Cinema Now

Cinema Now
by Andrew Bailey, Paul Duncan

Cinema Now
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Author: Andrew Bailey, Paul Duncan
Edition: Paperback
Audio: French (Unknown); English (Original Language); German (Original Language); French (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-01
ISBN: 3822856363
Number of pages: 576
Publisher: Taschen

Book Reviews of Cinema Now

Book Review: One of Taschen's best
Summary: 5 Stars

I love Taschen's books as beautifully made objects. They're works of art themselves. It doesn't matter if they're hardcovers or "flexible covers" as they call them. The binding, printing, paper, photography and editing are everything a book lover could want. I get a sensual pleasure just from hefting them, turning their glossy pages, inhaling their inky, bookish scent.

I have many of their cinema and art books and have never bought one that disappointed me, but "Cinema Now" stands out as superior because it will introduce even cinema-savvy readers to directors they probably don't know, and that alone is worth the price, as any cinephile looking for unexplored territory will understand.

It's other virtues - outstanding photos reproduced on the finest paper with the best production values - has many of the same qualities I look for in films. Unlike some of Taschen's film titles, this is a fat, hefty book with some meaty and informative text, although as always, it is image oriented, not a deep analysis.

You can buy many of these Taschen titles at unbelievably discount prices for the quality of the books. I'd also highly recommend their books on Jean Renoir, also available inexpensively, and on Bunuel, Fellini, and Kubrick. Their icons series is even more photo oriented and smaller in size, but equally well made as books.

If I ever do a serious house cleaning of my overburdened bookshelves, my Taschen books will be the last to go.

Summary of Cinema Now

The DNA of cinema: the most innovative and influential filmmakers in the world today Like all art forms, film is a media as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; the only difference is that war destroys and film inspires. ?Nicolas Winding Refn Cinema Now examines the work and key themes of 60 filmmakers working around the world today, from the cream of the crop of young Hollywood to the new wave of Asian mavericks to burgeoning auteurs from Europe and Latin America. Watch Pedro Almod?var at work. Immerse yourself in the stunning imagery of Wong Kar-Wai. Feel the emotional impact of the films of Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu and Carlos Reygadas. Live in the strange worlds of Guy Maddin, Matthew Barney, and Tsai Ming-Liang. Cinema Now is packed with stunning full-color photos and exclusive on-set photography supplied by the filmmakers, and even comes with a supplementary DVD containing exclusive short films, extracts, trailers, and much more. The following filmmakers are confirmed: Fatih Akin, Pedro Almod?var, Andrea Arnold, Darren Aronofsky, Jacques Audiard, Siddiq Barmak, Matthew Barney, Bong Joon-Ho, Catherine Breillat, Craig Brewer, Laurent Cantet, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Stephen Chow, Sofia Coppola, Alfonso Cuar?n, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Guillermo del Toro, Marc Dornford-May, Bruno Dumont, Atom Egoyan, Paul Greengrass, Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Michael Haneke, Mary Harron, Todd Haynes, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Spike Jonze, Miranda July, Lodge Kerrigan, Kim Ki-Duk, Guy Maddin, Terrence Malick, Michael Mann, Neil Marshall, Lucrecia Martel, Fernando Meirelles, John Cameron Mitchell, Lukas Moodysson, Anders Morgenthaler, Christopher Nolan, Gy?rgy P?lfy, ParkChan-Wook, Alexander Payne, Cristi Puiu, Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Carlos Reygadas, Jo?o Pedro Rodrigues, Robert Rodriguez, Pavel Ruminov, David O. Russell, Cate Shortland, Jonny To, Tsai Ming-Liang, Tom Tykwer, Gus Van Sant, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Nicolas Winding Refn, Wong Kar-Wai, Zhang Yimou

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