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Author: Sam Wasson
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: Collins
Dimensions:
Width: 13.20cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 20.10cm
Weight: 0.295kg
ISBN: 9780063037854
ISBN 10: 0063037858
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 26 November 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""Mouthwatering . . . . A sizzlingly vivid and -compulsive new book . . . . Wasson has a great journalist's eye for telling details and a great stylist's ear, washing the reader along on a torrent of prose that mirrors Coppola's own unfailing energy. Gorgeous turns of phrase abound."" -- The Daily Telegraph ""Enthralling . . . . A complex portrait of an artist whose unwillingness to compromise cost him dearly. Movie buffs won't want to miss this."" -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) ""A vivid biography of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and his production company, American Zoetrope . . . . A memorable portrait of an artist who has changed the cinematic landscape and whose work will endure."" -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ""Of all that has been written about Francis Ford Coppola, this book most accurately captures the film director's chaotic life . . . . Wasson has written a string of successful books about the entertainment business [...] but this one might be his best so far. Rich in detail, it's full of surprises and revelations, and impeccably researched and documented. For fans of books about moviemaking in general, and Francis Ford Coppola in particular, this is required reading."" -- Booklist (starred review) ""This new book by Sam Wasson (who already proved himself one of the great modern chroniclers of the New Hollywood era with the Chinatown making-of story The Big Goodbye) chronicles the road to heaven Coppola trod after descending to Hell with Apocalypse Now. The Vietnam War epic is already the subject of much reporting, but Wasson boasts unprecedented access to Coppola's personal archive--as well as a first-hand look at the making of a movie we can't wait to see."" -- Entertainment Weekly ""A gripping new book . . . vividly chronicling how the director leveraged his two great movies into an assembly line of cinema."" -- Deadline"
Author Information
Sam Wasson is the author of seven books on film, including the New York Times bestsellers Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern American Woman; The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood; and Fosse. With Jeanine Basinger, he is the coauthor of Hollywood: The Oral History. He lives in Los Angeles.
