Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prologue 1
4. The World of Animation and the Animation of the World 7
5. The LEGO Movie as Savvy Cinema 17
6. Through the Rabbit Hole, into the LEGO-Verse 32
7. Falling into Narrative 45
8. The Extraordinary Ordinariness of LEGO 56
9. The Secret Life of Toys 76
10. Production History, Part 1: Project Development as LEGO Goes to the Movies 98
11. Production History, Part 2: The Animation Process 117
12. Production History, Part 3: The Screenwriter-Directors 134
13. Reception and After-Life 159
14. Coda 171
15. Acknowledgments 173
16. Notes 176
17. LEGO Bibliography 199
18. Index 201