Books written by Christopher Frayling
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The Yellow Peril: Dr. Fu Manchu and the Rise of Chinaphobia
In summer 1971, the James Bond film franchise was expanding fast, with the latest, Diamonds Are Forever, involving the muchpublicized return of Sean Connery, who had driven a hard bargain. The franchise had been kickstarted by the ...
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Mad, Bad and Dangerous?: The Scientist and the Cinema
take on the film: Thea von Harbou later enthusiastically embraced Nazism; according to her husband Fritz Lang, Hitler and Goebbels loved the movie when they saw it 'in a small town'; and there are sequences of choreo- graphed mob ...
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黃禍: 從傅滿州看西方人的東方恐懼
黃禍: 從傅滿州看西方人的東方恐懼
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Sergio Leone: Once Upon a Time in Italy
In the early 1960s, an unknown Italian film director named Sergio Leone was given USD200,000 and leftover film stock, and told to make a Western.
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The small Titanic: a book about Chris Orr's prints, paintings and drawings 1990-1994
The small Titanic: a book about Chris Orr's prints, paintings and drawings 1990-1994
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London!
In this epic volume, renowned photographer Marc Hoberman presents London in a way never seen before!
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Cine: toda la historia
Las películas constituyen una guía accesible e inspiradora sobre la historia del cine, que se completa con unos fascinantes análisis sobre las grandes obras maestras, ilustradas con las fotografías más representativas.
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The Yellow Peril: Dr Fu Manchu & The Rise of Chinaphobia
A hundred years ago, the fictional evil genius called Dr Fu Manchu appeared, described as 'the yellow peril incarnate in one man'. Why did the idea that the Chinese were...
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The Innocents
This special edition features original cover artwork by Matthew Young.
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Frankenstein: The First Two Hundred Years
This book will trace the journey of Shelley's Frankenstein from limited edition literature to the bloodstream of contemporary culture.
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Mad, Bad and Dangerous?: The Scientist and the Cinema
Mad, Bad and Dangerous? puts this dichotomy to the test, offering a wholly engaging yet not uncritical history of the cinematic portrayal of scientists.
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Clint Eastwood
A biography of Clint Eastwood, which looks at him as an actor, film-maker, producer, businessman and ex-Mayor of Carmel. It includes a survey of all his films, and comments from...
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Ken Adam Designs the Movies: James Bond and Beyond
FILMS, CINEMA. This book showcases the drawings of Ken Adam, the man who has created some of the most iconic and memorable sets in the history of film.
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Gothic Nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination
The 1770s was marked by the emergence of themes of violence, horror and the supernatural in art: the birth of the Gothic. In 1782, the unveiling of Henry Fuseli's painting...
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The Yellow Peril: Dr. Fu Manchu & the Rise of Chinaphobia
Uses history and popular culture to discuss how Chinaphobia arose in the West.
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Vampyres: Genesis and Resurrection
Dracula's claim that 'in our veins flows the blood of many brave races who fought as the lion fights, for lordship ... what ... on 3 June 1894, at the invitation of Admiral Erben: If the greeting was hearty, the farewell was touching.
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Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death
The landmark biography of one of the twentieth century's most recognizable directors—now back in print
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Research in Art and Design
Research in Art and Design
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Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone
"Christopher Frayling approaches the Westerns produced at Cinecittà Studios in Rome from a variety of perspectives, placing them in the Italian social, political, industrial and cinematic contexts from which they...