BOX OFFICE POISON : HOLLYWOOD’S STORY IN A CENTURY OF FLOPS
Εκδότης Faber & Faber , ISBN 9780571381203
'An instant classic . . .
funny, sharp, entertaining.' ANDREW O'HAGAN, author of Caledonian RoadA riotous and revealing story of Hollywood's most spectacular flops. 'Failure fascinates, for all the reasons that success is a drag . .
.'From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, Tim Robey's hugely entertaining Box Office Poison tells an alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops. Freaks, Land of the Pharaohs, Dune, Speed 2, Catwoman, Cats: what can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public's appetite - or lack of it - and the circumstances that saw such box office disasters actually made? Away from the canon, here is the definitive take on these ill-fated, but essential celluloid failures.
Περίληψη
'An instant classic . . .
funny, sharp, entertaining.' ANDREW O'HAGAN, author of Caledonian RoadA riotous and revealing story of Hollywood's most spectacular flops. 'Failure fascinates, for all the reasons that success is a drag . .
.'From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, Tim Robey's hugely entertaining Box Office Poison tells an alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops. Freaks, Land of the Pharaohs, Dune, Speed 2, Catwoman, Cats: what can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public's appetite - or lack of it - and the circumstances that saw such box office disasters actually made? Away from the canon, here is the definitive take on these ill-fated, but essential celluloid failures.
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
- Συγγραφέας Robey, Tim
- Eκδότης Faber & Faber
- ISBN 9780571381203
- Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100086921
- Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2024
- Σελίδες 352
- Διαστάσεις 23χ15
- Βάρος 500 gr