Is there anything more boring and pretentious than humorless bloviating gasbags farting on and on about film? Not to me. If you are going to write about the movies, I need on-set stories, interviews with the actual filmmaker (not just "Chris Farley Show" hero worship) and some sense of historical background. I'm just a movie lover, not a film critic. Give me something juicy or go home.
So here are some books about the movies that I've read and re-read. I'm sure there are others.
City of Nets by Otto Friedrich
The Studio by John Gregory Dunne
The Devil's Candy by Julie Salamon
Final Cut by Stephen Bach
That is all for today.
If you want to fritter some time away, I recommend Nathan Rabin's hilarious and comprehensive "My Year of Flops" on the AV Club. It's one of the few things I can honestly say, I wish I had written.
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