Rosebud Sleds and Horses' Heads
50 of Film's Most Evocative Objects - An Illustrated Journey
Distributed for Intellect Ltd
Illustrated by Charlie Marshall, David McMillan, and Jayde Perkin
128 pages
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50 color plates
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8 1/2 x 8 1/2
Dorothy’s ruby slippers. Michael Myers’s hockey mask. Marilyn Monroe’s billowy white dress. Indiana Jones’s trusty fedora. These objects are synonymous with the films they appear in. These so-called “screengems” have become icons of popular culture, and, at long last, a book has come along that sorts and chronicles fifty of them.
Rosebud Sleds and Horses' Heads presents incisive discussion of fifty of the most significant objects in cinema history and explores their importance within their films and within the popular imagination. Composed of selections from the popular “Screengem” feature in The Big Picture film magazine, this book surveys objects from a range of genres, from the birth of cinema to the present day.
Curated and written by a prominent film critic who routinely writes for some of the leading publications in the English language, as well as broadcasts for the BBC, Rosebud Sleds and Horses' Heads is the only book of its kind. With a fascinating, original, and instantly understandable concept, it will find grateful audiences in film buffs around the world.
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