PETER WEIR: A World Apart

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), Peter Weir: A World Apart (2021), Sidney Lumet: A Progressive Conscience (2023) and Robert Mulligan: Farewell to the Innocence (2023). 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). Beside John Williams: Symphonies in a New World, he has also authored several volumes on top-notch film scorers (Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann 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. John Williams: Symphonies in a New World is his third book published in english. Currently, he works in his second novel, The Doctor and the Monster.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

NUMBER OF PAGES: 270.

DATE OF PUBLISHING (First Edition): july 2024.

ISBN: 978-84-09-65911-1

BOOK SIZE: 6,69 inch (wide) x 9,25 inch (high)

TRANSLATOR: Anna Lozano

Paperbook with front flap and back flap.

Included 115 photos in color and 18 photos in black and white.

Included onomastic and films index.

PRICE: 26 €

AVAILABLE (for send): 15 july 2024.