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28%OFFNil Baskar - Joe Dante - 9783901644528 - V9783901644528
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Joe Dante

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Description for Joe Dante Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 174 x 29. Weight in Grams: 544.
In the often dreary landscape of Hollywood's blockbuster era, the cinema of Joe Dante has always stood out as a rare beacon of fearless originality. Blending humor with terror and trenchant political satire with sincere tributes to the moviegoing act itself, the "Dante touch" is best described as a free-for-all orgy of movies, memories and mischief. For the first time, this colourful universe—from Hollywood Boulevard to Gremlins to Small Soldiers and beyond—is comprehensively explored in an English language volume featuring a career-encompassing interview, new essays by Michael Almereyda, Jim Hoberman, Christoph Huber, Gabe Klinger, Violeta Kovacsics, Bill Krohn, Dušan Rebolj, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Synema Gesellschaft Fur Film u. Medien Austria
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Vienna, Austria
ISBN
9783901644528
SKU
V9783901644528
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About Nil Baskar
Nil Baskar is a film writer, researcher and translator based in Ljubljana. In 2007, he confounded KINO! magazine and has been a regular contributor since. He is in charge of in-house publications for the Slovenian Cinematheque. He has edited and translated books by André Bazin, Jacques Rancière and Jean-Louis Comolli, among others. Gabe Klinger is a critic, teacher, archivist, ... Read more

Reviews for Joe Dante
A glance at the contents page suggests that this is primarily a collection of essays, although these only tape up 100 pages in the mid-section. Bookending them are a lenghty, delightfully candid conversation with Dante conducted by co-editor Gabe Klinger that's the closest we currently have to a full-blown autobiography, a detailed timeline of his life and career, and a ... Read more

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