del Toro and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller! Fans of dark fairy-tales like The Hazel Wood and The Cruel Prince will relish this atmospheric and absorbing book based on Guillermo del Toro’s critically acclaimed movie. Oscar winning writer-director Guillermo del Toro and bestselling author Cornelia Funke have come together to transform del Toro’s hit movie Pan’s Labyrinth into an epic and dark fantasy novel for readers of all ages, complete with haunting illustrations and enchanting short stories that flesh out the folklore of this fascinating world. This spellbinding tale takes readers to a sinister, magical, and war-torn world filled with richly drawn characters like trickster fauns, murderous soldiers, child-eating monsters, courageous rebels, and a long-lost princess hoping to be reunited with her family. A brilliant collaboration between masterful storytellers that’s not to be missed. “Perfectly unsettling and deeply felt, this reminded me of the best kind of fairytales wherein each chapter is a jewel that, when held up to the light, reframes how we see the world around us.” —Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen and Aru Shah and the End of Time “A fearless and moving adaption of the film, and a gorgeously written, emotional, frightening parable about the courage of young women amid the brutality of war.” —Michael Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Gone

Author : Alejandro Yarza
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474420427
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making and Unmaking of Francoist Kitsch Cinema written by Alejandro Yarza and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses what makes an acting performance excellent, through a range of examples from world cinema.

Author : Taylor Downing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1844575829
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Olympia written by Taylor Downing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-07 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia (1938) is one of the most controversial films ever made. Capitalising on the success of Triumph of the Will (1935), her propaganda film for the Nazi Party, Riefenstahl secured Hitler's approval for her grandiose plans to film the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The result was a work as notorious for its politics as celebrated for its aesthetic power. This revised edition includes new material on Riefenstahl's film-making career before Olympia and her close relationship with Hitler. Taylor Downing also discusses newly-available evidence on the background to the film's production that conclusively proves that the film was directly commissioned by Hitler and funded through Goebbels's Ministry of Propaganda and not, as Riefenstahl later claimed, commissioned independently from the Nazi state by the Olympic authorities. In writing this edition, Taylor Downing has been given access to a magnificent new restoration of the original version of the film by the International Olympic Committee.

Author : Nick Nunziata
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783299690
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of Pan's Labyrinth written by Nick Nunziata and published by . This book was released on 2016-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frederic S. Durbin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481442236
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Green and Ancient Light written by Frederic S. Durbin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeous fantasy in the spirit of Pan’s Labyrinth “that will appeal to those who loved Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane and John Connolly’s The Book of Lost Things” (Library Journal, starred review). Set in a world similar to our own, during a war that parallels World War II, A Green and Ancient Light is the stunning story of a boy who is sent to stay with his grandmother for the summer in a serene fishing village. Their tranquility is shattered by the crash of a bullet-riddled enemy plane, the arrival of grandmother’s friend Mr. Girandole—a man who knows the true story of Cinderella’­s slipper—and the discovery of a riddle in the sacred grove of ruins behind grandmother’s house. In a sumptuous idyllic setting and overshadowed by the threat of war, four unlikely allies learn the values of courage and sacrifice.

Author : Keith McDonald
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501308610
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guillermo Del Toro written by Keith McDonald and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical exploration of one of the most exciting, original and influential figures to emerge in contemporary film, Guillermo del Toro: Film as Alchemic Art is a major contribution to the analysis of Guillermo del Toro's cinematic output. It offers an in-depth discussion of del Toro's oeuvre and investigates key ideas, recurrent motifs and subtle links between his movies. The book explores the sources that del Toro draws upon and transforms in the creation of his rich and complex body of work. These include the literary, artistic and cinematic influences on films such as Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, Cronos and Mimic, and the director's engagement with comic book culture in his two Hellboy films, Blade II and Pacific Rim. As well as offering extensive close textual analysis, the authors also consider del Toro's considerable impact on wider popular culture, including a discussion of his role as producer, ambassador for 'geek' culture and figurehead in new international cinema.

Author : Alison Latham
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198606987
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Musical Terms written by Alison Latham and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive one-volume dictionary covers all the musical terms in English and other European languages generally used in Western music. With over 2,500 A-Z entries, this ideal reference book provides clear, succinct definitions across a broad range of subjects, including rhythm, metre, scales, harmony and counterpoint, notational systems, and many more. An indispensable reference for students and teachers of music.