Terminator Vault: The Complete Story Behind the Making of The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Couverture rigide

Nathan, Ian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1781311269 ISBN 13 : 9781781311264

Editeur : Aurum, 2013

Synopsis

Born out of James Cameron's fever dream, the relentless Terminator has become a cinematic juggernaut. The original ground-breaking film, The Terminator, and its mighty sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, not only assured the blockbuster career of their director but also turned their star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, into an icon. Movies about the dark side of humanity's love affair with technology, they redefined the boundaries between science fiction, horror and action, and set astonishing new standards for special effects. Now, Terminator Vault brings to light the stories behind these two landmark films, drawing on new interviews with James Cameron, producer Gale Anne Hurd and many more cast and crew members - plus a foreword from Arnold Schwarzenegger himself. Featured herein are concept artwork by Cameron, annotated effects storyboards, rare photographs of the miniatures team at work, diagrams of the shape-shifting T-1000 by the late, great Stan Winston's makeup and effects studio, and ten meticulously reproduced artefacts enclosed in vellum envelopes for readers to remove and examine. Fully authorized and beautifully illustrated throughout, Terminator Vault is the ultimate celebration of two movies that changed cinema forever.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In 1984, Terminator created a new sci-fi action genre. With a combination of taught set-pieces, horrific cyborgs, artificial intelligence, time travel and apocalyptic futurescapes, the movie established a relentless cinematic style that is still emulated today, and launched the superstar careers of its ambitious young director, James Cameron, and actors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton.
It also marked the birth of one of cinema's most successful franchises. Seven years later, Terminator 2: Judgment Day not only re-booted filmgoers expectations of action sequences and special effects, but dramatically extended the emotional scope of science fiction storytelling to create a modern myth that has been re-worked in comics, fiction, videogames and on screen ever since.
Terminator Vault is both a celebration of these two ground-breaking movies and a look behind the scenes at the wizardry that created them. Reproductions of original scripts, concept artwork and fresh interviews with key players bring the reader inside the development process, and over 150 colour images evoke the films distinctive look and feel.
Organized into chapters that variously explore James Cameron s original nightmarish vision, the technical innovations that brought it to life, and the in-world history of Skynet and the Future Wars, the book also features a foreword from the franchise s iconic star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and contains ten faithfully reproduced artefacts, enclosed in vellum envelopes, for readers to remove and examine more closely.
Fully authorised, housed in a deluxe slipcase and illustrated throughout, Terminator Vault is the ultimate tribute to two films that changed cinema forever.

Biographie de l'auteur :

IAN NATHAN has been a writer, producer, broadcaster and magazine editor for over 20 years. As executive editor of Empire, the world s leading film magazine, he commissions, edits and writes articles on the full breadth of cinema. The work of James Cameron, in particular the extraordinary combination of action, character, science fiction and horror achieved in Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, has been crucial to his understanding of what cinema can achieve and the compelling experiences it creates.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, born in Thal, Austria in 1947, was Governer of California from 2003-2011. Before that, he had a long career starring in such films as The Terminator series, Stay Hungry, for which he won a Golden Globe, Twins, Predator, and Junior.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Aurum
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1781311269
• ISBN 13: 9781781311264
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176