Nobody Knows Nothing (LINK)
March 28th 2008 16:43
When screenwriter/novelist William Goldman wrote "nobody knows anything" in his bestseller, Adventures in the Screenwriting Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting, Hollywood jolted, agreed and repeats those words as rites of passage for any fledging screenwriter.
Adventures in the Screenwriting Trade was written in 1982 and is clearly a dated book. In spite of its dated material, it's worth the read for anyone who is considering a career in film whether it be as a screenwriter, producer or director. Goldman is the wise mentor in his book on how to deal with dealing with Hollywood.
Goldman places you in his shoes and walks you on a journey -- an adventure where you observe, learn and realize what it honestly takes to work in Hollywood. Be it on the set of MARATHON MAN with Lawrence Olivier and Dustin Hoffman or catching an unforgettable and poignant moment between famous, then divorced, Hollywood couple Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood -- their scene ingeniously written as a screenplay.
Goldman defines who is who in Hollywood, and the instrumental role they play in getting a film made or not made. What their roles are when a film gets made. He even talks of the legends such as Joseph Mankiewiz, John Huston, Billy Wilder, Sydney Pollack, Robert Reford, Paul Newman and Norman Jewison.
Adventures in the Screenwriting Trade was written in 1982 and is clearly a dated book. In spite of its dated material, it's worth the read for anyone who is considering a career in film whether it be as a screenwriter, producer or director. Goldman is the wise mentor in his book on how to deal with dealing with Hollywood.
Goldman places you in his shoes and walks you on a journey -- an adventure where you observe, learn and realize what it honestly takes to work in Hollywood. Be it on the set of MARATHON MAN with Lawrence Olivier and Dustin Hoffman or catching an unforgettable and poignant moment between famous, then divorced, Hollywood couple Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood -- their scene ingeniously written as a screenplay.
Goldman defines who is who in Hollywood, and the instrumental role they play in getting a film made or not made. What their roles are when a film gets made. He even talks of the legends such as Joseph Mankiewiz, John Huston, Billy Wilder, Sydney Pollack, Robert Reford, Paul Newman and Norman Jewison.
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Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
He had his name on some of the truly great pieces of 70's cinema and the behind the scenes stuff is brilliant.
Comment by Kenna
I love his point of view, laid back but direct -- he's worked with the best.
Robert Towne is another favorite of my as well.