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Now revised, this book takes a unique look ‘inside’ 29 of Cape
Town’s most notable buildings. If you have ever wondered what lies
behind an interesting facade, or wished you could peek behind a
closed door, Hidden Cape Town is the book for you. The author and
photographer have collaborated to reveal the artworks and
architectural secrets that lie behind the doors of some wellknown,
and lesser known, landmark buildings in and around the ‘Mother
City’. These buildings are part of our collective heritage,
reflecting the myriad cultural influences that have shaped our
country. These ‘hidden’ interiors include the Sendinggestig Museum,
South African National Library, City Hall, Palm Tree Mosque,
Welgelegen, the Royal Observatory, Bertram House, the Greek
Orthodox Cathedral of St George, Groote Schuur, the Old Synagogue
and the officer’s mess of the Cape Town Rifles (‘The Dukes’).
Star Wars exploded onto our cinema screens in 1977, and the world
has not been the same since. After watching depressing and cynical
movies throughout the early 1970s, audiences enthusiastically
embraced the positive energy of the Star Wars galaxy as they
followed moisture farmer Luke Skywalker on his journey through a
galaxy far, far away, meeting extraordinary characters like
mysterious hermit Obi-Wan Kenobi, space pirates Han Solo and
Chewbacca, loyal droids C-3PO and R2-D2, bold Princess Leia Organa
and the horrific Darth Vader, servant of the dark, malevolent
Emperor. Writer, director, and producer George Lucas created the
modern monomyth of our time, one that resonates with the child in
us all. He formed Industrial Light & Magic to develop
cutting-edge special effects technology, which he combined with
innovative editing techniques and a heightened sense of sound to
give audiences a unique sensory cinematic experience. In this first
volume, made with the full cooperation of Lucasfilm, Lucas narrates
his own story, taking us through the making of the original
trilogy-Episode IV A New Hope, Episode V The Empire Strikes Back,
and Episode VI Return of the Jedi-and bringing fresh insights into
the creation of a unique universe. Complete with script pages,
production documents, concept art, storyboards, on-set photography,
stills, and posters, this is the authoritative exploration of the
original saga as told by its creator. About the series TASCHEN is
40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980,
TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping
bookworms around the world curate their own library of art,
anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we
celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our
company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the
stars of our program-now more compact, friendly in price, and still
realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.
"Bond, James Bond." Since Sean Connery uttered those immortal words
in 1962, the most dashing secret agent in the history of cinema has
been charming and thrilling audiences worldwide. This impeccably
British character created by author Ian Fleming has starred in 25
EON-produced films, played by six different actors over five
decades. EON Productions opened their archives of photos, designs,
storyboards, and production materials to editor Paul Duncan, who
spent two years researching over one million images and 100 filing
cabinets of documentation. The result is the most complete account
of the making of the series, covering every James Bond film ever
made, beginning with Dr. No (1962) and ending with No Time To Die
(2021), including the spoof Casino Royale (1967) and Never Say
Never Again (1983). The wealth of previously unpublished
photography, set designs, storyboards, and production memos is
supplemented by an oral history recounted by over 150 cast and
crew. From producers to stuntmen, directors to production
designers, these personal narratives relate the true inside story
from the Bond sets, offering outstanding insight into the
personalities and processes behind the most successful and
longest-running film franchise in cinema history. This book is a
comprehensive tribute to the legend of James Bond. The updated
edition includes exclusive photography and new interviews with
Daniel Craig, director Cary Fukunaga, producers Michael G. Wilson
and Barbara Broccoli, and many others, revealing the full story
behind the making of the emotionally charged No Time To Die. Made
with unrestricted access to the Bond archives, this book recounts
the history of James Bond in words and pictures Among the 1,100
images are many previously unseen stills, on-set photos, memos,
documents, storyboards, posters, and designs, plus unused concepts,
and alternative designs Behind-the-scenes stories from the people
who were there: producers, directors, actors, screenwriters,
production designers, special effects technicians, stuntmen, and
other crew members Includes every Bond film from Dr. No (1962) to
No Time To Die (2021)
From the moment Star Wars burst onto the screen in 1977, audiences
have been in equal parts fascinated and appalled by the
half-man/half-machine hybrid Darth Vader. In 1999, creator George
Lucas began the story of how Anakin Skywalker grew up to train as a
Jedi under Obi-Wan Kenobi, found love with the Queen of Naboo,
Padme Amidala, before turning to the dark side of his nature and
becoming more machine than man. After driving the development of
nascent digital technology, George Lucas perceived how he could
create new creatures and new worlds on a grander scale than ever
before. He created the first digital blockbuster, and met fierce
resistance when he pushed for widespread digital cameras, sets,
characters, and projection - all of which are now used throughout
the industry. He essentially popularized the modern way of making
movies. Made with the full cooperation of George Lucas and
Lucasfilm, this second volume covers the making of the prequel
trilogy - Episode I The Phantom Menace, Episode II Attack of the
Clones, and Episode III Revenge of the Sith - and features
exclusive interviews with Lucas and his collaborators. The book is
profusely illustrated with script pages, production documents,
concept art, storyboards, on-set photography, stills, and posters.
