The Ultimate Woody Allen Film Companion (2014; author - Jason Bailey)
Think what you will about Woody Allen, but it's hard to deny that he's made the occasional pretty great movie (or in my opinion, the occasional masterpiece and a lot of great movies). What I think folks can appreciate, even if they don't love Woody himself, is a lovely book. You often hear the phrase "print is dead" bandied about quite a bit and while I realize this sentiment often seems aimed squarely at newspapers and so forth, I think we definitely have seen the production of physical books decline a huge amount in the past 20 years. It's a sad thing, but even I find myself veering towards the occasional ebook instead of its printed counterpart. I do see the advantages to digital of course and in some cases and ebook release can be hugely beneficial. Danny Peary (one of my favorite authors) just recently had the first in a series of ebooks come out. This is sho you'd things to those of us who've held onto his now (long) out of print tomes about cult films and whatnot. This ebook release may put him back on the map one would hope. But Danny was a guy who knew a thing or two about presentation. His cult movies books had a lovely layout for each entry. The covers were faulty plain, but it was the content that really mattered. Fast forward from the early to mid eighties to just ten years ago or a little more when TASCHEN started to put out their gorgeous volumes on a wide variety of subjects (I always loved the film stuff of course). They were a but pricey, but they were glorious to behold. The covers were made if a certain smooth but heavy stock and the insides were lavishly printed and covered with fascinating essays and excellent photographs. TASCHEN makes amazing books, but they also set up a nice model for others to draw upon. I wasn't a big buyer of books at that point, but TASCHEN turned me around and made me love books agsin. Big, lovely coffee-table type books are always a joy to own and display. So Voyager Press is the publisher of this new WOODY ALLEN ULTIMSTE FILM COMPANION. It's a beautiful book for sure. One that gives pleasure when you are simply holding it in your hand. It's a very inviting book too. Like the TASCHEN stuff, it has a sharply designed and smooth-to-hold outside cover which invites you to flip through the text at random. Each of the reviews grave your eye with its layout and the images chosen to go with it.Woody Allen's New York. |
The map key to Woody's New York. |
"Woody Allen the Film Student" |
The book's table of contents (notice the classic Woody Allen font - which is used throughout).
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The book was published by Voyageur Press and can be found via many online booksellers including Amazon and others.
Author Jason Bailey also wrote the book Pulp Fiction: The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece , which can be found on Amazon as well.
You can find Jason on Twitter @JasonDashBailey. Also here:
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