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“Waterloo, Making An Epic: The Spectacular Behind-the-Scenes Story of a Movie Colossus”
By Simon Lewis (BearManor Media), 534 pages, illustrated (B&w), Hardback, Paperback & Ebook, Isbn 978-1-62933-832-3
Review By Brian Hannan
One would think that a film that flopped as dramatically as Waterloo would scarcely deserve a book as superb as this. In quite extraordinary detail, author Simon Lewis discusses every aspect of the making of the film, from initial set-up to release, by way of analysis of dozens of separate scenes through to rarely discussed elements like the editing and mixing, and even the myth of the missing longer version and the importance of wooden boxes. It might have helped the movie’s commercial chances, and not put too much of a dent in the ultimately massive budget of $26.1 million if producer Dino De Laurentiis has snagged original dream team...
“Waterloo, Making An Epic: The Spectacular Behind-the-Scenes Story of a Movie Colossus”
By Simon Lewis (BearManor Media), 534 pages, illustrated (B&w), Hardback, Paperback & Ebook, Isbn 978-1-62933-832-3
Review By Brian Hannan
One would think that a film that flopped as dramatically as Waterloo would scarcely deserve a book as superb as this. In quite extraordinary detail, author Simon Lewis discusses every aspect of the making of the film, from initial set-up to release, by way of analysis of dozens of separate scenes through to rarely discussed elements like the editing and mixing, and even the myth of the missing longer version and the importance of wooden boxes. It might have helped the movie’s commercial chances, and not put too much of a dent in the ultimately massive budget of $26.1 million if producer Dino De Laurentiis has snagged original dream team...
- 3/4/2022
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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