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The G-Wave (D-Wave) Quantum Computer is what drives the VR Simulator at Sparktronix Corp., and things are getting out of hand in the 3-D world! At the same time, things are coming together in a way that no one saw coming!

A collection of celebrity interviews in homage to Famous Monsters of Filmland editor Forry Ackerman, including Joe Moe, Dr. Mangor, Fred Olen Ray, Count Gore Devol, Lucy Hell, Don Calfa, Jason Paul Collum, and Sara Karloff, with an introduction by the late Ingrid Pitt.

From the Emmy-winning writer and creator of All My Children, One Life to Live, and Loving, a memoir of her trailblazing rise to the top of the television industry, including behind-the-scenes stories from some of the most beloved soaps of all time.

You don't need Hollywood. No, seriously. When we first started making movies, we were broke college kids with no connections or experience. Fast forward five years and we were producing a million-dollar movie with well-known Hollywood stars. We wrote The Break In to share all the most valuable lessons (and hilarious stories) from our experience so that you can launch a promising career on your own terms.

In the book, you'll learn everything you need to know about AFM. What badge to buy, what projects to bring, what printed materials you need, and all important etiquette tips for maximizing your success at the American film market. Producers need to understand distribution to find success, and this guide is a primer for the most reliable way American filmmakers can find traditional, non-DIY distribution.

Breaking into the Movies! It is the humorous (true) story of the life of a kid from Inglewood California, who made it up the food chain to become a world famous motion picture key grip! Michael G. Uva is the author of the world-renowned, Grip Book! (also known as The Grip Bible, now in its fifth edition). Why it's even been translated into Korean. Funny thing is, Mike can't spell or type, nor does he have any command of the English language. None of that has held him back.

Notable escritor, poeta y director de cine italiano de comienzos del siglo XX, su obra poética, igual que su obra ensayística y periodística, polemizó con el marxismo oficial y el catolicismo, a los que reprochaba no entender la cultura de sus propias bases proletarias y campesinas.

Extraordinario director de cine y guionista italiano, su prestigiosa trayectoria y su innovadora forma de hacer el cine lo catapultaron a la fama, con Oscar incluido, con clásicos como La strada, Las noches de Cabiria, La dolce vita, Julieta de los espíritus, El Satiricón, Casanova y Amarcord; etcétera.

Extraordinario director de cine italiano, sus películas 'Il conformista', 'The Sheltering Sky (El cielo protector), Little Buddha (Pequeño Buda) y especialmente, The Last Emperor (El último emperador) que ganó nueve premios Óscar en 1988, son el corolario de un tipo de cine caracterizado por un esmerado uso de la cámara y del montaje, y el trabajo de la fotografía con finalidades simbólicas.

Molding a Jurassic Universe is a collection of essays exploring the space where nostalgia and geek culture collide, all through the lens of Jurassic Park and the Jurassic Park franchise. The 21 essays muse on traumatized heroes, dinosaur martyrdom, the ethical implications of having a theme park full of extinct creatures brought back to life, cynicism as form and function in filmmaking, a shaving cream can as a foundation to worldbuilding, and more.

La biografía de este actor y director de cine estadounidense, que saltó a la fama al dirigir y actuar al lado de Peter Fonda en la película Easy Rider: Buscando mi Destino de 1969, la serie "24”, o Máxima Velocidad, en un audiolibro que estamos seguros, le gustará de principio a fin.

Músico, cantautor y director de teatro chileno, y procedente de una familia campesina de Ñuble, se convirtió en un referente internacional de la canción reivindicativa y de cantautor. Fue torturado y asesinado en el antiguo Estadio Chile (que después fue denominado Estadio Víctor Jara) por fuerzas represivas de la dictadura de Augusto Pinochet, poco después del golpe militar que derrocó al gobierno de Salvador Allende, el 11 de septiembre de 1973.

¿Existe alguien que no lo considere un genio del cine? Allan Stewart Königsberg, su verdadero nombre, es como la figura condensada de todo el séptimo arte. Además de notable director, es guionista, actor, músico, escritor y ganador del premio Óscar en múltiples ocasiones. Hoy es uno de los personajes más respetados, influyentes y prolíficos de la era moderna.

While many academic and scholarly works have given insight into The Master of Suspense, have you ever wondered how the casual moviegoer or television viewer relates to Alfred Hitchcock or his cinematic work? This is your chance to go inside a more accessible look into the legendary filmmaker by going into the average fan's perspective. It is a brief, yet informative look into why the casual viewer loves Hitchcock's work and how he or she interprets and enjoys his films.

In recent years, many have buzzing about the emerging phenomenon that are web series. Some say they are the future of the entertainment industry while others feel they are nothing more than a fad. What will become of web series is anyone’s guess. Yet this book contains insight into past, present, future, and what it may mean for web series.

Pieter Bruegel’s epic masterpiece The Way To Calvary depicts the story of Christ’s Passion set in Flanders under brutal Spanish occupation in the year 1564, the very year Bruegel created his painting. From among the more than five hundred figures that fill Bruegel’s remarkable canvas, The Mill & The Cross focuses on a dozen characters whose life stories unfold and intertwine in a panoramic landscape populated by villagers and red-caped horsemen.

Get on TV!, Jacquie Jordan brings her expert advice straight to you - the entrepreneurs, experts, authors, and future reality stars looking to land a television spot....Jacquie Jordan has been involved in booking, supervising or producing over 10,000 television guests, as well as coaching countless people on how to get on air.

Défier les lois de la physique avec "Ant-Man", et celles de l'anatomie avec "Godzilla". S'aventurer aux abords d'un trou noir... et y plonger avec "Interstellar". Communiquer avec les aliens comme dans "Premier Contact". Se retrouver seul sur Mars et tenter d'y survivre. Étudier Prometheus et s'interroger sur l'origine et l'évolution des espèces extraterrestres.

When F. W. Murnau brought Nosferatu to the screen in 1922, he ushered in the bloody reign of cinema’s most venerable villain - the vampire. Nocturnal, fanged and insatiable for human blood, the vampire has infected the public consciousness like no other movie monster. In this illustrated pocket guide, Charles Bramesco goes vampire hunting across a century of cinema, stalking around lonely Transylvanian castles, dusty New York apartments and rain-soaked Washington woods to discover why the vampire has become cinema’s most enduring villain.

Twilight for the Gods: The Art and History of Film Editing is a passionate exploration of the important role played by editing in the process of filmmaking and a functional guide to using editing most effectively. The book explains how an editor is, in many ways, responsible for the final rewriting of a script - and that editing is in reality a pictorial form of writing.