THE JAWS LOG (Carl Gottlieb) - November 16/12

This interesting but overlong book details the entire process of making Jaws, from preproduction to release. The problem is, the story behind Jaws is fairly well known at this point - ie Bruce simply didn't work properly - so there's not much here that's surprising or fresh. And Gottlieb's colloquial style is a little off-putting, admittedly, and he tends to dwell on less-than-compelling elements (eg the dinners during filming). I enjoyed reading about the post-production phase, including test screenings, but that aspect of the book was rushed and brief. **1/2 out of ****