The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe - Official Illustrated Movie Companion
Perry Moore
HarperCollins
Nonfiction, Media Reference
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Description
Go behind the scenes of the blockbuster movie to find out how it all happened, from convincing the estate of C. S. Lewis who was the best crew for the task through casting, shooting, and effects.
Review
I enjoyed the movie, and I enjoyed this look at how it was made. The film was an epic masterpiece, thekind of movie I'd want made if I ever write a story worthy of it, and I like peeks at the production process. On an unrelated note, I'm a little nervous. Though lip service is given to the other stories, and I understood this to be the start of a seven-movie series covering all the Chronicles of Narnia books, no mention is made of any plans to reassemble this winning crew for future projects. (I recently learned online that the next movie slated to be filmed is Prince Caspian - it looks like they're wisely sidestepping the rather inflammatory potential of A Horse and His Boy, with its thinly-veiled anti-Arab overtones. Hopefully, this means that the final book, The Last Battle, also won't make it to the big screen; not only would the general public not enjoy seeing Narnia destroyed, but some of Lewis's "revelations" in that one go a little too far across the line for even the most talented filmmakers to pull it back.)