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Hollywood non-fiction that deserves an Oscar
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-drugs-and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Changed HollywoodEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-drugs-and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Changed Hollywood by Peter Biskind
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Absorbing, illuminating, brilliantly written and researched. Essential reading for anyone who loved Bonnie & Clyde, The Departed or anything in between.
Adventures in the Screen TradeAdventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
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Nobody knows anything.
Which Lie Did I Tell?Which Lie Did I Tell? by William Goldman
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Screenwriter Bill rides again.
The Big Picture: Who Killed Hollywood and Other EssaysThe Big Picture: Who Killed Hollywood and Other Essays by William Goldman
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Bill could've put a bit more effort into this one. Maybe he had a tax bill to pay.
High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of ExcessHigh Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess by Charles Fleming
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From Top Gun to Death By Toilet.
American RhapsodyAmerican Rhapsody by Joe Eszterhas
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When Hollywood mores went to Washington. Delicious.
Hollywood AnimalHollywood Animal by Joe Eszterhas
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Sex, drugs and screenwriting. And some more sex and drugs.
Conversations With My AgentConversations With My Agent by Rob Long
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Catastrophically out of print, this is a splendid little window into the soggy end of the scribbling business. Memo to Penguin: republish immediately, you twonks.