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The Golden Age of Travel neatly overlaps with the reign of the Emperor Meiji, which began in 1868 with the overthrow of a feudal order that had kept Japan secluded from the outside world for more than 200 years. In the ensuing four-and-a-half decades, Japan became a less remote and more attractive destination for the international traveler and a popular subject for photographers, both Japanese and foreign.

In Sri Lanka, Palinda Kannangara created the Frame Holiday Structure on a budget of $ 40,000. Built from steel scaffolding, exposed brick, and wood floors, the house can be easily disassembled and moved, adapting to the reality of the nearby floodplain. Luciano Lerner Basso’s Fortunata House in Brazil accommodates the surrounding nature: it was built around a tree of an endangered species and sits upon stilts so as not to disturb the forest floor. Miller Hull’s Loom House near Seattle has been called “the world’s most environmentally ambitious home renovation” because of its reliance on recycled materials and its efficient energy use.

In 1965, Steve Schapiro started documenting Andy Warhol for LIFE magazine: Warhol was cementing a reputation as an important Pop artist who drew his inspiration from popular culture and commercial objects. With his sunglasses, blond wig, and bland public utterances, Warhol was enigmatic, charismatic, intensely ambitious, and aware that to become a star, you needed the presence of people to document your ascent. Schapiro, also ambitious and hardworking, who in his own words “kept quiet and smiled a lot,” was an ideal witness to Warhol’s relentless rise from cult New York artist to 20th-century icon. Ironically, LIFE never published the story, so many of these images are seen here for the first time, scanned from negatives found deep in Schapiro’s archive.

Early astronomers, drawn to Mars's fiery glow in the night sky, named the planet after their god of war. In the centuries since, Mars has captivated humankind as a source of endless speculation and a beacon of hope for its potential habitability. Through six decades of NASA’s pioneering research missions, the mysteries of the red planet have been gradually uncovered, revealing a world not so unlike our own that likely once supported life.

Pensado para que el guionista lo tenga siempre a mano, El estándar de Hollywood proporciona mucho más que el mejor software de guiones: instrucciones claras y cientos de ejemplos para resolver todo interrogante sobre el formato: cuándo es apropiado un nuevo encabezamiento de plano y cuándo no; cómo dar formato a los encabezamientos de plano, diálogos, indicaciones de dirección y transiciones; cómo controlar el ritmo con el formato; cómo hacer que una página de guion resulte visualmente atractiva para el lector; qué poner en mayúsculas y por qué; cómo entrar y salir de una toma PDV; cómo manejar los mensajes de texto y las reuniones Zoom; cómo los guionistas más innovadores de Hollywood están ampliando los límites del formato; cómo el formato para animación difiere de los formatos de acción real... En pocas palabras, Riley sabe más que nadie en Hollywood sobre el formato de guiones y lo comparte todo en esta guía indispensable.

Las películas de Spielberg son célebres y han cautivado a millones de espectadores por la forma en que combinan el aspecto comercial con la profundidad creativa del director. A menudo sus filmes ocultan un cierto trasfondo oscuro que se complementa con su maestría para entrelazar historias extraordinarias con los aspectos más mundanos de la vida. Y es que hasta Indiana Jones tiene un lado vulnerable y humano.