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The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino.
In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with Cinema Speculation, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans--and all movie lovers--could have hoped for. Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he first saw as a young moviegoer at the time, this book is as intellectually rigorous and insightful as it is rollicking and entertaining. At once film criticism, film theory, a feat of reporting, and wonderful personal history, it is all written in the singular voice recognizable immediately as QT's and with the rare perspective about cinema possible only from one of the greatest practitioners of the artform ever.
A Quiet Place writers Scott Beck & Bryan Woods offer a first-hand look at the life of a filmmaker and the brutal ups and downs that come with it. While writing and directing their feature Haunt, Beck & Woods kept in-depth journals charting their experience making the independent film, all while another script of theirs - A Quiet Place - was being produced by Paramount Pictures with stars Emily Blunt and John Krasinski. As the resulting film became a global sensation, Beck & Woods documented their journey through the wild landscape of failure, rejection, momentary success, rubbing elbows with cinematic heroes, and weathering the absurdity of Hollywood.
Also featured is the never-before-released screenplay for Haunt and an interview with the filmmakers conducted by author and screenwriting professor Scott Myers.
Scott Beck & Bryan Woodsare writers, directors and producers. Beck & Woods' wrote A Quiet Place, which grossed over $340 million worldwide and earned them the Saturn Award for Best Writing, alongside nominations from the Writers Guild and the Critics' Choice Awards. The duo's follow-up includes writing and directing Columbia Pictures' 65 starring Adam Driver and adapting Stephen King's The Boogeyman into a feature for 20th Century Studios.
Featuring interviews with the cast and crew including visionary director Sam Raimi and actors including Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange) and Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff), this title explores the mysterious world of master of the mystic arts.
Learn secrets from the special effects, stunt, and costume departments with stunning photographs and art.