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This one is a classic for a reason. This book is the first (of at least 3?) books by the author and screenwriter William Goldman. He won both Best Original Screenplay (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) and Best Adapted Screenplay (All The President's Men) Oscars as well as both the original book a...
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Anyone else read it? Thoughts?
So interesting, I saw the press for it! How was the book?
it was fucking fascinating Sydney Summers. A very complex man who has a clear vision and will stop at nothing to attain it. Highly recommend.
The book is great. I really enjoyed reading it
Maria Barnett what was your favorite part? I found the Kwajalein part for the rocket launch very interesting. I also enjoyed so many different peoples perspectives on working with him - such a polariz...
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Anyone read any good horror novels lately? What would you recommend?
I just read Richard Chizmar's Becoming The Boogeyman. It's a sequel to an earlier one called Chasing the Boogeyman, which I didn't read, but it stands alone. Interesting premise--in it, the character...
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I'd recommend watching FANG - low budget horror but a good story on mental health.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/fang?fbclid=IwAR25vL0bATKp7HRIt20GZOuxX78jC12... The streaming site for the film. For low...
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I’ve read a lot of great books lately but no horror ones :)
I just finished this one, and Hanks is one hell of a writer. I've spent time on multiple TV sets, production offices, etc., (though not on location with feature films), and went to film school, and I learned things from this novel--insider details--that I'd never heard about. Interestingly, it's not...
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I just began to read it a few days ago. Quite entertaining!
Thank you for the recommendation. I didn't know Tom Hanks wrote novels. I will definitely check it out.
He's surprisingly good at it!
Never heard of this...I'm excited to read this!
Thomson asks many important questions about American social mores and tastes as he explains how, over time, we've become inured to violence in media, especially film. Of course, he covers the GREAT ones: Hitchcock's Psycho, Lang;s "M", etc. But he goes beyond the steady change from murder is evil to...
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I recently read a book called THE PRACTICE OF GROUNDEDNESS by Brad Stulberg and highly recommend. It's a "self help" book you could say, but the principles he talks about are really profound and valuable..particularly when working in a volatile industry.
I love that this is focused on groundedness, and seems to be a perfect fit for working in entertainment. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to checking it out.
In the midst of reading the first book in the 'Foundation' series at the moment. The way Hari Seldon was explaining how the galactic Empire will fall felt very relevant with the climate crisis. Looking forward to the rest of the book! Highly recommend for those looking for a classic sci-fi read!
Asimov, Heinlein, Vance Herbert, Orwell, Tolkien, Clarke, Wells, all great!!
I am not a fan of women-written non-fiction --- they tend to be too touchy-feely for me. But The Great Silence ---about the end and aftermath of WW I is truly gut wrenching, relating not just what happened, but the people and their backgrounds involved. Did you know there was a Tin Nose Factory? Tha...
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I just finished ALIEN 3 by Pat Cadigan based on the unproduced screenplay by William Gibson (Newromancer, Cyberspace - father of the Cyberpunk genre).
Since Gibson’s screenplay has never been produced the story in this book is not the same you might know from the movie ALIEN 3 by director David Finc...
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Thank you for the recommendation. I would love to read a different version of A3. Not a big fan of 3
You're welcome Suzanne :-) In case you read it I would be interested in hearing your opinion on it!
Pat's a terrific writer, as is Gibson. No surprise that a combination of their talents produced a memorable work!
William Gibson is awesome. Peripheral was so good.
The Intent to Live : Achieving your true potential as an actor
I actually read this book many years ago but it was a gamechanger for my craft as an actor.
When I read it I had been on stage over 1000 times at a professional theater in many productions.
But still I felt insecure about my acting skill...
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I need sci-fi fans out there? When this show came out on amazon I had to read the books and now I have 1 left to go in the series. they are so good and so much bad better than the show. there's also a whole bunch of novellas that I haven't been dealt into this can keep you going for Years.
A must-have for those, like me, who are in the process of writing either a detective story, a film noir story or a murder mystery.
Essentially, Philippa Gates gives a historical overview of the trends of the detective story genre from Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in Rue Morgue to the criminalist fi...
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Thank you for the suggestion, I’ll have to check out! Marcel Nault Jr.
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Excellent book, it is! I read it in the late 80's and then again in the 90's.