Episode · The Ben & Marc Show · 2023-10-24
Books mentioned on What is the Future of Hollywood?
In this episode of “The Ben & Marc Show”, a16z’s co-founders Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen take on the most hot-button issue in Hollywood: artificial intelligence. Over the past few months, the topic of AI technology has pushed the entire industry into unknown territory.
Marc Andreessen discussed Save the cat! by Blake Snyder.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Save the cat!
Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder is a foundational screenwriting guide that breaks down storytelling into clear structural frameworks, beats, and specific page-number milestones.
Discussed“there's this book that has had a big impact on the entertainment industry called save the cat and it's a book on how to raise screenplays”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Wall
“and one of the albums he listened to was Pink Floyd's The Wall”
Passing Rainman
“and then one of the films he saw was Rainman”