Amazon IN GENERAL ships like they get paid for destroying products. Has Nothing to do with Amazon Germany .I order 3x a year from Amazon US, about 10-20% of the books are (sometimes badly) damaged, even DVD boxes broken! They don't care, they replace without making much trouble. Strange company. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKDEALER, the only reason I did order the GBU book through Amazon was because I had some other products already in my basket...
My copy came today from Germany Amazon. The box was very damaged. It looked like someone opened it and clear taped it back together. Fortunately, Mr. Hanley took great care in wrapping in paper and shrink wrapping the book itself. Its the only thing that saved it. Terrible delivery. My copy is fine but the box. Savages working for whoever was responsible.
spent a little time this evening looking through the book.First thing I can say is, Mr. Hanley (or is it Dr. Hanley?) is incredibly thorough. First few pages discuss the historical facts about the Civil War events referenced in the movie. I am sure that CJ, author of the "timeline" thread here, will enjoy that.After reading a few pages of that, I started skimming through some of the interviews and pics in the book. Have to go to sleep now. It'll take me forever to get through the whole thing, and I am just fine with that So from the little I saw: Peter is very very very thorough. Like, obsessively thorough. There are a number of pics that are closeup screenshots of an image on the BRD to catch something like a bit of text on a map. Sometimes on a pic of a cannon, Peter will mention that a closeup reveals the serial number (!) on the gun. Some of the pics have very long captions, stating the name of many of the people in the pic, or of as many people as Peter could find out names of, even if it's just an extra.There are tons of interviews, not just with major players, but with people who did brief bits. Camera assistants, extras, whoever Peter could get his hands on. For example, he interviews the whore who went to bed with Blondie in the Soccoro sequence - she worked for two days, her part never even made it into the movie; Peter asks her question after question; she often says she can't recall this or that detail Peter is seeking, but he tries to find out every bit he could. Peter's goal seems to be to document every tiny bit of information there is on GBU from anyone and everyone who can possibly share anything at all. Bravo Also, Peter shares lots of pics that seem to have been taken one after that other; some pics are very similar to the pic on the preceding page. Peter doesn't just "choose the best one" and that's all; he shows both. Not the sort of thing anyone but a crazy fan would do So, this book was made by an insanely serious fan who wants to document and share every bit of knowledge he has on this great film. Clearly a labor of love.
So, this book was made by an insanely serious fan who wants to document and share every bit of knowledge he has on this great film. Clearly a labor of love.
Firstly, the Amazon Deutschen warehouse needs to learn a thing or two about proper shipping of expensive books.Amazon shipped it via DHL. The book was packaged in a flimsy box, no bubble wrap, just a little cardboard around it inside. No bubble wrap. Box was pretty smashed up, and the book itself has a little damage mark in back corner.
