New Releases by Ramin Zahed

A visual celebration of DreamWorks Animation''s 20th anniversary, featuring concept art, pre-production designs and character sketches from all 30 of the studio''s films.

A travers ce livre découvrez ou redécouvrez tout l''art des studios Dreamworks. Avec Fourmiz, Le Prince d''Egypte, Madagascar, Kung-fu Panda et le célèbre Shrek, les dessins animés de ce studio font partie du panthéon de l''animation.

In "Rise of the Guardians", North, Bunnymund, Tooth, and Sandman try to recruit Jack Frost to stop Pitch from putting an end to childhood belief and plunging the world into eternal darkness. This title offers a look at the ways artists and craftspeople collaborated to create a CG movie in 3D that may change the way we look at childhood.

Since his debut in Shrek 2, Puss In Boots has been one of DreamWorks Animation''s favorite characters. The aptly titled Puss In Boots finally places the daring feline in the spotlight, telling his tale with the appropriate dose of dramatic bravado. The Art of Puss In Boots is the story of how the filmmakers at DreamWorks Animation approached the ambitious task of crafting a world and backstory colored by Puss''s unique personality. This book''s wealth of art and commentary conjures up a land full of intrigue, romance, and Latin flair. Populating the swashbuckling adventure is a cast of fellow rogues and fairy-tale characters, including Puss''s childhood friend Humpty Dumpty, feline fatale Kitty Softpaws, the outlaw couple Jack and Jill, and a Mamo Goose that you definitely don''t want to mess with. The Art of Puss In Boots is a tribute to the hard work and creative talents behind the making of this guapo movie.

This unusual coming of age story is set in Tehran, right before and after the 1979 revolution, which replaced the Shah’s westernized regime with the rule of Moslem fundamentalists. The story’s narrator is a 12-year-old boy with an overactive imagination, who is in love with all things American and is surrounded by tight-knit web of eccentric relatives. In his chaotic world, street dogs give profound advice; otherworldly jins co-exist with humans; and an ancient culture lives side by side with the daily rhythms of American pop songs and sitcoms. Despite its exotic milieu, the characters and events of the book will seem strangely familiar to all of us who have lived through the difficult process of growing up. This may be an Iranian family, but readers everywhere will be able to identify with the narrator''s rivalries with his brother, the summertimecar trips, the painful pangs of first love, disastrous dinner parties at home, and the dark shadows that death casts on daily life. The book also gives readers a colorful account of living through a difficult political climate through the eyes of a young boy; a perspective beyond what appears on TV news and daily headlines, and an interesting comment on the role of American pop culture in a Third World country.