THE BOOK
Today, there is little debate that Peter Weir is considered one of the finest film directors born in Australia and, consequently, one of the most brilliant filmmakers globally to have pursued their professional career in the present century. Peter Weir: A World Apart acknowledges the significance of a filmmaker who made his feature film debut with the peculiar The Cars that Ate Paris (1974) and whose films have since become, to a greater or lesser extent, landmarks or small triumphs within the context of a cinema where many proposals have had an ephemeral value. This is not the case with Peter Weir’s cinema, a substantial portion of which has become part of the collective imagination, such as Witness (1985), Dead Poets Society (1989), The Truman Show (1998), or Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003). Under his direction, Weir has worked with internationally renowned performers, including Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, or Russell Crowe, among others.
THE AUTHOR
CHRISTIAN AGUILERA was born on 18 December 1967 in Barcelona. Graduate in Biological Sciences. He is the author of a number of books on film: Stanley Kubrick: A Creative Odyssey (1999); Film Directors of the 20th Century (1999); The Television Generation: The Liberal Conscience of American Cinema (2000); The Oscar Actors 1927-2003 (2003); Milos Forman: The Filmmaker of Nonconformism (2006); Joseph L. Mankiewicz: A Renaissance in Hollywood (2009); The World of Science: 50 Essential Films (2017); Barbara Stanwyck: A Grand Dame of Hollywood (2015); Fred Zinnemann (2020); Robert Altman: The Other Side of Hollywood (2020); John Frankenheimer: A Sniper in Hollywood (2021) and Peter Weir: A Hidden World (2021). He co-wrote A History of British Cinema (2013) with other authors. It is worth mentioning that he created a web page called www.cinearchivo.com (later renamed www.cinearchivo.net) in 2001. His first novel is called The Haldane Enigma (2011). He has also authored several volumes on top-notch film scorers (Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, John Williams and John Scott) and rock luminaires (Neil Young). The diptych History of Symphonic Rock and History of Progressive Neo-rock (1982-2016) also has his signature. Jerry Goldsmith: A Musical Chameleon (2022) Is his first book published in english.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
NUMBER OF PAGES: 280.
DATE OF PUBLISHING: July 2024.
LABEL: Kane Ediciones
COLLECTION: Antologías nº 5
ISBN: 978-84-09-62435-5
BOOK SIZE: 6,69 inch (wide) x 9,25 inch (high)
WEIGHT: 0.9 kg.
TRANSLATOR: Anna Lozano.
