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PALOWSKI, FRANCISZEK: : WITNESS: The Making of Schindler's List

LONDON.ORION MEDIA,1998.

ISBN 0752817906.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Translated from the Polish by Anna and Robert G. Ware.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£16.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges very lightly dust-soiled with very minimal spotting,fore-edges brighter and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xixpp+3-198pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,foreword by Thomas Keneally,author's preface, Spielberg interview extract on making the film,13 chapters - the last being an exclusive Spielberg interview,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block, between pp76/7 and 8pp contemporary colour photographs,between pp140/41,an epilogue,a final note,Major Awards for Schindler's List,about the author and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,Talmud extract,dedication and 6pp blanks at rear. When the film 'Schindler's List' was released in 1993 it was acclaimed as both a motion picture masterpiece and a reaffirmation of the human spirit.In 1994 it garnered twelve Academy Award Nominations and won in seven categories including Best Picture and Best Director. This book is the story of how Steven Spielberg brought Thomas Keneally's prize-winning novel 'Schindler's Ark' to the screen.It is at time a chronicle,a diary, and an appreciation of the massive undertaking of the film's creation. It is one of the most moving accounts of the making of any movie as the real life characters portrayed visit the set and tell their stories which were often integrated into the shooting script there and then, recreated and filmed in front of their eyes. The author,Franciszek Palowski,was slected personally by Steven Spielberg as a technical consultant to the production.He served as an advisor in re-creating the city of Krakow,the camps,and the relationship between Oskar Schindler and Amon Goeth and the Nazi victims whom Schindler saved from death.So successful were the filmmakers that one of the women abused by Amon Goeth nearly fainted when she met the actor Ralph Fiennes in his Nazi uniform.Most importantly Palowski acted as guide and friend to survivors of the 1,300 men and women,known as Schindler's Jews,who travelled from all over the world to participate in recreating events of 1942. In this book Dr. Palowski describes the gruelling physical and emotional resources required of the cast,crew and survivors.At the end,Spielberg and the people around him realized that they had participated in a profound experience - a tribute to Schindler and a memorial to the 'Schindler people' who endured. Leopold Pfefferberg (now Leopold Page),who first inspired Thomas Keneally to write Schindler's story,supplied most of the chilling photographs that served as a model for re-creating the past,many of which are reproduced here for the first time. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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