Tag: Films

Free Download So What, or How to Make Films with Words (Superimpositions) By Alexander García Düttmann
2023 | 200 Pages | ISBN: 0810145367 | EPUB | 1 MB
A series of philosophical meditations on the nature of aesthetics across a wide array of filmmaking styles Images, whether filmic or not, cannot be replaced by words. Yet words can make images. This is the general thesis underlying So What, a collection of essays on canonical filmmakers like Luchino Visconti and Orson Welles; more experimental directors, such as Marguerite Duras and Albert Serra; and visual artists, including Hollis Frampton and Agnes Martin. Alexander García Düttmann aims to make theirfilms as if they did not precede his text, capturing their idea and experience. If the relationship between filmic image and text is a heterogeneous one, then this heterogeneity must leave a trace. This is why the book’s chapters are organized not according to historical periods or on the basis of film theories but rather by single concepts that function like dictionary entries. The chapters adopt different forms, blurring the lines between art and philosophy. So What is a practical exercise in "making films with words," inviting readers to draw out insights from its conceptual play. So What compiles previously untranslated and hard-to-find essays into a single volume, one that represents the absorbing and singular thought process of a major contemporary philosopher.

Free Download Yuto S. Tanaka, "Diamond-Like Carbon Films "
English | ISBN: 1613247915 | 2012 | 207 pages | PDF | 14 MB
This book presents current research from across the globe in the study of diamond-like carbon films. Topics discussed include the peculiarities of ion-beam synthesis of carbon-based phases; electron field emission properties of non-metal and metal doped diamond like carbon; internal stress and its reduction of hydrogenated diamond-like carbon thin films deposited by plasma CVD methods; incorporating crystalline diamond particles in diamond-like carbon films to improve their properties and diamond-like carbon films applied as an alignment layer for LCDs.

Free Download Pau Talens, "Edible Polysaccharide Films and Coatings "
English | ISBN: 1616681918 | 2010 | 55 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Regulating the mass transfer in food systems by edible films and coatings can increase food-product shelf life and food quality. This book intends to review research on polysaccharide film-formation and characteristics and analyse mechanical and barrier properties of polysaccharide-based films.

Free Download Kamila Kuc, "Boro, L’Île d’Amour: The Films of Walerian Borowczyk"
English | ISBN: 1782387013 | 2015 | 210 pages | PDF | 1119 KB
There has been a recent revival of interest in the work of Polish film director Walerian Borowczyk, a label-defying auteur and "escape artist" if there ever was one. This collection serves as an introduction and a guide to Borowczyk’s complex and ambiguous body of work, including panoramic views of the director’s output, focused studies of particular movies, and more personal, impressionistic pieces. Taken together, these contributions comprise a wide-ranging survey that is markedly experimental in character, allowing scholars to gain insight into previously unnoticed aspects of Borowczyk’s oeuvre.

Free Download Aysha Viswamohan, "Women in Contemporary Indian Films and Media"
English | ISBN: 1032256834 | 2024 | 206 pages | EPUB | 935 KB
This book investigates the ways in which contemporary Indian cinema, particularly 2010 onwards, has projected and represented women on screen – not just on films and TV but also on new media platforms like OTT and other digital media.

Free Download John Bleasdale, "The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick "
English | ISBN: 1985901196 | 2024 | 292 pages | EPUB | 22 MB
Terrence Malick is the most enigmatic film director currently working. Since the early seventies, his work has won top prizes at film festivals worldwide and brought him wide recognition as the cinematic equivalent of a poet. His life is shrouded in mystery, leaving audiences with rumors, few established facts, and virtual silence from the filmmaker himself following his last published interview in 1979. This has done nothing to dim the luminous quality of his films, from Badlands (1973) and Days of Heaven (1978), to later works such as The Thin Red Line (1998), The Tree of Life (2011), and A Hidden Life (2019). The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick is the first true biography of this visionary filmmaker. Through interviews and in-depth research, John Bleasdale reveals the autobiographical grounding of many of Malick’s greatest films as well as the development of an experimental form of filmmaking that constantly expands the language of cinema. It is the essential account for anyone wishing to understand Malick and his work.

Free Download Women in Contemporary Indian Films and Media: Representations and Responses
by Aysha Viswamohan
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032256834 | 206 Pages | True PDF | 3.17 MB

Free Download William Schoell, "Al Pacino: In Films and on Stage, 2d ed. Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 0786471964 | 2016 | 200 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
One of our most passionate and gifted actors, Al Pacino has been riveting audiences for decades with performances in everything from The Godfather to Angels in America to Danny Collins. He has also appeared on the stage, tackling such difficult roles as Richard III, King Herod and Shylock, along with parts in contemporary dramas like Glengarry Glen Ross. Pacino has also directed two documentaries and two feature films.

Free Download Gary Don Rhodes, "Lugosi: His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers"
English | ISBN: 0786427655 | 2006 | 430 pages | EPUB | 25 MB
He was born Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko on October 20, 1882, in Hungary. He joined Budapest’s National Theater in 1913 and later appeared in several Hungarian films under the pseudonym Arisztid Olt. After World War I, he helped the Communist regime nationalize Hungary’s film industry, but barely escaped arrest when the government was deposed, fleeing to the United States in 1920.

Free Download Robert Nott, "The Films of Randolph Scott"
English | ISBN: 0786437596 | 2007 | 235 pages | EPUB | 7 MB
Reclusive American actor Randolph Scott, known for his subtle, dignified performances in almost 60 westerns, has been called the "most genuine Westerner." His career began in 1928 with the first of several bit parts; his first starring role was 1932’s Heritage of the Desert. He fought in World War I, studying horsemanship, shooting, and bayoneting, and acted in a variety of films in every genre from musical to swashbuckler. His final film was Ride the High Country (1962).