Boffo!: How I Learned to Love the Blockbuster and Fear the Bomb

by Peter Bart

Book Overview

Peter Bart presents a look at the blockbuster motion pictures that sizzle and the flops that fizzle. In doing so, he looks at the history of pop culture itself. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401352162
• ISBN13: 9781401352165
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Miramax Books
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.7" x 9.4"

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A 'must' for any film director, producer, or Hollywood wannabe.

BOFFO! HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THE BLOCKBUSTER AND FEAR THE BOMB comes from the editor-in-chief of Variety and co-host of AMC's Sunday Morning Shootout, and provides a vivid, experienced look at Hollywood, using nearly thirty hits from film, TV and theatre to examine the making of blockbusters and the lessons they hold for any would-be hit maker. From budget concerns to anticipating changes in audience tastes, BOFFO covers pitfalls as well as successes and is a 'must' for any film director, producer, or Hollywood wannabe. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch

Mini "making of" documentaries

Think of each of these essays as half hour VH1 specials on "The Making of . . ." a series of unexpected and unlikely hits. It seems hard to believe that all of the films, TV shows, plays, and personalities here (CSI, All in the Family, The Godfather, Lord of the Rings, Oprah, Cats, and more) - things that are American media icons - were once turned down, cut back, and, once they were finally allowed to begin, had so many chips stacked against them (organized crime wasn't so sure they wanted anyone making THE GODFATHER), that it's a miracle any of them saw the light of day. Andrew Lloyd Webber was about to pull the plug on CATS a week before it opened. How each of these productions and people eventually made it to the top makes for fascinating reading.