Deze scenarioschrijver, regisseur en producent staat bekend om zijn vermogen om epische en visueel opvallende filmische ervaringen te creëren. Zijn werk duikt vaak in krachtige archetypen en machtsdynamieken, waarbij thema's als conflict en heldendom worden onderzocht met een onderscheidende verhalende stem. Hij heeft een onuitwisbare indruk achtergelaten op de filmkunst door zijn memorabele creaties. Zijn kunstenaarschap ligt in het bouwen van dramatische en boeiende verhalen die resoneren bij het publiek.
The book delves into the behind-the-scenes journey of Francis Ford Coppola's groundbreaking film, Apocalypse Now, which premiered as a 'work in progress' at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. It explores the creative challenges, artistic vision, and the tumultuous production process that defined the film's development, offering insights into Coppola's filmmaking process and the cultural impact of this cinematic landmark.
Deluxe Hardcover edition, featuring a photo insert, surfing map of Southern California, 8 pages of the original script to the film Big Wednedsday, essays by Roger McGrath, Tatsuo, Don James, and Peter Townend, as well as John Milius's original pitch letter to Lynn Nesbit, a surf term glossary, and new afterword! Big Wednesday, based on the cult 1978 film by the same name, follows three California beach buddies begin to realize there is more to life than waxing down their surfboards as they ditch their alcoholic and unruly ways to go fight in the Vietnam War. When they reunite ten years later, they find that things in Malibu are much different after fighting a war.
It's 2027. America has fallen to a savage occupation by the nuclear armed Greater Korean Republic. The US is a bleak landscape of walled towns and abandoned suburbs. A police state where high school stadiums have become detention centers, and shopping malls shelter armoured attack vehicles.
Ruth Hadley, a young Wolverhampton woman, died in 1908 from a gunshot to the head. Her lover Edward Lawrence was acquitted of her murder, though many thought he was lucky to get away scot-free. Despite heavy drinking, disreputable behaviour and bankruptcy, Lawrence still lived in apparent respectability. Victorian attitudes to crime laid bare.
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Der abgehalfterte Reporter Ben Walker erlebt den dramatischen Fall der USA nach einer Invasion durch das vereinte Korea. Nach einem verheerenden Cyberangriff und einem elektromagnetischen Puls organisiert er einen Piratensender, um die US-Truppen im Widerstand mit Informationen zu versorgen – doch die Invasoren sind ihm auf der Spur.
Dal regista di Alba Rossa e sceneggiatore di Apocalypse Now, un romanzo che sconvolgerà ogni vostra convinzione sull’ordine del mondo! E’ l’anno 2025. L’America, indebolita dalla depressione economica e dalla rovina socio-politica delle Guerre del petrolio, si trova nella peggiore situazione che il Paese abbia mai vissuto. Inoltre, dall’altra parte del Pacifico emerge una nuova minaccia: la Corea, recentemente unificata sotto la tirannide del figlio di Kim Jong-il, ha cominciato a espandersi e a prepararsi per l’invasione degli Stati Uniti! Quella che era un tempo la più grande potenza mondiale cade in pochissimo tempo ma è a quel punto che ha inizio la resistenza. Il reporter Ben Walker rinasce sotto lo pseudonimo di Voce della Libertà e trasmette notizie e informazioni sulla posizione dei nemici alle cellule della resistenza civile tramite la radio ufficiale della guerriglia. Contro la resistenza americana i coreani sguinzagliano il loro più letale agente per scongiurare il sorgere di una nuova guerra per la libertà del popolo americano. Homefront La voce della Libertà è stato scritto a quattro mani, da John Milius e Raymond Benson.
