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cinemazombie's review against another edition
5.0
An incredibly informative collection of thoughts and interviews on an insatiably hard-working director who is probably unknown to the wide movie-going audience. Very well done, highly recommended to any movie fan regardless of their experience or background.
helpfulsnowman's review against another edition
5.0
If you read the description of this book and didn’t feel you got exactly what you were expecting, plus a little bit more, that’s on you, bro.
Pyun is such a great cinema character because he kinda made it, kinda didn’t, and why isn’t straightforward, but he seems like a genuinely nice person who often shielded other people on productions from some of the worst parts of filmmaking, which is a the move of a great person.
His love for moviemaking is infectious, for sure, as is Decloux’s love for Pyun.
This book gave me a good answer to the question “What would you do if you could go back in time?” And my answer would be to use my knowledge of the future to get rich and then bankroll Albert Pyun movies with healthy budgets and decent shooting schedules, just because I’d like to see what that nets.
It’s my new second-go-to answer to the time travel question. My number one answer is “Kill baby hitler” because I figure that way I might get to time travel, but as soon as they turn the time machine’s keys over, I go back to audition for Number 1 Single, the reality show where bachelors try to date Lisa Loeb. Selfish? Yes. Frivolous, you bet.
I know I’m supposed to end that with a “but,” like “but it’ll change lives,” but it won’t.
Pyun is such a great cinema character because he kinda made it, kinda didn’t, and why isn’t straightforward, but he seems like a genuinely nice person who often shielded other people on productions from some of the worst parts of filmmaking, which is a the move of a great person.
His love for moviemaking is infectious, for sure, as is Decloux’s love for Pyun.
This book gave me a good answer to the question “What would you do if you could go back in time?” And my answer would be to use my knowledge of the future to get rich and then bankroll Albert Pyun movies with healthy budgets and decent shooting schedules, just because I’d like to see what that nets.
It’s my new second-go-to answer to the time travel question. My number one answer is “Kill baby hitler” because I figure that way I might get to time travel, but as soon as they turn the time machine’s keys over, I go back to audition for Number 1 Single, the reality show where bachelors try to date Lisa Loeb. Selfish? Yes. Frivolous, you bet.
I know I’m supposed to end that with a “but,” like “but it’ll change lives,” but it won’t.
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