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A splendid volume... fabulous illustrations
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A delight, packed with super reproductions of drawings and models relating to a long, frenetic life in movies
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The Art of Ray Harryhausen: a retrospective of,
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Ray Harryhausen was the great pioneer of animatronic special effects, a master of the animation arts standing alongside Lotte Reininger and Winsor McCay, and this book is a detailed and profusely illustrated documentation of his life's work from the 1930s to the 1980s and 1990s. With considerable detailed input from Harryhausen, Tony Dalton has assembled a fascinating portrait of Harryhausen and his filmic, illustrative and theatrical output, illustrated with his preparatory drawings, storyboards and maquettes, and often with production stills of Harryhausen at work, Dalton has transcribed Ray's verbatim accounts of many of his productions, full of anecdotes and with all the freshness of a daily production diary. Apart from a much greater insight into Harryhausen's working methods and his craftsmanship across a wide range of media, the revelation for me was Harryhausen's use of stills photography to visualise the mise-en-scene of the sequences on which he was working - beautifully constructed scaled-down models, maquettes and character models were posed, lit and captured on film in preparation for his production build. This is a quality designed and printed book, a fitting tribute to Harryhausen, and the perfect introduction for those who are just discovering his work, from the original 1933 King Kong to the classics of the 1960s: One Million Years BC, Clash of the Titans, and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.
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A grand, comprehensive collection of data and images,
By Carpo Collins (Thailand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Art of Ray Harryhausen (Hardcover)
This is really the ultimate source of information covering Ray Harryhausen's career as a stop-motion authority. It covers not only every film he ever worked on, but also covers aborted projects which might have been (what a shame). There are both photos of Mr. Harryhausen at work and scenes from his many films(colour and black-and-white) as well as Mr. Harryhausen's own drawings (he's a fabulous artist).
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4.8 out of 5 stars (17 customer reviews) 13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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An amazing and incredible testament to a major fantastic filmmaker.,
By Bob Eggleton "zillabob" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Art of Ray Harryhausen (Hardcover)
To start with, this book reproduces so many unseen and barely- glimpsed-before drawings and concepts, that one can spend hours looking at each one again and again. So it is rare are we are afforded this backstage look at the making of those wonderful stop motion films. Harryhausen's legacy is testamony to a time when films were made of this kind, and they not only took a long time of thinking and planning to make, but the result on screen was epic and, worth the wait. Nowadays fantasy film effects are churned out so ad nauseum thanks to CGI, that they simply lose their wonder-it's like we're used to it. I'm a big fan of *real* model work and real matte painting. You could touch it and it had presence, and those little nuances people fault it for now, are what give it it's character and style. Because of that, Harryhausen's legacy stands on it's own and will be remembered well past his lifetime. Remember, even up to his last film CLASH OF THE TITANS(1981) he worked largely out of a very small studio-one time it was his garage(!!)with one or two assistants and that was only on later,larger budgeted pictures. What does that say compared nowadays to $150M dollar + effects films!!!???
And though retired, we have Harryhausen now, still working away with his drawings ans sculptures into his 80's. A man who loves what he does.I can't recommend this book enough, save to say that the reproduction is excellent on all the art shown-pencil sketches, storyboards, charcoal drawings. It's so nice to see drawings as opposed to overrendered computer artwork of nowadays. Of note is the "Inspirations" part of the book where we see some of the artwork by others that inspired Ray to follow his muse. It says much about the man. 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Beautiful representation of Ray's talents,
By John Gentile - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Art of Ray Harryhausen (Hardcover)
Being a Harryhausen fanatic, I was bound to love this book. For those "not so compulsive" collectors who are wondering if the book is worth having after buying Ray's autobiography: I think you'll find the answer to be YES!
The hardcover volume is attractive, with Ray's awesome charcoal drawings slightly tinted to give them extra flavor. Some of the drawings span 2 pages, so you can really enjoy the details. Most of the photos and artwork have never been seen before. I especially love the two page spread that shows the genesis of a creature, from charcoal drawing to animation armature. Terrific! Casual fans might find this overkill, but if you have all of Ray's stop motion films on DVD, this is a must. And the price is right! 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Simply Outstanding!!!!!!!!!,
By D. Donovan, Editor/Sr. Reviewer "California B... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Art of Ray Harryhausen (Hardcover)
While science fiction artist Ray Harryhausen's ART OF is intended as a companion to his prior autobiography AN ANIMATED LIFE, this succeeds well in standing alone as an outstanding focus on his movie art and his overall artwork. Source material for ART OF comes from Harryhausen's own archives, preserved in his London home and published here for the first time. Here are exquisite sketch and scene reproductions, storyboards, original art and models in black and white and color throughout. For avid Harryhausen fans - and there are many - ART OF RAY HARRYHAUSEN is a 'must'. Very highly recommended.
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