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Godfather Treasures
This title concentrates on the elements that combined, against all odds, to make 'The Godfather' so successful when it appeared in 1972.
Understanding Children's Development
Understanding Children's Development is the UK's best-selling developmental psychology textbook and has been widely acclaimed for its international coverage and rigorous research-based approach. This dynamic text emphasizes the practical and applied implications of developmental research. It begins by introducing the ways in which psychologists study developmental processes before going on to consider all major aspects of development from conception through to adolescence.
The Godfather Book
In the more than twenty-five years since The Godfather was released, this monumental Paramount film has grown in stature, to such a degree that in several public 'Centenary of the Cinema' polls in 1995, it rated anywhere from #1 to #5 in the Best Film category. Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy redefined the gangster movie, transcending the genre to become a complex study of power, violence and ethnic solidarity. Few film books have delved so deep into the turmoil - both artistic and corporate - that make up modern Hollywood. Peter Cowie has had access to Francis Ford Coppola's archives for this book. He has interviewed Coppola himself, novelist Mario Puzo, Paramount production chief Robert Evans, and scores of other key personalities and techicians who worked on the films. Cowie also offers a masterful analysis of the themes and the historical inspiration that underpin the trilogy.
Coppola
More than any other director, Francis Coppola exemplifies the drive and invention of modern American cinema. Acclaimed since his first Godfathermovie in 1972, he went on to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes for The Conversationand to make an unforgettable impact on audiences worldwide with the gripping Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now. Along with major blockbusters, he has also launched actors' careers including those of Nicholas Cage and Tom Cruise. Since the turn of the new millennium, Coppola has returned to his roots - to the low-budget, personal film, written and directed without the involvement of the major Hollywood studios. He has also encouraged the work of other talented film-makers - from his daughter Sofia to the Brazilian director Walter Salles and Robert De Niro. In 2010 he was awarded his sixth Oscar. Talking exclusively to Peter Cowie for this updated edition of the biography, Coppola looks back on the past twenty years, and reflects on his much-cherished independence, as well as on the state of modern cinema.
John Ford and the American West
From his first feature, Straight Shooting (1917), to Cheyenne Autumn (1964), it is especially in his Westerns - including such cinematic gems as Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine, Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Wagon Master, and The Searchers - that Ford created a unique personal vision of his country's past, both rooted in and reacting to the aspirations of Manifest Destiny, the supremely self-confident belief that continually propelled American society westward across the continent.".
Annie Hall
For an entire generation, 'Annie Hall 'embodied the notion of a New York peopled by sophisticated intellectuals - all sent up by the deadpan comedy genius of Woody Allen, writer, director and of course star. It also confirmed the sparkling acting talent of Diane Keaton as a partner for Woody on screen. The film has survived as a popular comedy, however, by virtue of Allen's inventiveness as a director and the timelessness of his satire. Peter Cowrie's study of 'Annie Hall 'recaptures the mood of the 70s, and examines the myriad imaginative touches that distinguish this film from other American productions of the period. The book also includes a glossary of the many cultural references which give the film its distinctively 'intellectual' tone.
Revolution!
In the 1960s, film-makers including Godard, Truffaut, Pasolini and Bertolucci, Oshima and Forman, and Polanski and Cassavetes emerged to challenge the conformity and taboos of the 50s. This title recaptures the cultural mood of the period through interviews with key talents of the time.
Ingmar Bergman
"J'ai été réellement impressionné par ce beau livre... où je rencontre compréhension, chaleur humaine et intelligence", écrit Ingmar Bergman à Peter Cowie. En effet, voici la première biographie d'une des plus grandes figures du cinéma mondial : Ingmar Bergman. L'oeuvre de Bergman - et sa vie - ont soulevé un intérêt universel. Les Fraises sauvages, le Septième Sceau, Cris et Chuchotements, entre autres films, figurent parmi les classiques du cinéma. Par ailleurs, Bergman a ouvert de nouvelles voies dans le domaine de la télévision par son analyse directe et véhémente de la vie bourgeoise : Scènes de la vie conjugale. Peter Cowie a réussi à établir des relations privil...
