Your favorite Book Prop
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I love the huge, latch side bible that Indiana Jones opens to show the agents at the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark. That, and his little notebook.
SSgt Burton
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CB2001
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Sorry, Malum, I have to ask: to whom was that above statment directed at?
Mill. Falsehood
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I'd like to make a prop of the Book from "Hocus Pocus". I'm a young guy, and this was a favorite from my childhood. It would be cool if I could somehow make the eye move and blink.
That was in response to "The Confession" but I managed to forget to click the "Quote message in reply" button, and failed to notice until much later. I figured no-one would say anything.
Obviously, I was incorrect.
I occurs to me that "Your favorite Book Prop" could refer to non-TV/non-movie media as well. I know of several people who've made their own Necronomicons, and some of those even put them on Lulu. (Er... Quality notwithstanding.)
Me, I always wanted The Book of Sand from the Jorge Luis Borges short story of the same name. Well-described enough that I've often thought to trying my hand at manufacturing one. Minus the infinite pages.
CB2001
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That was in response to "The Confession" but I managed to forget to click the "Quote message in reply" button, and failed to notice until much later. I figured no-one would say anything.
Obviously, I was incorrect.
I occurs to me that "Your favorite Book Prop" could refer to non-TV/non-movie media as well. I know of several people who've made their own Necronomicons, and some of those even put them on Lulu. (Er... Quality notwithstanding.)
Me, I always wanted The Book of Sand from the Jorge Luis Borges short story of the same name. Well-described enough that I've often thought to trying my hand at manufacturing one. Minus the infinite pages.
First off, glad you like "The Confession". I definitely recommend checking out both "Henry Fool" and "Fay Grim". They may not be very coherent, but they have their funny moments (I also recommend "Amateur", also written and directed by Hal Hartley, the guy who did the two mentioned films). Actually, "Henry Fool" is available in its entirety on YouTube (with commercials interrupting the presentation, obviously).
Second, don't worry. Everyone makes that mistake sometimes. I know I have.
And about "Your Favorite Book" not being in relation to film or TV, that is true. It can be from a video game or a work of literature. Though many people don't know of it, the "Nine Gates" book from "The Ninth Gate" was, in itself a piece of literature from a piece of literature ("The Ninth Gate" was a novel before it became a film). The same can be said about a lot of stories featuring writer characters by Stephen King. I'm surprised someone hasn't attempted to make the Oolon Colluphid's trilogy of philosophical blockbusters "Where God Went Wrong," "Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes," and "Who is this God Person Anyway?" from the classic "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams.
If you decide to go with doing the Book of Sand, I wish you luck on it.
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ethicalcannibal
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I just finished reading The Club Dumas for the first time a couple weeks ago. I can't recommend it enough.
http://artificeeternity.com/bookofsand/
By accident I stumbled onto this site (I hadn't read the story before this), and was struck by how much fun could be had in creating a book with an indecipherable script and illustrations where no page stays in the same place...
So any thoughts? maybe a new thread on possibilities for creating something workable?
This was one of those strange moments where I saw the film then read the book, and was glad I did it in that order. I loved the Polanski interpretation, but Perez-Reverte's Dumas Club knocked me for six with its utter brilliance!
Made me go on to read the Flanders Panel (and other novels of his) - which centres around a painting I have been trying to recreate from the description in the book for about 3 years now (and still getting nowhere fast)... yet another thread I think.
ethicalcannibal
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Now I'm going to have to read Flanders Panel, and some of his other works.
nimitzbrood
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Oh geeze I'm a sucker for a book prop!
Let's see...
In another thread I've already mentioned both the Book of G'Kar and G'Quan from Babylon 5.
The holy book the ranger shows Brother Michael in the B5 episode "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars".
Hogwarts a History in leather.
There and Back Again. (The one previously posted is exquisite!)
The book from the Mines of Moria from LOTR.
The Book of the Dead from The Mummy.
The Book of Drach from Enemy Mine.
And...even though it's animated Nicodemus' journal from The Secret of NIMH:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3329/3633761506_7359668171.jpg
There's so many others I can't list that I've seen over the years and just can't remember!
Let's see...
In another thread I've already mentioned both the Book of G'Kar and G'Quan from Babylon 5.
The holy book the ranger shows Brother Michael in the B5 episode "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars".
Hogwarts a History in leather.
There and Back Again. (The one previously posted is exquisite!)
The book from the Mines of Moria from LOTR.
The Book of the Dead from The Mummy.
The Book of Drach from Enemy Mine.
And...even though it's animated Nicodemus' journal from The Secret of NIMH:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3329/3633761506_7359668171.jpg
There's so many others I can't list that I've seen over the years and just can't remember!
darthinvictus
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Van Helsings journal form Monster Squad.
propalooza
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Picard's family album, does that count as a book?
