andrewgraphics 's review for:

Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting by William Goldman

4.0

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Fun book, conversationally written, early enough in Goldman's career that he could admit he didn't have all of the answers; short sketches of what it was like working on each of his major films, with a dissection of turning a short story into a film, and interviews with other filmmakers who would be involved and how they would work out the challenges his script presents.

Great overall, but from what I had heard from friends was expecting him going a little more in-depth into the process: why this kind of scene here, and what it sets up later on.

Would love to read his version of this now.