Download or read book Hollywood in Canne written by Christian Jungen and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich history of the Cannes Film Festival as seen from the inside.
Download or read book Hollywood in Cannes written by Jungen and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cannes Film Festival is the most prominent and important film festival in the worldand its relationship with Hollywood has always been fraught. "Hollywood in Cannes" offers the first full history of the festival from an American perspective, showing how Hollywood has both supported the festivalespecially in its early yearsand been troubled by it, in particular by the ways in which Cannes indicates the limits of the reach of American filmmaking s money and power. Drawing heavily on unpublished archival material, this book also makes use of interviews with contemporary studio executives and directors including Jim Gianopulos and Jean-Luc Godard."
Download or read book Hollywood on the Riviera written by Cari Beauchamp and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1992 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes interviews with more than one hundred Cannes insiders to provide a glimpse into the annual Cannes Film Festival, where everyone from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Grace Kelly have converged during this international summit for the movies.
Download or read book King of Cannes written by Stephen Walker and published by Penguin (Non-Classics). This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Walker filmed a documentary offering an inside peek at filmmaking, he followed four ambitious and unknown filmmakers in their quest for fame and glory at the Cannes film festival. His hilarious, uncensored diary of that process takes readers on a wild romp through the glamor and the excesses of the movie business.
Download or read book Cannes Confidential written by John B. McGrath and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John McGrath is an executive chef, author and an active film critic who has reported for radio, television and print media for more than 16 years. Author of Watch This Movie, a collection of reviews of his top 1000 films, John is also a veteran of seven Cannes Film Festivals. His last book Its All Part of the Alpine Experience took a behind the scenes look at life as a seasonaire in the worlds most famous ski resort, Chamonix Mont Blanc. Cannes Confidential reveals everything there is to know about the legendary Cannes Film Festival but too afraid to ask. No one has previously attempted taking such an insiders look at the cinema cognoscenti, the hype, the Riviera underworld and the glitz, glamour, sleaze, sex and debauchery that intermingles with the lifestyles of the rich and famous and is the real life blood of the famous festival.
Download or read book Cannes A Festival Virgin s Guide 7th Edition written by Benjamin Craig and published by Cinemagine Media Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cannes - A Festival Virgin's Guide (7th Edition) is the definitive handbook for filmmakers and film industry professionals looking to attend the Cannes Film Festival. Demystifying the event and providing practical advice for attending, the book is about helping you make the most of your visit to the world's most famous film festival, and most importantly, assisting you in coming out with your wallet intact. Packaged as a handy travel-sized book, Cannes - A Festival Virgin's Guide walks you through the city, the festival, and the business of Cannes, examining all of the details that are necessary to make your trip successful and cost-effective. In addition, there are six appendices of contacts and useful information for your reference, and we present a series of interviews with a range of professionals from across the industry so you can get the inside word on the event from group of Cannes veterans.
Download or read book Cannes Film Festival written by Glenn Dunks and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year the world tunes in to the south of France for the Cannes Film Festival. It has become the benchmark of Hollywood chic, a who's who of the hottest and greatest actors and actresses to grace the Silver Screen. From premieres to parties, Cannes is the ultimate playground for the entertainment industry. In Cannes Film Festival - 70 Years, author and film critic Glenn Dunks celebrates the last 70 years of this prestigious festival, from the classic gowns and red carpet moments, to the Palme d'Or winners, the shocking movie moments and more. For film buffs, fashion fiends, and lovers of show business, Cannes Film Festival - 70 Years is a thoughtful tribute to an indisputably influential festival.
Download or read book A Walk in the Woods written by Bill Bryson and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God only knows what possessed Bill Bryson, a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one, to undertake a gruelling hike along the world's longest continuous footpath—The Appalachian Trail. The 2,000-plus-mile trail winds through 14 states, stretching along the east coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine. It snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in North America, as well as through some of its most poverty-stricken and primitive backwoods areas. With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humour, Bryson recounts his confrontations with nature at its most uncompromising over his five-month journey. An instant classic, riotously funny, A Walk in the Woods will add a whole new audience to the legions of Bill Bryson fans.
