{"product_id":"backstory-5-interviews-with-screenwriters-of-the-1990s-paperback","title":"Backstory 5: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1990s - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick McGilligan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick McGilligan continues his celebrated interviews with exceptional screenwriters in \u003ci\u003eBackstory 5\u003c\/i\u003e, focusing on the 1990s. The thirteen featured writers--Albert Brooks, Jean-Claude Carrière, Nora Ephron, Ronald Harwood, John Hughes, David Koepp, Richard LaGravenese, Barry Levinson, Eric Roth, John Sayles, Tom Stoppard, Barbara Turner, and Rudy Wurlitzer--are not confined to the 1990s, but their engrossing, detailed, and richly personal stories create, in McGilligan's words, \"a snapshot of a profession in motion.\" Emphasizing the craft of writing and the process of collaboration, this new volume looks at how Hollywood is changing to meet new economic and creative challenges. \u003ci\u003eBackstory 5\u003c\/i\u003e explores how these writers come up with their ideas, how they go about adapting a stage play or work of fiction, how they organize and structure their work, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eI hope Patrick McGilligan keeps doing his invaluable \u003ci\u003eBackstory\u003c\/i\u003e series as long as there is cinema. No books more clearly elucidate the actual messy, infuriating, and wildly creative process of moviemaking. If you want to know the truth about how films are made today, \u003ci\u003eBackstory 5\u003c\/i\u003e is the place to find it.--Joseph McBride, author of \u003ci\u003eSearching for John Ford\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSteven Spielberg: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pat McGilligan is the great American film historian, and the \u003ci\u003eBackstory\u003c\/i\u003e series is his epic, subversive account of how movies are really made. \u003ci\u003eBackstory 5\u003c\/i\u003e, like the volumes before it, is entertaining, eye-opening and indispensable.\"--Lee Server, author of \u003ci\u003eRobert Mitchum: Baby I Don't Care\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAva Gardner: Love is Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick McGilligan\u003c\/b\u003e, who teaches film at Marquette University, edited the previous four volumes of Backstory, all published by UC Press. He is the author of many books about film, including \u003ci\u003eAlfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, \u003ci\u003eGeorge Cukor: A Double Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723900031039,"sku":"9780520260399","price":75.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2929e6ccdba4ffc567fe1d2218d7550c.webp?v=1765100770","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/backstory-5-interviews-with-screenwriters-of-the-1990s-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}