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Summary: More Advice on How To Succeed From People Who Haven't
Review: I was given this book after my own film school graduation, and the only thing good about it is the title. The author didn't write anything. She only typed up Questions and Answers from people. The people in the book give that same bland and cliched advice you get from anyone, anywhere in LA, but they sure take themselves really seriously as you can tell from their answers and the "dramatic" photographs that accompany the interviews. No one interviewed in the book shows up on any movie credits I could find except for the woman who made an Italian horror film - and that's not Hollywood. They might be talented, but if they have been in "The Business" for as long as they say in the interviews and are as "successful" as they brag about, shouldn't they have actually made a movie in the last 10 years? You can go to any Starbucks in Santa Monica and meet people with better experience and better advice than this book. But just like a good movie poster doesn't make a good movie, a great book title and great cover doesn't make a book worth reading.
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Summary: Hit it right on the button!
Review: I'm a film student who has been out there paying my dues and this book tells you about it before you get there. If I could have read this book before I had gone out, I would be in a better position to make smarter decisions than learning the hard way. I recommend reading this book because learning the hard way isn't always the best way. This book will save you time, energy and stress that you can save toward doing the actual work instead of getting yourself in trouble. The interview style and prose made it more intimate and engaging. It was like I got to meet these people in person. Reading is fundamental and I believe reading this book is fundamental to a film career.
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Summary: Helpful, Informative, Compelling
Review: If you are pursuing a career in film, a copy of Maclusky's book
should already be on your bookshelf. However, if you have not
yet purchased this informative, yet compelling book you are in
the right place.
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Summary: For anyone considering film school or already there
Review: If you've ever thought about going to film school, if you're currently a student at a film school, or if you're struggling after having attended film school, this book should be in your ... shopping cart ASAP.If you're lucky enough to have Julie Maclusky as a screenwriting professor (as I did), you've already got an advantage - but if you're not so fortunate, you'll need the edge this book can give you. Inside, you'll find interviews with a number of now-successful film students - proof that it is possible. And, there are more opportunities out there than you might think. This book can help you find them...
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Summary: Fabulous!!!!
Review: It's truthful, direct & I have found it to be extremely accurate in all the details plus a pleasurable read! The range of interviewees, from industry veterans to people who've just graduated and are carving their own careers is inspiring and gives me hope that I too, can make it. Those of us born without the advantage of close relatives already in the business need books like this.
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Summary: Telling It like It Is.
Review: Ok, to be honest, I groaned when I learned that I had to read this book for my screenwriting class Julie teaches. Great, just what I needed, a teacher who wrote her own book. Much to my surprise, this book tells you some great insight on the film industry. As a film student, you don't realize the dirty side that's in the business; you only think of the glory. The book interviews real industry people -producers, screenwriters, production designer. If you are interested in something other than directing, this book tells you some accounts of people that can help you from making their mistakes. I highly recommend this book, along with this teacher who teaches at Chapman University. (No, I SWEAR I was not paid to say this. I honestly learned a lot in this class.)
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Summary: There are no black and white answers!
Review: The author has compiled a diverse bunch of interviews that don't try to do anything more that speak honestly about who these people are and the experiences they've had since film school. Some good, some bad, some indifferent. I think the previous reviewer was probably tripped up by the sub heading "in depth advice" which probably should have said "personal stories". That said, to give this book one star was ludicrous and the reviewer should stick to reading Script magazine if he only wants the stories of people who've made it huge. There are no secrets to success and, all in all, I found the book to be a healthy dose of reality. It showed me that a career in the business (i.e. earning a living) does not require becoming an overnight sensation.
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Summary: If you need to spend [$] for some hope, you already lost.
Review: There is not a lot of depth in the in-depth interviews. Everyone especially wants to share how to write a script, but that is what we just went to film school for four years to learn isn't it? We don't need that, we need to learn how to get a job, what the different jobs really are and what they are advertised to be and what the pitfalls are. To do that we need canded advice and I think that anonymous interviews would have been better since that would have given some of the hard truths that film school and Hollywood staffers can't share truthfully or people up the food chain make grudges for exposing them. I agree with the pictures, they are so self-imporant it is funny. But overall I just don't think this book is as advertised. It's not really going to help anyone just out of film school unless you can flatter one of the people interviewed in the book. It's not bad, just not really what it thinks it is. It's like "People" Magazine.
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