The Third Man: The Official Story of the Film E-Book

John Walsh

• Herausgeber: Titan Books
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 66

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

The official retrospective for the British cinematic masterpiece The Third Man, directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotton and Orson Welles, on its 75th anniversary. On its release in 1949, Carol Reed's atmospheric film noir thriller The Third Man instantly became a classic, winning the Palm d'Or at Cannes, a BAFTA for Best British Film, and the Oscar for Best Cinematography. Featuring some of cinema's most memorable set pieces and quotable lines, the film's war-torn Viennese locations quickly etch themselves in the memory—the vast sewers, the Ferris wheel, the tree-lined cemetery. It marks one of those unusual conjunctions of script, director, subject, cast, and setting—and, of course, music—in which everything works.  In time for the movie's 75th anniversary, this beautiful, illustrated book comprehensively covers the making of the movie, acknowledged as the masterwork of many of its key players: Carol Reed as director; cast members including Joseph Cotton and Orson Welles; novelist/screenwriter Graham Greene; and composer of the instantly recognizable zither score Anton Karas. The battle for ownership of the film between US producer David O. Selznick and the British producer Alexander Korda, which developed into protracted legal proceedings, is explored, as is the lasting influence the movie has had on modern filmmakers, such as Martin Scorsese. This stunning book features original versions of the script and behind-the-scenes photography making it a must-have for any film fan.

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THE GODZILLA ART OF KAIDA YUJI

by KAIDA YUJI

THE GODZILLA ART OF KAIDA YUJI

ISBN: 9781789097900eISBN: 9781835410073

Published by Titan Books A division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd 144 Southwark Street London SE1 0UP

First English-language edition: October 2021

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TM & © TOHO CO., LTD. / © 2021 KAIDA Yuji / © 2021 Bumbleman Inc. All Rights Reserved. GODZILLA and the character design are trademarks of TOHO Co., Ltd. GODZILLA, KONG: SKULL ISLAND, GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS, and GODZILLA vs. KONG © 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. © 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021 LEGENDARY / MONSTERVERSE TM & © Legendary. All Rights Reserved. © 2017 Movieland Classics, LLC. All Rights Reserved. / © khara

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Planned by KOBAYASHI Masakazu (Bumbleman Inc.) Edited by KOBAYASHI Masakazu, AGUSA Yuki (Bumbleman Inc.), TOMITA Itaru Translated by Cody Carpenter Dialogue text by NAKAJIMA Shinsuke Photographs by TANAKA Masayuki Book designed by IKEUE Koichi Special Thanks to KAIDA Aya, NOGUCHI Atsushi and all the fans of KAIDA works.

CONTENTS

Godzilla in London

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Godzilla

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Godzilla VS.

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Kaiju & Weapons

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Interview: KAIDA Yuji & HIGUCHI Shinji

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Artwork descriptions

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My first encounter with Godzilla was when I saw “King Kong vs. Godzilla” at age 9. I was enthralled by the amazing Tokusatsu, and the story of the Kaiju kings of the East and the West battling it out in glorious widescreen completely captivated me. Since then, my life has intertwined with Godzilla films, but 59 years after first being introduced to Godzilla, in the year that Hollywood filmmakers would make Godzilla and King Kong battle each other once again, I feel it can be nothing shortof fate and destiny that I would be releasing my first English-language Godzilla-related art book. Part of the appeal of Godzilla as a villain is the feeling of catharsis that he gives to the viewer as he wreaks havoc, but it’s not only Godzilla that really attracts me to Kaiju films, but rather the worldthat Godzilla inhabits. Godzilla, as realized by incredible Tokusatsu techniques, is really cool and has a monstrous beauty to him, but more than that, I am always drawn into the world that becomes forever changed as a result of his appearance. For me, Godzilla films recapture that strangely exciting feeling of knowing that a typhoon was about to hit, for example, which I often felt as a child. The violently blowing wind, the sky covered in swirling clouds, the suddenly empty streets. The tense air of some mysterious, awe-inspiring being coming from right around the corner. For me, Godzilla and his friends open the door to that world for me and lead me through it. While continuing to watch Kaiju films for over half a century, I’ve done my best to illustrate the fantastic world that they inhabit. It would be my absolute pleasure if that fascination that I feel for Godzilla and Godzilla films was relayed to you who holds this art book in your hands. To finish, I’d like to thank from the bottom ofmy heart all the hard-working staff from Japan, America, and England who helped make this project a reality from start to finish. Thank you.

