The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco
By: Julie Salamon
4.06
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
"A definitive portrait of the madness of big-time moviemaking" ( Newsweek ), now the basis for the …
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1. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
By: Peter Biskind
4.12
Format: None pages,
This down-and-dirty romp through Hollywood in the 1970s introduces the young filmmakers--Coppola, S… read more
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2. The Kid Stays in the Picture
By: Robert Evans
3.95
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
From his marriage to Ali McGraw, his cocaine bust, the accusations of murder, the friendships with … read more
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3. Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
By: Carol J. Clover
3.91
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Do the pleasures of horror movies really begin and end in sadism? So the public discussion of film … read more
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4. All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers
By: Larry McMurtry , None
4.30
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
Ranging from Texas to California on a young writer's journey in a car he calls El Chevy, All My Fri… read more
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5. Making Movies
By: Sidney Lumet
5.00
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and … read more
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6. Adventures in the Screen Trade
By: William Goldman
3.78
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-wi… read more
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7. Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film
By: Peter Biskind
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
DOWN AND DIRTY PICTURES chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers and of the twin engines the S… read more
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8. The Bonfire of the Vanities
By: Tom Wolfe
3.90
Format: 690 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780553381344.The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 satirical novel… read more
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"Vulgar, but not as vulgar as Louis Vuitton, thought Sherman."-Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
"Your self…is other people, all the people you're tied to, and it's only a thread."-Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
"He had the gaunt and haunted athletic look of those who stare daily down the bony gullet of the great god Aerobics."-Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
"The only thing that had truly stuck in Sherman's mind about Christopher Marlowe, after nine years at Buckley, four years at St. Paul's, and four years at Yale, was that you were, in fact, supposed to…"-Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
9. Vineland
By: Thomas Pynchon
2.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
A group of Americans in Northern California in 1984 are struggling with the consequences of their l… read more
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10. Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
By: Mark Harris
4.10
Format: None pages,
Explores the epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 19… read more
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11. The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco
By: Julie Salamon
4.06
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
"A definitive portrait of the madness of big-time moviemaking" ( Newsweek ), now the basis for the … read more
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12. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
By: Ed Zwick
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more
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"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
13. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
14. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
By: Kyle Buchanan
4.33
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max:… read more
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15. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more
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16. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
By: Joanna Robinson
4.22
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood…. T… read more
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17. Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic funnymen who ruled '80s Hollywood—Bill Murray, Steve Mart… read more
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"Sometimes you gotta say "What the fuck". If you can't say it, you can't do it."-Nick de Semlyen, Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever
18. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
By: David Zucker
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more
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19. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
By: Matt Singer
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more
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20. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
By: Mark Seal
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
This “wickedly pacey page-turner” (Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of… read more
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21. The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
By: Sam Wasson
4.09
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelator… read more
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22. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
By: Michael Schulman
4.09
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more
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23. Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
By: Brian Raftery
4.07
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of … read more
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24. Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood
By: David Mamet
3.24
Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition
Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-lo… read more
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25. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
By: Daniel de Visé
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more
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26. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
By: Sam Wasson
3.80
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with t… read more
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27. Hollywood: The Oral History
By: Jeanine Basinger
4.04
Format: 768 pages, Paperback
The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine … read more
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28. Chasing The Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
By: Oliver Stone
4.10
Format: 373 pages, ebook
An intimate memoir by the controversial and outspoken Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about… read more
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"No greater satisfaction exists now than a paragraph well written in honor of something you value."-Oliver Stone, Chasing The Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
"Destiny is never clear when it arrives. Sometimes we just refuse to do what we no longer feel good about doing. These moments are mysteries in our lives, but we know everything will change."-Oliver Stone, Chasing The Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
29. Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate, and the Price of a Vision
By: Charles Elton
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The “revelatory” ( The New Yorker ) first biography of critically acclaimed then critically derided… read more
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30. Life's Work: A Memoir
By: David Milch
4.22
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The creator of Deadwood and NYPD Blue reflects on his tumultuous life, driven by a nearly insatiabl… read more
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31. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
By: Emily Nussbaum
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more
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