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Summary: Amazing
Review: If you buy this book (and are a Star Wars fan) I promise you that you will not be let down. If you are like me, and you ansolutely NEED to know everything about conception, preproduction, filming, editing, scoring, postproduction, casting, and a score of other topics, this book is for you! A word of caution to non-Star Wars fans: it can be a little dull if you really aren't interested in the movie, but that wasn't a problem for me.
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Summary: Making of Episode seems Lucas driven
Review: If you don't mind wading through what seems to be Lucas'self-promotion through the writers of this book, the "Star Wars:The Making of Episode 1, The Phantom Menace" is an OK edition to your Sci-Fi collection.Authors Laurent Bouzereau and Jody Duncan do a great job detailing the production of the movie, but their writing is bogged down with Lucas worshipping, which paints the production of the movie as nearly flawless and all involved in the making of the movie as near gods. The writing appears to be driven by Lucas himself, who seems to be overly concerned about the image he projects. But lovers of the movie will find this book enticing nontheless, because of the masterful artwork and production details on many of the technological filmmaking breakthroughs -- most notably the rampant use of digitization to create new worlds in the film. Those details alone, make this book a moderate winner in the nonfiction "how it was done" books. END
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Summary: Making of Episode seems Lucas driven
Review: If you don't mind wading through what seems to be Lucas'self-promotion through the writers of this book, the "Star Wars:The Making of Episode 1, The Phantom Menace" is an OK edition to your Sci-Fi collection. Authors Laurent Bouzereau and Jody Duncan do a great job detailing the production of the movie, but their writing is bogged down with Lucas worshipping, which paints the production of the movie as nearly flawless and all involved in the making of the movie as near gods. The writing appears to be driven by Lucas himself, who seems to be overly concerned about the image he projects. But lovers of the movie will find this book enticing nontheless, because of the masterful artwork and production details on many of the technological filmmaking breakthroughs -- most notably the rampant use of digitization to create new worlds in the film. Those details alone, make this book a moderate winner in the nonfiction "how it was done" books. END
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Summary: A Must for Film and Lucas Addicts...but not really for kids
Review: My poor son (nine years old)loved the photos and behind-the-scenes picture captions, but he was baffled by the text, which is really geared toward adults. But the LucasArts details were wonderful, and the myriad details and interviews were lots of fun. Read it with your kids, or give it to the teen interested in film-making, but if your little one haggles for this particular Episode One book, give it a pass.
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Summary: A Must for Film and Lucas Addicts...but not really for kids
Review: My poor son (nine years old)loved the photos and behind-the-scenes picture captions, but he was baffled by the text, which is really geared toward adults. But the LucasArts details were wonderful, and the myriad details and interviews were lots of fun. Read it with your kids, or give it to the teen interested in film-making, but if your little one haggles for this particular Episode One book, give it a pass.
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Summary: Yes, But what will he say on the DVD?
Review: Rumor-mill has it that Laurent Bouzereau will be given a commentary track on the soon to be made Episode One DVD, let us hope he offers up the same insight and humor found in this written edition.
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Summary: Secret revelations
Review: This book along with the making of Jurassic Park is one of the best books of fimaking, it truly reveals all the secrets of this dazzling film, its a pity that this one didn't include the story development (for that you'll have to buy the Art of Star Wars), You most read this book if you wanna know more of this film. And realize how much digital scenes they used; believe me there are more than you can imagine.
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Summary: To quote Darth Vader "Impressive".
Review: This book provides a snap-shot of film-making at the end of the century. The story of Star Wars episode I's crafting in 150 pages. Packed with detail. Short quotes from people involved, from cast to crew, pepper the text adding colour and information. Well illustrated, clearly told and attention grabbing. Thorough in its scope and ecomomic in language, good reading and eminently collectible. A suitable companion to Thomas Smith's, Industrial Light and Magic: The Art of Special Effects (1986), which covered much on the special effects of episodes IV-VI. A contribution to the myth of Star Wars.
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Summary: Great book about a great movie
Review: This book really gives a lot of insight into how the Phantom Menace was made. From idea to completed movie, you get to read about the entire process. I'd recommend it to any Star Wars fan.
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Summary: It's allright.
Review: This is a pretty good book because it offers candid views of the production of the movie like you would expect it to, but there is very little talk of the characters in the movie, especially Anakin Skywalker, Queen Amidala, Padme Naberrie, Jar Jar Binks, Darth Maul, Darth Sidious, and others. There was little on their background story that would have shed light on the movie plot. Also, little was said how props for the movie were made so quickly. But the book has excellent photos and is readable.
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