As much as I enjoyed the new Planet Of The Apes movies
they can’t compare with the original film.
Starring Charlton Heston, in 1968, the original Planet
Of The Apes movie was, and is, a shocker.
In 1968 I was 15 years old the buzz going around was that
Planet Of The Apes film was a real shocker and was not to be missed.
My friends and I attended the first showing of the film
in my hometown and as promised, the film was shocking, unsettling and
unnerving. It was an instant hit.
I still remember how queasy I felt when I saw the
roundup, lobotomy, taxidermy and Statue of Liberty scenes. Appalled, and yet fascinated, I was swept
away by the physical and visual effects.
Scenes of the downed spaceship, the barren foreboding
landscape, the haunting scarecrows, the Apes’ village, the wholesale slaughter
of humans and the talking Apes set my nerves on edge.
Planet Of The Apes deserves to be the cult classic
film that it is.
Harper
Design and Jonathon Rinzler have collaborated to bring readers The Making Of Planet Of The Apes
book.
Resplendent with black and white photos, art, character
and set sketches, production paintings, set schematics, production notes,
promotional material and various other movie production literature, the book delves
deeply into the making of the classic film.
Full production documentation, commentaries by cast and
crew and a historical recounting of the making of the film make for a
fascinating, enlightening and eye-opening read.
The oversize hardbound book is jam-packed with so much
information and visual references that it takes literally hours to pour over
everything.
I especially love looking at the costume designs, set
pieces, location shots and other behind-the-scenes photos and reading up about
the how, why, where, when and who associated with the film.
It is an amazing compilation of film making and history
that Ape fans, as well as film fans, are sure to enjoy.
Discover how a classic science fiction film, sans
computer digital effects, was made and changed the face of film-making forever.