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Joe Dante: En el límite de la realidad
Este es el primer libro en español sobre Joe Dante, para el cual Álvaro Pita, a lo largo de varios años, ha contado con la participación del cineasta y sus colaboradores. Un exhaustivo recorrido por la carrera del responsable de "Piraña", desde sus primeras experiencias como espectador hasta nuestros dí sus aventuras a las órdenes de Roger Corman, el éxito de "Gremlins" y el fracaso comercial de "Looney Tunes". De nuevo en acción, su relación con Steven Spielberg, los proyectos no materializados, las luchas con los estudios en producciones como "Exploradores" y "Pequeños guerreros", la presencia de un mismo grupo de actores secundarios en todos sus filmes, la libertad creativa de "En los límites de la realidad" y "Gremlins 2. La nueva generación", sus colaboraciones para televisión…El libro explora las constantes temáticas y estilísticas del realizador, la relación de los filmes con su contexto histórico y cultural, y la significación de su cine en el siglo XXI. El volumen se complementa con abundantes fotografías inéditas cedidas por el propio Joe Dante. Todo ello hace de este volumen la obra más completa y actualizada posible sobre este director que, sin dejar de jugar con los límites del cine comercial, jamás ha perdido su esencia de autor rebelde y mordaz.
780 pages, Paperback
Published November 18, 2021
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August 1, 2017
Una joya. Álvaro Pita ha escrito el libro definitivo sobre Dante, informativo, profusamente ilustrado y tremendamente ameno. Ojalá hubiera más obras parecidas a esta. Imprescindible.
December 10, 2021
Magnificent research work that rigorously analyzes the career of one of the key American directors to understand fantastic cinema in the eighties. An unavoidable reference of cultural film studies both in Spain and in the Anglo-Saxon sphere.
May 30, 2023
Amazing thorough, high-detailed book about director Joe Dante's cinematographic career, evolution, story construction process, motivations and themes, all of it told through a chronologically organized deep analysis that dissects not only his creative journey, but also his environment, stablishing a meta language where all Dante's references, as well as the artistic and cultural movements that surrounded his life and cinema, come together to depict a beautiful tale about how to push forward the limits of reality.
The author, Alvaro Pita, explores Dante's art from a multidimensional perspective, approaching his inspirations and influences first in order to tell the story of how he became the director we know. I must say that I was not super familiar at first with the role of Dante but as diving deeper into his path's narration, rich in anecdotes, behind-the-scenes amazing data, interesting explanations and details about the film making process -with a thorough, curated approach to the abundant SPFX present in most of his films, from the Gremlins creation and movement process, to the many different costumes, props and equipment that made Joe Dante's filmography notorious and well known-, this is a book for all of you who cannot get enough of a well written book about movies and the art beyond their conception.
By reading this book, I got to learn so many things about the hidden side of the movies' production, the dealings with the majors and industry deals, as well as incredible references as getting to know William Castle, a producer, filmmaker, writer and artist who went one step forward than his contemporaries by providing their audiences with an extra experience, known as his "gimmicks", that fascinated Dante and meant a stepping stone in his love for the 3d and the beyond the limits experience. Definitely, a total must read!
The author, Alvaro Pita, explores Dante's art from a multidimensional perspective, approaching his inspirations and influences first in order to tell the story of how he became the director we know. I must say that I was not super familiar at first with the role of Dante but as diving deeper into his path's narration, rich in anecdotes, behind-the-scenes amazing data, interesting explanations and details about the film making process -with a thorough, curated approach to the abundant SPFX present in most of his films, from the Gremlins creation and movement process, to the many different costumes, props and equipment that made Joe Dante's filmography notorious and well known-, this is a book for all of you who cannot get enough of a well written book about movies and the art beyond their conception.
By reading this book, I got to learn so many things about the hidden side of the movies' production, the dealings with the majors and industry deals, as well as incredible references as getting to know William Castle, a producer, filmmaker, writer and artist who went one step forward than his contemporaries by providing their audiences with an extra experience, known as his "gimmicks", that fascinated Dante and meant a stepping stone in his love for the 3d and the beyond the limits experience. Definitely, a total must read!
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