Breaking Through, Selling Out, Dropping Dead and Other Notes on Filmmaking (Paperback)

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"A hip compendium of cinema savvy ... perhaps the most practical battle manual available to the young filmmaker." -Newsweek

About the Author

William Bayer

Product Details

• Paperback: 234 pages
• Publisher: Limelight Editions; Rev Upd Su edition (August 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879101237
• ISBN-13: 978-0879101237
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #445,501 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breaking Through, Selling Out, Dropping Dead GREAT BOOK, March 26, 2005

By	indycine (Hollywood CA) - See all my reviews

When I read this book in the mid-1970s, it was almost
unbelievable to me that the film business, or any business,
could operate this way. I still find it hard to believe,
but there it is.

If you read this book, you'll lose much of the dangerous
belief that film is intrinsically art, which most persons
have. It will only slow you down, and keep you mystified.

Movies are mass-produced entertainment, and this book will
tell you how to get a toehold in what must be the most
cut-throat business anywhere.

If you want in, read this book. If you still want in,
you're well on your way.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book. A Classic., August 19, 2005

By	John Gaspard - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Read this book before you even CONSIDER working in the film business. Everything Bayer says is as true today as when he first wrote it. This book belongs in every filmmaker's library.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No One Wants Truth, March 11, 2000

By	James Jaeger "omashaherizad" (Devon, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I read this book in 1979 and have since spent over 20 years in the movie business seeing if the information is true. It is. But no one wants to confront it because they think the playing field is level or that they will be the chosen one, or, or, or ad nausium. For more details read "The Feature Film Distribution Deal" by John W. Cones, Esq. You will come to see the film business for what it is and learn ways to correct it, before it completely polutes, or destroys, Western culture.