Elizabeth Taylor: The Queen and I [Hardcover]

Gianni Bozzacchi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 2002

    Elizabeth Taylor: The Queen and I is a remarkable collection of Gianni Bozzacchi’s photographs of Elizabeth Taylor, most of them previously unpublished, capturing her as a film star, a woman, and a personal friend.
    It was 1965 when Bozzacchi, an impetuous twenty-two-year-old, was given the chance of a lifetime. The streetwise kid from Rome was sent to Africa as special photographer on the set of The Comedians, a movie starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Alec Guinness, and Peter Ustinov. As the film wrapped, Taylor offered Bozzacchi a job as her personal photographer.
    Elizabeth Taylor was the world’s most famous woman at the time and undoubtedly its most glamorous. Her marriage to Richard Burton claimed international attention, and together they were the quintessential jet-set couple. Bozzacchi was to work with Taylor and Burton for the next eleven years. They opened the door to their world for him , and his own talent, drive, and artistic style earned him extraordinary success. Publications wanted his services, as did the movie and fashion industries, celebrities, political figures, and the merely famous. Bozzacchi was awarded the honor of International Photographer of the Year three times and became a celebrity himself, the subject of magazine layouts and television interviews.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I so enjoyed this book by Gianni Bozzacchi about his friend Elizabeth. He thinks she’s a blast of fun, and there’s a hint of mischief that he sometimes caught that’s fresh and spontaneous. In my favorite shot, she runs to camera, her legs bare and strong, strangely revealed, a gleeful, slightly spoiled child-woman. In this collection of photos you feel her private thoughts, her love, her sadness often near the surface, and that survivor spirit, so admirable always in such an exposed and difficult life."—Jacqueline Bisset

"A stunning collection of intimate portraits. If you ever wondered why the world loves this woman, Bozzacchi's book will answer your question."—Roy Scheider

About the Author

Gianni Bozzacchi works today as a writer, producer, and director. He has collaborated on feature films with Michelangelo Antonioni, Sergio Leone, Pietro Germi, Vittorio De Sica, Francois Truffaut, Federico Fellini, and Luchino Visconti. Currently, he and Roy Scheider are producing for television The Renaissance, a twenty-four-hour drama and a twenty-hour documentary supported in part by the European Community, S.A.S. Prince Albert of Monaco, and the members of the entertainment community. Gianni Bozzacchi lives in Rome, New York, and Franklin, Wisconsin.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press; 1 edition (October 6, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0299179303
• ISBN-13: 978-0299179304
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #8 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical > British > Elizabeth I
  • #67 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography > Photojournalism

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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long Live The Queen!, October 30, 2002

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This review is from: Elizabeth Taylor: The Queen and I (Hardcover)

Elizabeth Taylor is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful women ever. This collection of photographs focuses on her life with Richard Burton, when she was at the height of her beauty. Bozzacchi's photos are a mixture of famous pictures (such as the one on the cover) as well as some that are more rarely seen. My favorite picture is the one of Elizabeth holding the pearls over her eyes...her beauty is truly amazing!
Also recommended is "My Love Affair With Jewelry" by Elizabeth Taylor herself...the two books make for a definitive collection of pictures of Elizabeth.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Queen Elizabeth Taylor Radiates, October 28, 2004

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Luis Gomez (NYC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elizabeth Taylor: The Queen and I (Hardcover)

I just recieved my copy of Elizabeth Taylor: The Queen and I" I think the book is completely engaing from cover to cover. Gianni's personal memories to the time when the pictures were taken, makes you feel as if your just that bit closer to Elizaebeth. Elizabeth is trully displayed as a human being, human or star, this woman radiates confidence, luxury, and beauty. My favorite picture in the book would have to be the one where she is running in the Dorchester Hotel, skirt all the way up, hair racing towards every directions, very free and bohemian feeling. I love this woman, not because she was for a large time Hollywood's calling card, or the worlds most beautiful woman. But because there is a purity in her eyes, and her soul can literally touch you through simple pictures. Anyone in doubt whether to get it or not, take my word, the book is worth any price, youll have alot of fun looking through it.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A decadent treasure from the Taylor-Burton years!, July 9, 2006

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Andrew Budgell - See all my reviews
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Gianni Bozzacchi's "Elizabeth Taylor: The Queen and I" is really is a treasure trove of photos from the Taylor-Burton years! It's one of three books that I consider my Dame Elizabeth "Bible's" - the other two being My Love Affair with Jewelry, and Bob Willoughby's Liz an Intimate Collection. In a way, Bozzacchi's book sort of starts up where Willoughby's ends. I was sort of disappointed when I bought the Bozzacchi book two years ago. It had fewer pages than I had anticipated, and at the time I was never really a fan of the late Burton years. I hadn't really seen any of her films from that period. But I found myself grabbing for that book first on my shelf, and I really adore it. I have also discovered the films from that time, like X Y and Zee, Secret Ceremony, Ash Wednesday, etc. and I love them! It was a completely different kind of glamour from the 1950s, but the clothes were stunning. And of course all that Taylor-Burton excess of diamonds, furs, and yachts were at their peak. It's a time that will never be repeated, for better or worse. I reccommend this book to any Dame Elizabeth Taylor fan!