Tom Shone

A rare, intimate portrait of Hollywoods reigning blockbuster auteur whose deeply personal billion-dollar movies have established him as the most successful director to come out of the British Isles since Alfred Hitchcock. A masterclass . . . brilliant. Immersive, detailed, meticulous, privileged inside-dope. - Craig Raine More than just the tinkerings of a glass watchmaker, Christopher Nolans films have an unerring grasp of the way time makes us feel. Time steals people away in his films, and he takes careful note of the theft. Time is Nolans great antagonist, his lifelong nemesis. He seems almost to take it personally. Written with the full cooperation of Nolan himself, who granted Tom Shone access to never-before-seen photographs, storyboards and sketches, the book is a deep-dive into the directors films, influences, methods and obsessions. Here for the first time is Nolan on his dislocated, transatlantic childhood, how he dreamed up the plot of Inception lying awake one night in his dorm at school, his colour-blindness and its effect on Memento, his obsession with puzzles and optical illusions - and much, much more. Written by one of our most penetrating critics, The Nolan Variations is a landmark study of one of the twenty-first centurys most dazzling cinematic artists.Christopher Nolan is a wonderfully unlikely contemporary filmmaker. Were fortunate indeed to have him, and fortunate now to have this book. - William Gibson

Nacido en Knoxville, Tennessee, en 1963, Quentin Tarantino pasó muchos sábados por la noche durante su infancia acompañando a su madre al cine, alimentando un amor por las películas que, en el transcurso de su vida, se hizo cada vez mas absorbente. El guion de su primera pelicula tardo cuatro años en completarse; el de su segunda pelicula, Reservoir Dogs (1992), tardo un poco menos de cuatro semanas. Cuando se presento, fue aclamado de inmediato como uno de los nuevos directoresmas interesantes de la industria.Conocidas por su estilo visual altamente cinematico, su original narrativa y su enorme violencia, las peliculas de Tarantino han provocado elogios y criticas a lo largo de su carrera. Tambien ha ganado una serie de premios, que incluyen Oscar, Globos de Oro y premios BAFTA, generalmente por sus guiones. Para mi, el exito es que cuando acabe mi carrera se me considere uno de los mejores cineastas que hayan existido. Y no solo un cineasta, sino un gran artista.

A rare intimate portrait of Hollywood s reigning blockbuster auteur whose deeply personal billion dollar movies have established him as the most successful director to come out of the British Isles since Alfred Hitchcock Updated with a chapter on Oppenheimer A masterclass brilliant Immersive detailed meticulous privileged inside dope Craig Raine More than just the tinkerings of a glass watchmaker Christopher Nolan s films have an unerring grasp of the way time makes us feel Time steals people away in his films and he takes careful note of the theft Time is Nolan s great antagonist his lifelong nemesis He seems almost to take it personally Written with the full cooperation of Nolan himself who granted Tom Shone access to never before seen photographs storyboards and sketches the book is a deep dive into the director s films influences methods and obsessions Here for the first time is Nolan on his dislocated transatlantic childhood how he dreamed up the plot of Inception lying awake one night in his dorm at school his colour blindness and its effect on Memento his obsession with puzzles and optical illusions and much much more Written by one of our most penetrating critics The Nolan Variations is a landmark study of one of the tw

Quentin Tarantino is one of the most influential and distinctive filmmakers at work in the world today His films are so admired that nearly every one he makes becomes an instant cult classic Here Tom Shone presents in depth commentaries on each of the ten films Tarantino has directed from Reservoir Dogs to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as well as looking at his early life acting career and his indisputable talent for scriptwriting Illustrated with more than two hundred film stills and behind the scenes images Tarantino A Retrospective is a tribute to the great auteur s unique talent

Impeccably designed and copiously illustrated with more than two hundred stills and behind the scenes images this is the definitive celebration of one of cinema s most enduring talents Since his emergence in the early seventies Martin Scorsese has become one of the most respected names in cinema Classics such as Taxi Driver Raging Bull and Goodfellas are regularly cited as being among the finest films ever made This lavish retrospective is a fitting tribute to a remarkable director now into his sixth decade in cinema and showing no signs of slowing up Leading film writer Tom Shone draws on his in depth knowledge and distinctive viewpoint to present refreshing commentaries on all twenty three main features from the rarely shown Who s That Knocking at My Door 1967 to the latest release The Irishman 2019 as well as covering Scorsese s parallel career as a documentary maker

• Un exhaustivo y merecido homenaje a un director excelente, y realizador de documentales, que ahora se encuentra en su sexta década en el cine y que no muestra signos de reducir el ritmo. • Veintitr

