Episode · The Book Review · 2023-03-10
Books mentioned on Books About the Oscars
Gilbert Cruz discussed Oscar Wars by Michael Schulman, Academy and the Award by Bruce Davis, Five Came Back by Mark Harris, and Biographical Dictionary of World War II by Mark Mayo Boatner. Alexandra Jacobs recommended All About All About Eve by Sam Staggs, The devil's candy by Julie Salamon, Pictures At A Revolution Five Movies And The Birth Of The New Hollywood by Mark Harris, Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli by Mark Seal, Adventures in the screen trade by William Goldman, and Conversations with Wilder by Cameron Crowe, and discussed Easy Riders Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind, Hitchcock/Truffaut by Alfred Joseph Hitchcock and others, The Conversations by Michael Ondaatje, and The Art and Craft of Motion Picture Editing by Michael Hoggan. Also mentioned: The season; a candid look at Broadway. by William Goldman.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Oscar Wars
Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman is a comprehensive cultural history chronicling the Academy Awards, highlighting the intense rivalries, political battles, and dramatic turning points behind Hollywood's most famous night.
Discussed“the first Oscar Wars a history of Hollywood and gold Sweat and Tears is by the New Yorker writer Michael Schulman”
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Academy and the Award
Discussed“the second the academy and the award is by Bruce Davis a former president of the academy”
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All About All About Eve
All About All About Eve by Sam Staggs is a comprehensive and engaging nonfiction book that takes a deep dive into the making, cultural impact, and behind-the-scenes history of the classic Hollywood film.
Recommended“it's funny I was going to mention another book about the movies that I really like which is a book by a guy named Sam Stags called all about All About Eve”
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The devil's candy
The Devil's Candy by Julie Salamon is a detailed work of non-fiction that chronicles the notoriously disastrous Hollywood adaptation of Tom Wolfe's bestselling novel The Bonfire of the Vanities.
Recommended“another great book is Devil's candy the bonfire of the vanities goes to Hollywood by Julie Solomon who I think recently did a podcast on it”
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Pictures At A Revolution Five Movies And The Birth Of The New Hollywood
Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood by Mark Harris is a detailed cultural history examining the five films nominated for Best Picture in 1967 and the sweeping cinematic transformations of that era.
Recommended“I also I love pictures out a Revolution by Mark Harris who's a wonderful writer that may know let's just put for our former colleague Mark Harris is a a wonderful who who contributes to the time sometimes he he is one of the greatest writers on Show Business”
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Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli
Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli by Mark Seal is a nonfiction book that details the dramatic behind-the-scenes history of the making of the iconic film The Godfather.
Recommended“it's called leave the gun take the canoli by Mark seal which is about the making of The Godfather”
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Five Came Back
Discussed“he also wrote a book called five came back which is about a bunch of famous Hollywood directors who went essentially to to film World War II deep cut on Mark Harris”
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Biographical Dictionary of World War II
Discussed“he also wrote a book called five came back which is about a bunch of famous Hollywood directors who went essentially to to film World War II deep cut on Mark Harris”
Where to get it
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Easy Riders Raging Bulls
Easy Riders Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind is a definitive cultural history documenting the revolutionary shift in American cinema during the late 1960s and early 1980s.
Discussed“I like that's quite good easy writers Raging Bulls of course by Peter biscan which documents with a lot of Gossip sort of the period between the late' 60s and and early 80s when new Hollywood the movie brats sort of took over”
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Adventures in the screen trade
Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman is a widely celebrated memoir and instructional guide detailing the author's experiences as a prominent Hollywood screenwriter.
Recommended“he wrote a book called adventures in the screen trade which is I think one of the probably one of the best books about screenwriting ever”
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The season; a candid look at Broadway.
Discussed“he wrote a book called the season oh I read the season yeah that was that was a tough read you're sort of constitutionally I feel like obligated to read the season if you cover theater or Broadway in any way”
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Hitchcock/Truffaut
Discussed“the most famous one of course is Hitchcock truo uh which conversation between the French new wave upstart and the master suspense”
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Conversations with Wilder
Conversations with Wilder by Cameron Crowe is a full-length book featuring dialogue with the legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder.
Recommended“but then there is one called conversations with wilder and this is Cameron Crow wow full book length conversation with Billy Wilder”
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The Conversations
Discussed“and then one finally one more obscure one which is called the conversations so this is the author Michael andachi interviewing Walter merch”
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The Art and Craft of Motion Picture Editing
Discussed“and then one finally one more obscure one which is called the conversations so this is the author Michael andachi interviewing Walter merch”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he wrote the books The Princess Bride and Marathon Man”
“he wrote the books The Princess Bride and Marathon Man”
“and he worked on The English Patient which is where the two met Mike gach wrote The English Patient”
“and just in time our staff critic Alexander Jacobs has reviewed two big books about the Oscars the first Oscar war is a history of Hollywood and gold Sweat and Tears is by the New Yorker writer Michael Schulman”
“the second the academy and the award is by Bruce Davis a former bigwig at the Academy”