About the series TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as
cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with
accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate
their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an
unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books
by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new
editions of some of the stars of our program-now more compact,
friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to
impeccable production.
Conflict. Scorsese examines what men do when they are in conflict
with themselves. Taxi Driver Travis Bickle is disgusted by the mean
streets and wants to wash them clean. After all, what was the point
of him going to Vietnam if it wasn't to make things better?
Self-destructive Jake La Motta unleashes the Raging Bull within him
both inside and outside the boxing ring. Wiseguy Henry Hill thinks
that he can be one of the GoodFellas, but he eventually realises
that there is nothing good or wise about a life of organised crime.
Spirit. There is more to Scorsese's work than crime and violence.
His characters are trying to attain some kind of spiritual peace
with society, their family and themselves. In the end they try to
make a decision they can live with. In Kundun, the Dalai Lama
leaves Tibet. In The Last Temptation Of Christ, Jesus forgoes a
normal family life to fulfil his destiny. In The Age Of Innocence,
Newland Archer decides to be a hypocrite within society rather than
truthful outside of it. In Mean Streets, Charlie must choose
whether to keep his volatile friend Johnny Boy and his epileptic
lover, or to propel himself up the ladder of success. Hailed as
America's greatest living film director, Martin Scorsese is an
innovative storyteller at the height of his intellectual and
emotional powers. This Pocket Essential examines his life and work.
"It's dangerous to be an honest man." - Michael Corleone, Godfather
III As special photographer on the sets and locations of Francis
Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy, Steve Schapiro had the
remarkable experience of witnessing legendary actors giving some of
their most memorable performances. Schapiro immortalized Marlon
Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, James Caan, Robert Duvall, and
Diane Keaton in photos that have since become iconic images,
instantly recognizable and endlessly imitated. Gathered together in
this book are Schapiro's finest photographs from all three
Godfather films, lovingly reproduced from the original negatives.
With contextual essays and interviews covering the trilogy in its
entirety, this book contains over 300 color and black-and-white
images. Schapiro's images take us behind the scenes of this epic
and inimitable cinematic saga, revealing the director's working
process, capturing the moods and personalities involved, and
providing insight into the making of movie history. About the
series TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural
archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with
accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate
their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an
unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books
by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new
editions of some of the stars of our program-now more compact,
friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to
impeccable production.
From the moment Star Wars burst onto the screen in 1977, audiences
have been in equal parts fascinated and appalled by the
half-man/half-machine hybrid Darth Vader. In 1999, creator George
Lucas began the story of how Anakin Skywalker grew up to train as a
Jedi under Obi-Wan Kenobi, found love with the Queen of Naboo,
Padme Amidala, before turning to the dark side of his nature and
becoming more machine than man. After driving the development of
nascent digital technology, George Lucas perceived how he could
create new creatures and new worlds on a grander scale than ever
before. He created the first digital blockbuster, and met fierce
resistance when he pushed for widespread digital cameras, sets,
characters, and projection - all of which are now used throughout
the industry. He essentially popularized the modern way of making
movies. Made with the full cooperation of George Lucas and
Lucasfilm, this second volume covers the making of the prequel
trilogy - Episode I The Phantom Menace, Episode II Attack of the
Clones, and Episode III Revenge of the Sith - and features
exclusive interviews with Lucas and his collaborators. The book is
profusely illustrated with script pages, production documents,
concept art, storyboards, on-set photography, stills, and posters.
