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erichart 's review for:
The Making of Star Wars
by J.W. Rinzler, Peter Jackson
Excellent not only for Star Wars fans, but for anyone interested in how films get made. There's real drama and suspense here: Lucas' difficulty to obtain backing for what was an ambitious kids' movie; putting together a crew that would attempt to do groundbreaking work, and actually getting it done and in the process changing cinema history.
The book is gorgeous: great attention to detail, loads of never-seen-before sketches and photos, and sections that chronicle the evolution of the story, showing how Lucas changed the plot and script from draft to draft.
A note on editions: the coffee-table physical book is really beautiful to look at. But the Kindle version has loads of extras: snippets of interviews, behind-the-scenes videos, and, most interesting of all, notes Lucas made right after the film's release as preparation for the sequels, on the background of the characters and events in the first movie. Very interesting, particularly for what they reveal about how Lucas changed and developed the story all the way to the prequels.
Being a completist, I endend up splurging for both...
The book is gorgeous: great attention to detail, loads of never-seen-before sketches and photos, and sections that chronicle the evolution of the story, showing how Lucas changed the plot and script from draft to draft.
A note on editions: the coffee-table physical book is really beautiful to look at. But the Kindle version has loads of extras: snippets of interviews, behind-the-scenes videos, and, most interesting of all, notes Lucas made right after the film's release as preparation for the sequels, on the background of the characters and events in the first movie. Very interesting, particularly for what they reveal about how Lucas changed and developed the story all the way to the prequels.
Being a completist, I endend up splurging for both...