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The futurist : the life and films of James Cameron / Rebecca Keegan.
Van Pelt Library PN1998.3.C352 K43 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keegan, Rebecca.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cameron, James, 1954-.
- Cameron, James.
- Motion picture producers and directors--Canada--Biography.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 273 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crown Publishers, 2009.
- Summary:
- From The Terminator through such films as Aliens, Titanic, and now the breathlessly anticipated Avatar, James Cameron has thrilled audiences by telling riveting stories while expanding the limits of cinematic technology. With the cooperation of the director and his circle of fellow filmmakers and favorite actors, The Futurist tells the fascinating story of the life and work of the man who pointed the way to the future of movies as a fully immersive mass-entertainment phenomenon.
- Contents:
- 1 A Boy and his Brain 1
- 2 The Roger Corman School of Film 17
- 3 Kicking in the Door 33
- 4 This Time it's War 57
- 5 Staring Into the Abyss 81
- 6 And Then There Were Two 110
- 7 Myths and Libs 135
- 8 The Unsinkable 165
- 9 A Modern-Day Magellan 208
- 10 Project 880 231.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780307460318 :
- 0307460312
- OCLC:
- 316029346
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