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2001: a Space Odyssey - Expert Criticism on Classic Films by Peter Krämer
$54.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
Stanley Kubrick's 2001- A Space Odyssey (1968) is widely regarded as one of the best films ever made. It has been celebrated for its beauty and mystery, its realistic depiction of space travel and dazzling display of visual effects, the breathtaking scope of its story, which reaches across millions of y ...Show more
Babette's Feast by Julian Baggini
$29.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
On the face of it, Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast (1989) is a film in which the eyes o and mouths o of religious zealots are opened to the glories of the sensual world. It is a critique of what Nietzsche called life-denying religion in favour of life-affirming sensuality. But to view the film in that wa ...Show more
Bride of Frankenstein by Alberto Manguel
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Category: Classics | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
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Caché (Hidden) by Catherine Wheatley
$54.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
Ever since its world premiere at the Cannes film festival in May 2005, audiences have been talking about Michael Haneke's Cach . The film's enigmatic and multi-layered narrative leaves its viewers with many more questions than answers. The plot revolves around the mystery of who is sending a series of s ...Show more
Cléo de 5 A 7 by Steven Ungar
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Category: Fiction | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
Cl o de 5 7 (Cl o from 5 to 7), Agnes Varda's classic 1962 work depicts, in near real-time, 90 minutes in the life of Cl o, a young woman in Paris awaiting the results of medical tests that she fears will confirm a fatal condition. The film, whose visual beauty matches its evocation of early-Fifth Repub ...Show more
Do the Right Thing by Ed Guerrero
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Category: Fiction | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing (1989) is one of the most popular and celebrated examples of the African-American new black film wave. Set during the hottest day of a hot summer in New York City, the film's ensemble cast, including Lee himself, brilliantly play out the edgy negotiations and dramas of a r ...Show more
From Russia With Love by Llewella Chapman
$27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
Often hailed as the 'best' James Bond film, From Russia With Love (1963) is celebrated for its direction by Terence Young, memorable performances from Sean Connery in his second outing as 007, Pedro Armendáriz as Kerim, Lotte Lenya as the lesbian villain Colonel Rosa Klebb, and Robert Shaw as Red Grant, ...Show more
L' Avventura by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith
$40.00 NZD
Category: Not a Book | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
This study provides a detailed account of the 1960s film L'avventura. The book argues that in order to appreciate the film's greatness, it is necessary to understand not only that the film is a classic, but also that it represents a revolution in cinema.
La Dolce Vita by Richard Dyer
$54.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
Fellini's La dolce vita has been a phenomenon since before it was made, a scandal in the making and on release in 1960 and a reference point ever since. Much of what made it notorious was its incorporation of real people, events and lifestyles, making it a documentation of its time. It uses performance, ...Show more
Meshes of the Afternoon by John David Rhodes
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Category: Fiction | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), filmed by Maya Deren and her then husband Alexader Hammid in their bungalow above Sunset Boulevard for a mere $274.90, is the most important film in the history of American avant-garde cinema. The artistic collaboration between Deren and Hammid finds its distorted reflect ...Show more
Mother India by Gayatri Chatterjee
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Category: Fiction | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
Mehboob Khan's 1957 epic family drama Mother India, starring movie legends Nargis, Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar, is a cornerstone of Indian cinema. In her insightful study of this classic, Gayatri Chatterjee draws on new research in the Mehboob studio archive to outline the film's eventful production ...Show more
Pandora's Box by Pamela Hutchinson
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Category: Fiction | Series: BFI Film Classics Ser.
G.W. Pabst's 1929 silent classic Pandora's Box (Die B chse der Pandora), stars Hollywood icon Louise Brooks as the enigmatic heroine whose erotic charms lead to disaster for the men drawn into her web. Despite failing commercially upon release, it has evolved into a cult film long after it should have b ...Show more