MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA * A PORTRAIT OF THE FILM NEW UNUSED Start Price AUD 29.99 Current Price AUD 29.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, August 30, 2008 End Time Tuesday, September 09, 2008 Location Fitzroy, Victoria See more about 'MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA * A PORTRAIT OF THE FILM NEW UNUSED' Description MEMOIRS OF A GEISHAA PORTRAIT OF THE FILMby Peggy Malloy, with photographs by David James2005 first edition, 144 pagesPUBLISHER : NEWMARKET PRESSCONDITION : NEW / UNREAD FURTHER CONDITION NOTES : exquisite  cover, full colour publication, definitely a top-class coffee-table bookArthur Golden's 1997 tale appealed to director Marshall (Chicago) for the same reasons it attracted millions of readers: because it "not only peers into the fascinating and forbidden world of a geisha's life in 1930s Japan, but also tells the emotional tale of one particular girl's journey." This accompanying volume to the  film based on the book will certainly enchant fans. In his introduction, Golden recalls how "curious" it was for him to walk around a full-scale geisha district of the 1930s built on a field in California and know that such a detailed set grew out of his grueling experience writing the novel. A history of the geisha comes next, and then a portfolio of images from the film, some quite striking (such as the one of geisha practicing movements with fans, hair down, relaxed in their dressing robes and lit from behind). The book's final portion is devoted to the making of the film, with archival images of geisha, a concept illustration of a cherry-blossom-viewing party and notes on how, for example, the structural surfaces of the buildings on the set were sandblasted to add texture and age..A very hard-to-find item.BELOW, HERE ARE A SELECTION OF STUNNING IMAGES FROM THE BOOK : Place a Bid!