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Cinematic Places
Series: Inspired Traveller's Guides
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Cinematic Places
Cinematic Places is a guide to 25 essential cinematic destinations around the world, spanning different decades, directors and movie genres.
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Go beyond the big screen and explore the real places that inspired some of the greatest films of all time, brought to life through comprehensively researched text and stunning hand-drawn artwork. Travel journalist Sarah Baxter reveals 25 essential cinematic destinations around the globe, spanning different decades, directors, and movie genres. Full-page colour illustrations instantly transport you to each location. You'll find that these places are not just backdrops to the tales told, but characters in their own right.
Travel to the sweeping deserts of Lawrence of Arabia in Jordan, escape to the tumbling hills of San Francisco as seen in Hitchcock's Vertigo or lose yourself in the cobbled lanes of In Bruges.
Featured locations:
- Outback, Australia, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- Karekare Beach, New Zealand, The Piano
- London, England, Paddington
- Wells, England, Hot Fuzz
- Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, The Wicker Man
- Belchite & the Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain, Pan's Labyrinth
- Montmartre, Paris, France, Amélie
- Bruges, Belgium, In Bruges
- Görlitz, Germany, The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Fårö, Sweden, Persona
- Salzburg, Austria, The Sound of Music
- Rome, Italy, La Dolce Vita
- Matmata & Tozeur, Tunisia, Star Wars: A New Hope
- Wadi Rum, Jordan, Lawrence of Arabia
- Mumbai, India, The Lunchbox
- Hong Kong, China, Enter the Dragon
- Seoul, South Korea, Parasite
- Tokyo, Japan, Lost in Translation
- Alberta, Canada, The Revenant
- Philadelphia, USA, Rocky
- San Francisco, USA, Vertigo
- Brooklyn, New York, USA, Do the Right Thing
- Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, USA, Thelma & Louise
- Jamaica, Dr No
- Cusco & Machu Picchu, Peru, The Motorcycle Diaries
Delve into this book to discover some of the world's most fascinating cinematic places and the films that celebrate them. Each book in the Inspired Travellers Guides series offers readers a fascinating, informative, and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations around the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: Artistic Places, Spiritual Places, Literary Places, Hidden Places, Mystical Places and Wild Places.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780711264304
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 09 March 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: White Lion Publishing
Illustration: 60+ color illustrations
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Amy Grimes
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 144
About the Author
Sarah Baxter grew up in Norfolk, England and now lives in Bath. Her passion for travel and the great outdoors saw her traverse Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the United States before settling into a writing career. She was Associate Editor of Wanderlust magazine, the bible for independent-minded travellers, for more than ten years and has also written extensively on travel for a diverse range of other publications, including the Guardian, the Telegraph and the Independent newspapers. Sarah has also contributed to more than a dozen Lonely Planet guidebooks.Amy Grimes is an illustrator based in London. Drawing inspiration from nature and the natural world, Amys work often features bright and bold illustrated motifs, floral icons and leafy landscapes. As well as working on commissioned illustrations, Amy also sells prints, textiles and stationery under the brand of Hello Grimes.
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