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War Movie Posters: Illustrated History of Movies Through Posters
by Bruce Hershenson
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Bruce Hershenson (2001-01)
ISBN: 1887893407
EAN: 9781887893404
Dewy Decimal #: 791
Paperback: 80 pages
Edition: Pstr
Condition: Very Good
Comments: Paperback, Book is in Very Good Condition. Book is completely intact with inside pages in Very Good condition with no tears and with no notations (no pencil marks, no underlining, no highlighting, etc.) Fast Service. Books well packed.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A series of pictorial movie encyclopedias spanning the early days of the movie industry to the present. This work presents movie posters as an art form as well as a slice of America's history.
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Customer Reviews
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THE ART OF WAR
Rating  (5)
Date: 2001-02-13
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is arguably the finest entry in the Bruce Hershenson published series of film genre graphics books. Though all of his volumes are impeccable in style and presentation, this book approaches film advertising illustration not only as art, but as world history. Instead of compiling war film posters in order of their release year, they are here presented chronologically by the time of the actual war itself, adding profound depths of sociological and psychological perspective to the long sad history of hell on Earth. I write this review not for all the film buffs out there or poster collectors or illustrators, but to historians, to all teachers and students of the human journey. Here, from flag waving to burning, are the images of war as hope, promise, necessity, waste and despair. More than the films themselves with all their shooting and shouting, these posters silently command and provoke our senses all the way to the last shreds of wonder.
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Par Excellance
Rating (5)
Date: 2000-12-17
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is the eighth book of Movie Posters that I have purchased from Bruce Hershenson and each time I remark on the extremely high quality of the reproductions. This is obviously a job done from the heart but the visual aspects of the book strikes something in the sub-conscious and suddenly you are back in some cinema watching that movie again. More than just a coffee-table book but a reference source and one to take to work and get a discussion going as an alternative to football. A great read and highly recommended.
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Bang!! Boom!! Another Winner
Rating (5)
Date: 2000-12-12
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Bruce has done it again. In one book he has included the best and most graphically appealing posters from the greatest WAR movies of all times. Not only does he have the U.S. posters but many times he has selected the foreign poster that has better graphics. When you view this book you will be "transported" back to the films that you loved. I had forgotten about many of the great WWII films that I saw as a kid until seeing Bruce's book. How will he top this??
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