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- a good read, but where's the other half?
This book is important because it gives a great picture of this amazing person:
His background; a childhood under the nazis; what he did during the war; how he became one of the pre-eminent and most influential Production Designers ever.
Christopher Frayling has compiled a number of interviews for this book: so there are a number of fun and telling anecdotes, and there are some dialogues that might contain useful ideas when it comes to convincing others that an idea will succeed!
I'll mark this book low, because this should really be part of a set: with another one for colour plates of what Ken Adam is celebrated for - his Visual work.
I should've realised that I'd be disappointed: the low price is a tip-off.
I find it a huge shame that this nice shaped book has No Colour Photos inside!: Considering Adam worked at the peak of technicolor and panavision, just a few rather dark sketches in b&w leave this reader feeling let down.
It would be more useful if these sketches were compared next to stills from the incredible films he's helped to make so memorable.
- a good read, but where's the other half?This book is important because it gives a great picture of this amazing person:
His background; a childhood under the nazis; what he did during the war; how he became one of the pre-eminent and most influential Production Designers ever.
Christopher Frayling has compiled a number of interviews for this book: so there are a number of fun and telling anecdotes, and there are some dialogues that might contain useful ideas when it comes to convincing others that an idea will succeed!
I'll mark this book low, because this should really be part of a set: with another one for colour plates of what Ken Adam is celebrated for - his Visual work.
I should've realised that I'd be disappointed: the low price is a tip-off.
I find it a huge shame that this nice shaped book has No Colour Photos inside!: Considering Adam worked at the peak of technicolor and panavision, just a few rather dark sketches in b&w leave this reader feeling let down.
It would be more useful if these sketches were compared next to stills from the incredible films he's helped to make so memorable.