The Crow: The Movie

by Jeff Conner, Robert Zuckerman (Photographer)

Book by Connor, Jeff, Zuckerman, Robert

Genres: Nonfiction, Comics

109 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1993

About the author

Jeff Conner is a contributing editor for IDW Publishing and a World Fantasy Award Nominee.

Reviews

[Jessie Drew · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you like The Crow read this book.

[John Ekleberry · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent behind-the-scenes look at the cult film and the underground comic book that spawned it. In the age of the internet, where much of this book's contents have leaked over the years, it may initially seem less impressive than it is. Yet this book still has a lot to offer, not least of which are Robert Zuckerman's stunning photographs.

It still amazes me how quickly the book was optioned for a film, in contrast to how long it took O'Barr to get it published in the first place. Consequently, the screenwriters were developing the script independently of O'Barr's continued work on the book... hence a very visible division between the two works. In the end, Proyas and Lee steered the film back toward O'Barr's vision to the degree that film and book share the same spirit and mood, each one unique and spectacular in its own right.

There are extraneous elements in the film, but they are so outshined by the brilliance so many fine actors and craftsmen put into it I can scarcely complain.

Conner and Zuckerman later produced an equally impressive book chronicling the film's sequel.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice to revisit The Crow even though it is just promotional material. It felt more like a magazine than a book. I actually did learn some new trivia about The Crow's production. There were some beautiful images and some great tributes to Brandon Lee. Yet, at the end of the book focused less and less on Brandon Lee and more on the production and movie, which I suppose is fine, but it felt lacking in terms of offering any closure or real goodbye.

[Kili · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredibly interesting book. Not only did it provide a series of little known facts about the film, but it also included beautiful pictures and was formatted in an easy to read way. I also very much appreciated that though it was mentioned, the book did not focus too much of the commonly known tragedy that is associated with the film, and instead explored much of the process which led to its creation.
Highly recommend to anyone why likes the film or the industry in general, the descrip.tion of the use of miniatures within the film was especially fascinating

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

It reads like one of those promotional featurettes you find on the DVD when they didn't have any other extras to put on (you can practically hear the narrator's voice) but it's a decent light exploration of the making of the film and those involved.

[Mike Jozic · Rating 4 out of 5]

A light but informative read and a nice trip down memory lane. Especially interesting to read about the scenes and characters that got cut for one reason or another.