Films, cinema

1. Siddharth , Kak

A Fire on Mount Everest

Despite over 1500 ascents, the mystique of the Everest remains. An obsession for some, a business for the others, an inspiration for many, a siren song for most and for a few, simply a curse. One is never indifferent to Everest. It makes you or breaks you. India's 1984 Expedition to Mount Everest, organized by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF), succeeded in placing Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman and the fifth in the world, and four others, on the summit. It was a spectacular achievement etched in history, but one which does not tell the behind-the-scenes stories of this expedition. Noted film-maker and television presenter Siddharth Kak and his crew of four cameramen followed this expedition from day one and recorded each moment of loss and triumph, instances of glory and distress. They captured struggles and jealousies that didn't show up on camera. And you will learn much about this mountain--of how it deigns who will climb it, the challenges it will throw at you, the smallness you will feel confronted by its enormousness. It is also a mountain that is environmentally extremely stressed today.A Fire on Mount Everest springs from an understanding of an incredible moment etched in the memory of the author--a moment very few live to tell about.

1. Anna , Giammetta

Come in un film. Viaggio nell'Italia ispirata al cinema

1. Beltrán , Skármeta Boisier

Übernahmen

Text der Buchrückseite:Von Adolphe Boisier Bourgeaux, dem savoyanischen Urgroßvater des Dichters, der die Boisiers in Chile ansiedelte, bis zu Humberto Ak'abal, zum Volk der Maya K'iche gehörender guatemaltekischer Dichter und markanter Vertreter der heutigen indigenen Dichtkunst Mittelamerikas, reichen die Portraitieren dieses Bandes. Von Pragmatikern wie dem Extrembergsteiger Doug Scott bis zu Paracelsus, von Realpolitikern bis zu Philosophen, von Künstler-Stars wie Kokoschka bis zu Hollywood-Größen vom Format eines Jean Penn reichen die 26 Persönlichkeiten, denen Beltrán Skármeta Boisier hier in epischem Format nachgeht.... du bist keines dieser Verbundmoleküle,Die sie jetzt entdeckt haben, ...Sind es allesamt Männer, weil Skármeta Boisier so eine genauere Annäherung vermag? Folgt die Auswahl zwischen Walter Ulbricht und Zagreus, einer Gottheit der griechischen Mythologie, zwischen dem Propheten Mohammed und der Legende des chilenischen Widerstands Victor Jara einer politischen Idee, oder übergibt sie sich schlicht sehr persönlichen Faszinationen? ... Into the wild. Sie entläßt uns, alleinUnd mit nichts, bald in die Uner'messlichkeit Und unaussprechliche Schönheit der Landschaften fern der gebrochenen AchseDes Lebens ...Fragen, die sich angesichts der Intensität von Skármeta Boisiers Zugängen erübrigen. Und die Kraft seiner dichterischen Bilder

1. Todd , Kennedy

Anthony Bourdain, Filmmaker

Placing Bourdain's legacy in cinema--not the kitchen. Anthony Bourdain is best known as a celebrated chef, author, international traveler, and TV personality. However, this book argues why Bourdain is best understood first and foremost as a filmmaker and that his cinematic legacy is just as relevant. Studying Bourdain's travelogues, documentaries, and food films in the context of film history, film criticism, and cultural studies emphasizes the ways that his work evokes questions of authenticity within documentary filmmaking, reimagines ethnographic filmmaking as a practice, and deconstructs the Western male gaze. This book also positions episodes from his television shows, such as Parts Unknown and No Reservations, within and between genres, where Bourdain employed a variety of techniques to tell the passionate and vibrant stories that were so beloved by viewers. In this accessible and detailed account, Bourdain's body of work is reenvisioned as genre-bending and influential in the evolution of documentary film.

BBC Blue Planet III

Explore the wealth of natural wonders that inhabits the world's oceans and seas.Uncover the stories from the BBC's highly anticipated documentary series, Blue Planet III, narrated by Sir David Attenborough. This captivating book offers an in-depth exploration of the Earth's most incredibly varied and rich marine ecosystems, from polar seas, to tropical reefs and the ocean floor's abyssal depths.Discover breathtaking stories of underwater life, from the tender love-stories of giant whales to seahorses facing a brave new world.With stunning marine photography and groundbreaking scientific discoveries behind the scenes, Blue Planet III invites you to journey through the wonders of the ocean, revealing the triumphs and tribulations of the incredible creatures that inhabit the world's ever-changing oceans.Publication date subject to change.

1. Jasen , Laks
2. Lars , Theriot

Lost Hollywood

The only constant in Hollywood is change, and as the movie business rushes headlong into the digital age, the effects of physical and cultural change can be seen most clearly in the iconic Los Angeles locations where our favorite movies were filmed. Some of these locations remain as they were when first captured on film, while many others have begun to yield to the inexorable pressures of change. Some have become unrecognizable, while others have disappeared altogether. Lost Hollywood is our humble attempt to capture for posterity those locations which remain, before the movies become the only place we can see them again.