King Kong Cometh pays homage to the colossal gorilla who has wreaked havoc on the silver screen since 1933. This vividly illustrated compendium traces the evolution of King Kong, from his predecessors in the jungle-movie travelogues of the 1920s and 1930s to B-movies and American and Japanese spin-offs of the legendary motion picture. Highlights include the infamous faked "mondo movie" Ingagi, the influence of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, Edgar Wallace's original story, Kong animator Ray Harryhausen, scream queen Fay Wray, the impact of Kong on monster mags of the fifties, sixties, and seventies, Dino de Laurentis's remake of King Kong in 1976, and finally, the cinematic event of 2005 — Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson's multimillion dollar remake of King Kong. Offering the best new and vintage writings on King Kong, his forebears, and his descendants, King Kong Cometh provides monster coverage to satiate the avid King Kong fan. Includes 100 black-and-white photos.
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Film historian Woods compiles an impressive selection of articles about the King Kong movies, its release timed to coincide with Peter Jackson's highly anticipated remake. Most of these articles have appeared elsewhere, but Kong fans will be delighted to find them in one collection alongside movie stills and posters from each release, sequel and remake. The articles, though plucked from magazines of varying quality, provide a reliable film history, especially when tying the many jungle pictures of the 1920's and '30's to the development of the original 1933 Kong. Some of the articles run to the breathless ("In the history of horror movies, indeed of movies, King Kong still towers above them all") or are needlessly academic ("Kong, I believe, is a manifestation of Denham's subconscious. Much like Morbius's Id monster"). Readers looking for information on Jackson's remake will find only two articles here, and they come at the end of this approximately chronological history. But for those who want to know the multi-faceted story behind the beast, this is the go-to title. Photos.
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Good book but I've seen it's type before,
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Much of the material is familiar to me as I recall reading a book about King Kong back in the 90's that was a lot like this one. I do not recall the other book's title but I feel certain this book deliberately draws heavily from it. This book goes back and forth between the different Kong films a little too much (it would have been better to keep the descriptions of the films in more sequential order) but it is very imformative just the same.
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