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With a new introduction, acclaimed director and screenwriter Paul Schrader revisits and updates his contemplation of slow cinema over the past fifty years. Unlike the style of psychological realism, which dominates film, the transcendental style expresses a spiritual state by means of austere camerawork, acting devoid of self-consciousness, and editing that avoids editorial comment. This seminal text analyzes the film style of three great directors—Yasujiro Ozu, Robert Bresson, and Carl Dreyer—and posits a common dramatic language used by these artists from divergent cultures. The new edition updates Schrader’s theoretical framework and extends his theory to the works of Andrei Tarkovsky (Russia), Béla Tarr (Hungary), Theo Angelopoulos (Greece), and Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey), among others. This key work by one of our most searching directors and writers is widely cited and used in film and art classes. With evocative prose and nimble associations, Schrader consistently urges readers and viewers alike to keep exploring the world of the art film.
This audiobook is skillfully read by Phil Thron and was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Audio engineering by Mike Thal.
RED ALERT!
Objective: Neutralize the destructive effects produced by the xeno object known as THE BLACK MOON on PLANET EARTH.
All means are hereby authorized and all further information is classified.
Follow a wholesome vacuum on his quest to power in All the Dust that Falls 3, a hilarious new Isekai LitRPG that will make you question what it means to be a hero. Or if heroes even need limbs, or mouths, or... you get it.
Long ago, there was a princess so fair that every lord and hero in all the land lusted for her heart, so her father did what any reasonable father would-he cut out her heart and placed it in the highest chamber of a secret tower filled with monsters and deadly traps.
Those few who were wise and bold enough to solve the riddle of the tower's location and venture inside were never seen or heard from again. As the years passed, the quest appeared more and more futile. As the decades passed, it appeared to be lunacy. As the centuries passed, the princess's heart was all but forgotten . . .
Until now.
The Death Knight, Dan of Uptown, has been charged with an impossible ultimatum: retrieve the princess's heart-or die. Pursued by fanatical enemies, faced with a challenge too daunting for the greatest heroes of the realm, and left without options, Dan and his friends are about to find out exactly why Everybody Hates Tower Dungeons.
A wildly original alien contact novel, set against a vivid backdrop of near-Earth corporate intrigue.
Trillionaire Igbal Renz has constructed a starship capable of making the twentyyear journey to Alpha Centauri. So why is he stopping at barely one-tenth that distance, with a cargo of a hundred frozen scientists and diplomats? Rumors abound that Renz Ventures, Inc., has made contact with … something.
And yet, as deadly stealth ships prowl the space lanes and as the corporate space race threatens to devolve into outright warfare, the Four Horsemen of space industry are discovering firsthand that even in a limitless and lawless frontier, no one can ever be truly self-sufficient.
Now that Grey has delivered the city from the attacking hordes, he still has a lot of work on his hands. He needs to pay the Bina Shea a visit, find the Bullet Star, investigate the mysterious Project Aurora-and above all, he needs to restore the First Legion to its former glory.
But most importantly, he must eliminate the Daat and cancel the deal that Prometheus struck with the treacherous demon many centuries ago . . .
Upon its release in 2008, Matt Reeves's Cloverfield revitalized the giant creature, a cinematic trope that had languished for over a decade. The film addressed the attacks of September 11, 2001, trading the jingoistic rhetoric of retributive military aggression for serious engagement with personal and collective trauma. It applied the horror genre's fascination with personal stories captured by found footage to the grand violence of history. Innovative and intense, Cloverfield represented blockbuster filmmaking at its best.
Cloverfield's franchising followed the path of high-profile Hollywood properties. This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the franchise.
Author Steffen Hantke examines how, in the broader context of postmillennial Hollywood, the Cloverfield franchise remains both a harbinger of the way Hollywood does business and a test case for the cinematic fantasies of apocalyptic disaster that continue to dominate global box office. As an inspiration for the next stage of blockbuster filmmaking, in which franchises have replaced the singular cinematic masterpiece and marketing plays to fans as critics and scholars, Cloverfield remains as relevant today as when it first unleashed its giant creature onto New York City over a decade ago.
'I hereby command:
To connect the military orbitals as to the Sky Strike scheme.
To launch a synchronized strike targeting the Black Moon as soon as it comes into range.
To ensure the complete exhaustion of the missiles' Absolute reactors to trigger annihilation processes.'
By the time Grey had come back with an army of new allies, the Legion had been defeated. Many an Incarnator had fallen as heroes, leaving the City on the brink of destruction. Thousands of souls still trapped inside the Cube are trying to break free from their extradimensional prison while the Star watches impassively from its celestial heights.
But it's not the A-monsters, Shivas, or Possessed Ones who present the main danger. It's he who'd launched Project Stellar-and who's now revealed his true face, threatening the very existence of Incarnators.
The land must be cleansed of filth.
After ridding their home of the demon Lieutenant lurking within, Spot and Bee are left with quite the mess to clean up. The castle lay in ruins around them, its repair a daunting task for even the most industrious little vacuum.
Fortunately, cleaning is Spot's specialty.
But little do they know that their actions have far-reaching consequences. A new threat has begun to rise in the countryside—an undead plague that threatens to scour the land of any human life.
To fight against them, Spot will need to do more than ever before. He will have to fight zombies, defend his new home from invaders, and overcome his greatest foe yet—the dreaded stairs. And also clean, of course.
But as they turn the castle into a beacon of order and cleanliness, they'll soon find others flocking toward their banner of hope. People who see Spot as more than just a vacuum …
Follow this wholesome vacuum on his quest to power in All the Dust that Falls, a hilarious new Isekai LitRPG that will make you question what it means to be a hero. Or if heroes even need limbs, or mouths, or … you get it.
Some seek power. Some seek justice. Others seek to root out the filth lurking in the darkest of corners.
Spot was summoned from his comfortable charging pad and familiar floors to a world of magic and intrigue.
But after the flight of his new patrons, he is left alone to care for a filthy castle.
During his quest to keep this new home clean, Spot will face demons, foreign armies, and his arch nemesis, the dreaded stairs.
All those who stand before him will be swept away. Those who follow his spotless trail will find enlightenment, purity, and a world on its knees.
Follow this wholesome vacuum on his quest to power in All the Dust that Falls, a hilarious new Isekai LitRPG that will make you question what it means to be a hero. Or if heroes even need limbs, or mouths, or... you get it.
This box set collects books four through six of the Superdreadnought series, an action-packed, high-stakes, military sci-fi space-opera epic. Book 4: Once again, Superdreadnought Reynolds is caught between a rock and a hard place. But this time, it might involve the powerful long-lost Kurtherians. Book 5: Superdreadnought Reynolds has cornered his enemy and believes that Gulg technology will help him defeat the Kurtherian-armed Phraim-‘Eh. But what if it doesn’t? Book 6: The Gate drive is trashed, the locals are hostile, and they’ve run out of beer. It’s looking grim for the crew of the Reynolds as they continue their struggle to get home.
