{"title":"Books by John Boorman","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780571353804","title":"Conclusions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChosen as one of \u003ci\u003eSight \u0026amp; Sound\u003c\/i\u003e's 'Best Film Books of the Year'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Boorman is one of the cinema’s authentic visionaries, drawn to myths and dreams. The undisputed heir to David Lean, his films, such as \u003ci\u003ePoint Blank\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeliverance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eExcalibur, \u003c\/i\u003eexhibit a continual search for the truth that only art can convey. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eConclusions\u003c\/i\u003e Boorman summarises what he has learned about the craft of film-making, and wishes to pass on to the next generation of film-makers. Into this tapestry of cinematic memories, he also weaves the story of his kith and kin, including the death of his cherished elder daughter, and an evocation of the forest of trees that he has planted as his final legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56292781228405,"sku":"9780571353804","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571353804_46298154-6598-4bd9-8a56-ef5636b2bdf3.jpg?v=1786014668"},{"product_id":"9781915998521","title":"Zardoz","description":"In a post-apocalyptic 2393, society is split between an elite group of immortal Eternals and a brutal underclass that live in the outlands and are controlled by the Exterminators. Zed, an Exterminator who has come to question his role and the exact nature of the world he inhabits, stows away in the flying head that descends to issue guns and sermons to the Exterminators and enters the world of the Eternals: the Vortex. An ostensible paradise of rationality and order, the Vortex is revealed as a place which is itself full of division and intrigue. Has he come here of his own free will? Or is he part of some larger competition among the Eternals? How has the Vortex come about and what might come after? What is it in Zed that the Eternals lack and is he there to bring them “the gift of death\"?Expanding on and fleshing out the characters' history and the themes of his riotous, psychedelic cult classic film Zardoz, Boorman’s novelization has become something of a cult itself, a fully realised visionary sci-fi novel by one of the most important directors of the twentieth century.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309665497461,"sku":"9781915998521","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781915998521_8f806213-6136-46b4-b745-d05276d94f7a.jpg?v=1786030811"},{"product_id":"9781843518068","title":"John Boorman's Nature Diary","description":"‘As I step out of the conservatory facing North, supported by my pusher, the first that catches my eye is the dying Sycamore which escapes death every year by producing a healthy crop of leaves, but it looks so decrepit that surely it can’t pull that trick yet again.’— John Boorman, 1 April, 2020In his eighty-eighth year, John Boorman uses his time in lockdown to reflect on the splendour of the surrounding nature of County Wicklow. Coccooning with his daughter and son among the hills of Annamoe, Boorman chronicles his daily walks and observations of the trees on his estate, writing with heightened appreciation of the beauties of his eyrie using only one eye and one finger.   Poetry flows from his pen as he sits chairbound among his trees and flora. Sycamores, limes, beech, oak, redwood, shrubs and flowers, birdsong and shifting skies are luminously recorded as the world falls silent. With illustrations by Susan Morley, this slim but meditative volume is a remarkable narrative by the creator of The Emerald Forest, Excalibur and Deliverance – a swansong like no other.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56313042305397,"sku":"9781843518068","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781843518068_74c7ec53-6a4a-4fdd-a356-824849a2cfe2.jpg?v=1786028067"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-john-boorman.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}