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What do you need to make money making movies? The answer, according to cult hero, creator of the sexploitation film, and the man the Wall Street Journal once dubbed the King Leer of Hollywood, Russ Meyer, is: “big bosoms and square jaws.” In the first candid and fiendishly researched account of the late cinematic instigator’s life, Jimmy McDonough shows us how Russ Meyer used that formula to turn his own crazed fantasies into movies that made him a millionaire and changed the face of American film forever.
Bringing his anecdote—and action—packed biographical style to another renegade of popular culture, New York Times bestselling author of Shakey Jimmy McDonough offers a wild, warts-and-all portrait of Russ Meyer, the director, writer, producer, and commando moviemaking force behind such sexploitation classics as Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Vixen, and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. This former WWII combat photographer immortalized his personal sexual obsession (women with enormous breasts, of course) upon the silver screen, turning his favorite hobby into box-office gold when this one-man movie machine wrote, directed, and produced a no-budget wonder called The Immoral Mr. Teas in 1959. The modest little film pushed all preexisting limits of on-screen nudity, and with its success, the floodgates of what was permitted to be shown on film were thrust open, never to be closed again. Russ Meyer ignited a true revolution in filmmaking, breaking all sex, nudity, and violence taboos. In a career that spanned more than forty years, Meyer created a body of work that has influenced a legion of filmmakers, fashionistas, comic book artists, rock bands, and even the occasional feminist.
Rich with wicked and sometimes shocking observations and recollections from Meyer’s friends (such as colleague Roger Ebert and fellow filmmaker John Waters), lovers and leading ladies (some of whom played both roles with equal vigor), a cadre of his grizzled combat buddies, moviemakers inspired by him, and critics and fans alike, Big Bosoms and Square Jaws tells the voluptuous story of Meyer’s very singular life and career: his troubled youth, his war years, his volatile marriages, his victories against censorship, and his clashes with the Hollywood establishment. In his new biography of a true maverick, Jimmy McDonough blows the lid off the story of Russ Meyer, from beginning to his recent tragic demise, creating in the process a vivid portrait of a past America.
The picture is midnight black. An imperious, testosterone-heavy voice intones: “Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the world of violence . . . While violence cloaks itself in a plethora of disguises, its favorite mantle still remains sex . . . Let’s examine closely then, the dangerously evil creation, this new breed, encased and contained within the supple skin of woman—the softness is there, the unmistakable smell of female . . . But a word of caution: handle with care and don’t drop your guard. This rapacious new breed prowls both alone and in packs . . . Who are they? One might be your secretary, your doctor’s receptionist . . . or a dancer in a go-go bar!”
Cut to an eye-popping triad of outrageous, impossibly built women shimmying with frenzied abandon. A swaggering, bargain-basement Tom Jones–style voice belts out a number on the soundtrack. Cut! Close-ups of gyrating, disembodied breasts and hips. Cut! A shiny, alluring jukebox. Cut! Leering, predatory faces of cigar-chomping manimals impotently cheering the women on. Cut! Cut! Cut! Each new shot seems to add another crazy angle, another fabulous detail.
Cut to raven-haired, black-gloved Varla—one of the dancers—head thrown back and cackling maniacally as she hammers the gas pedal of a gleaming Porsche. Vrrrrooom! The Porsche screams down a Mojave desert highway at the head of a menacing trio of bisexual go-go superwomen, itching to annihilate any man who gets in their way. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! screams the title. And this is just the first two minutes of the picture.
—From the Introduction of Big Bosoms and Square Jaws
Customer Reviews:
An Excellent Biography.......2007-07-02
I was impressed with the quality of the research that went into this book. Neither a puff-piece nor a hatchet job, this is as solid a bio as we can expect of someone who was as erratic as Meyer. The author was able to move from Meyer's bizarre family of origin through his fixation on World War II, his remarkably limited sexual experience, his almost-impenetrable emotional life, to his final years of dementia. Along the way we get a surprisingly human view of many of the people he worked with and against.
