I really enjoyed the details and humor that Hirsch put into writing this memoir. I read straight through chapter 12 (Blow Out). Then I skipped to the films I wanted to know more about and finally, finishing the last 50 pages.
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It has been said that the true art form in Hollywood is not making pictures; it's making the deal. I believe, however, that the true art form in Hollywood is humiliating people.
— A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More by Paul Hirsch (Page 275)
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers commented on Slaves for Peanuts by Jori Lewis
Halfway through, it's a captivating and well-researched history of Senegal and Gambia, and Sierra Leone. Told through the lives of former slaves in the region, and the peanut trade.
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J. J. Zepfanman @...readers commented on The first female stars by David W. Menefee
Checked this out to compare chapters on Theda Bara and Gene Gauntier, who are both in the new First Women of Hollywood book. The latter is less academic, with less photos, too.
In writing the score and with the psychological approach that he used, imagining and then expressing each emotion of the characters' interior lives as the story progressed, Benny [Herrmann] had fallen in love with the character Geneviève played in the film. When she "left," it was as if he had experienced a grievous personal loss.
— A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More by Paul Hirsch (Page 70 - 71)
What a touching moment for a film composer who put so much passion into his work.
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers started reading A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth by Henry Gee
Problems have solutions. If there's no solution, there's no problem.
— A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More by Paul Hirsch (Page 48)
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers reviewed Say More by Jen Psaki
Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons …
A perspective of an era
3 stars
Good tips, but lost interest about halfway through.
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers started reading The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024 by Bill McKibben (The best American Science and Nature Writing)
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024 by Bill McKibben (The best American Science and Nature Writing)
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J. J. Zepfanman @...readers wants to read I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
Hilarious New York Times No.1 bestseller about growing older in Grumpy Old Women vein, by creator of When Harry Met …
J. J. Zepfanman @...readers wants to read Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from …