Stunt: The Story Of The Great Movie Stunt Men
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Long before digital effects rewrote the rules of cinema, a breed of fearless men threw themselves from buildings, wrestled wild animals, and rode horses off cliffs — all for the sake of the shot. Stunt: The Story of the Great Movie Stunt Men chronicles the remarkable, danger-soaked lives of Hollywood's unsung heroes, the daredevils who made the impossible look effortless on the silver screen. John Baxter traces the profession from its earliest, anarchic days in silent cinema through to the golden era of action filmmaking, profiling the legends who risked life and limb so that audiences could sit in darkened theatres and gasp in disbelief. Baxter writes with a journalist's precision and a film historian's passion, illuminating the craft, camaraderie, and fierce professional pride that bound these men together in one of the world's most perilous occupations. The book argues that stunt performers were not mere footnotes to Hollywood history but its beating, bruised heart — the physical imagination behind every chase, crash, and fall. Rich in anecdote and insider detail, this is a riveting tribute to lives lived at the absolute edge, leaving the reader to wonder just how many of cinema's most thrilling moments came within a hair's breadth of tragedy.
Author: John Baxter
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Macdonald, London
Genre: Movies & entertainment
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Long before digital effects rewrote the rules of cinema, a breed of fearless men threw themselves from buildings, wrestled wild animals, and rode horses off cliffs — all for the sake of the shot. Stunt: The Story of the Great Movie Stunt Men chronicles the remarkable, danger-soaked lives of Hollywood's unsung heroes, the daredevils who made the impossible look effortless on the silver screen. John Baxter traces the profession from its earliest, anarchic days in silent cinema through to the golden era of action filmmaking, profiling the legends who risked life and limb so that audiences could sit in darkened theatres and gasp in disbelief. Baxter writes with a journalist's precision and a film historian's passion, illuminating the craft, camaraderie, and fierce professional pride that bound these men together in one of the world's most perilous occupations. The book argues that stunt performers were not mere footnotes to Hollywood history but its beating, bruised heart — the physical imagination behind every chase, crash, and fall. Rich in anecdote and insider detail, this is a riveting tribute to lives lived at the absolute edge, leaving the reader to wonder just how many of cinema's most thrilling moments came within a hair's breadth of tragedy.