Apocalypse On The Set Nine Disastrous Film Productions

Author: Taylor Benjamin

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Price : $38.95 AUD
ISBN : 9781590201886
Publisher : Overlook Press
Imprint : Overlook Press
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Weight (g) : 0.295
Publication date : 01 February 2012
Dimensions : 229mm X 157mm X 25mm
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Author : Taylor Benjamin
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Dewey classification : 791.4301
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Pages : 272
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The book starts with "Pulgasari"--a North Korean "Godzilla" clone dreamed up by Kim Jong-Il and created by a kidnapped Korean director, with a budget of millions and a staff of seven hundred fed on truckloads of pheasants, wild geese, and deer. The stories behind the other eight films, from "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" and "The Twilight Zone: The Movie" to "Apocalypse Now" and "The Crow," are just as astounding and gripping--this is a book film fans will devour.
These bizarre, often hilarious cinematic endeavors confirm that truth is stranger than fiction, reality more volatile than narratives, and fate more improbable than plots.

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"Taylor details the excruciating, mind-boggling and downright insane conditions in which [these] films, both popular and obscure, were made . . . Pick this bad boy up when it hits shelves."---Cinebyte.com

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