laquo;Bajo una experiencia luacute;dica; el autor nos sumerge en un recorrido atemporal por los icoacute;nicos escenarios; personajes; directores; actores y escenas que han marcado a cientos de generaciones de mitoacute;manos.raquo;CinevisionesMiguel Cane; exceacute;ntrico a tiempo completo; practicante del dandismo y la mitomaniacute;a amateur; en tiempos reputado lsquo;party boyrsquo;; ofrece una lectura imprescindible para aquellos que son devotos del seacute;ptimo arte y saben que todos estamos hechos de estrellas.Sic transit Gloria Swanson. El libro manual que tiene en sus manos no es otro aburrido diccionario enciclopeacute;dico; onomaacute;stico o biograacute;fico maacute;s. En realidad se trata de un altar en que brilla el reflector sobre figuras miacute;ticas que iluminaron la pantalla y han sido eclipsadas por el paso del tiempo y por otros iacute;dolos. En estas paacute;ginas encontraraacute;; ilustrado por el laacute;piz magistral de Ana Bustelo; un ejercicio formidable de memoria irredenta; un monumento al anecdotario y la trivia como ejercicio de fervor idoacute;latra. iquest;Queacute; dijo Tony Richardson al oiacute;do de Vanessa Redgrave mientras pariacute;a a su malograda primogeacute;nita; Natasha? iquest;Coacute;mo se las gastaba Bette Davis para hacer rabiar a sus muacute;ltiples enemigas? iquest;Por queacute; era tan absolutamente detestable el padre del tierno ciervo Bambi? iquest;Sabiacute;a usted que el primer nombre de pila de John Wayne era Marion? iquest;Fue Joan Crawford tan mala madre como se afirma? iquest;Por queacute; se aborrecen Olivia de Havilland y Joan Fontaine; siendo hermanas? iquest;Sabiacute;a que Sharon Tate disfrazada de jovial surfista californiana sirvioacute; de modelo para Barbie Malibuacute;?
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great memories and excellent background infoBy D. JefferysIf you are familiar with the recording industry; especially in New York at that time; you will really appreciate the information and stories about the artists; their songs; and the business in general. Lots of technical background for those who want the details; as well as personal stories and anecdotes. The only issue with the Kindle edition; which is common; is that it was obviously scanned; but not proofread. There are multiple errors in the text; and you sometimes have to guess what the gibberish means. Other than that; it brought back a lot of memories for me.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Good; but glitzyBy Old AudioBeing that my background was the recording business for some years; I read this with especial interest. The book is written in the glitzy Hollywood style; where everything is just a little bit brighter; just a little bit better. In terms of history; its very good; but giving the impression that everything happened in New York.Los Angeles; Memphis; Muscle Shoals; Nashville; Chicago were also centers of recording for many years. "From Downbeat to Vinyl" is another look at a giant of the recording business.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Stories about music historyBy Paulo Roberto AredesI just love this book because I discovered important details concerning NY recording enviroment mainly when the songs were recorded at large rooms in one shot using the finest orchestras and musicians.Of course if you are a music producer; a musician or music recording technician; you will understand better the stories and tech details.Anyway; I think its a great book even for non musicians; but you might love music to appreciate it.