Producer and writer Kent offers an unvarnished report on the machinations of the movie business--a probing expose featuring interviews with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Oliver Stone, and 100 others in the industry. "Irreverent . . . reveals what goes on in the film capital's boardrooms . . . (and) in its bedrooms."--San Francisco Chronicle. 100 photographs.
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Put some clothes on Naked Hollywood,
By Kris (Oxnard, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Naked Hollywood: Money and Power in the Movies Today (Paperback)
This Englishman, who I guess spent time in Hollywood gathering information for a British television show on same, has done a good job in collecting quotes, pictures, and information about Hollywood in the 1980s. The book's drawback is that it is necessarily restricted to that decade, and earlier. It hasn't been updated like a college textbook, edition after edition, although conceivably, it could be so updated.
Mr. Kent talked to many people in the movie business, from actors to directors to producers to studio executives and agents. The book presents "naked" Hollywood in the sense that Kent describes how emotions, including especially Hollywood's version of machismo, play a large role in running the business. At one point, Kent writes that creative people are generally anxious about the opinions of others. This struck me as a true statement, and worthy of reflection. Creative people, unless they are satisfied with their creations in themselves, always have to look to others for recognition and approval. Especially actors and actresses, poor souls, but musicians, artists, etc., the same thing. I wonder how many creative people there are who actually never look for approval from others, and recognition, but are happy with their own creations? Hobbyists? Anyway, this book has many interesting photographs and I'm surprised no one has reviewed it heretofore. It will probably be a collectible someday. Anyone collect books for a hobby? Not too creative. Diximus.
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