How 20 Film Directors got their start
• Jarecki, Nicholas •
Report by Landon Hill
This book is not a narrative. It is a compilation of twenty short stories, basically short auto-biographies rather, of how twenty Feature Film Directors, big and small, got their big break into Hollywood.
Rating: 9/10
Warnings: Not much, but a little language here and there, the book is basically written by 21 different people, including the author, so some stories may have more language than others.
This book is a must read for aspiring film-makers, screenwriters, and film students alike. Jarecki chose a very diverse range of directors to tell their stories on their first major feature film.
Although this book is intended for filmmakers, I would still recommend this to all audiences because filmmaking (or going to the movies, per se) is such a big part of the american culture, that we cannot afford to miss it.
Jarecki doesn't show off his writing in this book. He lets others answer his simple one or two sentence questions. The book ranges from interviews from Edward Zwick (Glory) Peter Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber).
With it's engaging interviews, young film makers get a first person look into the film making world. The stories, told by the directors themselves give exciting, sad, and sometimes funny stories on how they directed their first feature film, and made that huge break in Hollywood.
I would recommend this book to all film makers, young and old; big and small. This does not tell you how to get into the film industry, it merely gives you a great look into the lives of other directors and how they got their chance.
"[...] their stories prove immensely entertaining, detailing the cutthroat competition and illumination the crazy luck that often leads to a filmmaker's first break. "Will Hickman - American Library Association
--This Counts as 2 Books--
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