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Backstory 4 : interviews with screenwriters of the 1970s and 1980s / edited and with an introduction by Patrick McGilligan.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
McGilligan, Patrick.
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Screenwriters--California--Los Angeles--Interviews.
Screenwriters.
California--Los Angeles.
Genre:
Interviews.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
Physical Description:
x, 424 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Other Title:
Backstory four
Back story 4
Place of Publication:
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006]
Summary:
Continuing Patrick McGilligan's highly acclaimed series on Hollywood screenwriters, these engrossing, informative, provocative interviews give wonderfully detailed and personal stories from veteran writers of the seventies and eighties focusing on their craft, their lives, and their profession. Backstory 4 is a riveting insider's look at how movies get made; a rich perspective on many of the great films, directors, and actors of the seventies and eighties; and an articulate, forthright commentary on the art and business of screenwriting.
Contents:
Robert Benton : the new traditionalist / interview by Christian Keathley
Larry Cohen : manic energy / interview by Patrick McGilligan
Blake Edwards : jumping around / interview by Bill Krohn
Walter Hill : last man standing / interview by Patrick McGilligan
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala : out of India / interview by Vincent LoBrutto
Lawrence Kasdan : a humanist in Hollywood / interview by Graham Fuller
Elmore Leonard : the hot kid / interview by Patrick McGilligan
Paul Mazursky : a map of the heart / interview by Nat Segaloff
Nancy Meyers : late bloomer / interview by Fred Topel
John Milius : the good fights / interview by Nat Segaloff
Frederic Raphael : Renaissance man / interview by John Baxter
Alvin Sargent : pursuit and destination / interview by Patrick McGilligan
Donald E. Westlake : the worst happens / interview by Patrick McGilligan.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-396) and indexes.
ISBN:
0520214595
0520245180
OCLC:
60742124

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