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Excellent look at the Twilight Zone disaster, August 17, 1999
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This review is from: Outrageous Conduct: Art, Ego, and the Twilight Zone Case (Hardcover)
This book not only delves into the Twilight Zone disaster but also examines the history of stunts-gone-wrong in Hollywood. It also examines the background of John Landis which reveals much about his motivations.
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The Real Hollywood., September 27, 2010
This review is from: Outrageous Conduct: Art, Ego, and the Twilight Zone Case (Hardcover)
Farber & Green do an amazing job of detailing how a horrific, multiple-manslaughter "accident" occurred because of the gross negligence of an egomaniacal director, John Landis, backed by his minions and the culture of Hollywood. It's the story of how a talented has-been actor (Vic Morrow) and two illegally hired Asian children met their deaths amidst the cowardice and dereliction of filmmaking professionals. It is a damning indictment of the mentality of an industry that exists unaltered to this day. Of course, now the book is all but forgotten, and everybody got off scott free. The only previous amazon.com customer review was written eleven years ago.
What happened on the set of "Twilight Zone: The Movie" is nothing short of criminal. If you read this book, you will find out how there was an organized conspiracy to evade California laws and safety regulations. And after the accident? The swaggering "auteurs" and studio heads showed their true colors. It's a complete moral vacuum except for a few people on the set who walked on eggshells for fear of losing their career they had spent years trying to develop. How truly pathetic.
Hollywood is a cutthroat place and it is quite disturbing to see what people will subject themselves to, how far they will sell out. Outrageous Conduct is one of the best books I have read about the sleazy world of American filmmaking. Beyond that, it is relevant to anyone who dreams of unleashing their creativity through the artform of film, where one has to come to grips with the enormous time, money, preparation, and other factors that go into creating memorable images. Seldom talked about but always a huge issue on any picture involving action sequences is the element of safety -- on many sets there are dangerous circumstances that go under-reported. Read about some of the things Sergio Leone did, or most of the "do it yourself" books and there are plenty of examples of the John Landis approach to cast & crew.
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Hollywood - Felony Fallacious, February 21, 2012
This review is from: Outrageous Conduct: Art, Ego, and the Twilight Zone Case (Hardcover)
This is a griping tale and a real page turner. Outrageous Conduct is an indictment of Hollywood in general and of John Landis in perticular. How a culture can permit behavior that leads to the unnecessary deaths of three people is it's own trip to the Twilight Zone. Rod Serling gave us stories of justice handed out in macabre ways. This is a true life story of justice thwarted in it's own twisted way. The worse part of this tragedy is so little changed. People risk their lives in the entertainment industy. For what; fame, fortune, a great scene? Gleen your own lessons, and be wiser, that way these lives can be slightly less wasted.
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