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| Drew Struzan: Oeuvre | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jessie Horsting, Drew Struzan, Amy Horsting
Publisher: Dreamwave
Category: Book
Buy New: $245.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 760102
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 300
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.9
Dimensions (in): 14.1 x 10.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0973278676
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43
EAN: 9780973278675
ASIN: 0973278676
Publication Date: January 5, 2005
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Product Description
Drew Struzan is the best-kept secret in Hollywood. Over the last thirty years, he's created many of Hollywood's most memorable posters. His art touched generations of filmgoers with unforgettable images for The Star Wars Trilogy, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Phantom Menace, Bladerunner, First Blood, The Thing, Back to the Future I - III, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, and hundreds more. Finally, these posters, in addition to paintings from Drew's private collection, several limited edition works, book and album covers and more have been collected into one stunning full color volume, Drew Struzan: Oeuvre. Authors Jessie and Amy Horsting examine the unique forces shaping Struzan's career, his rise as an illustrator, and the perseverance required to succeed and thrive in a notoriously fickle industry. Featuring a foreword by George Lucas, the book also focuses on the history of some ground-breaking posters, relates a few celebrity encounters, and offers commentary from Harrison Ford, Frank Darabont, Alice Cooper, Robert Zemekis, Jim Henson, and many others who have had close encounters with this giant talent.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Oeuvre June 27, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is to Drew because Dylan, I know you must read these eventually...beautiful book with perfect illustrations (of course) although they are much more awe inspiring in person! I hope to see you someday...
If you are a "Drew Fan"-then you need this book. My only question is: where is your son's book????
always, bonnie and clyde
Complete works December 19, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book of Drew covers not only his best known jobs, but the rejected ones (did anyone knew how many covers for "Back to the future III" Struzan draw?). Some sketches and experiments are also shown.
After seen it, my neighbour decided to buy it :)
awesome book for an awesome artist! September 30, 2005
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
My boyfriend and myself actually met Drew after buying this book. He is an amazing artist as well as a very humble man. I recommend this book as a must have for anyone who respects art!
 Great art, OK book, Publisher problems January 23, 2005
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
First of all, I'm second to none in my admiration for Mr. Struzan's work, all of which garners five stars. This book, however has a number of problems ( and reviewers have given it 5 stars w/out even seeing it!)
To paraphrase Oscar Wilde; it's worse than bad, it's half good. What a missed opportunity! Despite its size and promise, this is not a career retrospective. Although there are a number of anecdotal stories of Drew's early years, there is very little early work. We're told of his many album covers, but shown only the much reproduced Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper art. There is very little here a long-time fan hasn't seen before. ( For those of you contemplating Running Press' "Movie Posters of.. " book, 91 of the 97 pieces in that book are here as well. Frankly, it's a better book. At least you can read the title of the art on the same page.)
The lack of any type of information or credits on the work is extremely frustrating. We're told virtually NOTHING about the work. Pieces possibly done as prints or other than movie one sheets are credited only as "c. 2000 Drew Struzan". What were they done for? How were they done? Some of the more experimental pieces seem to be in oil, rather than Struzan's airbrush and prismacolor style; NO information,not even a simple " 27 x 41 in., acrylic on board" is provided. There are no thumbnails, reference or preliminaries shown; no actual size details. Sequential images of a work in progress? Not here. The Superman poster done for the Thought Factory is a different image here, done in the Leyendecker oil style, rather than the airbrush piece printed. No explanation. No comparison. Just look at the art- what, you want to learn from a book?
OK, so what does the book provide? The production is problematic. The writing is printed in gray, not black, it's lighter on some pages than on others, and the page numbers are printed both in gray AND tiny, making them almost impossible to read. You'll need those page numbers; you need to flip to the rear section to find the list providing the titles and copyrights (again, no other info) of every painting. I know those Star Trek covers I like were comic books because I know Wildstorm is a comic book co.; if I didn't, I wouldn't. Like that Star Wars piece you've never seen before? It's copyright Lucasfilm , of course, so whether it was done for a book cover, video game, fan club magazine or comic book is anyone's guess; unless you know already you're out of luck in terms of finding it in its original incarnation.
The book comes with three 3-page foldouts, another production problem, another questionable result. Two of them in my copy were slit halfway down the fold; I had to exchange it, for which I rec'd a second damaged copy. More on that later. Except for the Star Wars Special Edition triptych, wherein all 3 posters have a common background, the foldouts are wasted. The other 2 are used to see the 3 "Back to the Future" and "Indiana Jones " posters side by side. (The initial -and re-release- domestic "Raiders" poster was done by Amsel, and the 2nd too was by another artist; the 3 Drew posters are not linked compositionally.)Considering the cost they undoubtedly added to the book, they ( at least the two right-side pgs.)could have been put to better use showing a horizontal work , such as the "Lost World" art on p.44-45 or the "Star Wars Roleplaying Game 2000" on p. 140-141, both of which are instead spread across the gutter of the book, a wide 3/4 inch split running down the center of each image. Most of the 2 page spreads are broken up in this manner, though a few have a smooth transition.
So, is the book worth it? To an artist and collector who waited a year and a half for it, it's a disappointment, though a nice set of plates to show your family and friends who Drew is and why you like him so much. The problem seems to be getting a good copy .I rec'd 2 damaged copies, Amazon wouldn't let me exchange a 2nd time so I took the refund; I MIGHT try again in a few months. But I'll be reading other reviews; look at the "used and new" section on the page listing; you'll see multiple " "fulfillment by Amazon. Never read copy" 's at cheap prices with "large wrinkle or bend on DJ" or "multiple folds and tears" listed. Can you say, "return"? This publisher doesn't inspire confidence. That "Howard Pyle, His Life and Art " is coming out soon;a big ticket item, a more omportant artist; maybe we should save our $$ for that, you know? CAVEAT EMPTOR.
WOW January 8, 2005
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you are a drew fan than it was definitely worth the wait. What I liked most about the book was that it contained work that is not commonly found by the artist. He includes some from his own collection and some with a different approach.
If I have any criticism of the book it would be the quality of a few of the reproductions. Some of the blacks could be richer. I was also hoping for a few more of his grey tone sketches. He has such wonderful line work it would have been nice to see a little more of that.
I was very glad to see some of the pieces that used to be on his website in the book. I miss the old website, this book captures some of whats missing there today.
I like the grey type and blank spaces, both put the art center stage. Overall it is a wonderful collection from a truly amazing artist and person.
Thank you drew!
Debbie Mason
Michigan
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