"This is a compilation of interviews with motion picture crew members who worked during Hollywood's Independent Age of film and television production. A celebratory insiders' look at the Tinseltown machine, the project utilizes individual interviews, with rare crew photographs t…
A teenaged River Phoenix came to the world's attention in the 80s with an acclaimed performance in the classic film Stand By Me, and soon followed up with an Oscar nomination for Running on Empty. Praised by his peers as the most talented actor of his generation, River came-of-a…
Hollywood was built on beautiful and complicated matinee idols: James Dean and Marlon Brando are classic examples, but in the 1990s, the actor who embodied that archetype was River Phoenix. As the brightly colored 1980s wound down, a new crew of leading men began to appear on mo…
When Brian De Palma agreed to allow Julie Salamon unlimited access to the film production of Tom Wolfe's best-selling book The Bonfire of the Vanities, both director and journalist must have felt like they were on to something big. How could it lose? But instead Salamon got a fr…
When Brian De Palma agreed to allow Julie Salamon unlimited access to the film production of Tom Wolfe's best-selling book The Bonfire of the Vanities, both director and journalist must have felt like they were on to something big. How could it lose? But instead Salamon got a fr…
When Brian De Palma agreed to allow Julie Salamon unlimited access to the film production of Tom Wolfe's best-selling book The Bonfire of the Vanities, both director and journalist must have felt like they were on to something big. How could it lose? But instead Salamon got a fr…
This revealing memoir offers a unique perspective on the film industry and Hollywood culture from the 1920s to the 1950s and illuminates the plight of Hollywood writers working within the studio system.
"This work delves into the deep, dark and mysterious undertones hidden in Tinseltown's biggest films."--Back cover.
"Like no other book before it, this work delves into the deep, dark and mysterious undertones hidden in Tinseltown's biggest films. Esoteric Hollywood 2 is a game-changer in an arena of tabloid-populated titles. After years of scholarly research, Jay Dyer has compiled his most r…
