Rebels on the Backlot - Six Maverick Directors How They Conquered Hollywood Studio System

Zusatztext "Fascinatingly candid" Informationen zum Autor Sharon Waxman is a Hollywood correspondent for the New York Times and previously was a correspondent for the Washington Post covering the entertainment industry. She lives in southern California with her family. Klappentext The 1990s saw a shock wave of dynamic new directing talent that took the Hollywood studio system by storm. At the forefront of that movement were six innovative and daring directors whose films pushed the boundaries of moviemaking and announced to the world that something exciting was happening in Hollywood. Sharon Waxman of the New York Times spent the decade covering these young filmmakers, and in Rebels on the Backlot she weaves together the lives and careers of Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction; Steven Soderbergh, Traffic; David Fincher, Fight Club; Paul Thomas Anderson, Boogie Nights; David O. Russell, Three Kings; and Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich. Zusammenfassung The 1990s saw a shock wave of dynamic new directing talent that took the Hollywood studio system by storm. At the forefront of that movement were six innovative and daring directors whose films pushed the boundaries of moviemaking and announced to the world that something exciting was happening in Hollywood. Sharon Waxman of the New York Times spent the decade covering these young filmmakers, and in Rebels on the Backlot she weaves together the lives and careers of Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction ; Steven Soderbergh, Traffic ; David Fincher, Fight Club ; Paul Thomas Anderson, Boogie Nights ; David O. Russell, Three Kings ; and Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich .

Product details

• Authors: Sharon Waxman, Waxman Sharon
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2006
• EAN: 9780060540180
• ISBN: 978-0-06-054018-0
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Entertainment & Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS: Film & Video / Direction & Production, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, FILM STUDIES: BUSINESS, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Music, DRAMA: American / General, FILM STUDIES: DIRECTING, PERFORMING ARTS: Television / Genres / Drama, PERFORMING ARTS: Film / Genres / Historical, PERFORMING ARTS: Television / Direction & Production