Backstory 5: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1990s (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520260399)

Patrick McGilligan continues his celebrated interviews with exceptional screenwriters in Backstory 5, focusing on the 1990s. The thirteen featured writers--Albert Brooks, Jean-Claude Carri鑽e, Nora Ephron, Ronald Harwood, John Hughes, David Koepp, Richard LaGravenese, Barry Levinson, Eric Roth, John Sayles, Tom Stoppard, Barbara Turner, and Rudy Wurlitzer--are not confined to the 1990s, but their engrossing, detailed, and richly personal stories create, in McGilligan's words, "a snapshot of a profession in motion." Emphasizing the craft of writing and the process of collaboration, this new volume looks at how Hollywood is changing to meet new economic and creative challenges. Backstory 5 explores how these writers come up with their ideas, how they go about adapting a stage play or work of fiction, how they organize and structure their work, and much more.

Author: Patrick McGilligan
ISBN-10: 0520260392
ISBN-13: 9780520260399
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 10/27/2009
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2010 pg. 65