Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema
£27.95
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- This landmark book examines 100 objects selected from an incredible archive by the animator Ray Harryhausen's daughter Vanessa.
- Packed with Vanessa’s previously unheard personal stories from a life watching her father make world-famous films that changed the course of cinema.
- Special effects superstar Ray Harryhausen elevated his stop-motion animation to an art during the 1950s to 1980s. An army of fighting skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts; a giant octopus wrapping its tentacles around the Golden Gate Bridge in It Came from Beneath the Sea; snakes writhing atop the Medusa’s head in Clash of the Titans - some of cinema’s most iconic creatures and images sprang from Ray Harryhausen’s imagination and skill.
- He inspired a generation of filmmakers, from Peter Jackson to George Lucas, and his legendary influence on blockbuster cinema continues.
- The book unveils many newly restored works, and contains fascinating contributions from many of those who were inspired by him.
- Paperback, 208 pages, 27 x 25 cm
