Tony Scott

A Filmmaker on Fire

Larry Taylor (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

213 Seiten

2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7566-4 (ISBN)

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Tony Scott was a thrill seeker who lived and loved life to the fullest... He was also one of the more cutting edge filmmakers of his generation. With original interviews from actors, cinematographers, and writers, Scott's larger-than-life persona is covered in great detail, from the early days of his life and career, to its untimely end.

Tony Scott got his start as a film director when he joined his brother at the lucrative commercial directing company Ridley Scott Associates. After directing Top Gun--his second film, which changed not only the trajectory of his own life but of the entire action-movie industry--Scott's career would be a roller coaster of blockbuster hits, personal films and confounding failures.

With extensive research and original interviews with actors, cinematographers and writers, this book documents Tony Scott's larger-than-life persona from his early days to his untimely death, which left a hole in genre filmmaking yet to be filled.

Larry Taylor is an author and film historian with an MA in English, and a lifetime love for the movies. He lives in Plano, Texas.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Painting Vampires

1. The Artist

2. Vampires Out of Time

Part II: Into the Stratosphere

3. Top Guns

4. The Three Corners of Top Gun Analysis

5. Beverly Hills

6. Scott and Leary

Part III: Embracing the Edge

7. Sex, Violence and Revenge

8. Thunder Roadblock

9. Tony Scott and Shane Black, in Over Their Heads

10. A Marriage of Style and Sound

11. Scott, Tarantino and the Birth of the ’90s Crime Aesthetic

Part IV: High-Tech Decade

12. Tension Under the Sea

13. The Simpson Tragedy

14. The Fan and Subverting Hero Worship

15. Enemy of the State

16. Spies and Sports Cars

Part V: The Denzel Years

17. Mexico City Bloodletting

18. Tony Scott’s Signature Masterpiece

19. The Model and the Bounty Hunter

20. A Film Built Around Tragedies

21. Going Underground

22. Unstoppable

Part VI: Into the Wind

23. A Full Slate

24. August 2012

25. The Rock and Roll Alchemist

Filmography

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	12.02.2019
Zusatzinfo	31 photos, filmography, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
ISBN-10	1-4766-7566-X / 147667566X
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7566-4 / 9781476675664
Zustand	Neuware