Silent film historian Anthony Slide (Nitrate Won't Wait, Silent Players) hails the work of Les Hammer in F.W. Murnau: For the Record - the book that shatters the myth surrounding the accidental death of the silent film director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau in 1931. In his book, the author refutes the twice-told tale of sex and death in Kenneth Anger's notorious expose 'Hollywood Babylon', reveals the identity of the valet who was involved in the fatal accident and restores the illustrious name and reputation of the man whom director Werner Herzog praises as "the greatest filmmaker in Germany" - Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau.

Nosferatu -- Does this word not sound like the Deathbird calling for you at midnight? Beware of it, otherwise you will fade away and images of your life will be shattered, nightmares will quickly rise in your heart and feed upon your blood. From the mist shrouded ruins of Transylvania to the deserted manse in Wisborg...... He is coming! -- Vermin, plague, misery, insanity, death -- ...hide in the shadow of the Vampire... The great 1922 silent horror film classic presented in story-board form with a shot-by-shot presentation. Every shot in the film is represented with a frame enlargement, narrative comments and a fresh translation of every original German intertitle card. In addition, brief comments are provided relating to cinematic devices used by Murnau in his seminal film, as well as backstories, then-and-now photos, sources for viewing the film, and more. This is F. W. Murnau's horror masterpiece presented as never before. This is where the cinematic legend of Dracula begins. With over 600 photos and illustrations!!!

"Through detailed examinations of passages from classic films, Marilyn Fabe supplies the analytic tools and background in film history and theory to enable us to see more in every film we watch"--Page [4] of cover.

This book is William's symbol for the military-industrial complex and all the dehumanizing trends it represents from mindless cocktail party chatter to bribery of officials to assassination plots directed against those who won't play the game, to attempted coups by right-wing zealots.

Austin’s thriving film culture, renowned for international events such as SXSW and the Austin Film Festival, extends back to the early 1970s when students in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin ran a film programming unit that screened movies for students and the public. Dubbed CinemaTexas, the program offered viewers a wide variety of films—old and new, mainstream, classic, and cult—at a time when finding and watching films after their first run was very difficult and prohibitively expensive. For each film, RTF graduate students wrote program notes that included production details, a sampling of critical reactions, and an original essay that placed the film and its director within context and explained the movie’s historical significance. Over time, CinemaTexas Program Notes became more ambitious and were distributed around the world, including to luminaries such as film critic Pauline Kael. This anthology gathers a sampling of CinemaTexas Program Notes, organized into four sections: “USA Film History,” “Hollywood Auteurs,” “Cinema-Fist: Renegade Talents,” and “America’s Shadow Cinema.” Many of the note writers have become prominent film studies scholars, as well as leading figures in the film, TV, music, and video game industries. As a collection, CinemaTexas Notes strongly contradicts the notion of an effortlessly formed American film canon, showing instead how local film cultures—whether in Austin, New York, or Europe—have forwarded the development of film studies as a discipline.

Werner Herzog's Nosferatu – Phantom der Nacht (1979) is one of the masterpieces of the New German Cinema of the 1960s and 70s. Adapted from Bram Stoker's Dracula, and mindful too of F. W. Murnau's earlier German film version of that same novel, Herzog's film is perhaps the most compelling screen treatment of the vampire myth. In this comprehensive account of Nosferatu, S. S. Prawer begins with discussion of Stoker's book, the cultural fascination with vampires, and the formation and evolution of Herzog's career. Taking the production history into account, Prawer ultimately foregrounds the cultural and aesthetic components of the film that combine to such powerful effect. This second edition features a new foreword by Brad Prager and original cover artwork by Matt Brand.