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"Lugosi, the tragic life story of one of horror's most iconic film stars, tells of a young Hungarian activist forced to flee his homeland after the failed Communist revolution in 1919. Reinventing himself in the U.S., first on stage and then in movies, he landed the unforgettable role of Count Dracula in what would become a series of classic feature films. From that point forward, Lugosi's stardom would be assured...but with international fame came...
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A défaut de connaître son nom, vous connaissez ses créations : "Patterns" et surtout la série "The Twilight Zone" ("La quatrième dimension" en France), des œuvres de Rod Serling qui ont bouleversé les téléspectateurs du monde entier.
Rentré traumatisé de la guerre contre les Japonais – pour laquelle il s'était pourtant porté volontaire comme parachutiste – Rod Serling renoue rapidement avec son amour de jeunesse : l'écriture.
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Acteur emblématique du cinéma d'horreur américain des années 1930, mondialement connu pour avoir donné vie au comte Dracula, Béla Lugosi fait aujourd'hui encore frémir les cinéphiles.
Couvert d'éloges dès ses premières apparitions sur scène et au cinéma, il a aussi connu des heures plus sombres. Hongrois d'origine, sa carrière d'acteur à peine entamée, il se retrouva forcé de fuir son pays, pour avoir soutenu la révolution communiste....
4) Highwayman
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Forever on the move, Highwayman travels through the vastness of North America searching for the source of his condition. He suffers from a strange, seemingly incurable disease: immortality. Bound to the road and at the mercy of whomever will give him a ride, he encounters people who reflect the rapidly changing world around him. Moving through centuries of change, he watches humanity's precarious trajectory towards an unknown future.
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Born from the iconic NY art and music scene of the late '60s and the brilliant, untamed minds of its founding members Lou Reed and John Cale, The Velvet Underground are now considered rock 'n' roll royalty...but that wasn't always so.
From surviving off oatmeal and donating blood for rent money, to the fame of being the de facto house band of Andy Warhol's Factory and the objects of the socialite's fleeting affection, to the unraveling of Cale and...
6) Bionic
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Bionic is a coming-of-age tale for the digital generation, taking place in the near future. Its the story of Victor, a geeky teenager on a hopeless quest to win the love of the gorgeous Patriciabut when she returns from a horrible accident with astonishing robotic parts, both their lives will be changed forever. Koren Shadmi (Highwayman, The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television) presents a hypnotically illustrated story of warm flesh...
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A biographical tale that follows Hollywood revolutionary Rod Serling's rise to fame in the Golden Age of Television, and his descent into his own personal Twilight Zone. PUBLICATION IN 1 VOLUME - COMPLETED WORK. We recognize him as our sharply dressed, cigarette-smoking tour guide of The Twilight Zone, but the entertainment business once regarded him as the "Angry Young Man" of Television. Before he became the revered master of science fiction, Rod...
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An examination of some of New York rock 'n' roll's most iconic figuresThe Velvet Underground & Andy Warholand the relationship that distorted their lives and changed pop culture. 1 VOLUME RELEASED - INDEPENDENT STORIES. Born from the iconic NY art and music scene of the late 60s and the brilliant, untamed minds of its founding members Lou Reed and John Cale, The Velvet Underground are now considered rock n roll royalty...but that wasnt always...
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A biography chronicling the tumultuous personal and professional life of horror icon Bela Lugosi. 1 VOLUME RELEASED - INDEPENDENT STORIES. LUGOSI, the tragic life story of one of horrors most iconic film stars, tells of a young Hungarian activist forced to flee his homeland after the failed Communist revolution in 1919. Reinventing himself in the U.S., first on stage and then in movies, he landed the unforgettable role of Count Dracula in what would...
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"Rise of the Dungeon Master tells, in graphic form, the story of Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, one of the most influential games ever made. Like the game itself, the narrative casts the reader into the adventure from a first person point of view, taking on the roles of the different characters in the story. Gygax was the son of immigrants who grew up in Lake Geneva, WI, in the 1950s. An imaginative misfit, he escaped into a virtual...
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"A deep, nostalgic dive into the advent of gaming, Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master returns us to the emerging culture of Silicon Valley. At the center of this graphic history, dynamically drawn in colors inspired by old computer screens, is the epic feud that rages between Atari founder Nolan Bushnell and inventor Ralph Baer for the title of "father of the video game." While Baer, a Jewish immigrant whose family fled Germany for America, developed...
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"A for Anonymous shows how a leaderless band of volunteers successfully used hacktivism to fight for the underdog, embarrass their rich and powerful targets--from Sony and Paypal to the Church of Scientology and Ferguson Police Department--all in the name of freedom of speech and information. Their exploits blurred the distinction between "online" and "reality," and help shape our contemporary world" --