Description
Book SynopsisFollows six top-level film directors, from the origins of their careers through the making and release of their signature films. This book uses the development, writing, shooting, editing, and release of each director's major film, and also explores the lives and struggles each of them faced.
Trade Review"Admirably reported ... Waxman unearths juicy anecdotes that'll keep film fans cackling and turning the pages." -- Salon.com "Riveting tales of Hollywood hubris ... a fun read." -- Entertainment Weekly "Vivid ... fascinating ... delightful ... [Waxman's] background as a hard news reporter serves her well." -- New York Times Book Review "A behind-the-cameras fireball of wicked insider revelations ... Love it!" -- Liz Smith, syndicated columnist "[Waxman's] thorough reporting results in a compulsively readable chronicle of the decade's auteurs and their work." -- Premiere "Enjoyably dishy." -- Variety "Addictively readable ... fascinating" -- Miami Herald "A lively book with gossipy and readable stories about some obsessive guys who are as much rascals as rebels." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Terrific ... wildly informative and readable about the plight of the biggest young talents in modern movies" -- Buffalo News "[Rebels on the Backlot] makes a case for creating a new film canon of this late '90s renaissance." -- Pittsburgh Tribune "Waxman perceptively depicts the vocabulary of the new Hollywood ... well-written ... recommended." -- Library Journal "Hums along on detail and gossip, adding up to a template for making it in contemporary Hollywood." -- men.style.com "Up-close, often gossipy" -- The Hollywood Reporter "Fascinatingly candid" -- Minneapolis Star Tribune
