Scholastic Press, 2011
From the publisher:
Brian Selznick takes readers on an intimate tour of the
movie-making process as his Caldecott Award-winning book The Invention of Hugo
Cabret is turned into a 3-D major motion picture by Academy Award-winning
director, Martin Scorsese, written by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter,
John Logan.
Lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs from the movie, and filled with fun, informative interviews of the cast and crew, comparisons of artwork from the book alongside people, props, costumes, and sets from the movie, plus fascinating information about automatons, filmmaking pioneer Georges Méliès, and an essay on the birth of movies written by Martin Scorsese, The Hugo Movie Companion beautifully extends the experience of the book and the movie, and is a must-have for fans of all ages.
Lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs from the movie, and filled with fun, informative interviews of the cast and crew, comparisons of artwork from the book alongside people, props, costumes, and sets from the movie, plus fascinating information about automatons, filmmaking pioneer Georges Méliès, and an essay on the birth of movies written by Martin Scorsese, The Hugo Movie Companion beautifully extends the experience of the book and the movie, and is a must-have for fans of all ages.
My take:
After seeing the movie Hugo, I got this book for my 12-year-old daughter
to read. I don’t usually read books about
movies, but I ended up reading it too. I loved the facts about the movie and some
of the different people involved in creating it. It gives some great details about what happens behind the scenes to create a movie. I also really enjoyed the
comparisons between the book illustrations and stills from the movie. It was so
fascinating to see how they tried to recreate the world of the book so
carefully. Readers of middle grade books who enjoyed the movie will appreciate
this glimpse into what happened behind the scenes – with lots of illustrations,
pictures, schematic drawings and even a bit of a script.
Other info:
The author of this book, Brian Selznick, is also the author/illustrator
of the original book, The Invention of
Hugo Cabret, and it was interesting to read about his inspiration, and why
and how he ended up with the illustrations (and how he came up with Hugo’s
name).
Brian Selznick appeared in the party scene in the movie, and
he includes some of the details of his experience.
Other books written by
this author:
The Houdini Box
Wonderstruck
For more about the movie and book, check out the website for The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
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