Those who consider Meyer a pornographer probably will not like this book, but they would probably benefit by reflecting on the war between Meyer and Charles Keating, who, as the author observes, spent years protecting Midwestern Americans from Meyer's movies, while stealing their pension funds.
Phenomenal ! ! !.......2006-10-31
To sum things up, this is a fascinatingly written book about a fascinating topic.... despite its somewhat voluminous 400 or so pages (only a fraction of A CLEAN BREAST of course) I found it impossible to put down in light of the great stories and great writing. Jimmy McDonough proves himself not only a great fan of Meyer, but also one who's learned well from his "fast cut" style of directing... The book reads with the intensity of Meyer as a film director at his best (say Faster Pussycat or Super Vixens.)
At times hillarious, the only sad part is the ending which also offers an explanation to the big question of why Russ's films are so hard to find... and one is left with an ironic impression of his legacy: one in which the general public still wants more, but if the author's (researched) allegations are true may not get to see for a long long time.
Ironically, as I read the final page of the book, I didn't feel it was a final chapter, but was left wanting to know more about a film director with a strange fetish who unintentionally changed the world we live in... and considering Russ's flare for perpetuating his own myth and surrounding himself with some amazing people who's stories have simply yet to be told my hope is that this book is only the begining !
Master of Disaster.......2006-07-24
I found that what worked in McDonough's spectacular biography of filmmaker Andy Milligan (THE GHASTLY ONE) is exactly what doesn't work here. What McDonough does so well on Milligan's behalf, for example, the careful and painstaking description of films that are often difficult to come by, and then an analysis of them which shows us why they have a certain value--is nearly missing here entirely. Was there just too much material of all sorts to bother describing films like BLACKSNAKE or UP? I have no idea what the plot of either is, I just get the feeling that McDonough abhors them.
Maybe, like many biographers, he began work on this project admiring the man, and wound up disliking him? The last half of the book is an unadulterated look into a disaster, as Meyer's personal and professional lives come falling apart, accelerated by his dementia and his general greediness and bad manners. Melissa Mounds, a stripper whom Meyer befriended, and Janice Cowart, a bookkeeper who wound up taking over Meyer's affairs, become the villains who provide Meyer with his just deserts.
The experience of reading BIG BOSOMS AND SQUARE JAWS is like stumbling across some unknown masterpiece by Balzac, told in a hipster dialect from the early days of Rolling Stone magazine. It is incredibly affected and annoying, but it must have been fun for the author to write. He's so in the mood that every sentence becomes a little display of hyperbole: "Russ Meyer and Erica Gavin: a clash of wills the likes of which had not been seen since Meyer and Tura Satana locked horns." Like Meyer's huge sadness, Jimmy McDonough has written a book strangely atune with a hateful glamor. Some readers will love it, I wound up admiring it but throwing it in the Bay.
I Knew The Man.......2006-07-15
I had the sheer pleasure of working with Russ Meyer on the two films he produced and directed at 20th Century Fox in the early 70s. I was witness to how much of himself Russ poured into each of thosae two films, knew his passion, his extraordinary to detail no matter how small.
Mr. McDonough, who has an impressive track record doing books of this type, was deligent enough to track down the people who knew RM best and do extensive phone interviews to get the true story behind this anmazing film-maker. I was honored to be on that list.
Jimmy has done a first class job of capturing not only what is generally known about Russ, but bits and pieces of his life that very few people know about.
If you want a grade "A" look into the life of a man who had a MAJOR impact on how films are made when in the hands of a skilled director, master camerman, inventive film editor and true marketing genius, do yourself a favor and order this book!
Manny Diez
Brilliant: as much for the writer as for the subject.......2005-10-11
I don't recall ever seeing a Russ Meyer film. Sure, I knew the name, but was never interested enough to see one of his movies. Now, after reading Jimmy McDonough's "Big Bosoms and Square Jaws," I don't think I have to: McDonough's biography tells me all I need to know.
