Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System
by Sharon Waxman
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The 1990s saw a shock wave of dynamic new directing talent that took the Hollywood studio system by storm. At the forefront of that movement were six innovative and daring directors whose films pushed the boundaries of moviemaking and announced to the world that something exciting was happening in Hollywood. Sharon Waxman, editor and chief of The Wrap.com and for Hollywood reporter for the New York Times spent the decade covering these young filmmakers, and in Rebels on the Backlot she show more weaves together the lives and careers of Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction; Steven Soderbergh, Traffic; David Fincher, Fight Club; Paul Thomas Anderson, Boogie Nights; David O. Russell, Three Kings; and Spike Jonze, Being John Malkovich. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System
- First words
- Memorial Day in 1990 dawned bright and hot in Hollywood, even for a maker of horror films.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"I mean, that's the great thing about directing movies—you can do it until you drop."
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History
- DDC/MDS
- 791.4302 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Movies, TV, Video Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Standard subdivisions
- LCC
- PN1998.2 .W394 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures
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- English
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