Film Books

I'm bumping this wildly popular thread because I got this book as a Christmas gift.  It's pretty rad, lots of cool stories about movie stars I've never heard of or completely forgot about.  It's also got a nice section at the end on Paul Newman's The Silver Chalice which I'm going to recommend to everyone in the film club from now on.  PG Cooper you should assign this to your students.

I've read The Men Who Would Be King. They write about Spielberg like he's a little girl.

I haven't heard of the Coen Bros. book but it sounds really cool, I'm adding it to my list.

I really liked Sidney Lumet's Making Movies.

Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino
Release: October 25, 2022




The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino.

In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with Cinema Speculation, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans—and all movie lovers—could have hoped for. Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he first saw as a young moviegoer at the time, this book is as intellectually rigorous and insightful as it is rollicking and entertaining. At once film criticism, film theory, a feat of reporting, and wonderful personal history, it is all written in the singular voice recognizable immediately as QT’s and with the rare perspective about cinema possible only from one of the greatest practitioners of the artform ever.

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This came out recently, and I've definitely been wanting to pick up a copy:

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Jennette McCurdy’s Revelatory Memoir Sells Out on Amazon, One Day After Release

Centered around the abuse McCurdy suffered from her mother, and the treatment of child stars at Nickelodeon, the actress’ new book soars to the top of the bestsellers charts online

Jennette McCurdy’s new memoir is a barrage of bombshells, beginning with its title: I’m Glad My Mom Died. And people are taking notice, as the book soared to #4 on Amazon’s best-seller charts (and #2 in memoirs), before the physical copy sold out on Amazon altogether. Luckily, you can still pick up the former Nickelodeon star’s tell-all at Target.com, or buy the Kindle e-book on Amazon (Amazon is also expected to re-stock the book online here).

I’m Glad My Mom Died centers around the abuse McCurdy suffered from her mother, but it also recounts the manipulative, inappropriate treatment of child stars at Nickelodeon. Although some have been critical of McCurdy’s title, the overall response has been positive. “There shouldn’t be no Jennette McCurdy discourse tbh – just endless support,” reads one Tweet that received 110,00 Likes.

In the book, the iCarly star remembers anorexia-inducing body shaming, manipulation through her mother’s religion (Mormonism), and falsified paternity — all at the hands of her mom.

“I’m in the ICU with my dying mother,” writes the 30-year-old, “and the thing that I’m sure will get her to wake up is the fact that in the days since mom’s been hospitalized, my fear and sadness have morphed into the perfect anorexia-motivation cocktail and, finally, I have achieved mom’s current goal weight for me. Eighty-nine pounds.”

The memoir also delves into the underbelly of Nickelodeon. McCurdy was one of the network’s stars in the late oughts and 2010s, playing Sam in iCarly and the show’s spin-off, Sam & Cat, with Ariana Grande.

At Nickelodeon, “The Creator” (who is likely iCarly’s creator and producer, Dan Schneider) pressured McCurdy to wear bikinis, drink alcohol before she was of legal drinking age, and massaged her without consent. “I want to say something, to tell him to stop,” she writes, “but I’m so scared of offending him.” At one point, McCurdy declined $300,000 in hush money from the network.

McCurdy also details frustrations with Ariana Grande, her co-star on Sam & Cat, who was allowed to ditch filming sessions for other opportunities, while McCurdy was not. “So I have to turn down movies while Ariana’s off whistle-toning at the Billboard Music Awards? Fuck. This,” writes McCurdy.

Pick up I’m Glad My Mom Died now at Target.com, or buy the Kindle version on Amazon.com.

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Aren’t you working on the iCarly reboot?

i don't know what you're talking aboot. 

Sounds like an intense/interesting read even though iCarly was after my time. Only Frizzo or Jibbs would remember Ahh Real Monsters or You Can't Do That On Television.

With extra ketchup.

BHC4 is heading to Netflix baby, they’ll release a 2 hour video of a dog taking a shit on a dead body.