Rebels on the Backlot
Tags: Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Hollywood, Movies, Non-Fiction
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Started reading:
May 15, 2007
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Finished reading:
May 28, 2007
Review
A thoroughly-researched and compelling account of “Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System.” Detailing the rise (and occasional fall) of Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderberg, P.T. Anderson, Spike Jonze, David O. Russell, and David Fincher, “Rebels” manages to inform and entertain at the same time. I devoured this book over the course of just a few days (of jury duty), and would recommend it to anyone with even a passing fancy in the machinations of Hollywood and the people that make it tick. A must-read for any student of cinematic history and lore, it culminates with what I consider to be the finest year at the movies in my relatively short lifetime, 1999. Now I know how we ever managed to get there!

