Episode · SmartLess · 2023-07-24
Steven Soderbergh on SmartLess: every book mentioned
A shot, a line, a transition, an idea, a font, anything. It’s Bolivian spirit dealer and ‘the Taylor Swift of Cinema,’ a.
Steven Soderbergh discussed The Jaws Log by Carl Gottlieb and Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Jaws Log
The Jaws Log by Carl Gottlieb is a famous behind-the-scenes account documenting the turbulent, highly detailed daily production history of filming the legendary movie Jaws.
Discussed“so it turns out you know in in any store that you walked into there was a paperback called the jaws log that the Carl Gottlieb wrote and it answered both of those questions and I carried this thing around with me and highlighted every section that mentioned Steven Spielberg”
Where to get it
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Creativity, Inc.
Creativity, Inc.
Discussed“there's that you know perfect explanation of how to solve things from the edcapnel book about Pixar creativity Inc where the motto is be wrong as fast as you can”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Fellowship of the Ring
“I've been watching Lord of the Rings. Okay, moving on.”
Passing The Fellowship of the Ring
“I'll tell you this—speaking of Lord of the Rings, are you guys being held hostage somewhere? I've never seen any of them, but oh my God, they're so... very—speaking of Lord of the Rings.”
Passing The Fellowship of the Ring
“And because I'm going to get her a ring, I put as the prompt on the calendar just 'Lord'... Oh Lord of the Rings.”