Rebels on the Backlot : Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System
(2013)

Nonfiction

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : HarperCollins, 2013
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ISBN/ISSN
9780062287502 MWT16575936, 0062287508 16575936
LANGUAGE
English
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"Admirably reported . . . Waxman unearths juicy anecdotes that'll keep film fans cackling and turning the pages." - Salon.com "Riveting tales of Hollywood hubris . . . a fun read." - Entertainment Weekly "Vivid . . . fascinating . . . delightful . . . [Waxman's] background as a hard news reporter serves her well." - New York Times Book Review "A behind-the-cameras fireball of wicked insider revelations . . . Love it!" - Liz Smith, syndicated columnist "[Waxman's] thorough reporting results in a compulsively readable chronicle of the decade's auteurs and their work." - Premiere "Enjoyably dishy." - Variety "Addictively readable . . . fascinating" - Miami Herald "A lively book with gossipy and readable stories about some obsessive guys who are as much rascals as rebels." - Los Angeles Times Book Review "Terrific . . . wildly informative and readable about the plight of the biggest young talents in modern movies" - Buffalo News "[Rebels on the Backlot] makes a case for creating a new film canon of this late '90s renaissance." - Pittsburgh Tribune "Waxman perceptively depicts the vocabulary of the new Hollywood . . . well-written . . . recommended." - Library Journal "Hums along on detail and gossip, adding up to a template for making it in contemporary Hollywood." - men.style.com "Up-close, often gossipy" - The Hollywood Reporter "Fascinatingly candid" - Minneapolis Star Tribune

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