{"title":"Tom Charity","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"film-book-tom-charity-9781408109403","title":"Film","description":"This book is a pocket history of film, covering technical developments, famous directors, actors, and films as well as genres such as Westerns, film noir etc. The book starts with the Lumiere brothers and works up to the present particularly focussing on famous directors such as Cecil B. DeMille, Eisenstein, John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, John Cassavetes, Ingamar Bergman, Roberto Rossellini and Martin Scorsese, and specific trends in films such as women in film, the studio system, genres and the star system. There are also little side panels highlighting famous actors and movies. All in all, this is an excellent pocket introduction to the history and world of film.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49602657026321,"sku":"GOR002414240","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1408109409.jpg?v=1751434429"},{"product_id":"john-cassavetes-book-tom-charity-9780711975446","title":"John Cassavetes","description":"John Cassavetes died of cancer in 1989, aged 60. His work as an actor and film-maker served as an inspiration to many of the world's leading directors, including Mike Leigh, Gary Oldman, Sean Penn, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese who described him as a guide and teacher.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49884117729553,"sku":"GOR006124632","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51684811899153,"sku":"CIN0711975442VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51820290736401,"sku":"GOR007891970","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0711975442.jpg?v=1751105810"},{"product_id":"right-stuff-book-tom-charity-9780851706245","title":"The Right Stuff","description":"This study places 'The Right Stuff' in the historical context of the political history of the Space Race. It explores director Philip Kaufman's subversive adventurism, his mastery of cinematic form, and the way in which the film combines the mythology of the Western with counter-cultural concerns.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50135061266705,"sku":"GOR002526269","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50274844279057,"sku":"GOR007081881","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52314457506065,"sku":"CIN085170624XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/085170624X.jpg?v=1751429002"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-tom-charity.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}