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[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]New Deluxe edition for the only book in Italy chronicling the Phantasm<\/em> saga. A lucid analysis of Don Coscarelli’s nightmares in the society in turmoil of the 1970s: the birth of the Tall Man and his private hell, the influence of the New Hollywood and zombie cinema, the dystopian universe and the first supervillain of the silver screen. <\/p>\n

Between death and sorcery, desecration of symbols and terror of alien invasion, Coscarelli’s directorial experiment reinvents the concept of “genre,” bringing the germ of a new science that will precede the cinematic efforts of the futuristic Interstellar<\/em> by thirty-five years.<\/p>\n

The book is written by Luigi Boccia, Lorenzo Ricciardi, Nicola Lombardi and Giada Cecchinelli. Cover by Giorgio Finamore. <\/p>\n

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Exclusive interviews by Lorenzo Ricciardi:<\/em><\/p>\n

DON COSCARELLI
\nREGGIE BANNISTER
\nGIGI BANNISTER
\nDAVID HARTMAN<\/p>\n

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Title: PHANTASM: THE UNIVERSE OF TALL MAN
\nAuthor: AA.VV.
\nPublisher: Weird Book
\nSeries: Insomnia<\/em>
\nGenre: Essay
\nPages: 154
\nPrice: \u20ac 25.90
\nFormat: 15 x 22 cm
\nISBN: 979-12-81603-18-9
\nRelease Date: September 2024<\/p>\n

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You can purchase your copy HERE.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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