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Summary: Not what it should have been
Review: I've always been a fan or Mr Ferrara, from the early days. And this is the first time that I had seen a book about him, I bought it, and started to read it. The first chapter is amazing, telling of the struggle to get his films made, the casting problems, and the major battle that he has had with the censors for many years, it gave a good insight into the life of Abel. Sadly though, these first 36 pages were the only decent pages in this book, the remaining 150 or so pages are nothing more than lengthy synopsises for his movies, telling very scene, every story line, and for anyone who has seen his films, they already know the story line, and anyone who hasn't seen all his work (me included) we don't really want to know everything that happened (as im sure one day ill get to see the films) What this book would have been better doing is following Abel's life, telling us more about the making of the films, telling us the problems that he had during them, rather than telling us what we can see on a video cassette. First chapter, fantastic, borrow it, don't buy it. Unless you are willing to pay full prince for only thirty six decent pages. Stuart Bannerman UK Bannerman.twelve@virgin.net
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Summary: Not what it should have been
Review: I've always been a fan or Mr Ferrara, from the early days. And this is the first time that I had seen a book about him, I bought it, and started to read it. The first chapter is amazing, telling of the struggle to get his films made, the casting problems, and the major battle that he has had with the censors for many years, it gave a good insight into the life of Abel. Sadly though, these first 36 pages were the only decent pages in this book, the remaining 150 or so pages are nothing more than lengthy synopsises for his movies, telling very scene, every story line, and for anyone who has seen his films, they already know the story line, and anyone who hasn't seen all his work (me included) we don't really want to know everything that happened (as im sure one day ill get to see the films) What this book would have been better doing is following Abel's life, telling us more about the making of the films, telling us the problems that he had during them, rather than telling us what we can see on a video cassette. First chapter, fantastic, borrow it, don't buy it. Unless you are willing to pay full prince for only thirty six decent pages. Stuart Bannerman UK Bannerman.twelve@virgin.net
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