Sleepless in Hollywood by Lynda Obst
The veteran producer and author of the bestseller Hello, He Lied takes a witty and critical look at the new Hollywood and why the movie business is floundering. In a new introduction, she describes the tumultuous seasons that followed and predicts the crises still to come. Over the past decade, producer Lynda Obst gradually realized she was working in a Hollywood that was undergoing a drastic transformation. The industry where everything had once been familiar to her was suddenly disturbingly strange. Combining her own industry experience and interviews with the brightest minds in the business, Obst explains what has stalled the vast movie-making machine. The calamitous DVD collapse helped usher in what she calls the New Abnormal (because Hollywood was never normal to begin with), and studios are now heavily dependent on foreign markets for profit, a situation which directly impacts the kind of entertainment we get to see. Can comedy survive if they don't get our jokes in Seoul or allow them in China? Why are studios making fewer movies than ever--and why are they bigger, more expensive, and nearly always sequels or recycled ideas? Obst writes with affection, regret, humor and hope, and her behind-the-scenes vantage point allows her to explore what has changed in Hollywood like no one else has. This candid, insightful account explains what has happened to the movie business, and explores whether it'll ever return to making the movies we love--the classics that make us laugh or cry, or that we just can't stop talking about.Lynda Obst, the bestselling author of Hello, He Lied, worked as an editor for The New York Times Magazine before moving into the film industry. She has produced over sixteen feature films, including How to Lose a Man in 10 Days, Contact, The Fisher King, Adventures in Babysitting, Hope Floats, and Sleepless in Seattle and This Is My Life, both with Nora Ephron. She is currently also a television producer.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781476727745 |
| ISBN 10 | 1476727740 |
| Title | Sleepless in Hollywood |
| Author | Lynda Obst |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2013-06-11 |
| Number of pages | 283 |
| Prizes | Commended for Axiom Business Book Awards (Biography/Memoir) 2014 |
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