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A combined biography/filmography of the director of "Blue Velvet", "Twin Peaks" and many others, connecting film analysis with Lynch's personal journey.

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This chronicle analyzes the science fiction and allegorical themes that run through the original film as well as director Tim Burton's upcoming remake in July 2001. 100 photos.

King Kong Cometh pays homage to the colossal gorilla who has wreaked havoc on the silver screen since 1933. This vividly illustrated compendium traces the evolution of King Kong, from his predecessors in the jungle-movie travelogues of the 1920s and 1930s to B-movies and American and Japanese spin-offs of the legendary motion picture. Highlights include the infamous faked "mondo movie" Ingagi, the influence of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost...

Tim Burton - A Child's Garden of Nightmares charts the filmmaker's path from malcontent animator at Walt Disney Productions (creating the "scary movies for little kids", Vincent and Frankenweenie) to directing feature films with a fantasy aesthetic and a natural sympathy for the alienated outsider (Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, the deformed Penguin). The book also acknowledges, both textually and visually, some of the 'monster culture'...

As an interview subject, Steven Patrick Morrissey has made barbed observations about modern culture for more than three decades. As renowned for his elegantly waspish interviews as for his celebrated song lyrics, his wit and vitriol are finally brought together in a long overdue collection of interviews. Chronologically touching all the major points of his career, Morrissey in Conversation: The Essential Interviews comprises the most famous st...

This anthology presents the story of modern cinema's unusual and dynamic brotherhood duo, from their debut noir film "Blood Simple" through the low-life comedy "The Big Lebowski." 70 photos.

In his wildly varied career, David Lynch has experienced cult adulation, mainstream success, virtual rejection by the film industry, and a renaissance in which he created a style that can only be called Weird Americana. Weirdsville U.S.A. charts Lynch's work from his experimental art school years and the midnight movie hit Eraserhead, the mainstream success of The Elephant Man and the commercial failure of Dune, the birth of Weird Americana wi...

For the first time since Hitchcock, moviegoers have embraced a film director whose name is synonymous with his own genre - a culmination of the crime, gangster, and film noir genres that both celebrates and comments ironically upon itself. Part of the Ultrascreen series, Quentin Tarantino: The Film Geek Files charts the controversial success of Tarantino's self-directed films and screenplays. From Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, and Pulp Fiction...

Spanning several decades, this book charts both Meyer's artistic progress and the loosening of American morals that his work paralleled. Richly illustrated with American and foreign promo materials featuring Russ Meyer's trademark cantilevered females, this is the most comprehensive look at the master's career, including his films Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens, Supervixens, and Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Examines the personal life and the professional work and success of the director of Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown.

Completely revised and updated, this book collects the best interviews, articles, and film reviews of director/screenwriter Joel Coen and producer/screenwriter Ethan Coen. Together, the brothers have created such cult classics as Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and the Oscar-winning Fargo, earning themselves a reputation for brilliance at offbeat black comedy. This publication, featuring dozens of photographs, coinci...

America may have had its fill of psychos for the last forty years, but none of them has inspired so many books and films (Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) as Wisconsin's cannibalistic handyman, Ed Gein. None of them has been used as the ultimate ogre in countless chilren's stories and off-color jokes, and none of them has been found guilty of as many unspeakable atrocities as Ed Gein. This is his story. This is hi...

From the violence-drenched streets of "Taxi Driver, " to "King of Comedy's" crazed celebrity stalker, to the urban warfare of "Casino" and "Gangs of New York, " Martin Scorsese's films are definitive works that reveal the dark heart of American culture. This new anthology compiles the best interviews, reviews, and articles pertaining to a man rightfully hailed as one of the most talented and respected directors in the history of film. Rising t...

This sixth title in the Ultrascreen series contains the best reviews, essays, and features on the films of Peter Jackson, from his early horror-movie successes to "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy to his current position as one of the world's most feted directors.