Ib Melchior: Man of Imagination (Biography)
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (755 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1887664416 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Robert Skotak is an Academy Award-winning special effects artist whose long admiration for Ib Melchior led him to pen this fascinating book.
About the Author Robert Skotak is an Academy Award-winning special effects artist whose long admiration for Ib Melchior led him to pen this fascinating book.
So perhaps you’ll want to read this book after all.. He speaks six languages; is a novelist and has been a gourmet chef; helped sail a tall ship and and—incidentally—wrote or directed a bunch of science fiction movies that many of us have enjoyed! Several of which have become both cult movies and earned a respectable place among mainstream viewers. If you are only interested in reading about old science fiction movies, then this book is not for you. For this book contains a lot of dull stuff about a man who touched the beating heart of another; stepped into the cold of outer space; witnessed the horrors of Dachau; directed some of the first TV shows; called one of the most famous opera singers of the century “father”; became a war hero; was knighted; had himself arrested for drunk driving; worked with laser beams; jumped out of airplanes; “infiltrated” an American city; broke a 400 year-old cipher; wrestled lions; had the fangs of a leopard at his throat; picked up a prostitute; learned how to kill with a pencil; rode an African elephant; sorted 50,000 beetles; stage-managed ice shows; worked with rockets and the Rockettes. A man who was a
"Man of Imagination" according to A Customer. IF one of your all time favorite SF movies of 196Man of Imagination A Customer IF one of your all time favorite SF movies of 1964 was ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS, or you remember the MAN IN SPACE television show with fond memories then you can thank Mr. Melchior. Robert Skotak's book, IB MELCHIOR MAN OF IMAGINATION, will enlighten you to Mr. Mechior's career from his early work on the Tom Corbett Space Cadet show t. was ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS, or you remember the MAN IN SPACE television show with fond memories then you can thank Mr. Melchior. Robert Skotak's book, IB MELCHIOR MAN OF IMAGINATION, will enlighten you to Mr. Mechior's career from his early work on the Tom Corbett Space Cadet show t. The Man Who Sent Robinson Crusoe to Mars Nick Howes Wonderful biography of a multi-talented master of low-budget moviemaking. Danish native Ib Melchior was a screenwriter and director of The Angry Red Planet, Time Travelers, and Robinson Crusoe on Mars among other works. The behind-the-scenes detail is great from the problems with various special effects on Angry Red Planet to the use