Here is Hollywood over the last three decades - the superfreaks,lowlifes,charlatans,and the occasional geniuses who have left their bite marks on American culture,as refracted through the trajectory of Peter Biskind's career. Biskind began as a radical journalist and film critic. Now he can legitimately describe himself - as he does in the autobiographical introduction to this book - as a'recovering celebrity journalist'. At the heart of the book are the likes of Martin Scorsese,Robert Redford,Terrence Malick,Sue Mengers,and uber-producer Don Simpson,all of whom Biskind portrays in great Dickensian detail,charting how they have had a simultaneously strangulating and liberating effect on the industry.
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9780747580942Number of pages: 384Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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'If there is a better book about the inside of the film industry I'd like to see it.'SUNDAY TIMES on EASY RIDERS,RAGING BULLS'Without question,the non-fiction book of the year superbly written a fascinating piece of cultural history brimming with snippets of very juicy gossip.'SUNDAY TIMES on EASY RIDERS,RAGING BULLS'Biskind's book is prolix,gossipy,informed,funny and sour; a backstage epic that makes your jaw drop.'DAILY TELEGRAPH'A total page-turner. The anecdotes,the characters,the fights,the stress of independent film-making are all here in their full-bloodedness.'INDEPENDENT
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