Ideas about the medium of film itself are played with, but it is the Hollywood film industry of our reality that is focus of parody. While there is a lot about this book I found fairly standard as far as Discworld novels are concerned, there were some ideas that I really enjoyed. Film is created by alchemists, thanks in no small part to some artfully industrious imps, and people from all walks of life begin dreaming of their name in lights, inexplicably flocking toward the desolate beach that is Holy Wood to seek fame in this new industry, and more importantly to make “clicks” (movies).
That something is the idea of Holy Wood, making its way to the city of Ankh-Morpork and across the Disc, giving people spontaneous ideas and compulsions. This novel, unsurprisingly, follows the emergence of a motion picture industry on the Discworld and the mayhem it eventually unleashes.įollowing the death of the last priest on a desolate beach, strange ancient rites are no longer performed, allowing something to escape through a crack in a door in the sand. It isn’t until the fourth Industrial Revolution book that a recurring protagonist is introduced. Unlike the other sub-series that focus on a specific character or characters, this book introduces a new cast to the reader. It is also the first book in the Industrial Revolution novel sequence, where the catalyst of the story is some manner of technological innovation or invention. Moving Pictures (1990) by Terry Pratchett is the tenth novel in the Discworld series. It’s either that or they’re about to unlock the dark terrible secret of the Holy Wood hills - by mistake. It may be a triumph of universe-shaking proportions. Imagine then the damage that could be wrought if they get their hands on the ultimate alchemy: The invention of motion pictures, the greatest making illusions. They think that they can change reality, shape it to their own purpose. Sadly alchemists never really held with such a quaint notion. People might say that reality is a quality that things possess in the same way that they possess weight.
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