The official companion to HBO's blockbuster fantasy series features 100s of photos, storyboards, costume designs, insider stories, and much more.One of the highest-rated cable series of all time, HBO's Game of Thrones was a major cultural phenomenon. In this official companion book, executive story editor Bryan Cogman gives fans new ways to enter this expansive fantasy world and discover more about the characters and electrifying plotlines.Inside HBO's Ga...

This fully authorized celebration of the Emmy® award-winning, genre-busting, longest-running, HBO® Original comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm is told by Larry David and the show's creators, cast, crew, and celebrity guests. A must-have for fans of the series.The official companion book from the team behind the HBO® Original series Curb Your Enthusiasm reveals all the magic, mayhem, and creative genius that went into making one of the most influential an...

La chaîne du câble premium américain HBO revendique une démarche artistique sans concession (symbolisée par son slogan « It’s Not TV. It’s HBO »), ce qui lui a permis d’asseoir le « troisième âge d’or » des séries américaines. Face à une concurrence de plus en plus aguerrie et protéiforme, elle continue aujourd’hui d’avancer et de donner naissance à des séries qui créent l’événement. Quelle est la profession de foi qui a permis à la chaîne de produire tant d’œuvres majeures de l’ère « post...

Step inside the fascinating world of one of the most iconic entertainment brands ever created and uncover the powerful strategies that transformed premium storytelling into a global phenomenon. From groundbreaking television series to cultural domination, this captivating book reveals the formula behind decades of innovation, influence, and unforgettable entertainment. Discover how visionary leadership, bold creativity, and risk-taking decisions built an empire that redefined mod...

(Easy Piano Songbook). This folio presents a compilation of 11 powerful themes arranged for piano solo from the award-winning show featuring music by Ramin Djawadi. Includes: The Bear and the Maiden Fair * The Children * Finale * Game of Thrones * Goodbye Brother * A Lannister Always Pays His Debts * Light of the Seven * Mhysa * The Rains of Castamere * Throne for the Game * The Winds of Winter.

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, outsiders will have two versions of the Katrina experience. One version will be the images they recall from news coverage of the aftermath. The other will be the intimate portrayal of the determination of New Orleans residents to rebuild and recover their lives. HBO’s Treme offers outsiders an inside look into why New Orleanians refused to abandon a place that many questioned should not be rebuilt after the levees failed. This critically acclaimed series ...

This second official companion to the HBO's legendary fantasy saga offers an exclusive window into the highly rated, critically acclaimed series.Each episode of HBO's Game of Thrones draws millions of obsessed viewers who revel in the shocking plot twists, award-winning performances, and gorgeously rendered fantasy world. Following Bryan Cogman's popular volume covering seasons one and two, this official companion book continues the story, revealing what it takes to...

This book analyses the HBO program Treme from multiple perspectives and argues that the series’ depictions of music, culture, cuisine, and identity are innovative and represent unique televisual storytelling strategies. The location, themes, and characters create a compelling story arc, and highlight the city's culture and cuisine, jazz musicians and musical performances, and Mardi Gras Indians. The program challenges initial reporting of Hurricane Katrina and in doing so rewrites the disa...

This book unpacks and analyzes the central themes of sacrifice, melancholy, apocalypticism, and the nature of family and home in HBO’s The Leftovers to demonstrate the key role it played in the development of early twenty-first-century television. Eliot Borenstein argues that the story of The Leftovers is the most sustained exploration of loss ever to appear on American television and subverts the expectations of viewers who look to prestige dramas as puzzles to solve by providing no clear...

True Blood is more than just an HBO show brimming with sex and gore, or another vampire horror story blown up by big media. Independent detective Sookie Stackhouse is following the classic heroine's journey, seen in epic myth and popular fantasy, from the quests of Isis and Demeter to the struggles of Dorothy Gale or Katniss Everdeen. Beside her, Sam, Jason, Alcide, Eric, and Bill, along with Pam, Tara, and Jessica embark on their own epic quests into darkness seeking freedom and belonging...

No advertisers to please, no censors to placate, no commercial interruptions every eleven minutes, demanding cliffhangers to draw viewers back after the commercial breaks: HBO has re-written the rules of television; and the result has been nothing short of a cultural ground shift. The HBO Effect details how the fingerprints of HBO are all over contemporary film and television. Their capability to focus on smaller markets made shows like Sex and the City, The Sopranos, The Wire...

Essays on the history of HBO, a company designed to please audiences instead of advertisers, and the impact of its distinctive programming: "Recommended." — ChoiceThe founding of Home Box Office in the early 1970s—when it debuted by telecasting a Paul Newman movie and an NHL game to 365 households in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania—was a harbinger of the innovations that would transform television as an industry and a technology in the decades that followed. HB...