Box Office Poison: Hollywood’s Story in a Century of Flops - Couverture rigide

Robey, Tim

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0571381200 ISBN 13 : 9780571381203

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 2024

Synopsis

'Hugely entertaining.' Prospect
'An instant classic.' Andrew O'Hagan, author of Caledonian Road
'Expertly researched.' Sight & Sound
'A rollicking, gossipy triumph.' Daily Telegraph *****
'Wildly enjoyable.' Guardian

'Failure fascinates, for all the reasons that success is a drag . . .'

From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, Tim Robey's hugely entertaining Box Office Poison tells an alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops.

Freaks, Land of the Pharaohs, Dune, Speed 2, Catwoman, Cats: what can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public's appetite - or lack of it - and the circumstances that saw such box office disasters actually made? Away from the canon, here is the definitive take on these ill-fated, but essential celluloid failures.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Since 2000, Tim Robey has reviewed films, written features and conducted interviews for the Daily Telegraph's arts pages. He appears regularly on Radio 4's Front Row and Monocle FM Radio, contributed to R4's now-defunct Film Programme, and appeared as a sofa guest on BBC Film 2015-2017. He gave Cats zero stars, but has now seen it four times. His favourite film is Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998).

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

From Freaks to Land of the Pharaohs, Dune to Speed 2, and Catwoman to Cats - a riotous and revealing story of Hollywood's most spectacular flops.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0571381200
• ISBN 13: 9780571381203
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Faber & Faber; https://www.faber.co.uk/; ; The Bindery; London; EC1N 8HN; Royaume-Uni
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