Though innumerable biographies have been written about novelists, playwrights, and poets, screenwriters are rarely granted this distinction, even ones as prolific and successful as Richard Matheson. He has occupied a unique position in cinema as the writer or original author of films from The Incredible Shrinking Man in 1957 through I Am Legend in 2007. This book documents his rise to prominence, parallel literary career, and role in the horror and science fiction renaissance. In chronological order, the exhaustively indexed narrative examines each film written by Matheson or based on his work, with sections devoted to episodic television (including The Twilight Zone) and unproduced projects.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"remarkable"-Mystery Scene; "definitive"-VideoScope; "Bradley is clearly an authority on his subject and an excellent writer. This is a welcome addition to scholarship on an important American writer"-Reference Reviews; "in-depth...comprehensive...essential"-Cinema Retro.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
64 photos, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 17 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-4216-4 (9780786442164)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Matthew R. Bradley is a widely published authority on the work of Richard Matheson. He has written articles, interviews, and reviews for Filmfax, Fangoria, Mystery Scene, VideoScope, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Cinema Retro. The creator of the Internet film-related blog Bradley On Film, he lives in Bethel, Connecticut.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Richard Matheson
Introduction
THE FILMS
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
The Beat Generation (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959-1964)
Other Episodic Television
House of Usher (1960)
Master of the World (1961)
Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Night of the Eagle (1962)
Tales of Terror (1962)
The Raven (1963)
The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Fanatic (1965)
The Young Warriors (1968)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
"It's Alive!" (1969)
De Sade (1969)
Cold Sweat (1970)
The Omega Man (1971)
Duel (1971)
The Night Stalker (1972)
The Night Strangler (1973)
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
Dying Room Only (1973)
Dracula (1974)
Scream of the Wolf (1974)
The Morning After (1974)
Icy Breasts (1974)
The Stranger Within (1974)
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977)
Dead of Night (1977)
The Martian Chronicles (1980)
Somewhere in Time (1980)
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
Twilight Zone-The Movie (1983)
Jaws 3-D (1983)
Loose Cannons (1990)
The Dreamer of Oz (1990)
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
Trilogy of Terror II (1996)
What Dreams May Come (1998)
Stir of Echoes (1999)
Blood Son (2006)
My Ambition (2006)
I Am Legend (2007)
Other Unproduced Projects
Bibliography
Index
