“bombay cinema an archive of the city”

This book examines the dynamic relationship between cinema, the most important cultural form, and the city, the most important form of social organization, since World War Two, in an exciting new way. Bringing together such disciplines as Film studies, Sociology, Urban Studies and Geography, the boo... More

Cinema is a major industry in India. It is also the country’s most powerful cultural form. Yet until now there has been no major examination of the ways in which Bombay’s films serve as a medium for the experience of urban India. Mazumdar’s book reveals a complex modern world convulsed by soci... More

The essays in this anthology reflect on the interrelationship of cinema and television. The book is essentially an analysis of the western, more specifically the French experience of the last five decades. The first part traces the growth and development of television over the years. The second part... More

This book is a detailed compendium of the moving image relative to Salem, Massachusetts, and the infamous Witch Trials of 1692. It is a vibrant account of television and film productions where Salem (aka "The Witch City") is a plot point, reference or locale. The one and only guide for the historian... More

I am proud of being Punjabi... I don't go to parties.... I also like poetry. When I'm alone I like to write then tear it up....I can't wear suits and ties.... I don't believe in politics and bloodshed in the name of religion.... Our generation, we're emotional fools....We take from life and life tak... More

This book is a highly original introduction to the study of European cinema. Following a wide-ranging first part which asks whether European cinema exists and, if so, what its aesthetic, political, and economic characteristics might be, the book offers a series of fascinating and informative case st... More

The book proposes an ambitious new framework for understanding the distinctiveness of Indian cinema within a global context dominated by Hollywood. With its sudden explosions into song-and-dance sequences, half-time intermissions, and heavy traces of censorship, Indian cinema can be seen as a "cinem... More