Der er et digert værk på vej fra forlaget Titan Books, der vil få filmelskere til at sætte kryds i kalenderen. Den 15. oktober udgiver de Jeff Bonds “The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allan” – en imposant coffee table-bog på 600 sider, der ser nærmere på Irwin Allens virke som producer og instruktør.
Bogen er spækket med over 2000 billeder og illustrationer, der tæller concept art, production artwork, storyboards, blueprints, design sketches, miniatures og behind-the-scenes fotografier, hvoraf mange aldrig tidligere har været publiceret.
Forlaget skriver følgende om bogen:
This lavish coffee table hardback book is the first and only book of its kind to take a visual journey through the mind and career of legendary producer Irwin Allen, the “Master of Disaster”—the man behind some of the most popular television programs of the 1960s and the visionary who invented the special effects movie blockbuster format with his 1970s hits The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno. It traces Allen from his early days as a Hollywood agent and radio personality to his lengthy stint at 20th Century Fox, where he produced movies such as The Lost World and Five Weeks in a Balloon and the popular television shows Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants.
Allen employed the studio’s sprawling lot and soundstages, its library of movie footage, costumes and props, and its veteran special effects craftsmen to bring vivid color and movie-quality action, miniature effects and visuals to television viewers accustomed to low-budget, black and white programming. Allen’s flare for action and visual punch gave audiences some of the 1960s most popular and iconic figures: Admiral Nelson and Captain Crane of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; the Lost in Space Robot and Jonathan Harris’ nefarious Dr. Zachary Smith; Will Robinson and the Robinson family of space travelers; the pop art kaleidoscope of The Time Tunnel; the Jupiter 2, the Seaview, the Flying Sub, the Spindrift.
Info om bogen:
Titel: The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen
Forfatter: Jeff Bond
Sprog: Engelsk
Sideantal: 600
ISBN: 9781835411360
Format: 30,5 x 24,4 cm
Udkommer: 15. oktober 2024
1. udgave, 1. oplag
Indbinding: Indbundet
Forlag: Titan Books
