Whom God Wishes to Destroy . . .: Francis Coppola and the New Hollywood

by Jon Lewis

Book Overview

In 1980 Francis Coppola purchased the dilapidated Hollywood General Studios facility to create a radically new kind of studio, one that would revolutionize film-making and challenge the estabished... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082231889X
• ISBN13: 9780822318897
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Hollywood is hidden, Lewis Finds it

I read this book as part of research I was doing on movies and culture. Most of the books were dry as a desert mummy and required a lot of fortitude and tenacity to read. This book, however, was composed well. Before I knew it, I had read the first three chapters. It's well-researched, thrilling to read, insightful, and probably has the best portrayal of what it takes to put together a multi-million-dollar movie - a process that remains largely hidden from the public at large. Films are too influential in our culture; it's a healthy dose of realism to know that a writer who wrote about truth, honesty and love had his/her script picked up by people who didn't possess any of those things. It's hard to hold honor over several mil - but it makes for great storytelling!

A look at studios v. autuers

This is a true exposure of the battles that raged between studios and autuers in the 60's-70's. By using one of the most notable of the autuers of the time, Lewis, paints an indepth and at the same time entertaining look at the workings of film making.