Medium – Book About the Book – Mark Aldridge takes us through the appearances of Agatha Christie’s Poirot, from his genesis in 1920 to the latest Poirot film, ‘Death on the Nile’ released in 2021. For each appearance of Poirot, he discusses the ways in which the character is presented – from his evolution throughContinue reading “2021 Book #55 – Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World”
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2021 Book #22 – The Art of Harry Potter
Medium – Book About the Book – This book includes concept drawings for the Harry Potter films, focussing on buildings and places, characters, magical objects, graphical design (i.e. book covers, newspapers, labels, shop fronts) and creatures. Included in different sections, the pictures show some of the development of the artistry around the films, concept sketches,Continue reading “2021 Book #22 – The Art of Harry Potter”
2021 Book #5 – Middle-Earth: From Script to Screen
Medium – Book About the Book – This beautiful book tells the story of the filmic version of Middle-Earth, alongside information about its geography, people and lore. The book immerses the reader in not only the background story of the world, but also the practical elements of film-making and how Peter Jackson and his crewContinue reading “2021 Book #5 – Middle-Earth: From Script to Screen”
Book #7 – Ayoade on Top
Prompt – ‘A book with a pun in the title’ – hmmm…. sort of, it’s more like word play, but I’m counting it! Medium – Book About the book – Richard Ayoade writes a sort-of autobiographical, sort-of serious film criticism of ‘View from the Top’, a early 2000s film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo.Continue reading “Book #7 – Ayoade on Top”
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