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‘A splendid volume... fabulous illustrations’ (Jonathan Ross )
‘A delight, packed with super reproductions of drawings and models relating to a long, frenetic life in movies’ (The Times )
‘A gorgeous, sumptuous, coffee table book...enough never-before-seen material to keep any enthusiast happy’ (SFX Magazine )
‘One of the best-loved fantasy artists and animators of the last century...a perfect gift for fans’ (Publishing News )
‘A delight, packed with super reproductions of drawings and models relating to a long, frenetic life in movies’ (The Times )
‘A gorgeous, sumptuous, coffee table book...enough never-before-seen material to keep any enthusiast happy’ (SFX Magazine )
‘One of the best-loved fantasy artists and animators of the last century...a perfect gift for fans’ (Publishing News )
The Times
A delight, packed with super reproductions of drawings and models relating to a long, frenetic life in movies
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
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.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A beautifully produced book with information and pictures not available in any of Harryhausen's other publications. An essential purchase if you are a fan.
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Format: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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