A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Imagine, for a moment, living in a world where, among other things, 27,000 human beings die violently every 24 hours, most of the Eurasian landmass is either a battlefield or under brutal occupation, the seas – particularly the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans – are viciously fought over by the navies of several world powers and death rains down from the skies in an almost indiscriminate manner, killing or maiming thousands of persons – most of whom have never worn a uniform or carried so much as a handgun to protect themselves.  Dystopian science fiction? The plot of the latest Tom Clancy novel?  Hardly; this is a thumbnail portrait of planet Earth as depicted in Sir Max Hastings’  Inferno: The World at War 1939-1945,  a one-volume history of the Second World War written by the author of  Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy  and (among many other history books)  The Battle for the Falklands,  which he co-wrote with Simon Jenkins.  Published late in 2011 in Great Britain as  All H

(C) 1997 Columbia Pictures Air Force One (1997) Directed by Wolfgang Petersen Written by Andrew W. Marlowe Starring: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Wendy Crewson, Paul Guilfoyle, Glenn Close, William H. Macy, Liesel Matthews, Dean Stockwell President James Marshall: Never again will I allow our political self-interest to deter us from doing what we know to be morally right. Atrocity and terror are not political weapons. And to those who would use them, your day is over. We will never negotiate. We will no longer tolerate and we will no longer be afraid. It's your turn to be afraid. In the summer of 1997, Harrison Ford starred in Air Force One, a fast-paced and riveting mash-up of action/adventure and a political-thriller plot reminiscent of Tom Clancy’s novels. In this high-flying film directed by Wolfgang Petersen ( Das Boot, In the Line of Fire ), Ford takes on the role of a U.S. President who must outwit, outlast, and outfight a band of Russian ultranation

Few pieces of artwork distill the passion for Star Wars as do posters. From Tom Jung's iconic one-sheet for Episode IV to Roger Kastel’s Gone with the Wind–inspired painting for Episode V and beyond, Star Wars has enjoyed nearly four decades of poster art from some of the most renowned artists working in movies. The fifth book in the George Lucas–curated Star Wars Art series, Posters collects the best artwork from all six Star Wars films, the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated television series, and limited-edition prints. This collection unites all of the action, artistry, and drama of a galaxy far, far away into one lavishly produced tome. - from the publisher’s promotional material On October 14, 2014, Abrams Books, in conjunction with Lucasfilm Limited, published Star Wars Art: Posters , the fifth and final volume in a series personally curated by George Lucas. Featuring Drew Struzan’s artwork for Lucasfilm’s 1982 “Revenge of the Jedi theatrical advance one-sheet on the d