The Making of the X Files FIGHT THE FUTURE Adapted for Young Readers

by Jody Duncan, Chris Carter

The Making of the X-Files: Fight the Future brings the reader onto the set and into the studios. If you are not familiar with the intricacies of producing a film, prepare to be boggled by the hectic schedule required to make Fight the Future possible. Combining a past-tense narrative on the various stages of production, with first-person, present-tense journal entries for anecdotal flavor, Duncan offers a dual perspective on the evolution of the movie. Her narrative is punctuated with stills from the film, and behind-the-scenes photographs. The movie's concept illustrations also adorn the pages, and make for interesting backgrounds to the text and photos. Die-hard X-philes will get their dose of trivia, with interesting facts on everything from secrecy protocols to set construction to bee wrangling. While some "making of" books are little more than marketing tie-ins with big movies, Duncan actually tells the story of Fight the Future's "life," from conception to completion, creating a "making of" book with both substance and style. --Brian Patterson

Genres: Nonfiction

112 pages, Paperback

First published June 19, 1998

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great short book about the process of the making of The X Files: Fight the Future. It really gave insight into all the cast and crew involved, the epic volume of work and effort required and the time in which it takes to complete each phase.
I found this good a good comprehensive "biography" of the movie being made. I found the end to skip over the sound/music effects and the final distribution but i guess you can guess how that is all achieved.

[Daniel Louro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Found this on an old nerdy book store in London, and being an X-Files obsessed, i was shocked that i never heard about this incredible production diary from the first motion picture.
Mandatory to any fan and quite interesting to anyone who likes to know backstage stories about how a movie come to be.

[Simone S · Rating 5 out of 5]

Libro molto interessante e pieno di aneddoti su come siano state realizzate le tante scene del film in termini di effetti speciali, location, e scelte del regista. Impressionante come i 4 mesi di riprese e i 7 mesi di post produzione si siano incastrati alla perfezione con il lavoro costante dei venti episodi e più all'anno di ogni singola stagione di The X-Files! Molte le testimonianze dei protagonisti del film, tra cui Chris Carter, Rob Bowman, e pure la coppia Duchovny - Anderson.
Consigliatissimo per gli appassionati di The X-Files, e anche per chi ne voglia sapere qualcosa di come si realizzasse un film d'azione/fantascienza nella Hollywood della seconda metà degli anni Novanta!

[Alivia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining and informative look behind the scenes, including (my favorite) an interview with the "bee wrangler" who somehow managed to direct hundreds of thousands of bees safely to and fro on set - and also coax one specific bee into a delicate maneuver on Scully's collar that made for a fantastic scene. Only knocked off a star because on many pages, the light text printed on a dark background was blurry and nearly illegible.

[Deyth Banger · Rating 5 out of 5]

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