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Secret Plot to Kill Hitler
On 7/20/1944, a select group of senior German officers made a daring attempt to assassinate their leader, Adolf Hitler. Paranoid & drug dependent, Hitler had lost touch with strategic reality. The war was lost, but the Fuhrer refused to admit it. Some of his commanders saw no option than to kill him. For a brief moment, the outcome of the war depended entirely upon just one man, Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg, meeting Hitler with a briefcase full of reports & 4 lbs of high explosives.
Virtual History uses a unique fusion of the most innovative computer animation techniques ever seen on TV screens, historical documents & expertise to recreate a moment in history which was never originally captured on film. The protagonists-- Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin among them--are brought to life using physically similar actors & an astonishing new computerized face wrapping technique which gives them the real, fully animated faces of their characters. The effect is stunning. No moment in history has ever been recreated with such authenticity.
Virtual History uses a unique fusion of the most innovative computer animation techniques ever seen on TV screens, historical documents & expertise to recreate a moment in history which was never originally captured on film. The protagonists-- Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin among them--are brought to life using physically similar actors & an astonishing new computerized face wrapping technique which gives them the real, fully animated faces of their characters. The effect is stunning. No moment in history has ever been recreated with such authenticity.
200 pages, Hardcover
First published July 30, 2005
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January 6, 2013
I picked this up at the EBay consignment shop in East Dundee, Illinois while looking through their books for prospective Christmas gifts. Having recently seen the Valkyrie movie dealing with the same topic, I was interested in checking the film against the facts. The film checked out rather well.
This book, however, is lacking. Its plan is to focus on the day of the failed assassination attempt against Hitler, discussing not only him and those plotting against him but also Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. Being based on a television documentary, the book features many photographs, both real and 'reconstructed', i.e. taken from the drama. A concluding chapter describes how this cinematic reconstruction was accomplished.
As with so many books in this computer age, the text is flawed by the kinds of errors spellcheckers don't catch.
This book, however, is lacking. Its plan is to focus on the day of the failed assassination attempt against Hitler, discussing not only him and those plotting against him but also Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. Being based on a television documentary, the book features many photographs, both real and 'reconstructed', i.e. taken from the drama. A concluding chapter describes how this cinematic reconstruction was accomplished.
As with so many books in this computer age, the text is flawed by the kinds of errors spellcheckers don't catch.
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