Godzilla in London

Godzilla

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Godzilla 1954Clay Prototype

Godzilla 1954“Godzilla”

Godzilla 1955“Godzilla Raids Again”

Godzilla 1962“King Kong vs. Godzilla”

Godzilla 1964“Mothra vs. Godzilla”

Godzilla 1964 ver. 25“Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster”

Godzilla 1966“Ebirah, Horror of the Deep”

Godzilla 1967“Son of Godzilla”

Godzilla 1968“Destroy All Monsters”

Godzilla 1973“Godzilla vs. Megalon”

Godzilla 1984“The Return of Godzilla”

Godzilla 1989“Godzilla vs. Biollante”

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Godzilla 1999“Godzilla 2000”

Godzilla 2003“Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.”

Godzilla 2001“Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah:Giant Monsters All-Out Attack”

Godzilla 2004“Godzilla: Final Wars”

Godzilla 2014“Godzilla”

Godzilla 2016“Shin Godzilla”

Godzilla 2017“Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters”

Godzilla 2018“Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle”

Godzilla 2019“Godzilla: King of Monsters”

Godzilla 2021“Godzilla Singular Point”

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Godzilla VS.

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Kaiju & Weapons

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Antenna

Electronic Brain

Cyber Neck Head Control Receiver

Space Beam Generator

Forcefield Generator

Destroy Fire All-purpose Flamethrower Mechanism

Oral Cavity Missile Launcher

High-Speed Cranial Rotator Ring

Tracer Device Small Missile Firing Mechanism

Cooling System

Cross Attack Beam Laser

Rapid Fire Finger Missiles

Finger Missile StorageCompartment

Leg Drive Apparatus

Space Titanium Exoskeleton

Homu Shot Timing Device- Equipped Missile

High Pressure Homing Missiles Storage Compartment

Unisocket Detaches and becomes a weapon

Jet Fire Rocket engine for flight

High Pressure Homing SystemLarge Drill Missile

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Interview: KAIDA Yuji & HIGUCHI Shinji

How should Godzilla be portrayed and what are your thoughts about what the ideal Kaiju is?

KAIDA

The first Kaiju movie I watched was “Mothra” (1961), so I didn’t really think of Kaiju as being scary or anything like that. I was more impressed by the sheer scale of it all and absolutely floored by the visual of Tokyo Tower being made into a cocoon. The scene where heat rays are being fired from both sides of the screen at the cocoon left such an impression on me that I drew it for my summer homework picture diary. The following year I would see Godzilla for the first time in “King Kong vs. Godzilla” (1962), and he left a much bigger impression on me than King Kong. The impact of Godzilla’s dorsal fins flashing blue when he shot his atomic heat beam was undeniable. That beautiful blue color was really only seen in that film. It was also Godzilla’s massive presence. The sheer terror of such a giant creature appearing from the other side of the mountain and coming toward us was really felt in the scene where he chases after the Tohoku Main Line train car. It made you really feel like you were one of those many people evacuating and seeking shelter. So, in that way, I would say that in addition to being huge and giving a sense of scale, relaying fear and terror is a necessity when talking about the appeal and ideal interpretation of Kaiju.

HIGUCHI

I think “King Kong vs. Godzilla” is a bit different from most Kaiju movies in that, much like the Salaryman Kigeki series released during that same period, it was more of a movie of simple amusement, a well-made piece of entertainment as opposed to a ‘real’ film. At its core it’s a comedy, but it maintains a peculiar balance with Tokusatsu and the occasional serious moment.

KAIDA

A great part about Toho is that they didn’t cut corners regarding any aspect of their films. Examples of this are the newspaper company in “Mothra vs. Godzilla” (1964) , the quality of the