The Bookshelf

The Bookshelf

On with today’s blog in which I’ll attempt to review, and in many cases, promote the best from the NZPete Library – the various books, manuscripts and journals dedicated to traditional special effects from my collection.  I’m not covering everything, as some publications may have just a few pages on effects work or a couple of photos in an otherwise non-fx related work, though I’ll mention those which I deem relevant.  Hopefully this will serve as a good guide to the prospective seekers of such publications and those looking for the better published material out there.  These reviews are in alphabetical order and are ‘rated’ out of five stars in excellence (or not!) as follows:

***** a masterpiece of the field – every enthusiast should own this!
****   very highly recommended – of considerable value to the fx fan and historian.
***     good, though not without it’s flaws – generally of interest.
**       fair only with nothing you didn’t already know –  a starting block text only.
*         essentially worthless

…Read the Full Article @ Matte Shot
A Tribute to Golden Era Special FX

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