At the end of the year, feed your culture of cinematographic counterfeiting thanks to the book “Nanar Wars – The worst counter-attack”, which looks back on the most beautiful imitations of James Bond, Rambo or even ET
Realize a nanar, a real one, it’s quite an art. And the result can reach dizzying heights when it comes to big anything, for which there is not a minimum prepared there. It is therefore advisable to trust professionals before starting, and in particular Emmanuel Vincenot and Emmanuel Prelle, author of “Nanar Wars – The Worst Strikes Back!”
Four years after the first volume, subtitled “An anthology of counterfeit cinema”, the two authors put the cover back but remain in their field of predilection. It must be said that there is still plenty to do. And, after an introduction in the form of a foreword with a quote attributed to the chemist Antoine Lavoisier (“Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed”), their new exploration is done in an orderly fashion.
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And the book is divided into six chapters: “The classic heroes”, “Superheroes”, “The 007”, “The blockbusters”, “Children’s films” and “TV series”. Each part contains its share of nuggets that are sometimes less fun to see than you might think, if we trust the opinions of the authors in the humorous summaries they make of each film, pointing out the inconsistencies narrative as well as visual ugliness. And the very, very light relation to the question of copyright.
It’s hard, however, not to want to take a look at Toofan, the Indian version of Zorro. To the Istanbul Superman. To the adventures of Weng Weng, a small Filipino James Bond to whom Nanarland had devoted an episode. Or to Nukie, South African counterfeit of ET, even if it means having beautiful nightmares afterwards. A funny and well-illustrated book in which undoubtedly hides the program of your future nanar parties.
“Nanar Wars – The Worst Strikes Back!” by Emmanuel Vincenot and Emmanuel Prelle – Published by Omaké Books – 24.95 euros
In the book, Weng Weng was the star of an issue of “Stopover in Nanarland”: