The Art of Ray Harryhausen - Brossura

Harryhausen, Ray; Dalton, Tony

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ISBN 10: 1845137124 ISBN 13: 9781845137120

Casa editrice: Aurum, 2011

Riassunto

In An Animated Life (Aurum, 2003) Ray Harryhausen told the story of his career as the acknowledged grandmaster of special effects in the pre-computer era, the creator of classics such as One Million Years BC, Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of Titans. In this book the focus is not on the movies themselves, but on the vast hoard of artwork which Harryhausen has carefully preserved in his London home. These include preliminary sketches, elaborate drawings of key scenes and carefully plotted storyboards, all produced as he sought backing for his next venture and prepared to undertake the laborious task of animating the prehistoric creatures, aliens and mythical monsters which stole scene after scene from the human actors. There are also the tiny, elaborately articulated models which Harryhausen created to play these roles and the bronzes which he cast to preserve their forms in perpetuity. This stunning array of images is a tribute to the scope of Harryhausen's imagination and his artistic skills which no student of special effects or cinema history will want to be without.

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Recensione:

‘A splendid volume... fabulous illustrations’

(Jonathan Ross)

‘A delight, packed with super reproductions of drawings and models relating to a long, frenetic life in movies’

(The Times)

‘A gorgeous, sumptuous, coffee table book...enough never-before-seen material to keep any enthusiast happy’

(SFX Magazine)

‘One of the best-loved fantasy artists and animators of the last century...a perfect gift for fans’

(Publishing News)

L'autore:

Ray Harryhausen was born in Los Angeles but now lives in London and still travels widely giving talks and lectures on animation to appreciative audiences throughout the world.

Tony Dalton, who has worked as a film publicist and historian and now runs his own archive research company, has known Ray Harryhausen for over thirty years and collaborated with him on the writing of Ray s highly successful autobiography, An Animated Life

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• Editore: Aurum
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1845137124
• ISBN 13: 9781845137120
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240