I wasn't familiar with Jimmy McDonough either before picking up this book. Now I am. McDonough writes like the late Hunter S. Thompson on one his better days. The prose is intensely personal, highly driven, with the feel of a first-person memoir. I suspect that if Russ Meyer weren't an egocentric, self-centered guy who made movies with bare breasts when it was considered "dirty," the book still would have been interesting. McDonough is that good.
I still have no great desire to see a Meyer film. But the guy's story as told by McDonough is interesting. McDonough doesn't get into film criticism as an effete sport. Rather he delivers his opinion of Meyer's work, buttressed by reviews. His interviews with survivors of relationships with Meyer crackle. He's done a marvelous job of weaving other people's recollections (always properly attributed) into the narrative.
Meyer coems across as a guy who pursued his dreams. Personally he seems to have been a large ego who really didn't care a whole lot for or about other people. There is literally a cast of thousands of supporting players who played a role in making Meyer whatever he became. The women he used as his "stars" are treated beautifully and sensitively by McDonough. Many, if not all, were strippers. It would have been easy to depict them as airheads. Much to McDonough's credit, he doesn't. He treats them as human beings.
Meyer never really failed. He determined on what he was going to (worship the female breast, essentially, and make movies) and did it. Meyer will never be a nominee for a Nobel Prize and its likely that his work will fade from memory over time. McDonough, however, does an excellent job of describing Meyer's technique, his contributions to filmaking and his not inconsiderable role in broadening the accpeptability of all manner of "artistic expression" in the United States.
McDonough is very understated in his description of Meyer's decline. It would have been easy, I think, to have allowed a sense of outrage to show, but much to McDonough's credit, he holds himself in.
Overall, even if you have little or no interest in Russ Meyer or his films, this biography is worth reading simply to gain a sense of Jimmy McDonough.
Jerry
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- Great book and Great story, must read.
- A book you can't put down!
- What a roll model he is.
- A Literary And Historic Masterpiece
- Absolutely Fantastic Book!
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Into the Tiger's Jaw : America's First Black Marine Aviator - The Autobiography of Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen
Frank E. Petersen , and
J. Alfred Phelps
Manufacturer: Presidio Press
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Release Date: 1998-08-21 |
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In 1950, when Frank E. Petersen left Topeka to see the world, he never dreamed that the next thirty-years would fly him from seaman recruit to the heights of command as a Marine Corps three-star general.
Customer Reviews:
Great book and Great story, must read........2005-12-21
This book should be required reading on college campuses thru-out America. My opinion. I was fortunate enough to meet the General also on the "rock" in '83. I was busy working in the pharmacy(Hospital Corpsman) at the flight-line clinic and turn around to see this tall General standing there. He ask me for some aspirins for his bad hip. I guess he'd just finished flying. I have never forgot that meeting. I could see how he could succeed against any odds, he had a presence that could not be denied. Truly an American treasure.
A book you can't put down!.......2005-08-13
Into the Tigers Jaw is a very impressive account of Lt. General Frank Petersen's life in the Marine Corps. J Alfred Phelps does a splendid job here depicting the determination and perserverance of a highly decorated Marine who paved the way for today's generation of Black Marine Officers. Petersen's strong will and devotion to duty enabled him to succeed in a organization at a time when Black American's represented such a minute percentage of the ranks in the Armed Forces. There is never a dull moment in this book, it grips your attention from beginning to end.
I borrowed the book from the library, after reading it I bought it, and today it's part of my private library.
What a roll model he is........2000-09-06
As a black Marine (1961-1965) I found the book to answer a lot of my questions, and to help me understand what was going on in my world at the time. That's because I had a very good relationship with the others members of my team who were all white. The only person I had a problem with was my Lt. and I know he just didn't like black folk. His book said the things that needed to be said, he told the truth about the times and what he had to do to overcome things. I felt that in many ways his story was mine, although I only spent 4 years in the corps. Again thanks for your work. Once a Marine always a Marine.