Get ready to quake in fear with this revised and expanded edition
of our history of horror cinema. This chilling volume packs 640
pages full with the finest slashers, ghosts, zombies, cannibals,
and more, curating the very creepiest screen creations from the
flickering spooks of the 1920s to the special-effect terrors of the
21st century. Across 10 illustrated chapters, the compendium gets
under the skin of some of horror's favorite figures and themes,
whether the vampire, the haunted house, the female killer, or the
werewolf. Each classic device is explored in aesthetic and
historical terms, probing horror's manipulation of archetypal human
fears as much as socially and culturally specific anxieties. A
subsequent Top 50 movies section brings readers up close and
trembling with 50 horror showpieces, from black-and-white classics
like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Godzilla to Rosemary's Baby, The
Wicker Man, The Shining, The Blair Witch Project, and much, much
more. Throughout, the book's featured images include movie posters,
set designs, film stills, and on-set shots. About the series
Bibliotheca Universalis - Compact cultural companions celebrating
the eclectic TASCHEN universe!
The name Alfred Hitchcock is synonymous with suspense-that is to
say, masterful, spine-tingling, thrilling, shocking, excruciating,
eye-boggling suspense. With triumphs such as Rebecca, Vertigo, Rear
Window, and Psycho, Hitchcock (1899-1980) fashioned a new level of
cinematic intrigue and fear through careful pacing, subtlety, and
suggestiveness. This complete guide traces Hitchcock's life and
career from his earliest silent films right through to his last
picture in 1976, Family Plot. Updated with fresh images, the book
combines detailed entries for each of Hitchcock's 53 films, an
incisive essay that sheds light on his fear-inducing devices,
photos of the master at work, and an illustrated list of each of
his cameos, together adding up to a movie buff's dream.
'Sicily is the key to everything' Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The
author of the classic book on Venice turns his sights to Sicily in
this beautiful book full of maps and colour photographs. 'I
discovered Sicily almost by mistake . . .We drove as far as Naples,
then put the car on the night ferry to Palermo. There was a degree
of excitement in the early hours when we passed Stromboli, emitting
a rich glow every half-minute or so like an ogre puffing on an
immense cigar; and a few hours later, in the early morning
sunshine, we sailed into the Conca d'Oro, the Golden Shell, in
which the city lies. Apart from the beauty of the setting, I
remember being instantly struck by a change in atmosphere. The
Strait of Messina is only a couple of miles across and the island
is politically part of Italy; yet somehow one feels that one has
entered a different world . . . This book is, among other things,
an attempt to analyse why this should be.' The stepping stone
between Europe and Africa, the gateway between the East and the
West, at once a stronghold, clearing-house and observation post,
Sicily has been invaded and fought over by Phoenicians and Greeks,
Carthaginians and Romans, Goths and Byzantines, Arabs and Normans,
Germans, Spaniards and the French for thousands of years. It has
belonged to them all - and yet has properly been part of none. John
Julius Norwich was inspired to become a writer by his first visit
in 1961 and this book is the result of a fascination that has
lasted over half a century. In tracing its dark story, he attempts
to explain the enigma that lies at the heart of the Mediterranean's
largest island. This vivid short history covers everything from
erupting volcanoes to the assassination of Byzantine emperors, from
Nelson's affair with Emma Hamilton to Garibaldi and the rise of the
Mafia. Taking in the key buildings and towns, and packed with
fascinating stories and unforgettable characters, Sicily is the
book he was born to write.
Star Wars exploded onto our cinema screens in 1977, and the world
has not been the same since. After watching depressing and cynical
movies throughout the early 1970s, audiences enthusiastically
embraced the positive energy of the Star Wars universe as they
followed moisture farmer Luke Skywalker on his journey through a
galaxy far, far away, meeting extraordinary characters like
mysterious hermit Obi-Wan Kenobi, space pirates Han Solo and
Chewbacca, loyal droids C-3PO and R2-D2, bold Princess Leia and the
horrific Darth Vader, servant of the dark, malevolent Emperor.
Writer, director, and producer George Lucas created the modern
monomyth of our time, one that resonates with the child in us all.
