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Although much of what's included here borders on character assassination (Spielberg is reduced to being an idiot savant, Towne an abuser, Coppola an inveterate philanderer, Scorsese a drug fiend, Schrader a pity lay for Natassja Kinski, etc.), Biskind's clear preference for the most salacious readings of literally every narrative story ultimate transform this into something like the "Hollywood Babylon: American New Wave Edition"
Everybody's sleeping with everybody, everyone's relationship is almost exclusively presented as transactional, and the "Movie Brat" generation is presented as bringing about its own demise through a mixture of hubris and short-sightedness. The only bit of trivia here that feels real, and that really resonated with me, is that every single one of these filmmakers was broke as hell when they started out. It's a marked difference from the way things work now, and the way people break into the industry through family connections or financial wherewithal alone. Even for all of Biskind's attempts to paint this environment as a toxic one that simply couldn't have persisted, he still presents it as alluring in that one respect purely by happenstance.
Listened to the Audible version (which isn't listed on here), but I do have the paperback lying around in a box somewhere, I have no doubt. Even the worst and least accurate version of the book is something that I, personally, would have found entertaining, so take my enthusiasm for it with the requisite grain of salt. I was actually more interested in listening to "Down and Dirty Pictures," but the completist in me simply demanded that I listen to its predecessor first.
Everybody's sleeping with everybody, everyone's relationship is almost exclusively presented as transactional, and the "Movie Brat" generation is presented as bringing about its own demise through a mixture of hubris and short-sightedness. The only bit of trivia here that feels real, and that really resonated with me, is that every single one of these filmmakers was broke as hell when they started out. It's a marked difference from the way things work now, and the way people break into the industry through family connections or financial wherewithal alone. Even for all of Biskind's attempts to paint this environment as a toxic one that simply couldn't have persisted, he still presents it as alluring in that one respect purely by happenstance.
Listened to the Audible version (which isn't listed on here), but I do have the paperback lying around in a box somewhere, I have no doubt. Even the worst and least accurate version of the book is something that I, personally, would have found entertaining, so take my enthusiasm for it with the requisite grain of salt. I was actually more interested in listening to "Down and Dirty Pictures," but the completist in me simply demanded that I listen to its predecessor first.