Christopher Frayling Bücher

Am Neujahrstag 1818 erschien Mary Shelleys Roman erstmals in einer dreibändigen Auflage von nur 500 Exemplaren und ohne Nennung des Autors. Das Buch wurde von einigen als zu radikal empfunden, während andere das zentrale Thema faszinierend fanden. Keiner ahnte den grandiosen Erfolg voraus. Seither gab es zahlreiche Adaptionen, darunter 120 Filme, sowie Umsetzungen für Fernsehen, Bühne, Romane, Comics und sogar Werbung. Von einem Alptraum der Regency-Epoche entwickelte sich die Geschichte zu einem beliebten Kindheitsbegleiter, dessen Monsterpersönlichkeit umfassend kommuniziert wurde. Die Erzählung wurde vielfältig interpretiert: als feministische Allegorie, ökologische Lesart, Kritik an männlich dominierter Wissenschaft, Ursprung der Science-Fiction und als Reaktion auf den Aufstieg des industriellen Proletariats. Dieses Buch feiert den zweihundertsten Geburtstag des Werkes und illustriert die Adaptionsgeschichte von Shelleys Schöpfung. Es enthält neue Forschungsergebnisse zu den Ursprüngen des Romans sowie einen Faksimile-Nachdruck der frühesten Manuskriptversion der Schöpfungsszene. Zudem werden Bildmaterialien zu Bühnenbearbeitungen und zahlreiche Bildstrecken über Filmversionen und deren Einfluss auf die Kunstgeschichte präsentiert. Auch das Phänomen in der populären Kultur wird gewürdigt, einschließlich Plakaten, Werbeanzeigen und Comics.

Groundbreaking 'spaghetti westerns' such as the 'Dollars' trilogy (starring Clint Eastwood as 'The Man With No Name'), and the magisterial Once Upon A Time In The West, made Sergio Leone one of the most popular directors in world cinema. Christopher Frayling's biography of Sergio Leone lovingly explores his body of work, and casts light upon the previously little-known details of his life. Sergio Leone was born into movies, his father a popular director of the silent era. Obsessed by the illusory worlds of cinema and theatre, captivated by the myths of the American West, young Sergio embarked on a fabulous career of his own. He made an icon out of the initially reluctant Clint Eastwood, and dallied with the Hollywood studio system, but always stuck to his guns: the gangster epic Once Upon A Time In America consumed 15 years of his life. But Leone's passion made for extraordinary cinema: a widely-adored collection of films, about which Christopher Frayling provides an unprecedented wealth of extensively-researched analysis and anecdotage. In this revealing biography Christopher Frayling, the widely-acclaimed author of The Yellow Peril explores the life of Sergio Leone, the world-renowned director of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, A Fist full of Dollars, Once Upon A Time in the West and Once Upon A Time in America.

Cinema: The Whole Story takes a close look at the key time periods, genres and key works in world cinema. It places the burgeoning world of cinema in the context of social and cultural developments that have taken place since its beginnings. Organized chronologically, the book traces the evolution of cinematic development, from the earliest days of film projection to the multiscreen cinemas and super-technology of today. Illustrated, in-depth text charts every genre of cinema, from the first silent films to epic blockbusters, CGI graphics and groundbreaking effects of the 21st century. Cinema: The Whole Story is an indispensable book for all those who love watching and reading about films and who want to understand more about the world of cinema.

Explores the genealogy of the film scientist in films made in Western Europe, and especially in Hollywood after the 1930s, showing how in film the scientist has often been used to represent the prevailing phobias of the time. This work also examines the portrayal of real-life scientists in the movies.

Looking at Western art history from medieval times to the present day, this boxed set shows readers everything they need to know about great art and artists. Packed with colour reproductions, it contains many pull-out and pop-up elements which allow the reader to discover aspects in the history of art. The elements include a medieval masterpiece to take apart and reconstruct so you can see if you can improve the composition, a pull-out camera obscura to show how artists used it, a colour wheel to understand the full significance of the spectrum, a pop-up cubist painting and a mobile to make yourself. On a tape enclosed in the pack, the authors describe each painting in their top 20, explaining its significance, with a booklet to tell you about every word, name, concept, group, era and aspect of art.

Sir Christopher Frayling explores the journey from Henry James's original novella, The Turn of the Screw, via critical debates and the stage version of The Innocents, to the screenplay by Archibald, Capote and Mortimer. Making full use of the unpublished Jack Clayton archive, the book also includes interviews with Deborah Kerr and Freddie Francis.

Ken Adam is acknowledged as the world's greatest living production designer: creator of the look of the James Bond films, winner of Oscars for Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon and the film version of Alan Bennett's The Madness Of King George.