Product Description

One of a new series of biographies of contempoarary directors focusing on the making of their movies and written by a world class author who has had exclusive access to his subject.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4842258 in Books
• Published on: 1998-08-24
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
George Perry is one of the world's most distinguished film writers and has been Film Editor of The Sunday Times for 12 years. He is also Vice President of the Film Critics Circle and a member of the jury of the Moscow Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival and the Troia Film Festival. He has written numerous documentaries for radio and television and has written some 25 books including editing the internationally acclaimed 1000 Makers of the Cinema.

Customer Reviews

Superficial at best
If you know nothing at all about Steven Spielberg, this book might be a good summary of his career. But if you are looking for personal insights, new depth or detailed film analysis, invest your book-buying money elsewhere. I was also put off by the fairly frequent denigrating remarks about various actors, screen writers and directors many of whom have careers that would seem worthy of some degree of respect.

Amazingly average book
With enough books chronicling the life and works of Steven Spielberg, this brief and sketchy tome hardly qualifies as one of the best. But I'm a hardcore Spielberg fan and have almost all the books written about him. Regardless, this is simply to fill a niggling itch, not necessarily for a good read. If you're looking for quality and sincere Spielberg books, Neil Sinyard and Ian Freer's excellent bios are great reading.

superficial, innacurate, boring... bad.
If you've read a Profile on Mr. Spielberg in any magazine or seen one of the very bleak "behind the scenes" documentaries in one of his DVDs... you're more than qualified to write a better book than this one.

The back cover refers to the "book" as a "fascinating behind-the-scenes account of how Steven Spielberg really makes movies"... an utter LIE!! The chapter on "Jaws" for example, is only 4 pages long. I mean, the movie took forever to shoot, was plaged with trouble and was the first ever blockbuster... you could easily write a whole book with the creative process involved, not 4 pages.

I see that there's an used book priced at $ 0.93 it is expensive, don't buy it.