THE FUTURIST: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF JAMES CAMERON

Book ID/图书代码： 04300009B32965

English Summary/英文概要： With the release of Avatar, James Cameron cements his reputation as 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 the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic.
The Futurist is the first in-depth look at every aspect of this audacious creative genius—culminating in an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse of the making of Avatar, the movie that promises to utterly transform the way motion pictures are created and perceived. As decisive a break with the past as the transition from silents to talkies, Avatar pushes 3-D, live action, and photo-realistic CGI to a new level. It rips through the emotional barrier of the screen to transport the audience to a fabulous new virtual world.
With cooperation from the often reclusive Cameron, author Rebecca Keegan has crafted a singularly revealing portrait of the director’s life and work. We meet the young truck driver who sees Star Wars and resolves to make his own space blockbuster—starting by building a futuristic cityscape with cardboard and X-Acto knives. We observe the neophyte director deciding over lunch with Arnold Schwarzenegger that the ex–body builder turned actor is wrong in every way for the Terminator role as written, but perfect regardless. After the success of The Terminator, Cameron refines his special-effects wizardry with a big-time Hollywood budget in the creation of the relentlessly exciting Aliens. He builds an immense underwater set for The Abyss in the massive containment vessel of an abandoned nuclear power plant—where he pushes his scuba-equipped cast to and sometimes past their physical and emotional breaking points (including a white rat that Cameron saved from drowning by performing CPR). And on the set of Titanic, the director struggles to stay in charge when someone maliciously spikes craft services’ mussel chowder with a massive dose of PCP, rendering most of the cast and crew temporarily psychotic.
Now, after his movies have earned over $3 billion at the box office, James Cameron is astounding the world with the most expensive, innovative, and ambitious movie of his career. For decades the moviemaker has been ready to tell the Avatar story but was forced to hold off his ambitions until technology caught up with his vision. Going beyond the technical ingenuity and narrative power that Cameron has long demonstrated, Avatar shatters old cinematic paradigms and ushers in a new era of storytelling.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一位來自未來的電影夢想家 - 詹姆斯‧卡麥隆James Cameron

「鐵達尼號」導演James Cameron的最新作品《阿凡達》（AVATAR）日前預告片曝光，締造單日瀏覽人次突破400萬紀錄！
隨著《阿凡達》即將上映，鬼才導演詹姆斯‧卡麥隆除了賣座名導頭銜外，最近媒體又將其冠上科幻特效電影之王。加拿大籍James Cameron 首先以編劇開始他的電影生涯，隨來又轉向電影藝術指導以及特效處理工作，1984年首部自編自導的電影《魔鬼終結者》推出後廣獲影迷和評論界的一致好評，從此開始世人對他拍攝動作片的印象。1997年的《鐵達尼號》更是他從影生涯的高峰，該片共拿下該屆奧斯卡金像獎１１座獎項，包括最佳影片以及生涯首座最佳導演奬。不管是拍攝經費還是特效技術James Cameron總是領先全球，此次最新電影《阿凡達》更將結合電玩遊戲同步推出，歷經14年的研發，耗資三億美元的製作，以最先進的科技，誓言讓觀眾及玩家同時享有最身歷其境的視覺震撼。
我們或許無法確定，這位來自未來的科技影人James Cameron是否即將顛覆《鐵達尼號》「史上全球賣座最高票房」的紀錄，但我們可以確定因為他電影不僅已經進入數位3D的趨勢，電玩也必將邁向數位3D的時代。
透過作者的電影紀錄及詳盡的生平介紹，讀者不僅能一覽電影工業的發展歷程，更能藉此瞭解這位渾身充滿想法的電影人，如何讓未來變的更貼近現實。(VL)

Awards/获奖情况："A fascinating journey into the mind of the master, as meticulously detailed and entertaining as Cameron’s greatest works. A humanizing and warm look into the man behind the machinery. Rebecca Keegan reveals sides of Cameron never before seen by his public and gives us an intimate, warm portrait of a mysterious genius. A must read for fans and filmmakers alike. This biography will become one of the bibles for all aspiring filmmakers."---ELI ROTH, director and actor

"An empathetic and incisive portrait of the most authentic visionary - and genuine renaissance man - in the movie business."---MARK FROST, co-creator of Twin Peaks

"What a pleasure -- a writer who can really write and a subject we really need, as well as want, to know more about."---JOE MORGENSTERN, film critic, Wall Street Journal

相關連結：
最新執導電影《阿凡達》：http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqQXneoagZM

About the Author/作者介绍： Rebecca Keegan，為美國時代雜誌好萊塢特派員，曾深度側寫過著名演員及導演如：Robert Downey Jr., Will Smith及Francis Ford Coppola。並多次實況報導國際奧斯卡及日舞影展。目前與丈夫居住在美國洛杉磯.
Rebecca Keegan is the Hollywood correspondent for Time magazine, where she has profiled actors and directors, including Robert Downey Jr., Will Smith, and Francis Ford Coppola, written trend stories about horror auteurs and fanboy culture, and penned play-by-plays of the Oscars, the Sundance Film Festival, and Comic-Con. She has also probed the psyches and handbags of starlets for the covers of Cosmopolitan and Redbook.

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