Download or read book The Red Carpet at Cannes written by Duane Byrge and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-12 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood New Times film critic Ryan Hackbart is whisked down the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, dragged in by the French National Police as a suspect in the murder of the lead actress of the festival's opening-night film. Interrogated but released, Ryan is still considered a prime suspect. His passport confiscated, and now hounded by the world media, Ryan's movie-mind clues him that he is the fall guy in a Hitchcock-like thriller - he must solve the murder before the culprit kills him or the police arrest him. Aided by an indomitable female companion, Delisha, Ryan's investigation thrusts him inside the most glamorous film festival in the world and opens his eyes to what is underneath Cannes' red carpet. He's engulfed into a dangerous maelstrom of celebrity, high-fashion, egos, fake news, Russian billionaires and ruthless wannabees. A murder mystery/romance, The Red Carpet at Cannes is a captivating, behind-the-scenes look at the glitz, intrigue, and romance of the world's most celebrated film festival. It's a five-star travelogue straight into a celebrity universe: dazzling parties, scrumptious cuisine, superstar celebrities, high fashion, and movie-world politics.
Download or read book Cannes written by Kieron Corless and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential companion to the controversial and glamorous film festival.
Download or read book Women in the Silent Cinema written by Annette Förster and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magisterial book offers comprehensive accounts of the professional itineraries of three women in the silent film in the Netherlands, France and North America. Annette Förster presents a careful assessment of the long career of Dutch stage and film actress Adriënne Solser; an exploration of the stage and screen careers of French actress and filmmaker Musidora and Canadian-born actress and filmmaker Nell Shipman; an analysis of the interaction between the popular stage and the silent cinema from the perspective of women at work in both realms; fresh insights into Dutch stage and screen comedy, the French revue and the American Northwest drama of the 1910s; and much more, all grounded in a wealth of archival research.
Download or read book Bone in the Throat written by Anthony Bourdain and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed first novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential and host of Parts Unknown on CNN. A wildly funny, irreverent tale of murder, mayhem, and the mob. When up-and-coming chef Tommy Pagana settles for a less than glamorous stint at his uncle's restaurant in Manhattan's Little Italy, he unwittingly finds himself a partner in big-time crime. And when the mob decides to use the kitchen for a murder, nothing Tommy learned in cooking school has prepared him for what happens next. With the FBI on one side, and his eccentric wise-guy superiors on the other, Tommy has to struggle to do right by his conscience, and to avoid getting killed in the meantime. In the vein of Prizzi's Honor, Bone in the Throat is a thrilling Mafia caper laced with entertaining characters and wry humor. This first novel is a must-have for fans of Anthony Bourdain's nonfiction.
Download or read book Film Festivals written by Marijke de Valck and published by Leiden University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive study of film festivals that marks key historical moments and offers surprising insights into the workings of a highly influentiual cultural network
Download or read book It s So French written by Vanessa R. Schwartz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the influence of French culture on a variety of motion pictures in the 1950s and 1960s, including "Gigi" and "Funny Face."
Download or read book Hanging Out in Paris and Hollywood The Turbulent Journey of a Filmmaker written by Aslam Ansari and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-06-11 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey for discovering the "meaning"" in life sometimes turns into a ""meaningless phase"" before moving to a new dimension.
Download or read book A Dictionary of Film Studies written by Annette Kuhn and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by experts in the field, this dictionary covers all aspects of film studies, including terms, concepts, debates, and movements in film theory and criticism, national, international and transnational cinemas, film history, film movements and genres, film industry organizations and practices, and key technical terms and concepts in 500 detailed entries. Most entries also feature recommendations for further reading and a large number also have web links. The web links are listed and regularly updated on a companion website that complements the printed book. The dictionary is international in its approach, covering national cinemas, genres, and film movements from around the world such as the Nouvelle Vague, Latin American cinema, the Latsploitation film, Bollywood, Yiddish cinema, the spaghetti western, and World cinema. The most up-to-date dictionary of its kind available, this is a must-have for all students of film studies and ancillary subjects, as well as an informative read for cinephiles and for anyone with an interest in films and film criticism.
Download or read book Cannes A Festival Virgin s Guide written by Benjamin Craig and published by Cinemagine. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surviving and thriving at the Cannes Film Festival -- is exceptionally well presented in "Cannes - A Festival Virgin's Guide." This is the leading handbook for filmmakers and film industry professionals looking to attend the Cannes Film Festival for the first time. Demystifying the event and providing practical advice for attending, this book is about helping you make the most of your visit to the world's most important film festival. The chapters describe in detail the city and environs, the festival, the business of the festival, and conclude with interviews with industry professionals, from publicists to producers.
