- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Essentials; New edition edition (19 May 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904048471
- ISBN-13: 978-1904048473
- Product Dimensions: 17.9 x 11.4 x 1.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 994,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Packed to the margins with important facts and enlightening commentary."
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The director of Blade Runner, Gladiator, Hannibal and the controversial forthcoming Kingdom of Heaven, Ridley Scott is one of cinema's most accomplished visual stylists. This Pocket Essential chronicles the making of each of Scott's visually sumptuous films, complete with information on the inspiration for each film and the reaction of critics and audiences. There is also a handy reference section listing other books about Scott, interesting websites and availability of his films. Greatly expanded and and fully updated new edition.
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With so many glaring errors about "Alien".....,
By Mr.Shargraves "shhhhhhh" (Liverpool UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ridley Scott (Pocket Essentials) (Paperback)
How can I trust anything the writer comes up with?
For example; The terrible synopsis says the astronauts find "A bizarre pod field" - to describe the egg chamber. No mention of the Derelict. And also it says the company name Weyland-Yutani was a name from polish writer Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness... Yeah right - As much as the Nostromo and the Narcissus were, that certainly wasn't! For the record it's Weylan-Yutani in Alien, named after a combo of British Leyland and Yutani was a japanese neighbour of Ron Cobb It makes mention of genius Alexandro Jodorowski's aborted Dune project of the 70s- the art team of which included HR Giger and the rest of the guys hired for Alien - and yet this doesn't get mentioned until the book covers Blade Runner, and never mentions their prior connections. Giger designed the Harkonnen planet by the way. And also, the author thinks Gladiator is good, and not a second rate big budget rip off from Milius' Conan the Barbarian. Granted - this is subjective and not a concrete fact, but surely someone who claims to have knowledge of film, can see that it's a vapid (though glossy) piece of dunderheaded hollywood slop. Basically, as I teach Film making, I know the films I like, and I know a LOT about them as it's my job. I bought this book to find out more about Scott's other films - but as I say, with errors this glaringly poor how can I trust anything Brian J Cobb says? Please Brian - email me and tell me I'm wrong!
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