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Turning Point: 1997–2008 (折り返し点, Orikaeshi Ten) is a compilation of essays, talks, and illustrations by—and interviews with—Miyazaki between 1997 and 2008. [9] [15] First published by Iwanami Shoten in hardcover in Japan in 2008, [16] the book is largely focused on two of Miyazaki's films from this period: Princess Mononoke (1997) and Spirited Away (2001); his other two, Howl's ...
Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 animated film “Spirited Away” won everything from the Oscar for Best Animated Feature to Berlin’s Golden Bear. That there’s an audience for a stage version was ...
The Beatles Forever continues to be held in high regard by writers and commentators. In their 2007 overview of Beatles literature, authors Stuart Shea and Robert Rodriguez said that the book succeeds through the narrative's combination of first-hand experience and the writer's ability to relate this to a wider cultural context.
The former Beatles publicist Derek Taylor helped Harrison write the book, which said little about the Beatles, focusing instead on Harrison's hobbies, music and lyrics. [393] Taylor commented: "George is not disowning the Beatles ... but it was a long time ago and actually a short part of his life." [394]
Spirited Away was a co-recipient of the Golden Bear with Bloody Sunday at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival and became the first hand-drawn, Japanese anime and non-English-language animated film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards. [16]
The Beatles: The Biography was among the first major Beatles biographies published after the band's Anthology multimedia project, which culminated in the publication of an authorized book in 2000. [4] With his biography, Spitz sought to present a fresh interpretation of the Beatles' story and re-evaluate aspects of the band's career. [4]
Shout! was a bestselling book upon release in 1981, [4] and has since sold over a million copies. [5] Randolph Hogan of The New York Times described Shout! as "the definitive biography [of the Beatles] – comprehensive, intelligent, sensitively written and exhaustively researched", [6] while the Chicago Sun-Times lauded it as "the best, most detailed, and most serious biography of the Beatles ...
Norman began working as a staff writer for The Sunday Times in 1965. [2] In addition to writing the newspaper's Atticus column, he gained notice during the late 1960s and over the following decade for his profiles of public figures such as Elizabeth Taylor, P.G. Wodehouse and Muammar Gaddafi, [2] and of musical artists, including James Brown, Little Richard, the Beach Boys, Fleetwood Mac, Rod ...