On Set with John Carpenter: The Photographs of Kim Gottlieb-Walker

Great book for all fans of John carpenter ,great photos and lots of them this book keeps the information short but gets over the facts easily without becoming board I very rarely finish a book but this one I did ,I keep mine handy on the coffee table and pick it up now and then for a browse. This is a great book covering some amazing films from my youth hope there’s more like it .

Great weighty large book, fantastic paper quality with large photos and some fantastic notes about them from the photographer and author of this book. Even as a die-hard fan I learnt a lot from the short notes and awesome behind the scenes photos.As a large high-quality book it looks great on the coffee table and I enjoy flicking through the photos every week or so. Well worth the cost.

Are you a fan of John Carpenter films? Then I'd highly recommend picking this up - it's quite literally stacked full of great photos, as you'd expect, but don't expect a blow-by-blow account of the making of the films covered here; it's really more of an 'on-set- recollection', and has a few anecdotes sprinkled throughout, some amusing, and most are personal. It gives a great sense of what it was like to be young and making movies. The only downside of this is that unfortunately, Kim only worked on a handful of Carpenter's films, so we don't get to see behind the curtain of The Thing or Big Trouble in Little China, two of my personal favourites, but that's hardly the author's fault.

Amazing Book very very interesting read and lots of photos to add to this gem, it is huge also what a steal too! I highly recommend this to any Halloween 🎃 Fans

Have not finished reading it yet, but the photographs within in are superb, lots of behind the scene images, not only of his films but of the actors, crew and Carpenter himself. If your a fan of John Carpenter then you should consider buying this, it covers some of his best films, but be aware that the book is about stories behind the photographs from recollections of the photographer, as opposed to the films themselves.

A beautifully presented, and very comprehensive piece of work.I genuinely had goosebumps looking at some of the behind-the-scenes photos in here (the Halloween 1978 wrap party, and the incredible photos of Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine and Janet Leigh were stand-outs for me).An incredible document of just some of the iconic work of the sublimely talented Kim Gottlieb-Walker.So good, I've actually got two more copies (signed by KG-W) coming from the US.

Exquisite - a coffee table book capturing Carpenter at the peak of his powers. no more to be said - if you are a fan of Carpenter why haven't you bought it? What are you waiting for? You will not be dissapointed

Simply an amazing record of the life and times of John Carpenter and crew as they blaze through the latter 70s and early 80s leaving absolute celluloid gems in their wake; gems such as Escape from New York, Halloween, The Fog to name just a few. Anyone with even a passing interest in early 80s "low budget" or guerilla cinema would get a great deal of enjoyment from this book.