James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Name: James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
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SKU: 9781683834977
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By Randall Frakes and Brooks Peck

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James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction serves as a comprehensive companion to AMC's six-part series, delving into the history and evolution of science fiction. Featuring full interviews with leading filmmakers such as Guillermo del Toro, George Lucas, Christopher Nolan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ridley Scott, and Steven Spielberg, the book explores central themes like alien life, time travel, and intelligent machines. Illustrated with rare concept art and images from iconic sci-fi media, it offers a sweeping examination of a genre that challenges imagination and inspires generations.
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Format: Hardback

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Ideal for science fiction enthusiasts, aspiring filmmakers, and readers interested in film history and creative insights from renowned directors.

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The perfect companion to AMC’s six-part television series James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction, this unique book explores the history and evolution of the genre with contributions from the filmmakers who have helped bring it to life.

For the show, James Cameron personally interviewed six of the biggest names in science fiction filmmaking—Guillermo del Toro, George Lucas, Christopher Nolan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ridley Scott, and Steven Spielberg—to get their perspectives on the importance and impact of the genre. This book reproduces the interviews in full as the greatest minds in the genre discuss key topics including alien life, time travel, outer space, dark futures, monsters, and intelligent machines.

An in-depth interview with Cameron is also featured, plus essays by experts in the science fiction field on the main themes covered in the show. Illustrated with rare and previously unseen concept art from Cameron’s personal archives, plus imagery from iconic sci-fi movies, TV shows, and books, James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction offers a sweeping examination of a genre that continues to ask questions, push limits, and thrill audiences around the world.

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"This is a terrific companion book, not just for sci-fi fans, but it's a great study for burgeoning filmmakers at what influences a writer or director, and what they put into their creations. It's a phenomenally inspiring and enlightening series of interviews and a must-have for movie buffs of all ages." Edge Media Network

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781683834977

Publisher: Insight Editions

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 April 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Insight Editions

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

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Arts & Culture Brooks Peck Education & Reference Non-Fiction Randall Frakes Science & Nature

About the Author

Randall Frakes has been an author and screenwriter for thirty-five years. Frakes wrote novelizations of The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day and edited Titanic: James Cameron's Illustrated Screenplay. He lives in Los Angeles.

Brooks Peck is a curator at the Museum of Pop Culture. There he has curated exhibitions on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, Battlestar Galactica, and Star Trek, among others. He also cowrote two creature features for the Syfy Channel, Rage of the Yeti and Zombie Apocalypse. He lives in Seattle.

James Cameron’s attention to realism and detail is legendary. Celebrated for such uncompromising action-adventure films as The Terminator, Aliens, True Lies, and Avatar, the writer-director actually vowed not to make Titanic unless he could successfully dive to the wreck himself and bring back motion picture footage for use in the film. Representing years of Cameron’s passion and dedication, Titanic is one of the filmmaker’s most ambitious films.