Smilla's Sense of Snow: The Making of a Film by Bille August [Paperback]

Karin Trolle (Author), Peter Hoeg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1997

A scrapbook from the production of the film version, premiering in the spring of 1997, of the critically acclaimed 1993 novel contains the film's screenplay, a dialogue between the novelist and the director, and more than a hundred photographs. Movie tie-in.

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Here is a beautiful companion piece to Smilla's Sense of Snow. Whether you're a fan of Peter Hoeg's novel, Bille August's film adaptation, or both, you'll be delighted by this book. It contains every word of Ann Biderman's film script and hundreds of color photographs. It also features interviews with all the major cast members, a history of Greenland, articles on the film's production by major members of the crew, and, best of all, a 20-page transcript of a revealing dialogue between August and Hoeg about the themes of the book and the making of the film.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Danish

Product Details

• Paperback: 226 pages
• Publisher: Noonday Pr; 1st edition (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0374525129
• ISBN-13: 978-0374525125
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 3.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,727,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Smilla's Sense of Snow - making the movie, April 10, 2007

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This review is from: Smilla's Sense of Snow: The Making of a Film by Bille August (Paperback)

This is a very interesting book. It has the movie script, which turned out to be a little different in the movie itself. It helped me to understand finer details that I had missed in the movie. I also found the images of Greenland quite breathtaking. It is a beautiful, powerful landscape and the actors and film makers had an appreciation for the landscape and the people that I found nourishing.