Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Mark Salisbury Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Book Review: Must Have Companion Book
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a must have companion book to the Tim Burton film. Wonderful photos. Truly a keepsake.Book Review: A must for fans of the movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a long-time Stephen Sondheim fan and was quite familiar with Sweeney Todd before the release of Tim Burton's film. My expectations were high and I was not disappointed. It's an astounding, thoroughly entertaining achievement. After seeing the film, I purchased two copies of this book--one for myself (which I read from cover to cover in one sitting)--and one for my sister and brother-in-law as a Christmas present. The photographs are beautiful and the text is enlightening and entertaining. This is a wonderful keepsake to return to over and over again until the DVD is released.Book Review: Wonderful accessory to watching the movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This a very nicely put together production book of the film. There are wonderful costume and set detail photos. Also included are interviews with director, producers, cast and crew. Often times I have been disappointed by the movie production book for a film but not this time around. It's awesome!Book Review: Good for pictures but not much else.
Summary: 3 Stars
I've been a fan of Sweeney Todd for a long time. I saw the movie and loved it, I thought it was a brilliant adaptation.
I bought this book hoping to find out more about the making of the movie, which it does do, it just doesn't do it well. Their are several glaring inaccuracies (on both ends of the spectrum, about Burton and about the musical.) The prose is somewhat mundane (not that I expected genius from a picture book about a movie) as well as being a little too focused on Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, as opposed to the actual film making process. I was also hoping for a little more on Sondheim and the other contributers to the music as opposed to the whole three or so pages and seldom references to him.
Book Review: A must have
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great companion piece to the film. Lots and lots of behind the scenes photographs (which are beautiful), lots of pre-production stories of how the thing began, insight into the director's, actor's, and screenwriter's thoughts on character, staging, storyline. Comes with the complete script of the film.