A Literary And Historic Masterpiece.......2000-01-20
It's one thing to hear about how great someone is; it's something totally different to have met that person and to KNOW how great that person is. Lt. Gen. Petersen was my Wing Commander while I was stationed in Okinawa (Headquarters, G-3) during my '83-'84 tour of "The Rock." Though we chatted briefly on a few occasions after his afternoon workouts (yes, he ran daily with that bad hip), he helped me forge an extremely strong sense of duty and honor, and he has been a very positive influence in my life that carries on even today. What's great about the book is that it grabs you and dives right in, taking you on a spellbinding trip that explores the heart and soul of a true battle-hardened, no-nonsense warrior. It could also serve as a seminal work on the history of race relations in the military over the past 50 years. Readers will be thrilled, fascinated, and even brought to tears as they become one with the words which flow so well that it's almost as if General Petersen has a direct link to your brain. There is high drama on all fronts, whether it's in the cockpit of an F-4 Phantom sustaining 37mm anti-aircraft fire, or in the military courtroom showcasing some of the world's most notorious people. The story of Lt. Gen. Petersen's personal life and his career in the Corps will be very inspirational and highly motivating for anyone who reads it. What else would you expect from a Marine?
Semper Fidelis.
Absolutely Fantastic Book!.......1999-04-14
INTO THE TIGER'S JAW has been an inspiration to my students and to me. In Lt. General Petersen we met a courageous man who was not afraid to stand up for what he felt was just and honorable---a man of integrity who overcame obstacles that would have defeated a lesser man. We felt shame at the injustices that he often endured and pride in his accomplishments. Thank you General Petersen and J. Alfred Phelps for this magnificent book and for introducing us to another American hero and role model.
Book Description
To coincide with the 30th anniversary of the now-classic Steven Spielberg film, a new expanded edition, in hardcover for the first time, of one of the best "making of" books of all time.
Steven Soderbergh, Bryan Singer, Rod Lurie, John Landis, Steve Martin, and Rob Reiner are among the many filmmakers who concur, more than 30 years after its first publication, that The Jaws Log by screenwriter Carl Gottlieb deserves an enduring place as a "modern classic" on filmmakers and filmmaking.
The only book on how 26-year-old Steven Spielberg transformed Peter Benchley's #1 bestselling novel into the phenomenal movie it became, Gottlieb's chronicle of this extraordinary year-long adventure was first published in 1975, generating 17 printings and selling more than 2 million paperback copies. Long out of print, a new, expanded paperback edition was published in 2000 to mark the movie's 25th Anniversary, featuring a 22-page behind-the-scenes photo album, a new afterword by Gottlieb updating readers on the fates of the filmmakers, and an introduction by Peter Benchley.
Now, on the occasion of the movie's 30th Anniversary, The Jaws Logis available for the first time in an affordably-priced hardcover edition with a new foreword by the author. 36 b/w photos.
Customer Reviews:
Great Book.......2007-08-21
Fans of Jaws,this is the book about the making of the movie,
and is great !!
..many stories and pictures on the set...
A must Have !!
"I think we're gonna need a bigger boat".......2005-08-27
What a great way to celebrate Jaws 30th Anniversary. Reading this book is almost as good as watching the film itself. If you ever wondered how Spielberg turned Peter Benchly's book into one of the scariest movies of all time, you need to read this book. It's kind of like being there while the filming was going on. Tons of insider stuff here.
Frankly, I never liked the water much but Jaws just pushed me over the edge. I'm content to view the ocean from a safe distance. No need to get my feet wet. At this point I'm not too sure of the bathtub either. Don't miss this one.
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Relations between China and the United States have been of central importance to both countries over the past half-century, as well as to all states affected by that relationship--Taiwan and the Soviet Union foremost among them. Only recently, however, has the opening of archives made it possible to research this history dispassionately. The eight chapters in this volume offer the first multinational, multi-archival review of the history of Chinese-American conflict and cooperation in the 1970s.
