Tony Scott got his start as a film director when he joined his brother at the lucrative commercial directing company Ridley Scott Associates. After directing Top Gun--his second film, which changed not only the trajectory of his own life but of the entire action-movie industry--Scott's career would be a roller coaster of blockbuster hits, personal films and confounding failures. With extensive research and original interviews with actors, cinematographers and writers, this book documents Tony Scott's larger-than-life persona from his early days to his untimely death, which left a hole in genre filmmaking yet to be filled.…mehr
Tony Scott got his start as a film director when he joined his brother at the lucrative commercial directing company Ridley Scott Associates. After directing Top Gun--his second film, which changed not only the trajectory of his own life but of the entire action-movie industry--Scott's career would be a roller coaster of blockbuster hits, personal films and confounding failures. With extensive research and original interviews with actors, cinematographers and writers, this book documents Tony Scott's larger-than-life persona from his early days to his untimely death, which left a hole in genre filmmaking yet to be filled.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Larry Taylor is an author and film historian with an MA in English, and a lifetime love for the movies. He lives in Plano, Texas.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part I: Painting Vampires 1. The Artist 2. Vampires Out of Time Part II: Into the Stratosphere 3. Top Guns 4. The Three Corners of Top Gun Analysis 5. Beverly Hills 6. Scott and Leary Part III: Embracing the Edge 7. Sex, Violence and Revenge 8. Thunder Roadblock 9. Tony Scott and Shane Black, in Over Their Heads 10. A Marriage of Style and Sound 11. Scott, Tarantino and the Birth of the '90s Crime Aesthetic Part IV: High-Tech Decade 12. Tension Under the Sea 13. The Simpson Tragedy 14. The Fan and Subverting Hero Worship 15. Enemy of the State 16. Spies and Sports Cars Part V: The Denzel Years 17. Mexico City Bloodletting 18. Tony Scott's Signature Masterpiece 19. The Model and the Bounty Hunter 20. A Film Built Around Tragedies 21. Going Underground 22. Unstoppable Part VI: Into the Wind 23. A Full Slate 24. August 2012 25. The Rock and Roll Alchemist Filmography Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part I: Painting Vampires 1. The Artist 2. Vampires Out of Time Part II: Into the Stratosphere 3. Top Guns 4. The Three Corners of Top Gun Analysis 5. Beverly Hills 6. Scott and Leary Part III: Embracing the Edge 7. Sex, Violence and Revenge 8. Thunder Roadblock 9. Tony Scott and Shane Black, in Over Their Heads 10. A Marriage of Style and Sound 11. Scott, Tarantino and the Birth of the '90s Crime Aesthetic Part IV: High-Tech Decade 12. Tension Under the Sea 13. The Simpson Tragedy 14. The Fan and Subverting Hero Worship 15. Enemy of the State 16. Spies and Sports Cars Part V: The Denzel Years 17. Mexico City Bloodletting 18. Tony Scott's Signature Masterpiece 19. The Model and the Bounty Hunter 20. A Film Built Around Tragedies 21. Going Underground 22. Unstoppable Part VI: Into the Wind 23. A Full Slate 24. August 2012 25. The Rock and Roll Alchemist Filmography Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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