Biographies

Sie war die erfolgreichste Serie der Neunziger: Friends. 1994 flimmerte sie das erste Mal über die Bildschirme und machte die Charaktere Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey und Phoebe schlagartig berühmt. Obwohl 2004 Schluss war, hat die Sitcom bis heute Kultstatus. Die Popkultur-Expertin Kelsey Miller hat mit den Machern der Serie und ihren unzähligen Gaststars gesprochen. Sie erzählt ikonische Momente, Anekdoten von den Dreharbeiten und spannende Hintergrundgeschichten; zeigt, wie stilbildend Friends war - vom Aufstieg der Coffee-Shop-Kultur bis zur berühmtesten Frisur der Welt: The Rachel -, und erklärt, warum eine Sitcom über sechs Twentysomethings das Fernsehen für immer verändert hat. Das ultimative Fanbuch zur besten Serie aller Zeiten!Ausstattung: mit 16 S. Farbbildteil

This is a collection of scholarly essays that focuses on particular phases of Chaplin’s career through various critical lenses, in order to highlight the understated, and often overlooked, complexity of Chaplin’s filmmaking, and to provide insight into both the extensive range and the limits of the critical leverage of a broad array of interpretive theories.

Since the death of the French film director Eric Rohmer in 2010, interest in his work has reignited. Known as the last of the established directors in the French New Wave, Rohmer took complete control over all his films, acting as his own producer throughout his career, and writing the scripts. He also made his mark by taking the lead in casting and location scouting - as French seaside resorts with beautiful young people are some of the elements present in most of his films. <BR>Combining history and criticism, Jacob Leigh pens the first chronological survey of this understudied filmmaker in order to give readers clear insights into how Rohmer's films came about and what he intended them to be. The book provides in-depth analysis of the themes and ideas of Rohmer's twenty-three feature films, and illustrates the complexity of their cinematic style. Leigh's study is the perfect introduction to the work of this great filmmaker, for both students and the general reader. <BR>