"Captain Corelli's Mandolin" Companion by Steve Clark

"Captain Corelli's Mandolin" Companion by Steve Clark

The island of Cephallonia is now familiar as the setting of the novel, "Captain Corelli's Mandolin". This book explores the turbulent history of the island, focusing on the World War II years of Italian occupation, as well as telling the behind-the-scenes story of how the film version was made. As most buildings on Cephallonia fell to rubble in a 1953 earthquake, the way it would have looked in World War II had to be recreated by sets built for the filming of Louis de Bernieres' now legendary "Captain Corelli's Mandolin". But do not expect the novel to be reproduced so faithfully because that is not the film-makers' style. They add their own visions, carefully explained here in an official companion to the movie, and de Bernieres' introduction shows how he anticipated that. All he could do to ensure respectful treatment of his novel was insist it should not be sold to Hollywood. The history of the filming is itself fascinating - the search for the cast, the locations, even the guns for the massacre of the Italians by the Germans and the other battle sequences. Film journalist Clark has done a good job here, aided and abetted by the stunning Greek island setting and ample action and character stills from the film.

Steve Clark is an author and freelance journalist who has been specialising in behind-the-scenes reports on film and television for more than ten years. He lives in Southsea in Hampshire.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780747237709
ISBN 10	0747237700
Title	"Captain Corelli's Mandolin" Companion
Author	Steve Clark
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Headline Publishing Group
Year published	2001-05-03
Number of pages	192
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.