of Robert Hospyan
Publisher : Aardvark Editions
Language : French
Number of pages : 240 pages
Release: end of November 2022
WELCOME TO BAYHEM!
Unloved and often misunderstood director, the tornado Michael Bay, who brings his recognizable aesthetic to action cinema, has been wreaking havoc in Hollywood against all odds for more than 25 years now. Based on biographical elements, the words of the director and numerous thematic and stylistic analyses, the book digs deep into his filmography, bad boys To Ambulance , in an attempt to solve the enigma represented by the Bay paradox, between sincerity and cynicism, fantasy and reality, cinema and advertising.
MICHAEL BAY: THE END OF INNOCENCE by Robert Hospyan (2022)
240 pages. Color.
SUMMARY
I – THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MICHAEL: THE BAY METHOD
– Part 1: Selling the story
– Part 2: Reshaping reality
– Part 3: Feel the action
II – THE CHILD IN THE MACHINE: THE THEMES OF MICHAEL BAY
– Part 1: You will be a man, my son
– Part 2: The Stations of the Cross
– Part 3: The Unknown Soldier
– Part 4: The disembodied body
III – THE TRUTH WILL FREE YOU
– Part 1: The impossibility of an island
– Part 2: Suck my big American dream
– Part 3: Like in the cinema
Each part, illustrated by numerous captures of his films, ends with a particular case study (sequence analysis or thematic focus) to delve into detail in what characterizes the cinema of Michael Bay.