Adventures In The Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood

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PS-The title of this book is a PUN on the title: " Adventures in the Skin Trade, a collection of stories by Dylan Thomas. If survival in the Hollywood film industry is possible, then there is no better "survival guide" than this book, because Goldman tells it like it is. He pulls no punches.

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Its author is William Goldman. You might know him as Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman. Or author of The Princess Bride. He’s also the creative genius behind Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, and Misery. Aaron Sorkin, creator and writer of The West Wing called Goldman, ‘the dean of American screenwriters.’ Without Goldman, we never would have heard the lines Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. Or As you wish. Goldman, William (1989). Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting (reissue ed.). Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0-446-39117-4. Lccn 82017602 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.6 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Openlibrary OL23004907M Openlibrary_editionThe Brits are so different from us, there are no words; but nowhere is the difference clearer than when it comes to war: we venerate victories, they adore disasters. So the greatest battle for them in World War II was Dunkirk.”

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Addendum: Since this original post has been published, the great William Goldman has passed away. O n Thursday, November 15th, 2018 Mr. Goldman said his final goodbyes at 87 years old. Our friends at The Script Lab compiled some of the most profound social posts from Hollywood screenwriters to honor his life. Read: Hollywood Screenwriters Remember William Goldman In this sequel to screenwriter William Goldman's first memoir, "Adventures In The Screen Trade", basically carrying his memoirs forward to the time period 1980-2000, Goldman captures the appeal and basic readability and charm of volume one. I think it's marginally inferior to its first book, but it's still very good. And then of course, while you are stewing, he kills it. He writes the scenes that work, that play well and are the most logical next steps in the movie. It may not be Oscar-bait, but it’s a film you’ll like AND YOU WILL KNOW WHY ITS WRITTEN THAT WAY.The book is divided into three parts. "Part One: Hollywood Realities" is a collection of essays on various subjects ranging from movie stars and studio executives to his thoughts on how to begin and end a screenplay and how to write for a movie star. urn:lcp:adventuresinscre00gold_0:epub:8a62b3e3-9036-4d39-b5b3-6b2a7dc7dda0 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier adventuresinscre00gold_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9t166r91 Isbn 9780446391177 Whether you're interested in specific films, an insider's look at Hollywood, or simply care about engagingly told anecdotes, you'll find something interesting here. I particularly recommend it for new writers--not just of screenplays, but any type of writing--who may need encouragement or just a sense of fellow-feeling, because Goldman failed at his college writing classes and sent out hundreds of queries before selling his first novel and felt about as much of a failure as it's possible to be. While I wouldn't want to take his path, his experience reveals the commonalities all writers share.

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I’ve gotten at least 3 movies that I have to see now that I never would have if I hadn’t read this book! I don't think I have much to say that hasn't been said repeatedly below but yes, this is an excellent behind-the-scenes look at the craft of screenwriting and yes, it's kind of crazy how well it holds up 30 years after it was written. I live in Los Angeles, in the heart of the filmmaking industry, and it seems all I ever hear about is how that industry is going down the toilet. Well, in this book Goldman also laments how the industry is going down the toilet, how they are making fewer and fewer movies, and so on... It would seem that Hollywood can always find something to worry about on the business side, no matter what era it's in. Perhaps any industry can. Yes all of these. Good, but not great. It could have been split and expanded into two better books, imho. Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it. Putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before. And although you are physically by yourself, the haunting Demon never leaves you, that Demon being the knowledge of your own terrible limitations, your hopeless inadequacy, the impossibility of ever getting it right. No matter how diamond-bright your ideas are dancing in your brain, on paper they are earthbound.”Goldman also wrote a series of memoirs about his professional life on Broadway and in Hollywood. [The first of these was this book, "ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE".] Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2012-05-16 16:37:05 Boxid IA136001 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor