{"product_id":"film-flam-essays-on-hollywood-9780743216241","title":"Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood","description":"\u003cb\u003eA noted screenwriter himself, Pulitzer Prize-winner Larry McMurtry knows Hollywood--in \u003ci\u003eFilm Flam, \u003c\/i\u003e he takes a funny, original, and penetrating look at the movie industry and gives us the truth about the moguls, fads, flops, and box-office hits.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith successful movies and television miniseries made from several of his novels--\u003ci\u003eTerms of Endearment, The Last Picture Show, Lonesome Dove, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHud--\u003c\/i\u003eMcMurtry writes with an outsider's irony of the industry and an insider's experience. In these essays, he illuminates the plight of the screenwriter, cuts a clean, often hilarious path through the excesses of film reviewing, and takes on some of the worst trends in the industry: the decline of the Western, the disappearance of love in the movies, and the quality of the stars themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom his recollections of the day Hollywood entered McMurtry's own life as he ate meat loaf in Fort Worth to the pleasures he found in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, \u003ci\u003eFilm Flam\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the best books ever written about Hollywood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry McMurtry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.38w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743216241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/14\/2013 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLarry McMurtry (1936-2021) was the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lived in Archer City, Texas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40696616124531,"sku":"9.78074E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2a0ab4dd-7460-4470-9a99-9429fefe0f94.jpg?v=1675782087","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/film-flam-essays-on-hollywood-9780743216241","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}