AFTRS Library New Titles. On display 29 March to 15 April 2019

Against Interpretation includes some of Sontag's best-known works, among them 'On Style', 'Notes on 'Camp'', and the titular essay 'Against Interpretation', where Sontag argues that modern cultural conditions have given way to a new critical approach to aesthetics.

Conversations with Gus Van Sant is the first critical study to include both extensive original interviews with the director as well as discussions of his entire body of work. By melding the author's critical perspective with the filmmaker's own ideas, Conversations with Gus Van Sant creates a wider perspective on one of the most iconoclastic and imaginative directors of the last thirty years.

Crowdfunding is a major source of funding for independent films and over $250 million has been raised or films just on Kickstarter alone. This book will guide you through every stage of planning, creating and running your film crowdfunding campaign.

Japanese culture and animation scholar Susan Napier explores the life and art of this extraordinary Japanese filmmaker. Napier illuminates multiple themes crisscrossing his work, from empowered women to environmental nightmares to utopian dreams, creating a portrait of a man whose art challenged Hollywood dominance and ushered in a new chapter of global popular culture.

Narrative Theory and Adaptation offers a concise introduction to narrative theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Spike Jonze's critically acclaimed 2002 film Adaptation. In using this unusual case study of a film, the author makes the case for the importance of narrative theory as a general perspective for filmmakers, critics, and viewers alike.

Film script.