You've probably already seen the cover of this book flashed online in photos of action stars holding it in their hands. In particular, he was one of the first to pick it up Scott Adkins, which makes sense given that the image of his most famous character, Yuri Boyk, is featured on the title page. It's about the book"Life of action"(Life of Action), which was written by Mike Fury.
Mike Fury is a film journalist who has been engaged in his professional activities for several years now, mainly aimed at the action genre. His track record also includes acting works, including "Hooligans 3", and even directing a short film "No Turning Back"But the basic practice Fury consists of interviews with action stars, mainly from whom, in fact, the book consists "Life of Action".
The book was a success not only because of its content, but also because of the strong support of action movie stars who brought it to the attention of their fans:
Eoin Friel I did a short review of this book. By and large, there is very little useful information in the review, but others could not be found. Below is his text.
About the book
Fans of martial arts and action films can now easily access information about their favorite stars and films through this collection of interviews with top talents such as Scott Adkins (Undisputed II and III, The Expendables 2), Donnie Yen (Ip Man, Special Person) Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV, The Expendables), Tsui Hark (Once Upon a Time in China, Detective Dee), and Andy Lau (Double Castling, House of Flying Daggers).
Book Review
If you are interested in action films, you must have heard the name Mike Fury; fight choreographer, actor and film journalist, passions Singlet to action matches his knowledge of the genre, covering this entire area. He wrote for magazines such as Martial Arts Illustrated, Fighting and contributed to the development of the resource theactionelite.com.
His new bookLife of Action" provides a great opportunity to get up close and personal with our favorite action stars through informative and entertaining interviews with Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren, Donnie Yen, JJ Perry, David Leitch, Chad Stahelski, и by Cynthia Rothrock, and these are not all names.
It took 3 years for each page to be incredibly in-depth with content, including information and photographs that also show the filmmaking process.
The author's admiration for the action genre and respect for the stars who appear in this book are evident on every page in the discussions about the nuances of the technical process of filmmaking.
The book begins with a fantastic interview with Scott Adkins is a man who deserves to be on the A-list of action stars, and this is one of the best interviews I've ever seen of him. In it he discusses the currently iconic character, Yuri Boyk, and more.
The writing style is easy to understand, and the only difficulty is to stop reading the book.
Overall, there really isn't much more to say other than the advice to get this book ASAP. If you have even a passing interest in the action genre, this book should 100% be in your collection.
Author: Eoin Friel
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Tags: Life of Action, No Turning Back, Dolph Lundgren, Donnie Yen, Cynthia Rothrock, Scott Adkins, Tsui Hark, Andy Lau
Tags: Life of Action, No Turning Back, Dolph Lundgren, Donnie Yen, Cynthia Rothrock, Scott Adkins, Tsui Hark, Andy Lau
I thought about buying the book and perhaps publishing something interesting from it. But 30 euros... it's a pity.)
barsug,
30 with delivery or just a book?
I don't think shipping is included in the price.