Tony Scott : a filmmaker on fire / Larry Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Larry, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scott, Tony, 1944-2012.

Scott, Tony.

Motion picture producers and directors--Great Britain--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Contents:

Part I Painting Vampires

1 The Artist p. 11

2 Vampires Out of Time p. 18

Part II Into the Stratosphere

3 Top Guns p. 25

4 The Three Corners of Top Gun Analysis p. 37

5 Beverly Hills p. 41

6 Scott and Leary p. 46

Part III Embracing the Edge

7 Sex, Violence and Revenge p. 51

8 Thunder Roadblock p. 56

9 Tony Scott and Shane Black, in Over Their Heads p. 62

10 A Marriage of Style and Sound p. 71

11 Scott, Tarantino and the Birth of the '90s Crime Aesthetic p. 83

Part IV High-Tech Decade

12 Tension Under the Sea p. 91

13 The Simpson Tragedy p. 100

14 The Fan and Subverting Hero Worship p. 103

15 Enemy of the State p. 112

16 Spies and Sports Cars p. 118

Part V The Denzel Years

17 Mexico City Bloodletting p. 127

18 Tony Scott's Signature Masterpiece p. 136

19 The Model and the Bounty Hunter p. 140

20 A Film Built Around Tragedies p. 148

21 Going Underground p. 155

22 Unstoppable p. 165

Part VI Into the Wind

23 A Full Slate p. 175

24 August 2012 p. 180

25 The Rock and Roll Alchemist p. 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index.

ISBN:

147667566X

9781476675664

OCLC:

1049789863