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MASTERS OF FX Book By Ian Failes Has Interviews With Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar & Phil Tippett To Name A Few @ilmvfx

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If you're looking for a new addition to your collection of behind the scenes books, then you may be interested in 'Masters of FX' by Ian Failes.  Not only does it boast a foreword by legendary director, James Cameron it also has interviews with 16 of the world's top FX artists.  They are:

Dennis Muren (Star Wars: Episodes IV–VI; Terminator 2: Judgment Day;
Jurassic Park; A.I. Artificial Intelligence; War of the Worlds)

Bill Westenhofer (Babe: Pig in the City; Cats & Dogs; The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe; The Golden Compass; Life of Pi)

Joe Letteri (The Lord of the Rings trilogy; King Kong; Avatar; Planet
of the Apes; The Hobbit trilogy)

John Knoll (Mission: Impossible; The Phantom Menace; Pirates of the
Caribbean; Pacific Rim)

Phil Tippett (Star Wars films; RoboCop; Starship Troopers, Twilight Saga)

Douglas Trumbull (2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third
Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner)

Rob Legato (Apollo 13; Titanic; The Aviator; Hugo)

Paul Franklin (Pitch Black; Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight
trilogy; Inception; Interstellar)

Richard Edlund (Star Wars: Episodes IV–VI; Raiders of the Lost Ark;
Ghostbusters; Multiplicity);

Edson Williams (X-Men: The Last Stand; The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button; The Social Network; Captain America films)

Karen Goulekas (Godzilla; The Day After Tomorrow; 10,000 BC; Green Lantern);

Chris Corbould (Golden Eye; Die Another Day; Christopher Nolan’s The
Dark Knight trilogy; Inception);

Ian Hunter (The X-Files; The Dark Knight; The Dark Knight Rises;
Inception; Interstellar)

John Rosengrant (Terminator films; Jurassic Park; Iron Man films; Real Steel)

Scott Farrar (Back to the Future, Minority Report, Transformers, World War Z)

John Bruno (Ghostbusters, The Abyss, True Lies, X-Men: The Last Stand)

Here's the write up from Amazon:

It would be rare these days to find a film that did not in some way depend on the magic of special and visual effects - from the raging computer-generated dinosaurs in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park, to the fantasical worlds of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and the photoreal tiger and ocean in Ang Lee's Life of Pi. Through interviews with 16 of the leading FX pioneers from around the world, author Ian Failes explores the making of some of the most memorable film sequences ever produced, showcasing the shift from practical to digital magic with original behind-the-scenes imagery, shot breakdowns, and detailed explanations of some of the secrets behind the making of cinema's most extraordinary creations.

Here's the link to Amazon UK, price £19.99.  Amazon US - $33.20

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