From Library Journal
Anyone who has even a nodding acquaintance with film magazines will observe a recurring note in the articles contained within?whatever film the interviewee is currently working on is the best work he or she has ever done, with the finest script and the most ingenious director. Such statements are given a nod, then quickly forgotten?hyperbole is, after all, the unofficial currency of the film industry. The hyperbole is resurrected in The Dreamweavers, compiled by four journalists who held many such interviews in the 1980s. The films covered represent all areas of the fantasy spectrum, from time travel (Back to the Future) to vampirism (The Lost Boys) to horror (A Nightmare on Elm Street). Several people were interviewed for each film, giving a variety of perspectives, and the conversations, coupled with the author's comments and the readers' own knowledge of the films, make for an enjoyable and informative read. Recommended for both public and academic libraries.?Cynthia Ward Cooper, Carrollton P.L., Tex.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
The box office smash
Back to the Future was almost a bomb, saved only by the talents of Michael J. Fox, who was brought in to star six weeks after production had started. Ivan Reitman wasn't really interested in directing
Ghostbusters. Producer Gloria Katz described
Howard the Duck as "a comedy about a person with certain particular characteristics," foremost of which was that he was a duck. These insights and many more are revealed in these interviews with some of the leading creative talents in Hollywood fantasy films during the 1980s. Fox, Reitman, Katz, Joe Dante, Robert Zemeckis, Robert Donner, Jamie Gertz, Ray Bradbury, Michael Ritchie, Timothy Dalton and others discuss
Big Trouble in Little China, James Bond, Conan, Dead Zone, Gremlins, Ladyhawke, Lost Boys, and other fantasy films of the decade. Each of the interviews (previously published in a different form in
Starlog) is preceded by a brief introduction setting it in context.
