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While House is a smart medical drama and Gregory House faces countless ethical quandaries as a doctor, what makes the show unique is that it's much more deeply rooted in psychology than in medicine. At its core, House is a show about the mind and human behavior. Gregory House is a medical genius and a Sherlock Holmesian figure, but he's also a deeply troubled misanthrope. What's going on inside the brain of this beloved, arrogant, cane-waving curmudgeon that is so appealing?

The untold story of the innovative pioneers who helped make movies the preeminent art form of the 20th century by founding the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The founders of the now infamous Academy were a motley crew as individuals, but when they first converged in Hollywood, then just a small town with dirt roads, sparks flew and fueled a common dream: to bring artistic validity to their beloved new medium.

Today's most acclaimed film directors reveal intimate behind-the-scenes details of their most influential work and their unique approaches to their art. In the companion to the Silver Plaque-winning Starz/Encore documentary series, this book offers interviews with 13 top filmmakers. Contains each director's filmography, complete listings of major awards, and cast credits for all films discussed.

When did documentaries get glamorous? Documentary Superstars looks at the history of documentaries and traces their transition from hands-off to in your face. Exclusive interviews with Michael Moore, Morgan Spurlock, Errol Morris, George Clooney, Sacha Baron Cohen, Morgan Freeman, Al Gore, and more of the biggest names in the field show the impact of the documentary style on mainstream movies and on our society.

To continue doing business in Germany, Hollywood studios agreed not to make films attacking Nazis or condemning persecution of Jews. Ben Urwand reveals this collaboration and the cast of characters it drew in, ranging from Goebbels to Louis B. Mayer. At the center was Hitler himself - obsessed with movies and their power to shape public opinion.

Even as actresses become increasingly marginalized by Hollywood, French cinema is witnessing an explosion of female talent - a Golden Age unlike anything the world has seen since the days of Stanwyck, Hepburn, Davis, and Garbo. In France, the joy of acting is alive and well. Scores of French actresses are doing the best work of their lives in movies tailored to their star images and unique personalities. Yet virtually no one this side of the Atlantic even knows about them. Viewers who feel shortchanged by Hollywood will be thrilled to discover The Beauty of the Real.

Zombie expert Scott Kenemore (The Zen of Zombie) unearths a collection of top-secret lost documents from WWII (originally intercepted by the U.S. Signal Corps in 1941 and presented to Franklin Roosevelt in a confidential memorandum), describing efforts of the Nazi Sicherheitsdienst (or SD) to harness and weaponize Haitian Voodoo and zombie-creating technologies for military purposes.

From the sleek Aston Martin that spits out bullets, nails, and passengers at the push of a button to the microjet that makes hairpin turns to avoid a heat-seeking missile, the science and technology of James Bond films have kept millions of movie fans guessing for decades. Are these amazing feats and gadgets truly possible? The Science of James Bond takes you on a fascinating excursion through the true science that underlies Bond's most fantastic and off-the-wall accoutrements.

Fruto de três anos de profundas pesquisas, História do cinema mundial  traz um viés inédito para o estudo do tema: o enfoque geográfico e cultural da sétima arte.

In "The Corpse as Big as the Ritz", Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler and master of the "investigation of investigations", gives us a Hollywood noir with shades of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Raymond Chandler: An inquiry into the "Dirty Little Death in the Desert" of David Whiting, the love-stricken business manager of actress Sarah Miles, who was found dead in the actress's hotel room during the filming of the Burt Reynold's Western The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing.

Audacioso e surpreendente, o filme Psicose, de 1960, provocou uma verdadeira comoção junto ao público e se tornou uma das obras mais queridas do mestre do suspense Alfred Hitchcock. A história por trás das câmeras é igualmente fascinante, como narra Stephen Rebello no audiolivro Alfred Hitchcock e os bastidores de Psicose.

Jerry Seinfeld revisita suas quase cinco décadas na comédia stand-up e oferece neste audiolivro uma seleção com os melhores textos de sua carreira.

Le livre audio indispensable pour démêler le vrai du faux dans la jungle de l'info ! Réseaux sociaux, sites internet, radio, télévision, journaux... les sources d'information n'ont jamais été aussi nombreuses. Et le mensonge n'a jamais autant circulé, au point que l'on parle même "d'infodémie", comme d'une maladie. Comment juger alors la pertinence d'une information ? Est-ce que ce que je lis ou écoute est vrai ou faux ? Est-ce une opinion ou un fait ?

«Creía que los arqueólogos eran unos graciosos hombrecillos que buscaban momios». Así describe Willie la profesión de su compañero de aventuras Indiana Jones en la película Indiana Jones y el templo maldito. El cine de aventuras siempre fue muy popular y exitoso, basado en un voluntario afán por el entretenimiento más que por la refl exión profunda sobre la condición humana. Dentro de este género, existe un conjunto de filmes cuyo eje central es la búsqueda de un tesoro y que forma un subgénero muy específico que es el cine de Arqueología. Indiana Jones, Lara Croft, Tadeo Jones...

Un viaggio affascinante e intenso nelle pellicole che hanno fatto la storia del cinema per esplorare il sentimento della paternità. Affettuosi e gentili, oppure irascibili e brutali, colpevoli o redenti, indulgenti o moralisti, attesi o rimpianti, guerrieri o sconfitti, i tanti padri narrati in questo libro disegnano un unico grande ritratto composto di infiniti volti in cui cercare anche quello della propria famiglia.

Per la prima volta un'analisi a tutto tondo dell'universo di Star Wars, tra rigorosa riflessione sulla scrittura cinematografica e affascinante viaggio nel profondo del nostro inconscio. Federico Greco coniuga storie e suggestioni, genesi e influenze del più formidabile prodotto audiovisivo (e non solo) di tutti i tempi: la saga di Guerre stellari, dalla prima, mitica, trilogia, fino alle uscite più recenti. Dall'antropologia alla storia, dalla psicanalisi alla filosofia, le vicende e le storie che hanno portato alla creazione di una grande mitologia contemporanea.

世界的名匠の目は、現場で何をみているのか？新作映画『怪物』も話題の是枝監督。ドヌーヴを迎えた『真実』の撮影日記や画コンテを公開。これは、何かを作りたい人のバイブルだ。

L'inno alla pace di Charlie Chaplin nel "Grande dittatore", il super-computer HAL 9000 e la sua folle "incapacità d'errore" in "2001: Odissea nello spazio", la figura ormai leggendaria di "Fantozzi Rag. Ugo". La storia del cinema è un susseguirsi di scene, personaggi e dialoghi che sono entrati a far parte dell'immaginario di intere generazioni, e in questo volume Walter Veltroni, da sempre appassionato di cinema, parte dal "momento meraviglioso in cui in sala si fa buio totale" per accompagnarci in un viaggio personale e affettivo tra centouno dei film più belli di sempre.

Nel 1933 viene lanciato nei cinema USA "I tre porcellini" di Walt Disney. Questo piccolo avvenimento segna l'inizio della parabola della cultura mainstream promossa dai film delle majors hollywoodiane, raccolta e amplificata dalla radio e dalla tv. Questo tipo di cultura, basata su un'idea consolatoria dell'intrattenimento, fondata su una visione manichea del bene contro il male e sul must del lieto fine, prende forma allora e mette radici nell'immaginario collettivo dell'Occidente.