The Art of Speed Racer: With the Complete Screenplay Included
by Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski
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Author: Andy Wachowski, Larry WachowskiIntroduction: John Gaeta
Introduction: Dan Glass
Foreword: Joel Silver
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-07
ISBN: 0789318237
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Universe
Book Reviews of The Art of Speed Racer: With the Complete Screenplay Included
Book Review: Look at the title - that's NOT what you get. Infact it's the opposite !
Summary: 2 Stars
It's the screenplay, with a tiny proportion of the tons of art actually done for the film included up front.
When I first read the other comments here unfortunately I didn't pay them too much mind, as generally with 'art of' books there are many reviews unfairly marking the book down if it wasn't the final approved rendering that directly pertains to a frame of the movie. Which is not how concept art or movies work. So, silly me, I went ahead and bought both this and the Dark Knight book, both by the same publisher.
All I can say is sorry guys, I should have listened to you! Obviously the comments at the front, talking about the film's visual leaps and the importance of the artists in defining this inherently visual movie, were written before the book was anywhere NEAR its final form.
All these comments mean nothing - there aren't even any credits for the artists!
What's there is great, but it's like one of those old movie novel adaptations where you get some photos in the middle. Only this time there are a few pictures at the front. Poor poor effort for such a visual movie and and 'art of' book.
I'm sorry I didn't 'try before buying', and I think I'll write to the Publishers Universe of my dissatisfaction and their disingenuous title. They also did the Dark Knight one, which was likewise disappointing, but more sneakily titled.
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