Showgirls: Portrait of a Film by Paul Verhoeven
A Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook.
The infamous movie picture book made to accompany the release of the bat-shit crazy Show Girls. Now considered to be a cult delight, the film and the book started life a little differently. Much like the hilarious pretensions of the film, the book attempts to frame the work of the its, director Paul Verhoeven, and writer, Joe Eszterhas, as intensional art cinema and a critique of Americas meritocracy, while pushing the boundaries of sex in commercial cinema. This truly is the perfect gift for anyone who is as in love with Show Girls as I am.
“The book comprises of portfolios of four distinguished photographers who were invited to the production of this film to capture the glittery world of Las Vegas sex, glamour and spectacle. The more than seventy powerful images--with over fifty in vibrant full-color, the others in rich, quadratone black-and-white--are introduced by the director's candid essay about the artists, and his own approach to moviemaking. 96 photos: 65 color plates, 35 quadratone.”
Condition:
Good: A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages.
A Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook.
The infamous movie picture book made to accompany the release of the bat-shit crazy Show Girls. Now considered to be a cult delight, the film and the book started life a little differently. Much like the hilarious pretensions of the film, the book attempts to frame the work of the its, director Paul Verhoeven, and writer, Joe Eszterhas, as intensional art cinema and a critique of Americas meritocracy, while pushing the boundaries of sex in commercial cinema. This truly is the perfect gift for anyone who is as in love with Show Girls as I am.
“The book comprises of portfolios of four distinguished photographers who were invited to the production of this film to capture the glittery world of Las Vegas sex, glamour and spectacle. The more than seventy powerful images--with over fifty in vibrant full-color, the others in rich, quadratone black-and-white--are introduced by the director's candid essay about the artists, and his own approach to moviemaking. 96 photos: 65 color plates, 35 quadratone.”
Condition:
Good: A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages.
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