James Cameron: interviews
James Cameron (b. 1954) is lauded as one of the most successful and innovative filmmakers of the last thirty years. His films often break records, both in their massive budgets and in their box-office earnings. They include such hits as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Titanic, and Avatar . Part scientist, part dramatist, Cameron combines these two qualities into inventive and captivating films that often push the boundaries of special effects to accommodate his imagination. James Cameron: In…
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- Full title :James Cameron : interviews / edited by Brent Dunham.
Summary
James Cameron (b. 1954) is lauded as one of the most successful and innovative filmmakers of the last thirty years. His films often break records, both in their massive budgets and in their box-office earnings. They include such hits as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Titanic, and Avatar . Part scientist, part dramatist, Cameron combines these two qualities into inventive and captivating films that often push the boundaries of special effects to accommodate his imagination. James Cameron: Interviews chronicles the writer-director's rise through the Hollywood system, highlighted by his "can-do" attitude and his insatiable drive to make the best film possible. As a young boy growing up in Canada, Cameron imagined himself an astronaut, a deep-sea explorer, a science fiction writer, or a filmmaker. Transplanted to Southern California, he would go on to realize many of those boyhood fantasies. This collection of interviews provides glimpses of the filmmaker as he advances from Roger Corman underling to "king of the world." The interviews are drawn from a number of sources including TV appearances and conversations on blogs, which have never been published in print. Spanning more than twenty years, this collection constructs a concise and thorough examination of Cameron, a filmmaker who has almost single-handedly ushered Hollywood into the twenty-first century.
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University Press of Mississippi
- Place of Publication:Jackson
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (1 volume)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:161703133X, 9781617031335, 1283341360, 9781283341363
- oclc:ocn767952968
- LC Classification:PN1998.3.C352
- Dewey Decimal:791.4302/33092
Table of Contents
How to direct a terminator / Thomas McKelvey Cleaver/1984 -- The 1984 movie revue: James Cameron interviewed by David Chute / David Chute/1985 -- Writer-director shows the special effect energy can radiate / JoAnn Rhetts/1986 -- Aliens: an out of this world communication with director James Cameron / Victor Wells/1986 -- James Cameron takes a plunge / Alan Jones/1989 -- James Cameron takes a second plunge / Alan Jones/1989 -- Aliens: James Cameron interview / Nigel Floyd/1992 -- The hero's journey / Syd Field/1992 -- Approaching the sequel / Syd Field/1992 -- Iron Jim / John H. Richardson/1994 -- Rich and strange / Ray Greene/1995 -- 20,000 leagues under the sea: the movie director as Captain Nemo / Bill Moseley/1998 -- A drive of Titanic proportions : academy of achievement/1999 -- The final frontier / Anne Thompson/2000 -- James Cameron: The second coming / Jenny Cooney Carrillo/2002 -- Sound of silence / John Reading/2002 -- James Cameron / Adrian Wootton/2003 -- My Titanic obsession / James Rampton/2005 -- King of all he surveys / James Rampton/2006 -- James Cameron: a life in pictures / Francine Stock/2009 -- James Cameron / Tavis Smiley/2009 -- James Cameron Interview: Avata…
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