Ridley Scott: A Retrospective

by Ian Nathan

Illustrated with images as iconic as they are stunning and including the author’s first-hand experiences on set and interviewing the great director, this magnificent book charts the extraordinary journey of Britain’s greatest living director. Telling the stories behind Alien and Blade Runner , Gladiator and Black Hawk Down , and many more, it also goes in search of the themes and motifs that unite such different films, and the methods and madness of Scott’s approach to his medium. This is the story of a director who has never been less than stubbornly, brilliantly, unforgettably his own man.

Genres: Film

240 pages, Hardcover

First published November 5, 2020

About the author

Ian Nathan is the popular, London-based author of Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth, The Coen Brothers: The Filmmakers and their Films, Alien Vault, Terminator Vault, and many other books, many of which have really long titles.

He is the former editor of Empire Magazine.

If you live in the UK, you may also know from from the Discovering Film series on Sky Arts television extolling the virtues of classic film stars and directors, and he can also be heard on Talk Radio every Friday afternoon, mostly berating the state of current movies. He is just about younger than this makes him sound.

Reviews

[Max Knight · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are a film buff, this is a very good compilation of all of Ridley Scott’s movies. In addition to his filmography, Ian Nathan gives behind the scenes insights into Scott’s career based on interviews with arguably one of the cinema’s greatest living directors.

[Arsal · Rating 5 out of 5]

from a lover of Ridley Scott's masterful movies - Ian Nathan, and written for ppl who deeply appreciate this dynamite master and creator of worlds. Must Read!

[John Bleasdale · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great stuff.

[♼ · Rating 5 out of 5]

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