Very informative. If you´re interested in film/all the different aspects of how movies are made, this is a good read. Gives a great overview of different careers involving film business, including the production. It was a little confusing at times, since the author often spoke in both first and third person at the same time. But besides that... :)

If you loved The Invention of Hugo Cabret, and if you loved the movie Hugo, this book is a must read! Written by Brian Selznick but with sections by other authors and many quotes by Martin Scorsese and other members of the movie team, the book includes not only the historical background (biographical information about Georges Meliers, Paris in 1931), but also tons of behind the scenes photos and summaries of all the team members. It ends with a description of how Brian Selznick got a cameo in th...

Beautiful photos and sub text for a beautiful film!

I adore the original book and movie, so it was fun to read this little peek behind the curtain.

Well written. An interesting look at many of the people involved in making a movie.

The Hugo Movie Companion is a book about a movie that is based on a book about movies. Hm… And yet, we are actually not back to where we started. We’ve come a long way since George Melies. This charming book shows us in both pictures and words the modern day magic of movie making. It’s a behind the scenes book like no other.Selznick intersperses photographs, drawings, and text all together in a way that is fun to read, informative, accessible to children, and also interesting to adults. For some...

Fantastic and thorough look at the behind-the-scenes making of the adorable movie Hugo, starring Asa Butterfield and Sir Ben Kingsley.

First of all, this is a gorgeous book! The packaging, the photos themselves, borders, type of paper-- very elegant. I like the way it describes the making of the film from several viewpoints. After reading this, it makes perfect sense that Scorsese would choose this as his first "children's film". I enjoyed the way he described the use of 3-D to help convey depth and personality, and the importance of films and family in his life, especially the father-son bond.Another plus to this book is that

I owe everything to the people you made this movie possible, for it was the love of cinema portrayed in the film that made me decide to try my own hand at filmmaking. My every thanks to Martin Scorsese and Brian Selznick.

If you love the film as much as I do (which is so incredibly much) you'll love this behind the scenes look at the people who helped create this beautiful story become the much beautiful film.

It was a very good book I would recommend it because it is adventureres and quite heartful.

When The Invention of Hugo Cabret first hit the shelves, I stood there at Barnes & Noble waiting for the sales clerk to cut open the box for me so I could buy my book. I've been a long-time Brian Selznick fan, and I had followed his entries on his website as he got ready for publication. I love art, travel, films, entertainment, creativity, and most especially, stories of redemption. This book had it all for me. I was already familiar with Méliès's Journey to the Moon movie, and in fact, I used

Once there was a book about a boy named Hugo Cabret and his automaton and their adventures in Paris. Then there was a movie based on the book. Then there was this book that talks about the adaptation of the book to the movie.The reason I read this book, or why I even knew about it in the first place, was because I saw it on the reserve shelves at the library. It was shortly after the movie had been released on DVD, so there was a waiting list for it. I added my name to the list and it finally ca...

This is such an interesting book. Sections include information on the book, on the actors, on the movie influencers for both the book and movie, and on the various workers for putting the movie together, plus more. I so enjoyed the original story, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, and this book adds additional background. Glad I finally got to read it.

I may have rated this a star higher than I initially would, but here's why. Brian Selznick has quickly and easily become one of my top five authors, possibly even in my top three. Martin Scorsese's 2011 film adaptation of Selznick's 2007 novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret (my second favorite of Selznick, but only because his 2011 follow-up novel, Wonderstruck has slotted up to first place) is not only somewhere within my top 50 favorite movies, but is a beautiful film on its own AS WELL AS a ver...

This book was amazing. I loved it so much. Jack Nielsen introduced me to it, and at first I was hesitant. It was mostly pictures, and I didn't think the story line would be very good. I read the first two chapters and I was hooked. I loved how for a while the words would tell the story, but then the pictures would take over. When the words returned you had a moment where you realized that the pictures had told a very big chunk of the story without you knowing. This story starts with a boy who

I really enjoyed this book....more than I expected I would! I am a big "Hugo" fan--loved the book and the movie. Purchasing the movie companion was kind of a given for me, but I was pretty sure it would be like most such books--primarily just a way to make more money. Surprisingly, I found it to be rather interesting. I loved the pictures and interviews--it even smells good! I learned more about the author (Selznick), his inspiration for the book, and Scorsese's desire to make the film. I learne...

reading this book for me was like being on set, or getting inside the minds of the people who brought this story together.

For anyone who's wondered what it takes to produce a large-scale, big-budget film like Martin Scorcese's Hugo, this book is likely to answer any question. I read and loved Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret, and I really enjoyed the film adaptation Hugo. With The Hugo Movie Companion, Selznick takes readers on a journey to show how his beloved novel became a Hollywood motion picture.With only five chapters, this book is a quick read. Regardless, Selznick goes into a good amount of det...