On the Chinese side, normalization of relations was instrumental to Beijing's effort to enhance its security vis-à-vis the Soviet Union and was seen as a tactical necessity to promote Chinese military and economic interests. The United States was equally motivated by national security concerns. In the wake of Vietnam, policymakers saw normalization as a means of forestalling Soviet power. As the essays in this volume show, normalization was far from a foregone conclusion.
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Will Ferguson’s first book in three years, following on the back-to-back successes of
How to Be a Canadian (over 110,000 copies sold) and
Happiness™ (Winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour).
Will Ferguson has spent the past three years criss-crossing Canada and back again. In a helicopter above the barrenlands of the sub-Arctic, in a canoe with his four-year-old son, aboard seaplanes and along the Underground Railroad, Will’s travels have taken him from Cape Spear on the coast of Newfoundland to the sun-dappled streets of Olde Victoria.
In his last book, Will told us how to be Canadian; now in this book, he will tell us what it means to be Canadian. And what Will finds out along the way is that Canada in its development and in its current state is really a series of outposts — not only geographically but culturally.
Will’s journey takes him to far-flung isolated communities as well as deep into Canada’s urban centres. From the “million-acre farm” that is P.E.I. to the tobacco belt of southern Ontario, from the architectural mess that is Montreal to the glorious jumble that is St. John’s, from a renegade republic in northwestern New Brunswick to a tundra buggy in the polar bear migration paths of Hudson Bay, Will explodes the myths of who we are.
Funny, poignant and insightful,
Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw is a provocative tribute to our quirky and fascinating country.
Excerpt from Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw
In one particular seedy St. John’s pub, I was adopted by a work crew from Portugal Cove who took an immediate, almost antagonistic liking to me. “You’re from Alberta, you say? I have a cousin in Fort McMurray, maybe you know him.” (Everybody in Newfoundland has a cousin in Fort McMurray.) The crew from Portugal Cove tormented me with screech and second-hand smoke as they regaled me with tales of how their families were so poor “back when” that all they could afford to eat were lobsters. This was not the first time I had heard this. Apparently half the population of Newfoundland has subsisted on lobster at some point or other.
From the Hardcover edition.
Customer Reviews:
Legendary Republics and... lots of space.......2007-05-17
Canada! What a place. Americans, sure... as in "North Americans" (as are Mexicans, Panamanians and Cubans, not to mention Madawaskans and Acadians). Well, that's about where the comparisons begin and the similarities end. Ferguson refers to the US as "the great carnival to the south" - I don't think I've ever read a more fitting indictment of the colossus itself. This is surely a funny, witty read, but it also is filled with a lot of real information and good perspective on Canadian life. I've traveled extensively through that vast land, and like Ferguson, have found Canada to be a loose affiliation of countries within a huge state. Canada has the saving grace of being able to laugh at itself regularly, and mercifully is missing the British stiff upper lip attitude, at least according to this book (and my travels as well). Sometimes reading a book about a place makes me want to jump up and go there, and it looks like the Hotel Frontenac in Quebec City will see me pretty soon. Ferguson actually makes Saint John's, NL appear to be a pretty cool place (I always thought of it as downright cold and quite dour, but now it sounds like one could actually have some fun there). The discussions of old Victoria are sharp and righteously funny, but the best part of the book to me is the story of the author's rambling around "looking for Canada" and finding... of all things, Uncle Tom. That's just one example of the subtle skill Ferguson brings to this writing, and when expecting to be humored one is educated, that is a very good thing indeed.
Exactly What Does Eh Mean? .......2005-07-02
I have lived outside of the U.S. for six years with the past two in Canada thus I had about the right amount of distance from everyday life in the U.S. and enough daily interaction in Canada to find this book hilarious. Page after page I keep laughing out loud. I kept finding my self blurting out things like "exactly" and "I have seen that too". This author has nailed the North American male and has a very clear view of the differences between the States and Canada. If you are a resident of either country you will find this book full of humor and uncanny observations that ring true to anyone with an eye to individual behavior. I would have no hesitation in recommending the book.
