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Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Russian
Description
A Russian army patrol is ambushed by Caucasian rebels and two survivors are taken prisoner by a local patriarch who is hoping to barter them for the release of his captured son. A bond of understanding develops between the soldiers and their captors, but it is broken when plans for their release go awry and a chain of violence and retaliation is precipitated.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Italiano
Description
Depicts the final days of World War II in Italy, seen mostly through the eyes of a six-year-old girl. It is a mythic recollection by the protagonist of life on the run when a group of Italian villagers flee from brutal Nazi occupiers in the summer of 1944.
10) Otello
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Italiano
Description
Film adaptation (1986) of Giuseppe Verdi's operatic version of Shakespeare's play Othello.
12) Iphigenia
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Greek
Description
Commander Agamemnon stands ready to launch his infamous thousand ships to retrieve the beautiful Helen of Troy. As the wind refuses to blow, a priest condemns him for sacrilege, and the powerful general is pressured to sacrific his daughter to save the states. Threatened and tormented, Agamemnon is faced with sending his child like a lamb to the slaugher and betraying his wife.
13) Dublin
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
With its rich political and literary history, Dublin is a sought-after destination for cinematographers who have made use of the city's urban streetscapes and lush pastoral settings in many memorable films-among them “Braveheart”, “The Italian Job”, and the 2006 musical drama “Once”. “World Film Locations: Dublin” offers an engaging look at the many incarnations of the city onscreen through fifty synopses of the key scenes-either shot...
14) London
Author
Language
English
Description
From the leading independent travel and style magazine Cereal comes Cereal City Guide: London: a portrait of the English capital offering a finely curated edit on what to see and do for discerning travelers and locals alike.
Rich Stapleton and Rosa Park, Cereal's founders, travel extensively for the magazine and were inspired to create a series of city guides that highlighted their favorite places to visit. Now, after building a loyal readership...
15) New York
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Be they period films, cult classics or elaborate directorial love letters, New York City has played—and continues to play—a central role in the imaginations of filmmakers and moviegoers worldwide. The stomping grounds of King Kong, it is also the place where young Jakie Rabinowitz of The Jazz Singer realizes his Broadway dream. Later, it is the backdrop against which taxi driver Travis Bickle exacts a grisly revenge.
The inaugural volume in an...
16) Paris
Author
Language
English
Description
‘We'll always have Paris,' Humphrey Bogart assures Ingrid Bergman in the oft-quoted farewell scene from Casablanca in which Bogart's character, hard-hearted restaurateur Rick Blaine, bids former lover Ilsa Lund goodbye. The backdrop against which they first fell in love, Paris later serves as a reminder of their deep mutual longings. And with a host of different realisations by filmmakers from Philip Kaufman to Julien Leclercq to Woody Allen, there...
17) Tokyo
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
“World Film Locations: Tokyo” gives readers a kaleidoscopic view of one of the world's most complex and exciting cities through the lens of world cinema. 50 scenes from classic and contemporary films explore how motion pictures have shaped the role of Tokyo in our collective consciousness, as well as how these cinematic moments reveal aspects of the life and culture of a city that are often hidden from view. Complimenting these scenes from such...
18) Glasgow
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
“World Film Locations: Glasgow” explores Scotland's biggest city and the many locations in which its films are viewed, set and shot. Taking in the important moments and movements in its rich cinematic history, this book seeks to discover the city's culture, character and comedy through its cinematic identity. Essays cover a variety of topics including a background of Glasgow's cinemagoers and picture houses, the evolution of Scots comedy, and...
19) Istanbul
Author
Language
English
Description
Lonely Planet Pocket Istanbul is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Soak up the atmosphere of the Grand Bazaar; see stunning mosaic portraits in Aya Sofya; or take a ferry down Bosphorus strait; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the best of Istanbul and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Pocket Istanbul: • Full-colour maps and images...
20) Las Vegas
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Sin and redemption. The ridiculous and the sublime. The carnivalesque excess of the Strip and the barrenness of the desert surrounding the city. Visited by millions of fortune seekers—and starry-eyed lovers—each year, Las Vegas is a city with as many apparent contradictions as Elvis impersonators and this complexity is reflected in the diversity of films that have been shot on location there.
A copiously illustrated retrospective of Vegas's appearances...
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