MUSHROOM
CLOUDS AND MUSHROOM MEN
The Fantastic
Cinema of Ishiro Honda by Peter H. Brothers
For
the first time in America, a book has been published on Japan's
foremost director of Fantasy Films: MUSHROOM CLOUDS AND
MUSHROOM MEN The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda
(AuthorHouse, ISBN: 978-1-4490-2771-1).
Known primarily for directing
such classic Japanese monster movies as Rodan, Mothra, Attack of the
Mushroom People and the original Godzilla, Ishiro Honda (1911 - 2011)
has been an undeservedly overlooked figure in mainstream
international cinema.
MUSHROOM CLOUDS AND MUSHROOM
MEN is the first book to cover in English print Hondas life as
well comprehensively evaluates all 25 of his fantasy films. It
is also gives objective and critical analysis of Honda's filmmaking
methods, themes and relationships with actors and technicians.
Making use of extensive
interviews from Hondas colleagues, as well as a wealth of
original source material never before gathered into one volume
(including previously-unpublished essays), MUSHROOM CLOUDS AND
MUSHROOM MEN is an affectionate tribute to the most-prolific and
influential director in the history of fantasy films. |