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- Great series
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Jaws of Darkness (World at War, Book 5)
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ASIN: 0765304171 |
Book Description
Harry Turtledove's masterful saga of a magical world's cataclysmic war, which began with Into the Darkness, has earned accolades from readers and reviewers alike; in a starred review, Library Journal called it 'a complex and richly detailed epic of war and magic.' In this fifth volume of the series, hope may be dawning. The terrible onslaught of the forces of Algarve-who power their battle magics with the life energy of their murdered victims-begins to founder as it runs into Habakkuk: a sorcerous ship of ice used by embattled nations of Lagoas and Kuusamo to ferry their deadly dragons across the seas to strike at the very heart of Algarvian power. But though the tide has begun to turn, the conflict is far from over. And as the deaths of innocent civilians on both sides continue to feed the flames of war, those who have struggled to survive and preserve their freedom have only their passions to see them through. . . . .
Customer Reviews:
Great series.......2007-06-30
Mr Turtledove does it again. I have rarely been disappointed in his books and he keeps up his high standards in this WWII analogue series!
Episode V of a fantasy World War Two.......2007-02-25
"Jaws of Darkness" is the fifth part of Harry Turtledove's six-volume reworking of the World War Two story set on a planet where technology is based on magic rather than machines.
Dragon riders replace aircraft, Behemoths replace tanks, East and West have been transposed, Eurasia has been moved to the Southern hemisphere so that Scandinavia becomes equatorial, and names and superficial national characteristics have all been changed. But this is real history, not alternative history. Again and again the terrible events of the book are based on real historical incidents.
Some of the changes to racial characteristics are impishly amusing, such as the fact that the people who correspond to the Finns live in an equatorial climate and look like Zulus, while the Saraha Desert becomes "the land of the Ice people," the Gyongyosian people who correspond to the Japanese are physically large, and the Kuusamans who correspond to Americans have epicanthic folds.
Other changes are rather more biting - the "Kaunians" who correspond to Jews are tall, blue-eyed, and blonde.
What Turtledove appears to be trying to do with this series is to study how different people responded to a time of great evil. Some people were sucked into taking part in that evil, some fought against it, others just tried to live through it. The changes to the names and characteristics of the participants seem to be intended to give the reader an opportunity to leave behind some of our emotional baggage about the holocaust so that we can try, not to justify the wrongs which people did in terrible times, but to understand how it could have happened.
All but two or three of the characters in the first four books appear to be fictional - Hitler is King Mezentio of Algarve, Stalin is King Swemmel of Unkerlant, and Marshal Rathar gradually morphs into Zhukov by about book four. In the last two books a few more historical figures such as Eisenhower are recognisable.
The fact that most of the characters are fictional actually makes the story more exiting, as they are presented well enough that you care about them: we all know how World War II turned out but the readers has no such certainty about the fate of the fictional characters.
The six books of the series each corresponds very roughly indeed to about a year's real historical events. This fifth book, "Jaws of Darkness", mostly covers events corresponding to those between late 1943 and late 1944, shortly after the fall of Paris.
The series is best read in the correct sequence. All the books of this series have the word "Darkness" in the title, but the publishers refer to it as the "Derlavi" series, this being the name given in the books for the great continent which corresponds to Eurasia. It is sometimes also described as the "World at War" sequence. The full set of six books in their correct order is:
"Into the Darkness"
"Darkness Descending"
"Through the Darkness"
"Rulers of the Darkness"
"Jaws of Darkness"
"Out of the Darkness".
Bottom line: the mood is as black as the titles indicate, but the series is a very exciting read.
The tide has turned.......2004-10-29
Harry Turtledove's major rewrite of World War Two fought in a world of magic moves to a conclusion, but the story is far from over.
The aggressor superpower Algarve (Germany) now finds itself on the defensive, having being driven from Unkerlant (Russia) into Forthweg (Poland.) In the east, Algarve is on the run from Valmeria (France) and Jelgava (Greece). Under pressure from Unkerlant, Yanina (Italy) breaks its alliance with Algarve and declares war on its former partner. In the north, Zuwayza surrenders to Unkerlant, and in the south, the Lagoans and Kuusanans begin to use their new magical weapons.
