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Starz Home Entertainment Wim Wenders - The American Friend [1977] |
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| A thriller that's nearly devoid of thrills? That's not a complaint--it's what makes The American Friend one of the most stylish (and at the time most expensive) films to emerge from the new German cinema of the 1970s. Loosely adapting Patricia Highsmith's mystery novel Ripley's Game , director Wim Wenders shifted priority from plotting to character, emphasising a richly colourful and atmospheric approach to locations in Hamburg, where a picture-framer (Bruno Ganz) is lured into an assassination scheme involving a mysterious Frenchman (Gerard Blain) and the titular American friend, Tom Ripley (played by Dennis Hopper, a far cry from either Matt Damon's portrayal of the same character in The Talented Mr Ripley or John Malkovich's in the 2003 version of Ripley's Game ). The plotting is vague to the point of irrelevance; Wenders prefers to maintain the aura of mystery rather than generating any conventional suspense and expresses his affection for American movies by casting favourite directors Nicholas Ray and Samuel Fuller in pivotal supporting roles. The result is an intoxicating example of cinematic cross-pollination. --Jeff Shannon |
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New Masters of Flash (Reprint) (Paperback) |
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| New Masters of Flash is both a global showcase and practical tutorial. Nineteen of the planet's most awe-inspiring Flash designers share their influences, ideas and objectives in individual introductory essays. They then take the reader through a step-by-step tutorial explaining in detail how to create in Flash 5 the interfaces, applications and effects that they have made famous. The author-designers are some of the most legendary Flash innovators currently working - from the US to Japan, Europe to South Africa: Yugo Nakamura, Joshua Davis, Manuel Clement, Irene Chan and Tomato Interactive's Joel Baumann together with fourteen other leading Flash practitioners. These are the designers who are expanding the horizons of interactive interface design with Flash. Join them. Who is this Book for? Web artists with experience in the Flash environment Aspiring designers looking for greater inspiration from industry leaders On the accompanying CD: With the book is a CD-ROM containing animated movie versions of the tutorials from the book, together with the finished interactive effects. If you're in a real hurry, you can download the source-code FLAs for many of the tutorials, in both Flash 5 and Flash 4 versions, from the CD-ROM New Masters folder. Also on the CD-ROM are video QuickTime interviews with the designers from the book. What does the Book cover? New Masters of Flash is a compendium of advanced Flash techniques aimed at working Flash designers who are looking for inspirations and radical techniques. Across the nineteen chapters you will learn deployable skills for a wide range of effects and applications, many of which take ActionScripting right out of the box. Also covered are optimizing Flash assets for use in Director, exploiting Flash 5's advanced sound manipulation toolkit and an introduction to translating geometry directly into ActionScript. This is not a beginner's book. You'll need to feel comfortable with the Flash 5 interface and know some basic scripting constructs in order to get the most from what these experts have to teach. But apart from that, a load of curiosity and a taste for pushing web-design to the max is all that's required. Summary of contents: Tomasz Jankowski- Shadow Todd Purgason- Acoustic Ivo van de Grift- Flashlight Luke Turner, thevoid- Ripple Andries Odendaal- Dimensions Eric Jordan- System Manuel Clement- Looping Brendan Dawes- React Tony Ke- Illusion Irene Chan- Rainfall Yugo Nakamura- Nervous Jayson Singe- Pointillism cut-and-paste.com- Matrix Olivier Besson- Rules James Paterson- Sketch Vince Suriani- Puzzle Joel Baumann, Tomato Interactive- Wobble Yasuto Suga- Rays Outro by Joshua Davis- Chaos CONTENTS: Shadow Acoustic Flashlight Ripple Dimensions System Looping React Illusion Rainfall Nervous Pointillism Matrix Rules Sketch Puzzle Wobble Rays Chaos |
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Mars/Venus |
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| Mars/Venus Every CD, DVD and Game on UK Release. |
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Vintage Books USA Bill Buford - Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher |
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| Pages: 336, Edition: Reprint, Paperback, Vintage Books USA |
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preston north end Football Calendar |
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| Relive the moments in the history of your favourite football team, captured in this fantastic calendar, personalised with the recipient's name. Each month the calendar features a newspaper page covering your clubs top games. |
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The MIT Press ST McClean - Digital Storytelling: The Narrative Power of Visual Effects in Storytelling |
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| Pages: 312, Hardcover, MIT Press |
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Mum & Baby Organic Moisturiser by Organic Babies |
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| 20% Discount + FREE Soothe & Calm Trial SizeIdeal to help calm a restless baby before bedtime or use as a rich moisturiser for your tummy after pregnancy. This delicate blend of organic hemp calendula and lavender has been specially formulated for delicate young skin and is the perfect consistency for massaging your babyThe herbal ingredients will help protect and heal sensitive skin while the other natural ingredients will help to soothe and calm.This moisturiser is free from ethyl alcohol artificial perfumes parabens petrochemicals Lanolin and other unnecessary synthetic ingredients |
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Authorhouse Art In King Size Beds: A Collector's Journal (Paperback) |
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| Do you like art, but find it intimidating? Does the thought of visiting an art museum or gallery make you uneasy? Would you like to own original art? Well, here's the book for you! Art In King Size Beds: A Collector's Journal, is a glorious walk through the world of contemporary art. Finally, an artbook for real people! It's a surprisingly new and refreshing look at art. Come along with art collector Michael Corbin on his journey and enjoy great stories and fantastic color photos of some of the hottest work from living artists today. Spectacular art is emerging all around you. It's a powerful force that inspires and enriches your life. With his warm, witty and engaging style, Corbin will leave you wishing that you had become an art lover much sooner. An enlightening and fun ride. |
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TV Shows/Song From The Silencers |
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| TV Shows/Song From The Silencers Every CD, DVD and Game on UK Release. |
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Network Instr. Terry Hughes/ Jim Franklin (III)/ Alan J.W. Bell - Ripping Yarns : Complete BBC Series (2 Disc Set) [1976] |
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| Release Date: 2004-10-11, Rating Suitable for 15 years and over, |
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