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Cinema Alchemist: Designing Star Wars and Alien

Roger Christian; forewords by George Lucas, David West Reynolds and J. W. Rinzler

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Summary

Roger Christian recounts his career in production design and directing, including work on Star Wars, Alien and Black Angel. The memoir follows his path through the British film industry and describes the work and relationships behind his best-known designs. George Lucas, David West Reynolds and J. W. Rinzler contribute forewords. The checked Titan hardback was published in July 2016.

  • SourceCinema Alchemist: Designing Star Wars and Alien — source record · Description and Specifications: Christian’s production-design career; forewords; 26 July 2016 hardback; ISBN.

Why read it Our view

Use this practitioner’s account to examine how a specialist makes a creative contribution inside a larger production. Its value is in design work and working relationships rather than a general formula for running a company.

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  • George LucasCollaborator’s memoir subject; foreword contributor
    Christian discusses his work on Lucas’s film and Lucas contributes a foreword. All three foreword contributors are retained.
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