V for Vendetta: From Script to Film

Book Overview

A comprehensive behind-the-scenes chronicle of the movie V for Vendetta , which is based on the popular cult graphic novel of the same name. V for Vendetta: From Script to Film will contain production ephemera including: storyboard art, character sketches, original script, still photos, and art from the original graphic novel. V for Vendetta: From Script to Film will also contain observations by reclusive producers the Wachowski brothers, cast members including Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, John Hurt, and Stephen Rea, and various other film crew. V for Vendetta: From Script to Film is sure to appeal to new comic book fans and diehard collectors alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789315033
• ISBN13: 9780789315038
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Universe
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.7" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

V for Vendetta: From script to film

Having loved this underappreciated film, I found this wonderfully writen and developed book to be a perfect follow-up. The side notes on the script gave depth to the story and to the character of V, while the extremenly detailed descriptions of the technology used, right down to the weight of the cape and choice of mask colors, would please any theater or film buff. Great shots taken during the filming are a bonus. If you loved the movie, get this book while you still can!

Mighty nice.

If you're a V and Evey nut like I am, you should grab a copy of this coffee tabler. There are awesome photos and it's fun to see the additions and deletions of the author. Most fun for me was that as I read the script, I could see, perfectly all the scenes that I was reading, almost like watching the film again as I read. Super fun. It's of excellent quality. I'm not sure, but it even appears to have a sewn-in binding. This is one that will always stay in my library for a nice rainy day. Ah...mademoiselle...would like a cup of tea with your egg?

Great book for a great film

Great book containing the shooting script with director's notes and hundreds of stills. The last third of the book contains artwork and storyboards and how they were transformed into film, complete with explaining notes by the film's makers. Poster gallery and credits included. All color photos and artwork, high quality print, great book on this great film!

Makes an excellent souvenier!

Has the full shooting script. Lots of behind the scenes stuff. THICK, glossy pages (the kind you sort of get a high from, from such heavy gloss fumes). Wonderful artwork from the film!!!! Mock movie posters and the print posters. All very nice. A must have if you're a fan of the film!

Depicting Dissent With A Cinematic Vengeance.

(from an extended feature, copyright 2006 Michael F. Hopkins) Few literary masterworks offer more narrative wonder, and more frustration to adapt to the silver screen, than the socioculturally-charged V FOR VENDETTA by writer Alan Moore and illustrator David Lloyd. Its mix of Fascist horror, Romantic adventure, and Science Fiction contemplation, has thrilled readers of Sequential literature and a world of enthusiasts for over 20 years. The questions posed by its pages, particularly the point at which Terrorism becomes the State, or the crucible in which Dissent can be compelled to fashion the tools of Rebellion from the State's own Terror, still await finer resolutions in the trouble-torn world of the Here and Now. As ambivalent as the tones of a William Blake painting, V FOR VENDETTA strikes as aggressively for the souls and minds of thinking, caring people who refuse to settle for any quick emotion, and easy answer. These are the focused aims superbly met by the wondrous film from the shapers of THE MATRIX Trilogy. Larry and Andy Wachowski spent many years forging their prodigious script, and director James McTeigue brings the momentous tale to stunning life. Not a word-for-word adaptation of what is perhaps Alan Moore's signature work, the film masterfully embraces Moore's questing spirit; holding true to the original author's vision while imbuing the film with a life and character all its own. Its myriad inquiries into the nature of Faith and Wisdom in a bigoted World run by Lust without Ethics, and Reason gone mad without Virtue, mark the cinematic V FOR VENDETTA as a classic tale of the Human spirit prevailing against all odds. Those who love to look within the shaping of such presentations would do well to purchase V FOR VENDETTA: FROM SCRIPT TO FILM, a handsome coffee-table book (Hardcover, as well as paperback) from Rizzoli's Universe Publishing which offers the film's complete shooting script, a wealth of photos and pre-production art from the movie, along with invaluable insights from director McTeigue himself. Edited by Spencer Lamm (who edited THE ART OF THE MATRIX) and Sharon Bray, the volume is a massive tribute to the power of gifted artistry; crossing idioms to make even broader points to ever-growing audiences with unimpeachable integrity. If there continues to be confusion regarding author Moore's disavowing of such a landmark adaptation of his work, it is hoped that this volume will make the adaptation's worthiness crystal clear, beyond any shadow of a doubt. Perhaps only Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Phillipa Boyens (LORD OF THE RINGS) along with Ray Bradbury (John Huston's MOBY DICK) had a more imposing task of adaptation. Those who admire both the Literary original and the Hugo Weaving-Natalie Portman tour de force can respect -if not agree with- author Moore's disavowal of film adaptations. By the very breath, one can only hope that the excellence of this motion picture -ably reflected by this book- will earn Mr