| Description |
186 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.First Steps in Film -- 2.A Wider Canvas -- Close-up 1 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness -- 3.Meetings with Remarkable Men -- Close-up 2 Lawrence of Arabia -- 4.Home and Away -- Close-up 3 Doctor Zhivago -- 5.A Very English Epic -- Close-up 4 A Man for All Seasons -- 6.Learning on the Job -- Close-up 5 Oliver! -- 7.Adventures in Production and Direction -- Close-up 6 The Great Gatsby -- 8.New Directors and Directions -- Close-up 7 The Keep -- 9.Retrospective Visions -- Close-up 8 Passage to India -- Finale: Nostromo and Design for the Future |
| Summary |
John Box had one of the most continuously productive design careers in British cinema, winning a record for Academy Awards and four BAFTAs. After learning his craft in the 1950s, he shot to fame with Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Directors from David Lean and Carol Reed to Norman Jewison and Michael Mann have valued his experience, as he brought ̀a vocabulary of life' to bear on the new challenges posed by each film. Whether creating Chaina in Wales for The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958), revolutionary Russia in Spain for Dr. Zhivago (1965), or Dickensian London for Oliver! (1968), imagining the mythic past in First Knight (1995) or the future in Rollerball (1975). Box shaped screen worlds across five decades, helping to establish the traditions of British production design which continue today. His greatest wish was that his career should encourage others by example. Based on interviews with John Box and the co-operation of some of his key collaborators, this lavishly -- |
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colour-illustrated book focuses on solutions to design problems and provides a unique insight into the production designer's role in the collaborative business of filmmaking. --Book Jacket |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 180-182 |
| Subject |
Box, John, 1920-2005 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Box, John, 1920-2005.
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Motion picture art directors -- Great Britain.
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Motion pictures -- Art direction -- Great Britain.
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Motion pictures -- Art direction.
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| ISBN |
9781905674947 |
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