Adventures In The Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood

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Although he himself is a bona fide insider, it's clear that he holds Hollywood at arms'-length and doesn't take it or himself too seriously, which allows him to be free and candid with his observations. But for all the dish in Adventures (and there is plenty), Goldman also has a lot to say about the craft of screenwriting. This sparkling, entertaining work is a combination of memoir and masterclass on how to turn a story into a screenplay.

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In addition to movies for which Goldman earned screen credit, he includes chapters on two movies that were nightmares.You might not notice them as you’re watching the movie, but they WILL come to you later - and certainly when you read reviews of the film. I wouldn't mind this too much except that I hold sequels like "Aliens," "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," and "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" pretty close to my heart. He then solicits feedback from a suite of movie insiders: a director, editor, cinematographer, etc . You can read this before Adventures In The Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood by Goldman, William 2Rev Edition (1996) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Es interesante como una forma de curiosear el mundo del cine hollywoodiense vivido de primera mano por un guionista y escritor de éxito como Goldman.

Adventures in the screen trade : a personal view of Hollywood Adventures in the screen trade : a personal view of Hollywood

But then he goes on to redact the identities of the deadies, while going right ahead and smearing the two performers who still have careers left to ruin. Goldman could almost have saved us the 400-pages of what is still one of the most insightful books about the movie-industry, and just printed his Law on a single page at the front. His other novels included The Temple of Gold, No Way to Treat a Lady, Adventures in the Screen Trade, Hype and Glory, and Which Lie Did I Tell. The Princess Bride", arguably his best known novel and script to modern audiences, seems a little passive in its insights, fawning over the pleasurable experience (I guess bad experiences can be more interesting). Goldman went from writing the big ones like All the President's Men and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to not much of anything.Another was challenged: apparently off the boards and onto a film set, Laurence Olivier became unsure of himself. After detailing the vast amount of work it takes to bring a script all the way to the big screen, it's no wonder Goldman gets so angry at the Auteur theory. This is my favorite Hollywood memoir / insider's guide, one which I've read many times but keep coming back to like an old friend. The paperback version of the first book also comes with his full-length screenplay of Butch ; his collected works are also worth checking out).