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If you like "Behind the Scenes" stuff about your favorite films, you'll enjoy reading about the mistakes that made it not only through filming, but editing. Not just boom mikes in the shot, but continuity errors and little things like someone wearing a digital watch on the Titanic. Fun stuff. From This is True for 26 October 2003 Suggestions for further reading:
 By: Tom Rogers List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $10.17 Editorial Review: -Would the bus in Speed really have made that jump? -Could a Star Wars ship actually explode in space? -What really would have happened if you said "Honey, I shrunk the kids"? The companion book to the hit website (www.intuitor.com/moviephysics), which boasts more than 1 million visitors per year, Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics is a hilarious guide to the biggest mistakes, most outrageous assumptions, and the outright lunacy at work in Hollywood films that play with the rules of science. In this fascinating and funny guide, author Tom Rogers examines 20 different topics and shows how, when it comes to filmmaking, the rules of physics are flexible. Einsteins and film buffs alike will be educated and entertained by this wise and witty guide to science in Hollywood.  By: Jon Sandys List Price: $7.99 Amazon Price: $7.99 Editorial Review: Ever noticed the stagehand caught on set during the Tin Man's dance in The Wizard of Oz? Or seen the cliff in the middle of the sea in Pirates of the Caribbean? Everyone loves a good movie, but there's nothing better than finding a continuity error, a historical inaccuracy or a technical blunder in them. In this completely updated edition, Jon Sandys has included new mistakes from films such as Batman Begins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, War of the Worlds, and King Kong.  By: Jon Sandys List Price: $7.95 Amazon Price: $7.95 Editorial Review: Have you ever watched Gladiator and seen the gas cylinder in the back of one of the Roman chariots? Or the stagehand caught on set during the Tin Man's dance in The Wizard of Oz? Or the person escaping from the sinking Titanic wearing a digital watch - in 1912? Everyone loves a good movie, but there's nothing we like more than finding a continuity error, a historical inaccuracy or a technical blunder in them. Movie Mistakes invites you into the world of the movie and shows you how no director or actor is infallible.  By: Matteo MolinariJim Kamm List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $14.95  By: Matteo MolinariJim Kamm List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $14.95 |
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