Silent Cinema – Before the Image Collapsed
33,00 SAR
Before the emergence of sound and the advent of talking pictures, there was no need to classify “silent cinema” as a separate cinematic category. It...
The Art of Understanding Cinema: Between Language and Theory
41,00 SAR
This book offers a thoughtful attempt to help viewers shift from mere seeing to deeper looking, through a set of insights into the concept of...
The Camera Thinks: Writing on the Wall of Cinema
35,00 SAR
Against the backdrop of an explosion, director Alexander Gordunovsky unveils a hidden theory of filmmaking, declaring: “For me, cinema is fascination.” From this premise, cinema...
The Comedy Express – Foundations, Types, and One Hundred Essential Films
46,00 SAR
This book explores, across its chapters, the nature of comedy and its various forms—including single-element comedy (where the joke stands on its own) and comedy...
The Devil Finds Work
58,00 SAR
James Baldwin was deeply concerned with cinema and its culture, particularly its power to define and affirm dominant cultural ideologies — with all their racism,...
The Documentary Film: On the Aesthetics of Construction and Reception – Pioneering Scientific
58,00 SAR
This book offers an in-depth exploration of the aesthetics of documentary cinema across its various eras, delving into its structural features and channels of meaning....
The Face and the Shadow in Cinematic Acting
92,00 SAR
This book explores the concepts surrounding cinematic acting—its motivations, components, sources, techniques, effects, and transformations. It also examines acting’s relationship with the camera, directing, screenwriting,...
The Indian Cinema Through the Eyes of Critics
83,00 SAR
It has been said that the history and vast scale of Indian cinema production, from the early twentieth century to the present day, make this...
The Journey of the Makers of Hidden Cinema: Documentary Cinema in Egypt
38,00 SAR
This book celebrates the makers of documentary cinema — those who have long remained underappreciated, receiving neither the public attention nor the recognition they truly...
The Lumière Gospel — Essays in Cinematic Aesthetics
35,00 SAR
Spanning twenty essays and critical texts, this book delves into cinema’s aesthetic dimensions and its most influential auteurs—including Parajanov, Lopushansky, Tarkovsky, Godard, Pasolini, Makhmalbaf, Rahimi,...
The Naked City — A Comprehensive Reference on Investigative Documentary Films
139,00 SAR
This book presents a thorough exploration of investigative documentary cinema, beginning with its origins and early development, then examining its forms, stages of evolution, boundaries,...
The New Cinema: Reflections on the Death of Cinema After the Digital Revolution
59,00 SAR
Writing about cinema is no easy adventure, for cinema by its very nature is a visual medium—one that relies directly on moving images and memorable...