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9780811831369

The Invisible Art

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  • ISBN13:

    9780811831369

  • ISBN10:

    0811831361

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-08-01
  • Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc
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Summary

The Invisible Art showcases the finest examples of the now-rare art of matte painting, revealing a century's worth of fascinating stories, legendary personalities and movie-craft secrets. Beyond the exclusive interviews, the narrative moves from the pioneering "glass shots" to the dawn of digital technology and explores films such as Gone with the Wind and Titanic. An introduction by legendary filmmaker George Lucas and a CD-ROM are also included."A feast for film aficionados. I learned things I never knew about many of my favorite movies." -Leonard Maltin

Author Biography

Mark Cotta Vaz recently completed his 19th book, a biography of Merian C. Cooper, creator of King Kong which is scheduled to be published by Random House in 2005. Vaz's books on movie history include Industrial Light + Magic: Into the Digital Realm , which

Craig Barron has been an innovator in the cinematic technique of matte painting for the last two decades, playing a key role in the effects for films from The Empire Strikes Back to The Last Samurai. A veteran of George Lucas's effects company, Industrial Light + Magic, Barron now heads Matte World Digital. He is currently creating the visual effects for an Imax film on the Universe for professor Stephen Hawking. Barron lives in Marin County, California.

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