McQueen (Movie Icons) (German Edition) [Paperback]

Alain Silver (Author), Paul Duncan (Editor), Kobal Collection (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2007 | Series: Movie Icons

Steve McQueen found it hard to balance worldwide fame with a desperate need for solitude. Through performances that were effortless yet powerful, he connected with the people who saw him on stage, on television, in movie houses, and on magazine covers anywhere on earth. Sometimes more comfortable racing a motorcycle than in front of a camera, twice at the height of his stardom he took more than a year off from movies. Despite this, and despite dying young, he left an indelible imprint. Images, his own words, and the words of others chronicle his rise from juvenile delinquent to the highest paid star in Hollywood. The Hollywood Icon series: People talk about Hollywood glamour, about studios that had more stars than there are in heaven, about actors who weren't actors but were icons. Other people talk about these things, Taschen shows you. Hollywood Icons is a series of photo books that feature the most famous movie icons in the history of cinema. These 192-page books are visual biographies of the stars. For each title, series editor Paul Duncan has painstaking selected approximately 150 high quality enigmatic and sumptuous portraits, colorful posters and lobby cards, rare film stills, and previously unpublished candid photos showing the stars as they really are. These images are accompanied by concise introductory essays by leading film writers; each book also includes a chronology, a filmography, and a bibliography, and is peppered with apposite quotes from the movies and from life.

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About the Author

Alain Silver has co-written and co-edited a score of books including The Samurai Film, The Noir Style, The Vampire Film, Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles, director studies of David Lean and Robert Aldrich, and four Film Noir Readers. His articles have appeared in numerous film journals, newspapers, and online magazines. He holds a Ph.D. from UCLA and is a member of the Writers Guild of America west and the Directors Guild of America.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Taschen (April 1, 2007)
• Language: German
• ISBN-10: 3822821195
• ISBN-13: 978-3822821190
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,009,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #64 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Entertainment > Movies > History & Criticism

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This review is from: McQueen (Movie Icons) (German Edition) (Paperback)

I own several books related to Steve McQueen. So I was pleasantly surprised that this small "coffee table" book contained several photos I had not seen before in this format. I thought the quality of the images was satisfactory and the price was fair.

I have found myself picking it up more than once.