He formed Industrial Light & Magic to develop cutting-edge
special effects technology, which he combined with innovative
editing techniques and a heightened sense of sound to give
audiences a unique sensory cinematic experience. In this first
volume, made with the full cooperation of Lucasfilm, Lucas narrates
his own story, taking us through the making of the original
trilogy-Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back,
and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi-and bringing fresh insights into
the creation of a unique universe. Complete with script pages,
production documents, concept art, storyboards, on-set photography,
stills, and posters, the XXL-sized tome is an authoritative
exploration of the original saga as told by its creator.
Within a year of arriving in Hollywood in 1914, British-born
Charlie Chaplin had become the slapstick king of America. By the
end of his second year on the silver screen, Chaplin's fame had
spread worldwide. He was the first international film star and
rapidly one of the richest men in the world, with a million dollar
contract, his own studio and his stock company of close
collaborators. From Alaska to Zimbabwe, the bowler hat, cane, baggy
trousers and outsized shoes of the Tramp became, and remains, an
instantly recognizable silhouette. With unrestricted access to the
Chaplin archives, TASCHEN presents the ultimate book on the making
of every one of his films. With 900 images, including stills,
memos, storyboards and on-set photos, as well as interviews with
Chaplin and his closest collaborators, it reveals the process
behind the Chaplin genius, from the impromptu invention of early
shots to the meticulous retakes and reworking of scenes and gags in
his classic movies: The Kid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), The
Circus (1928), City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936), and the
provocative Hitler parody The Great Dictator (1940). The book
includes: The Chaplin life history in words and pictures 900 images
including many previously unseen stills, on-set photos, memos,
documents, storyboards, posters, and designs, plus scripts and
images for unmade films An oral history, told from the point of
view of Chaplin himself, drawing upon his extensive writings, many
of which have never been reprinted before. Supplementary interviews
with some of his closest collaborators. Material from over 150
books of press clippings in Chaplin's archives, which range from
his early days in music halls to his death Chaplin's short films,
from Making a Living (1914) to The Pilgrim (1923), as well as all
of his feature-length movies, from The Kid (1921) to A Countess
from Hong Kong (1967) Images and documents from the Chaplin
Archives, (c) and/or Property of The Roy Export Company Ltd.,
scanned by Cineteca di Bologna
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Alain Silver, James Ursini; Edited by Paul Duncan, Jurgen Muller
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Whether it's Double Indemnity, Kiss Me Deadly, or The Big Sleep,
roam a screen world of dark and brooding elegance with this
essential handbook to Film Noir. From private eyes and perfect
crimes to corrupt cops and doomed affairs, editors Paul Duncan and
Jurgen Muller examine noir's key themes and their most
representative movies from 1940 to 1960. Copiously illustrated with
film stills as well as original posters, this book offers page
after page of noir's masterful visual compositions while exploring
the narrative paradigms of this cryptic, compelling, and evolving
genre. If that weren't enough to tickle your cinematic appetite,
the volume concludes with TASCHEN's top 50 pick of noir classics.
Brimming with the enigmatic dames, desperate gangsters, and psycho
killers that continue to cast a long and captivating shadow over
cinema, this is a must-have handbook for noir aficionados and
amateurs alike. About the series Bibliotheca Universalis - Compact
cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This true story begins with a path taken by a man who had no
direction, no dreams and dark visions of the future. His outlook on
life and faith soon changed after he had taken a solo journey
halfway across the country. Then he begins to search for God and
finds Him, but he still struggles with his dark thoughts and denial
of the Bible. A close friend tries to help him figure out deep
spiritual secrets that he had uncovered, and together they decipher
the meanings of the visions. Because of his denial of the Bible,
their friendship is often put to the test.
While searching for the meaning of life, an important opportunity
will arise. Change is inevitable, but it will always catch you
off-guard. This book reveals how deep the spiritual realm really
is, and how it affects our daily lives. Contained within these
page, are many deep secrets of spiritual truth, which have only
recently been re-discovered. Other books of similar nature, always
tend to touch the surface of spiritual experimentation, but fail to
expose the facts. But this book goes straight to the core, to
explain as much as possible. And true to the guidelines of a
non-fiction novel, it is 90% fact, and only 10% fiction.
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