* Quentin Tarantino es uno de los cineastas vivos más inluyentes y personales del mundo. * Sus filmes son tan admirados que casi todos se convierten en clásicos de culto instantáneos. * Este libro aborda en profundidad cada uno de los diez filmes que ha dirigido Tarantino, desde Reservoir Dogs hasta Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood, asi como su juventud, su carrera como actor y su indiscutible talento como guionista. Nacido en Knoxville, Tennessee, en 1963, Quentin Tarantino paso muchos sabados de su infancia acompañando a su madre al cine, alimentando un amor por las peliculas que, en el transcurso de su vida, se hizo cada vez mas absorbente. El guion de su primera pelicula tardo cuatro años en completarse; el de su segunda pelicula, Reservoir Dogs (1992), tardo un poco menos de cuatro semanas. Cuando se presento, fue aclamado de inmediato como uno de los nuevos directores mas interesantes de la industria. Conocidas por su estilo visual altamente cinematico, su original narrativa y su enorme violencia, las peliculas de Tarantino han provocado elogios y criticas a lo largo de su carrera. Tambien ha ganado una serie de premios, que incluyen Oscar, Globos de Oro y premios BAFTA, generalmente por sus guiones. "Para mi, el exito es que cuando acabe mi carrera se me considere uno de los mejores cineastas que hayan existido. Y no solo un cineasta, sino un gran artista".

An in-depth look at, and written in collaboration with, the man considered to be the most profound, and commercially successful director at work today--a franchise unto himself--whose deeply personal million-dollar blockbuster movies (The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), Dunkirk (2017) among them) have earned more than $4.7 billion worldwide: his work, his influences, his vision, his enigmatic childhood past, and much more. With Nolan's never-before-seen photographs, storyboards, and scene sketches. A rare, intimate portrait of Christopher Nolan with the full cooperation of Nolan himself who opened up more fully than ever before in his talks with Tom Shone. In chapters structured by themes and motifs ("Time"; "Chaos"), Shone writes of Nolan's thoughts on movies, on plots; on time, identity, perception, chaos, daydreams. Here is Nolan on the evolution of his pictures, and the writers, artists, directors, and thinkers who have inspired and informed his films. To write the book, Tom Shone, who has known Nolan for more than two decades and who spent months with the director, was given unprecedented access to Nolan's notes, scripts, storyboards, and artwork.

THE LOST BUS, Paul Greengrass new film, is released in cinemas on 19 September 2025 and streaming on Apple+ TV from 3 Oct. SECRETS AND LIES. CONSPIRACY AND COVER UP. TIPPING POINT AND REVOLUTION. Where the redactions end, a Paul Greengrass film begins.A graduate of Granada Televisions award-winning World in Action investigative reporting team, Greengrass has become one of the most successful and influential film-makers to come out of the British Isles. Using blistering verite techniques forged on the streets of Beirut and Belfast, his films - including The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum and Captain Phillips - pack all the punch of news reports, taking more than a billion dollars at the box office and forever changing the way Hollywood makes movies. Opening up his personal archive to film critic and historian Tom Shone for the first time, the film-maker lays bare the roots of his own obsession with unravelling the secret history of the West and provides an exclusive inside track on a career that turned Hollywood upside down.

Toda la carrera de Woody Allen, publicada con motivo de su ochenta cumpleaños. Comentarios incisivos en combinación con citas clásicas de Allen, que definen el peculiar humor del director y sus agudas observaciones sobre su vida y su tiempo. Mas de 250 imagenes presentan un homenaje a uno de los maestros del cine moderno. Woody Allen es un actor, escritor y director innovador con casi cincuenta peliculas a sus espaldas: desde slapshilis de culto hasta comedias romanticas, estudios introspectivos del caracter y thrillers. Suyos son clasicos como Annie Hall, Manhattan, Stardust Memories, Broadway Danny Rose y Hannah and Her Sisters. Entre sus exitos mas recientes figuran Midnight in Paris y Blue Jasmine. Woody Allen (su verdadero nombre es Allan Stewart Konigsberg) nacio el 1 de diciembre de 1935 y se crio en Nueva York. Estaba destinado a una carrera en el mundo del espectaculo: comenzo escribiendo guiones para programas de television cuando todavia era un adolescente. Mas tarde, como monologuista, logro reconocimiento en el lanzamiento de tres albumes de sus actuaciones en locales nocturnos. Realiza una pelicula al año, aproximadamente, desde principios de los setenta. De todos es conocida su indiferencia hacia las ceremonias de premios y nunca ha recibido un Oscar personalmente.

Woody Allen is a uniquely innovative performer writer and director with nearly fifty movies to his credit from cult slapstick films and romantic comedies to introspective character studies and crime thrillers This book deals with his life and work