Figgis went to Los Angeles in late 1998 to document the mores of the Hollywood dream factory. The format is a series of taped conversations with film makers, directors, actors, writers, managers and agents. What emerges is a fairly dark image of an industry where money does more than talk.
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Most "Projections" series entries are edited by famed director John Boorman, but here director Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) takes over. Figgis interviews 28 people in the U.S. film industry, including performers Rosanna Arquette, Robert Downey Jr., Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson, Ally Sheedy, Elizabeth Shue, and Sylvester Stallone, studio executive John Calley, directors Jean-Jacques Beneix and Paul Mazursky, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, critic Kenneth Turan, and talent manager Julie Yorn. Much of interest is revealed: the subjects' reasons for entering the business; personal preferences in literature, music, and art; and opinions on the dearth of women's roles, escalating production costs, acting styles, and admired performers (who would imagine that Loretta Young is one of Mickey Rourke's favorite actresses?). The reader will conclude that working--and persevering--in Hollywood requires chutzpah, a masochistic tendency, competitive instinct, and even commitment to quality and art.
-Kim R. Holston, American Inst. for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, Malvern, PA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
-Kim R. Holston, American Inst. for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, Malvern, PA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: Projections 10: Hollywood Film-Makers on Film-Making (No. 10) (Paperback)
This book clearly provides insight into the industry of self-absorption. While like many I am fascinated by the movie business, I was unsurprised to discover that the movie industry is equally fascinated by itself. Just once, it would be interesting to hear a member of the business relate to another person, business, issue - whatever. I will not say that I was not fascinated by the topics discussed at length in this book, but I also could not help being disappointed by the me - me - me quality of some of the interviews. Those interviewed that were absorbed by the telling of a story, by the weaving and creation of an idea or the communication of a thought seem to me to be more true to a craft and to themselves than the others who need to be part of an industry that they hope will simply create a vehicle to market their own self-absorption. While I am aware that this book is comprised of interviews with individuals striving to be truthful and forthcoming - and some of them were quite poignant like the Stallone interview or brutally honest like the Kaye interview, it still felt like they could not relate in a way that is balanced.
Figgis does a good job, I can see why he is so fascinated by the Industry. How could anyone not be?
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