{"product_id":"whom-god-wishes-to-destroy-jon-lewis-9780822318897","title":"Whom God Wishes to Destroy . . .: Francis Coppola and the New Hollywood","description":"In March 1980 Francis Coppola purchased the dilapidated Hollywood General Studios facility with the hope and dream of creating a radically new kind of studio, one that would revolutionize filmmaking, challenge the established studio machinery, and, most importantly, allow him to make movies as he wished. With this event at the center of \u003ci\u003eWhom God Wishes to Destroy, \u003c\/i\u003e Jon Lewis offers a behind-the-scenes view of Coppola's struggle--that of the industry's best-known auteur--against the changing realities of the New Hollywood of the 1980s. Presenting a Hollywood history steeped in the trade news, rumor, and gossip that propel the industry, Lewis unfolds a lesson about power, ownership, and the role of the \u003ci\u003eauteur\u003c\/i\u003e in the American cinema. From before the success of \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e to the eventual triumph of \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now, \u003c\/i\u003e through the critical upheaval of the 1980s with movies like \u003ci\u003eRumble Fish, Hammett, Peggy Sue Got Married, \u003c\/i\u003e to the 1990s and the making of \u003ci\u003eBram Stoker's Dracula\u003c\/i\u003e and Kenneth Branagh's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein, \u003c\/i\u003e Francis Coppola's career becomes the lens through which Lewis examines the nature of making movies and doing business in Hollywood today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082231889X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822318897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.03w x 0.60d","brand":"Jon Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075435622655,"sku":"9780822318897","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0de55c26-9af6-4832-aefe-bb8676aaee77.jpg?v=1685459407","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whom-god-wishes-to-destroy-jon-lewis-9780822318897","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}