Cinema alchemist : how I built the lightsaber and won an Oscar : designing Star Wars & Alien : a memoir /
Roger Christian.
- First edition.
Formerly CIP.
Foreword / by J.W. Rinzler -- Cinema alchemy -- Star wars -- Monty Python -- Alien -- Back to Life of Brian -- Black Angel -- Star wars: Return of the Jedi -- Final words.
Christian, an Oscar-winning set decorator and director, tells the story of his breakthrough work on some iconic science fiction masterpieces of the 1970s. In doing so he delves into his relationships with legendary cinematic figures, and reveals many of the secrets of his work--