With all of Turtledove's stories, the individual characters are as appealing as the whole story. Ealstan manages to secret away his Vanai from the Kaunian quarter where she was captured at the end of the last story. Istvan and his comrades are captured by the Kuusanans. Pekka and Fearno are engaged in an affair during their research, and Pekka's husband Leino, who now comes out as a viewpoint character, has martial troubles as his own. Bembo is still fat and taking bribes. Krasta gets knocked up, but by who?
The series is slowing down, but you still want to read the conclusion.
YES ITýS GOOD BUT PLEASE LET IT END!.......2003-12-03
First let's get the platitudes out of the way. It is a good story. It has plenty of action. It is fun for a history buff to figure out which kingdom is which when related to WWII. Realistic detail to the extent that the use of magic seems almost normal. Good stuff eh? Yes BUT...
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE LONGER TO READ ABOUT THE WAR THEN IT TOOK TO FIGHT IT!!! Too long! My god it won't be finished until book six! And these ain't no little prissy poetry volumes either, we're talking several thousand pages here! But wait that's not all folks, the length of this tome is only exceeded by the number of principal characters he has. I know it's an exaggeration but it seems like hundreds! Just the process of slipping from one viewpoint to another makes you dizzy! Not only that but it becomes extremely difficult to keep all the names and storylines straight without the proverbial program right by your side.
This whole darkness series is a perfect example of where less is more. Three volumes with about half the characters would have turned a Good series into a Great series.
I RECOMMEND it but damn it could have been so much better!
Nice But Nothing Special.......2003-08-03
This is the fifth and next to last book in the World At War series where a modern world war is re-enacted on a magical fantasy world. I think this book was rather ho-hum because I'm getting tired of Harry Turtledove's formula. It seems like he uses the same characters and storylines in all of his series. And the novelty of the war scenario has long since worn off as you mostly know whats going to happen. I'm also annoyed at Turtledove's cavalier treatment of adultery. I just can't respect characters who sleep around because they have "urges." Despite that, I do have to say the characters are refreshingly complex. Nobody's really a saint or a sinner. With the exception of Unkerlant's mad King Swemmel, they're all flawed human beings. And make no mistake, I did like this book. If it wasn't good, it would have taken me weeks to plow through all 576 pages instead of breezing through it in only a few days. To sum it all up, the book was light and fluffy reading. Nice but nothing special.
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Moose Jaw: People, Places, History
John Larsen , and
Maurice Richard Libby
Manufacturer: Coteau Books
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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In dramatic writing and numerous archival and contemporary photos, this accessible and lively coffee-table book tells the story of the small prairie city with the big, big reputation.
Despite its odd name - or maybe even partially because of it - Moose Jaw has had a history that is rich beyond that of most of its sister prairie cities. This new and comprehensive book charts the events that make up both the city's history and its mythology: the infamous River Street red-light district; the time half the police force threw the other half in jail; the coming of the air force training base. And, of course, those mysterious tunnels.
Extensive interviews with Moose Jaw people who were witness to many of its historical highlights give the book a conversational immediacy. Numerous photos from past and present, along with reproductions of letters, posters, handbills and interesting documents, present the visual record to complement the text.
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Are you ready for the real story of the Denver Broncos? As one of the NFL's greatest franchises, the Broncos have a long history of legends and goats, great comebacks and colossal failures, NFL championships and heartbreaking losses. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Denver Broncos is a must for every fan who wants an unflinching look at the greatest--and worst--players, coaches, and moments in Broncos history!
