Peter Bart: With Hollywood Stalled, New Book About Writer’s Angst Creating ‘Chinatown’ Climbs Bestseller Lists
Reading now: 241
deadline.comBy Peter Bart Editor-At-Large Theaters are shut, production postponed, dealmaking stalled and writers are twisting in the wind.
Given these conditions, it’s perversely appropriate that the hottest new book about the movie business is focused on an angst-ridden writer.
The Big Goodbye doesn’t try to make the writing trade seem like fun, but the creation of Chinatown is steeped in so much drama and pathos that Sam Wasson’s book has propelled itself onto bestseller lists.
In writing his Chinatown script, Bob Towne’s agony was such that he became the only writer I can recall who actually hired his own ghost writer.
Read more on deadline.com
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
