Lilo & Stitch: Collected Stories From the Film's Creators [Paperback]

Hiro Clark Wakabayashi (Editor)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Disney Editions; 1st edition (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786853824
• ISBN-13: 978-0786853823
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #421,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, elegant, evocative, July 16, 2002

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Seppo Helava (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lilo & Stitch: Collected Stories From the Film's Creators (Paperback)

This book is a "making-of" book, but just like the movie Lilo & Stitch was a simpler, more elegant, more personal movie than most of Disney's recent efforts, this book is a more personal, more elegant making-of book than any other making-of book I've ever seen.

The book is comprised of a bunch of concept art, and art-in-progress from the development of the movie, as well as personal stories of the concept and movie's creation, told by the people who went through the process. There's a genuine sense of love for the characters that's prevalent throughout the book, and the theme of simplicity, and a personal connection with the audience pervades the entire structure of this book.

From Chris Sanders' first drawing of Stitch, to some really zany sketches for products based on the likeness of Dean deBlois, there's lots of stuff that's both interesting because of its relation to the movie, and interesting because it's so ... off the wall.

If you loved the movie, as I did, there's almost no chance that you won't find this book insightful, and entertaining.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Making-of Book yet, February 15, 2003

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Bruce Aguilar (Hollywood, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lilo & Stitch: Collected Stories From the Film's Creators (Paperback)

I started collecting Disney's making-of books with Lion King but soon realized that with each succeeding film I was basically reading the same information over and over again and stopped getting them after A Bug's Life.

So I was skeptical about getting this one but I eventually caved in after I read a bit of it in a bookstore. This isn't a typical making-of book where the author tells you step by step how the fim was created. Instead we get many short essays from the creators of the film themselves telling their experiences on making Lilo & Stitch. It's a terrific idea that reminds us of the human element in creating a film. Even better, the essays seem genuine and give us little insights into the mind of the individual creator as well as the Disney corporation. Generous amouns of pre-production art is sprinkled throughout the book and I'm going to buy a second copy to frame a few of them.

If you have any interest in Disney, animation in general or Lilo & Stitch you will definitely get something worthwile out of this book. I'm actually axiously looking forward to the next making-of book from Disney again! Life is good.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting read and a feast for your eyes., June 15, 2002

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"acg_pollo" (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lilo & Stitch: Collected Stories From the Film's Creators (Paperback)

This book acts as The Art of Lilo & Stitch. And it does fulfill the art aspect of the book, but it goes way beyond for a richer print. As it is actually called: Collected stories from the creators; it makes it so fun. Is like the book breakes the ice and stops being just a gallery of beautiful watercolor progress works, but one undertands and meets the people that created such illustrations. Of course, it works better as a support of the movie, but it also works on its own, as its own piece of literature, telling the story of people working hard to make an animated work of art.