Buster Keaton's The General
1975
First Published
4.07
Average Rating
256
Number of Pages
Presents the most accurate and complete reconstruction of a film in book form. Over 2,100 frame blow-up photos shown sequentially and coupled with all the original dialogue frames from the film.
Avg Rating
4.07
Number of Ratings
15
5 STARS
27%
4 STARS
60%
3 STARS
7%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
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Author
Richard J. Anobile
Author · 7 books
Anobile pioneered the use of the movie frame blow-up technique to recreate entire films in book form. His books were valuable resources especially in a time before VCR's and DVD's and the internet. While they might be viewed as simplistic picture books now, they were an attempt at curating film at a time when it was often still an after-thought. Anobile has spent much of the rest of his life in film production.
