Jason Hazard, once a respected member of the Hollywood elite, finds himself, after a series of flops, known only as the husband of his very successful actress wife. 35,000 first printing.
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William Peter Blatty wrote both The Exorcist and the subsequent film of the book. In his newest production, he yokes together these areas of expertise--demonism and the film biz--to recount the story of a faltering director named Jason Hazard. The protagonist is coerced into directing a trashy vehicle called The Satanist, all the while fending off the interference of the film's producer. Is he proud of this project? No. But like most inhabitants of Hollywood, he can always claim that the devil made him do it.
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The self-indulgence, eccentricity, back-stabbing and overweening neurotic behavior legendary to Hollywood reach new heights in this lively but hit-and-miss allegorical farce about contemporary movie-making. Respected auteur Jason Hazard hasn't worked in years and lives in the shadow of his movie-star wife, Spritely God. When Spritely's former husband, Artery Studios boss Arthur Zelig, offers Hazard a job directing the film version of the hot, bestselling novel The Satanist, the filmmaker is suspicious. He is also desperate, and so signs on. But as it happens, Zelig, who suffers from hysterical blindness and a dysfunctional penile implant, and who talks over his business deals with his pet cobra, is plotting to ruin Hazard and to win back Spritely, in order to cure his psychological afflictions. Hazard's film becomes the archetypal troubled project; ultimately, his sanity may be at greater risk than his career. Blatty doubtless weaves his own Hollywood experiences, particularly the filming of his megabestseller The Exorcist, into this tale, but the dishing here is broad and impersonal. The characters are heavily caricatured types. Because these players are all so emphatically unreal, readers may wind up, despite a madcap narrative, more amused than involved, as if watching monkeys frolicking behind glass at the zoo. Line drawings.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Hideous.,
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This review is from: Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Fable (Hardcover)
William Peter Blatty, Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing (Donald I. Fine, 1996)William Peter Blatty, the guy who made being a priest and a novelist cool years before Andrew Greeley, released two of the outright finest novels of the seventies, The Exorcist and Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane, both of which were made into equally excellent movies. Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing is, according to the jacket, loosely based on Blatty's travails in getting those two films (and a third, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, a light sixties comedy probably best forgotten) made. What it actually is is a painful showcase of how far the mighty can fall. DFEN is like being in a therapy session with a crashing bore who thinks that the best way to get your attention is to name-drop, and who is so self-absorbed that he believes talking about himself is all anyone will care about. And I could say that it's a mark of Blatty's writing ability that his narrator is so loathsome. But when the character is too loathsome for the reader to continue reading the book, has the writer accomplished anything? Not by my measuring stick. I'm sure there were some witty jabs at Hollywood here, but they passed me by, I find Americans' obsession with the inner workings of Hollywood about as confusing as I find the British obsession with the Royal Family, and about as useful. This one's for the bonfire. (zero)
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Hilarious Hollywood satire,
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This review is from: Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Fable (Hardcover)
Blatty pokes fun at Hollywood and the Exorcist hype in this well executed humorous novel. Those who only read The Exorcist may not know that Blatty started out as a humor writer, and this book shows he still has it. It may be out of print, but I recommend you do whatever you can to get ahold of this one.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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The Exorcist was Great. This isn't.,
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This review is from: Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Fable (Hardcover)
Those looking for a a followup to Blatty's The Exorcist (a truly great novel, and one of the rare bestsellers actually worthy of the acclaim it received) will be disappointed with this rather limp Hollywood satire. It's overwritten and the humor is strained. If you want humerous horror, try William Browning Spencer's Resume With Monsters.
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