Virgin Film: George Lucas (Virgin Film Series)

by JimSmith (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $3.25

  The step-by-step companion to the work of George Lucas. George Lucas has directed only five full-length pictures in thirty years, and yet he is one of the most influential of all contemporary filmmakers: not simply a director, he's also a writer, a producer and an unparalleled technical pioneer, responsible for advances in digital projection, CGI and quality cinema sound. Yet he remains defiantly outside the Hollywood system, financing his - and other people's - pictures out of his own funds, creatively answerable to no one but himself.Starting with his time as a film student, this is a critical journey through the films Lucas has directed and actively produced. It encompasses his abstract early works such as Look at Life and 6.18.67, the mainstream successes of American Graffiti, Star Wars and Indiana Jones and the record selling Star Wars prequel trilogy. There is also an extensive section detailing other projects in which he has had a hand, such as Paul Schraeder's Mishima, Haskell Wexler's controversial Latino and Francis Ford Coppola's Tucker: The Man and His Dream. Thsi is an indispensable reference to the work of George Lucas- the mogul, the mythmaker, the one man brand and the most successful independent filmmaker who has ever lived.

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  Paperback
  2003

  $4.35

  Working Abroad includes comprehensive listings to help you plan your trip and find work. Backed up with illuminating case studies of people who have been there and done that, it also includes a country-by-country guide to overseas work, right across the globe, with up-to-date practical advice on finding work, obtaining the right visas and contracts for organisations who will put you in the know. Whether you want to do something simply to fund your backpacking or gain some invaluable career experience. if you're taking a year out before going to university or are just fed up with the daily nine-to-five grind, you can't do without this essential advice.