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Title: 'O' Cirque du Soleil at Bellagio by Veronique Vial, Franco Dragone ISBN: 1-57687-094-4 Publisher: powerHouse Books Pub. Date: July, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: This book gives you almost no taste of what the show is like. It is a collection of beautiful but artsy fartsy pictures, capturing the photographers style rather than this amazing show. The bad poetry dramatically inserted as captions to the pictures continues the slightly pretensious path the book took.
there are only TWO PAGES at the end of the book devoted to writing about the actual show. For a show that is completely groundbreaking and unique, that is far too little. It is almost all text that is available at the cirque site (an excelent site, as opposed to this book)
To see what this book could have been, take a look at the book of "Pride Rock on Broadway: Julie Taymor's The Lion King". This is a book about an amazing, one- of- a- kind show, packed with quotes from the creators, concept drawings, beautiful photographs, ideas that were cut, technical diagrams and explanations of problems that arose during production and how the team solved them. It is a book that any person, and *especially* a theater person from any discipline would love. That is the kind of book that this could have been, and it isn't.
If you want an artsy collection of photographs, this is for you. Otherwise, wait till you get a chance to actually see the show - it will be worth it!
Rating: 3
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: While the pictures in here are quite good (not fantastic), that's mostly what the book is all about. Pictures. There's no story behind each of them. It's quite pricey for pictures. I'd wait a while until it comes down in price. As for the show? It's the best show you will ever see in your lifetime. Trust me. I've seen a show or two before, and this is something special.
Rating: 2
Summary: Cover Photo Deceiving of Contents of Other Photos
Comment: This book appears as if ALL the photographs in it will be as outstanding as the cover picture but this is quite deceiving.
Considering the quality of the show, price of the book, etc... much more effort and professionalism should have been put into the photography.
Very disappointing with a handful of good photographs towards the end of the book.
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Title: Varekai: Cirque du Soleil by Veronique Vial, Kerry Fleming ISBN: 0810944421 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Cirque du Soleil 2004 Wall Calendar by ABRAMS ISBN: 0810979500 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title:Cirque du Soleil - Varekai ASIN: B0000B1A51 Publisher: Columbia Tristar Hom Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.96 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $23.75 |
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Title: Wings: Backstage With Cirque Du Soleil!!! by Veronique Vial ISBN: 1892041103 Publisher: Arena Editions Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title:Cirque du Soleil - Alegria (Live in Sidney) ASIN: B00008EY7H Publisher: Columbia Tristar Hom Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.94 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $22.91 |
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