The Futurist The Life and Films of James Cameron

by KEEGAN, REBECCA

• ISBN13: 9780307460325
• ISBN10: 0307460320
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-05
• Publisher: Crown

Summary

With the release of Avatar in December 2009-the highest-grossing domestic film of all time-James Cameron cemented his reputation as the king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It's a distinction he's long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and Titanic. The Futurist is the first in-depth look at every aspect of this audacious creative genius. With cooperation from the often reclusive Cameron, author Rebecca Keegan has crafted a revealing portrait of the director's life and work, culminating in an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse of the making of Avatar, the movie that utterly transformed the way motion pictures are created, shattering old cinematic paradigms and ushering in a new era of storytelling. Book jacket.

Author Biography

As a Hollywood-based contributor to Time magazine, Rebecca Keegan has profiled actors and directors including Francis Ford Coppola, Will Smith, and Penelope Cruz. She has written trend stories about 3-D, horror auteurs, and fanboy culture and penned play-by-plays of the Oscars, the Sundance Film Festival, and Comic-Con. She spent seven years in Time’s New York bureau covering breaking news stories such as 9/11, Osama bin Laden, and the Catholic Church sex-abuse crisis. She has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and NPR. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband.


From the Hardcover edition.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Futurist	p. ix
A Boy and his Brain	p. 1
The Roger Corman School of Film	p. 17
Kicking in the Door	p. 33
This Time it's War	p. 57
Staring into the Abyss	p. 81
And then there were Two	p. 110
Myths and Lies	p. 135
The Unsinkable	p. 165
A Modern-Day Magellan	p. 208
Project 880	p. 231
The Real Pandoras	p. 256
Acknowledgments	p. 267
Notes	p. 271
Index	p. 277
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