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Summary: The writer defends Cameron and ignores the facts....
Review: It's amazing how the writer of this book defends Cameron and this movie while ignoring the fact that this movie ran so over-budget and almost caused Fox to shut the movie down because it ran so out of control both with money and movie resources. She also ignores the fact that the movie's script and lead actors were so wooden and under-developed ( a fact not lost by the dozens of movie critics that bashed this picture). This book ignores that Cameron sold out to the cheapness of making a cheap picture about a historical disaster and did it with bad taste. In short, this book is about as much garbage as the movie and the director have become. A fact that has not been lost on Fox as they re-released ALIENS on DVD recently and placed more of the success of that movie on the fact that Gale Anne Hurd produced it (not on Cameron's directing) which tells you something.
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Summary: Informative and entertaining.
Review: A great read for fans of the movie Titanic. However, it was annoying to see all the typos in the paperback version (don't know about the hardcover). Here is one example: Page 123.... In one sentence we read about etiquette coach Lynne Hockney and in the following sentence she is referred to as Hockley. Did anyone bother to proof-read this?? The name of the painter Monet was spelled incorrectly as Manet (maybe there is a painter by that name) and so on. However, still an enjoyable read.
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Summary: feel like you are looking over Cameron's shoulder.
Review: Excellent reporting on how this film was made and the details that made it such a facinating, successful movie. Author was right on, and had the ability to chronicle Cameron's intensive and demanding direction.
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Summary: Great insight into the technical aspects of the film
Review: First off, to the other reviewers, please don't start writing about how great the film is! Most of the people who order this book already agree with that. This is for reviews of Paula Parisi's book! Anyway, Parisi has done a fantastic job shedding light on the immense production that was Titanic. It's great to read another take on the movie (pro-Titanic) from a person who was on the set for the duration of filming. While the film was in production, the way the press covered the film was pathetic (though fun gossip). Also, having been a fan of the way Parisi covers Cameron for T.H.R. and Wired, it was wonderful for us to have her delve a little deeper into the project. My only wish is that Parisi would have included more about some of the crew members like Simon Crane, Jimmy Muro, and Josh McLaglen. Also, knowing how PA's get the crap work on movies, it would have been nice to hear some of their gossip. (Not to be confused with the press' gossip. I wanted more more like teamster/PA gossip). I would have also liked a little more insight into the cast. (not so much kate and leo, just a general overview on the work/conditions/feelings the main cast had on Titanic--something along the lines of how billy zane explains it all) Otherwise, this book was a joy to read. It was a fast read too, which is always a good thing for a college student. :-)
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Summary: A good book on Cameron in the process of making Titanic!
Review: I bought this book and it is much better and more detailed than Christopher Heard's "Dreaming Aloud", another Cameron bio from Canada. Paula Parisi did an excellent job of covering the making of Titanic with impeccable details, and above-average literal skill is required. It's recommended for both Titanic buffs and hard-core James Cameron fans alike.
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Summary: Very Interesting
Review: I found this book very good. I am very interested about The Ship Titanic and it's terrible fate.This book is very easy to read and explores just on how James Cameron made the movie.There are many interesting facts therein that as you watch the movie, will make it that more entertaining.(VLS)
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Summary: Mediocrity is the essence of this book
Review: I read this book about six months ago, and at the time I was very interested in learning whatever I could about the experiences and vision that this fine director brought to his artistic achivement "Titanic." Now, a short tme later, I can't for the life of me remember what the book had to say--and that's unusual for me, to finish a book and then not retain any clear sense of what the book had to say or what it contributed to my knowledge/understanding of a subject. The book itself is very easy to understand--simple-minded, even, in its handling of the material--yet it leaves no lasting impact on me. Far more vivid for me, as far as getting a sense of how Cameron looks at things and what "Titanic" meant for him, was "James Cameron's Titanic." That's the book to read if you want to get a feel for Cameron's emotional and working relationship to the movie.
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Summary: Mediocrity is the essence of this book
Review: I read this book about six months ago, and at the time I was very interested in learning whatever I could about the experiences and vision that this fine director brought to his artistic achivement "Titanic." Now, a short tme later, I can't for the life of me remember what the book had to say--and that's unusual for me, to finish a book and then not retain any clear sense of what the book had to say or what it contributed to my knowledge/understanding of a subject. The book itself is very easy to understand--simple-minded, even, in its handling of the material--yet it leaves no lasting impact on me. Far more vivid for me, as far as getting a sense of how Cameron looks at things and what "Titanic" meant for him, was "James Cameron's Titanic." That's the book to read if you want to get a feel for Cameron's emotional and working relationship to the movie.
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Summary: Not a historical work...
Review: I read this book and I must say I was very dissapointed. As a autobiography of James Cameron and his movie, the book does a good job. But as for Perisi's Titanic information, she has made numerous errors. She gets alot of key dates in Titanic's story completely wrong. She has a good grasp of her subject matter, James Cameron, and she takes you inside the world of making movies which I found facinating. But, as far as the historical aspect of the book namely Titanic herself, Ms. Perisi equally demonstrates her lack of knowledge and research into Titanic's history. She could have read the book that everyone else on Cameron's Titanic set read "Titanic: An Illustrated History by Lynch & Marschall" before writing her account. She at least would have had an accurate Titanic timeline and a better grasp of Titanic's history.
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Summary: Great behind-the-scenes details, but still more to tell
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed Parisi's coverage of the making of TITANIC and her assessment of James Cameron as a unique visionary at the forefront of filmmaking today. But I have to second others' comments here: Too many typos for a professionally published book and too little detail when it comes down to the actual filming of the movie (especially when compared with the very thorough coverage of pre- and post-production). If I had to quibble, I'd also mention that the tone of the book is sometimes overly influenced by the movie's ultimate extraordinary success; in hindsight, it's easy to look back and point out all the places where studio execs were dead wrong and Cameron's instincts were right. But even with that quibble, this is a thorough, seemingly well-researched book that should be required reading for any serious fan of moviemaking in general and of Cameron and TITANIC in particular.
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