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I bought the same Prometheus book and love it. I always enjoy those kinds of "Art of the Film" books. I have another one for the Captain America film that is terrific as well.
Michael: I came back because I wanted to add that there are some terrific pics in this book, despite my quibbles about the low definition of them. I'm glad you like it!
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I'll second CindyLover's choices, THE DEVIL'S CANDY and FINAL CUT--They're lip-smacking good accounts of two legendary disasters.
(And whatever DID become of DePalma's sharp young assistant on BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES, Eric Schwab, who actually executed the stunning opening shot from the Chrysler Building and the sumptuos twilight telephoto landing of the Concorde.)
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I also recommend J. W. Rinzler, “The Making of Star Wars” (2007).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345494768
It must be a sign of how big a geek I've always been that I am reading this over the holidays.
It must be a sign of how big a geek I am no longer that I did not buy it, but only borrowed it from the library.
First it’s a lavish coffee-table book, but also filled elaborately with the description of the creative process,
And the print is so damned small! That make the book an even bigger commitment to read!
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And here I thought that the reason this thread was revived was so that mention could be made of RETURN TO TOMORROW...
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Would the BFI books series count? I think they had a Bladerunner one, I also bought one about The Thing which though good had some odd errors and pictures of deleted scenes - Bennings alternate death by stabbing - which are never addressed in the book. Also The Exorcist probably by Kermode. I also have the Jaws Log and maybe one about Jaws 2 or it's another book on Jaws, and one about The Exorcist 2 which is very interesting. There are lots of interesting recommendations in this thread which will probably cost me a small fortune! 
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I also recommend J. W. Rinzler, “The Making of Star Wars” (2007).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345494768
It must be a sign of how big a geek I've always been that I am reading this over the holidays.
It must be a sign of how big a geek I am no longer that I did not buy it, but only borrowed it from the library.
First it’s a lavish coffee-table book, but also filled elaborately with the description of the creative process,
And the print is so damned small! That make the book an even bigger commitment to read!
I bought these three (Star Wars through Jedi) for Kindle, and it works great on the iPad - no problem with small print, and there are even a few video segments!
I'd love to buy Return to Tomorrow for Kindle as well, Preston, as you may have seen me say once or twice before. And then I'd talk about it! 
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As always, folks, Ray here is right on the money. Each book features (no pun intended) the script, along with a long treatise on the film's production history. I have many of them in my library, and would gladly have more, they're all essential.
By coincidence, I happen to be reading about the University of Wisconsin as a hotbed of film appreciation in Patrick McGilligan's introduction to his wonderful 2000 book of filmmaker interviews, FILM CRAZY. Also highly recommended, of course.
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Oh would Richard E Grant's With Nails count? It's his film diaries. Really great read, very fun with tons of anecdotes.
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I also recommend J. W. Rinzler, “The Making of Star Wars” (2007).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345494768
I'm afraid I have to take 2 Princess points away from an author who does the following:
In the caption for the "official backstage" Oscar photo of John Williams winning the STAR WARS award, the other person next to him, also holding an Oscar is "unidentified."
Even a mope like me can look up the winners for music for that year and find that it's Jonathan Tunick.
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But I will give him 2 points for the following excellent quote, from TCF board of directors member Warren Hellman:
"The movie industry is a very vituperative and petty industry most of the time...."
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I've never read but almost purchased many times over the years the making of 2001 http://amzn.to/aroJFH.
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I just remembered that I have read this one. It is GREAT, and I'm sorry I don't still have my copy. You should get it, TNG.
If you like these sorts of books (and it sounds like you do) it really is an absorbing read.
I second the recommendation. "The Making of Kubrick's 2001" was the first one I ever purchased, back in 1970. Don't know if I still have it in a box somewhere.
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Way back in the seventies I can remember reading a s/h paperback of, The Making Of King Kong (1976), it was before I saw the film, I remember really enjoying it. It's a lot of big books these days, I have the big Taschen book, The Making Of Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Piers Bizony, it's still in its shrink wrap, I bought it as a possible present (I only bought it because Amazon were selling it dirt cheap for a couple days). And I've just bought a book about the making of The Wild Bunch by W.K. Stratten (that's covered in a different thread). When you read a book about a star or director, you get some interesting stuff about the background of a film, I'm thinking about, Searching for John Ford by Joseph McBride, & David Lean: A Biography by Kevin Brownlow (lot's about the making of Lawrence of Arabia). The huge bio of Richard Burton, And God Created Burton, has a lot of juicy stuff about Cleopatra.
The new book about the making of Planet Of The Apes looks fantastic (I was flicking through it in a shop the other day), I might buy it.
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