I may have even teared up a time or two. El capítulo de sismicidad y tectónica presenta algunos de los más importantes resultados en la caracterización de fallas y terremotos, aunque se queda un poco corto en los avances recientes a nivel de evolución
- Title : A Pound of Flesh: Perilous Tales of How to Produce Movies in Hollywood
- Author : Art Linson
- Rating : 4.68 (825 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-11-19
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 208 Pages
- Asin : 080213551X
- Language : English
I may have even teared up a time or two. El capítulo de sismicidad y tectónica presenta algunos de los más importantes resultados en la caracterización de fallas y terremotos, aunque se queda un poco corto en los avances recientes a nivel de evolución de sistemas de fallamiento. I do fear that if people continue to be so apathetic to the way they treat the environment, we will ultimately be doomed for disaster, but I believe that time is far away. It's the 1950's and college student LuAnn is in trouble at school. The dynamics of Katie’s family are page-turning good as is the “first meeting” between Asher and Katie. Readers might also find themselves considering what they define as "good" or "evil" and what deserves forgiveness over eternal damnation.To my delight, Sammy Devine is not absent from this book. Moreover, he's attracted to Sage and doesn't want to compromise her or his position to protect her.Tension sizzles in this contemporary story. But the supposed Indian legend lacked for me the charm of a mythical tale told well. Open conversations about race beat a path away from aArt Linson, producer of such Hollywood films as Car Wash, The Untouchables, Melvin & Howard, and This Boy's Life, among others, has written a chummy and chatty how-to "for that small and perhaps unfortunate group"--aspiring movie producers. And that's just the beginning of their "negotiations." (The film actually became Where the Buffalo Roam, starring Bill Murray.) Where the chatty, chummy Linson primer becomes useful is with behind-the-scenes examples of such "lessons" as pitching the idea; working with writers, directors, and cast members; and understanding budgets and the studio system. . As such, A Pound of Flesh is a strange breed--more travelogue through Tinseltown than down-to-earth how-to. In 1961, when he was getting started, a producer's role was as ill-defined as it was just this side of unseemly. Producers, begins Linson in the highly amusing, anecdotal A Pound of Flesh, were "Have you ever wondered what a Hollywood movie producer actually does? In A Pound of Flesh, producer Art Linson takes us behind closed doors on a rare backstage tour through America's cruelest, most glamorous industry. With amusing stories about his encounters with such players as David Mamet, Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Brian DePalma, Linson offers keen insights into why some movies take the world by storm and others end up gathering dust on some forgotten studio shelf. This is essential reading for film students, movie lovers, and anyone interested in the drama of Tinseltown.. Here at last is a dishy and informative guide to the entire moviemaking process -- from acquiring scripts to negotiating with studio executives to shmoozing with agents and actors to facing the horror of opening night
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