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- A light, entertaining read with a "you are there" feel
- Good insight
- Ah - yes. This book truly warms my heart. :)
- The Jaws Log
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The Jaws Log: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition (Newmarket Insider Filmbooks)
Carl Gottlieb
Manufacturer: Newmarket Press
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The first in a new series about classic filmmaking and filmmakers—With a new introduction and afterword, the only book on the making of Steven Spielberg's classic film, backed by new raves from Pauline Kael, Peter Biskind, Bryan Singer, and Rob Reiner, among others! This compelling insider's story of how the famous director, at age 26, made the movie that made film history is revived to coincide with Universal Pictures 25th Anniversary DVD Collector's Edition launch. Hired by Spielberg as a screenwriter to work with him on the set, Gottlieb chronicled the extraordinary year-long adventure of how Benchley's #1 bestselling novel was transformed into the movie that won three Oscars® and became the highest grossing film of that time. First published in 1975, The Jaws Log generated 17 printings and sold over 2 million copies. This new edition includes a photo section, a new introduction by Benchley and a lengthy author's afterword with updates on the people and events involved in the film.
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A light, entertaining read with a "you are there" feel.......2004-10-13
Even though we're now in the era of comprehensive "making of" documentaries that accompany so many movies on DVD, it's still fun to pick up a good old "behind the scenes/making of" movie tie-in book from time to time. Carl Gottlieb's updated edition of his "The Jaws Log" is a good example of how entertaining such a book can be. It's nothing spectacular, just a solid, anecdote-laced account of a movie now famous for its production horror stories. Lots of new footnotes (about 20 pages worth) update the reader on what's happened since the book's original 1975 debut as well as providing further details not in the earlier edition, but it should be said that the original 1975 manuscript was still pretty candid for a merchandising tie-in.
Good insight.......2003-07-11
I am a great fan of "Jaws" since it scared me when I was seven years old and it never lost it's fascination for me. I am also a great fan of all the works of Steven Spielberg, so I had to have that book.
It provides a very interesting and sweet insight into the hardships, troubles and sheer unsurmountable problems that make it almost unbelievable what a brilliant film came out of all that turmoil. The book is more concentrated on the personal and human stories. I miss a more technical insight. The filmmaking aspect is not so much described. I would have liked to read something about the way Spielberg directed the actors and Bruce the shark, of course. I would have liked to have known something about the camerawork, the editing of Mother Cutter, Verna Fields and all the other filmmaking departments. With all the little anecdotes about personal animosities or friendships, the author forgot to mention the basic, pure filmmaking process. But maybe it is to boring for filmmakers, or to embarrassing to talk about that.
All in all: I recommend this to anybody who has something to do with film. Whenever you have problems and trouble on a set, read it. You will wear a smile again and know, that nothing can come as bad as the shooting of Jaws. - And that the worst of all circumstances on set can sometimes make the best of all films.
Ah - yes. This book truly warms my heart. :).......2003-02-04
For 'Jaws' addicts like myself, this book truly allows us to experience the sheer beauty of the making of the best man vs. fish story ever told. Gottlieb tells a rollicking tale and his afterword - written from the vantage point of 25 years - is wonderful, wonderful stuff. So turn on the John Williams music, set your DVD to a low rumble in the background, crack open this book and "farewell & adieu to you fair Spanish ladies . . ."
The Jaws Log.......2002-06-01
Carl Gottlieb's book is a fascinating account of all that went on during the troubled production of Jaws is a well-illistrated account concerning all areas of production from the early begginings with Peter Benchley's screenplay to the film's worlwide box-office success. Originally written and released in 1976, this is one of those film books that instead of simply stating facts, also contains a wealth of info that makes it an enjoyable read. There are some audacious anecdotes about the clashes between the director, the stars and "Bruce", the shark that never worked. With candid opinions and numerous interesting details about the production, this book is a must-have for fans of Spielberg.
Worth the long wait.......2001-10-31
Gottleib gives a witty and insightful insider's account of the agonizingly protracted shooting schedule that produced one of the greatest films in history! His accounts of the production horrors, mishaps, over-runs, local hysteria (all these on a GOOD day of shooting) are as entertaining as the film itself. A great in-depth companion to the too-short documentary featured on the "Jaws" DVD (that documentary itself a shortened version of the spectacular one included in the Laserdisc Collector's Edition from the mid-1990's).
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