Jonathan Rayner: 3 books
The Cinema of Michael Mann
Vice and Vindication
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Michael Mann is one of the most important American filmmakers of the past forty years. His films exhibit the existential concerns of art cinema, articulated through a conspicuous and recognizable visual style and yet integrated within classical Hollywood narrative and genre frameworks. Since his beginnings...
The naval war film
Genre, history and national cinema
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
This book undertakes a unique, coherent and comprehensive consideration of the depiction of naval warfare in the cinema. The films under discussion encompass all areas of naval operations in war, and highlight varying institutional and aesthetic responses to navies and the sea in popular culture....
Children, Youth and Adults with Asperger Syndrome
Integrating Multiple Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2004
This book offers a comprehensive overview of clinical, research and personal perspectives on Asperger Syndrome, including contributions from parents and experts in the fields of psychology, social work, psychiatry, genetics, sexology and vocational counselling.
It includes first-hand accounts...