Product Description

The Dark Knight returns - to the big screen! After four blockbuster movies, director Christopher Nolan (Memento) goes back to the origins of Batman in Batman Begins, with a stellar cast including Christian Bale and Michael Caine, joined by Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and Cillian Murphy! The Art of Batman Begins is the must-have official companion to this highly anticipated re-imagining of the Batman movie mythos, and is simply one of the most in-depth 'art of' books ever produced. It features exclusive interviews and background information accompanying hundreds of photos, sketches, storyboards and pieces of stunning, fully painted production art, chronicling every aspect of the movie's design - from the Bat-suit and Batmobile, to Arkham Asylum and Gotham City!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #182047 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

Review
Dreamwatch Magazine June 2005: " If you ever want to move to Gotham City (or build your own), this is the book for you." Film Review, September 2005: "A feast for the eyes, this is a quality piece of tie-in merchandise."

Film Review, September 2005
"A feast for the eyes, this is a quality piece of tie-in merchandise."

About the Author
Mark Cotta Vaz is highly respected as the world's foremost author of movie 'making of' books. His informed, incisive yet highly entertaining writing has graced many titles over the years, including Behind the Mask of Spider-Man, The Art of Finding Nemo, The Art of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, and his acclaimed history of matte painting in movies, The Invisible Art.

Customer Reviews

Slightly lacking in depth
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2YMMNXYVYL1GW This book is also pretty light on content, just like The Dark Knight: Featuring Production Art and Full Shooting Script. It explains very little on the production of the movie. You might probably even get more information on Wikipedia.

There are pretty detailed storyboards in the book, even if they are only a few pages. The paintings and concept art to be lacking in comparison to movie stills. A lot of movie stills were included. Some of these movie stills occupy a whole page, or two by themselves. By themselves, they really served no purpose.

The cinematography for the movie was great. The composition was amazing. But there are too few reference paintings included.

This book is only for the hardcore movie fans. Batman fans won't really miss anything if they stick to their comics.

The probable reason for the lack of depth, I believe, is that not much material was provided to the author, Mark Cotta Vaz. His two other art books which I have, The Art of The Incredibles and The Art of Finding Nemo, were fantastic.

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