内容简介
Oneofthemostcriticallyacclaimedserieseverproduced,BreakingBadwonlegionsofavidviewerswhodebateditseverynuanceastheyfollowedthestoryofhowterminallyillhigh-schoolteacherWalterWhitebecomesacriminal-masterminddrugkingpin.Thisone-of-a-kindvolume-adaptedandexpandedfromtheinteractivee-bookBreakingBad:Alchemy-istheonlyofficialguidetotheshow.ItcoverstheevolutionofBreakingBadfromthepilottothefinalepisodeandbeyond,andhighlightstheuniqueelementsthatmadetheseriessomagnetic.It'sfilledwithinsidersecretsaboutthemakingoftheshowandthemeaningsbehinditsiconography,aswellacompleteseriestimeline,exclusiveinterviewswithcreatorVinceGilligan,andanewintroductionfromnotedfilmcriticDavidThomson.Inadditiontoexploringhowthisepiccametobe,ThomsonsetsBreakingBadinthecontextofbothcrimeliteratureandlong-formtelevision.Illustratedwithmorethan300imagesandinsightfulcaptionsbyThomson,thismust-havevolumeoffersthemostthoroughlookatBreakingBad,whichThompsonbelievesisnotonlyagreatTVshow(winning108industryawardsandnominatedfor260)butoneofthemostsignificantworksoffictioninthenewcentury.
作者简介
Consideredoneoftheforemostfilmwritersofourtime,DavidThomsonisahighlysought-afterspeakeronfilmcriticismandthehistoryofHollywood.HeistheauthorofTheNewBiographicalDictionaryofFilm(Knopf,nowinitssixthedition)andHollywood:ACelebration,amongotherworks.Inearly2011,theNewRepublicnamedtheLondon-bornThomsonasacolumnistforitsnewonlinesection,"AttheMovies."HeisalsoacontributortotheNewYorkTimes,FilmComment,Movieline,andSaloncom.