JOE ESZTERHAS – The Devil\u2019s guide to Hollywood.<\/p>\n
\u2019 WHY DOES YOUR BUTT HURT AFTER YOU\u2019VE TAKEN ROBERT McKEE\u2019S COURSE?\u2019…<\/p>\n
Joe Eszterhas, Hollywood screenwriter, \u2019enfant terrible\u2019, and author of: BASIC INSTINCT, FLASHDANCE, SHOWGIRLS AND JAGGED EDGE, lifts the lid, (or at least Joe\u2019s lid) on the Hollywood scene.<\/p>\n
His book THE DEVIL\u2019S GUIDE TO HOLLYWOOD recalls those \u2019Tinsel town\u2019 luminaries Eszterhas either admires or loathes. And it seems that no one in or around Hollywood escapes his prose.<\/p>\n
Right from the very off Joe\u2019s style is to come out like a boxer, a raging bull, landing blow after blow on the well cultivated reputation of Robert McKee – the screenwriting course guru- whom Joe appears to detest. \u2019why does your butt hurt after you\u2019ve taken Robert McKee\u2019s course?\u2019 Joe asks.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s not all bile and vitriol, Joe can also be warm and generous with his praise of others. Eszterhas appears happy to groom a persona as a \u2019 hell raiser and straight talker\u2019. And although his star shines less brightly these days, there were salad days in his past when he walked away with some of the biggest writing cheques in Hollywood history.<\/p>\n
Joe dangles the spoils of L.A. excess in his readers face, almost daring the bedroom screenwriter to step up to the plate and write that blockbuster that would assure his\/her passport to \u2019Californication\u2019.<\/p>\n
Like a scene from \u2019Showgirls\u2019 one of Eszterhas\u2019 own scripts. his 2007 book \u2019The Devil\u2019s guide to Hollywood\u2019 is one big striptease; peeling back the layers of Tinsel town gossip and intrigue. This is not a \u2019how to write a script\u2019 sort of book, indeed Eszterhas would rail against such a publication.<\/p>\n
At 370 plus pages, this book is a veritable compedium of \u2019wiseguy, wisecracks\u2019, and cheeky epitaphs for all \u2019the good, the bad and the ugly\u2019 that once prowled the studios and back lots of the dream factory that is Hollywood. So buckle up ….Joe is your driver today….and if you\u2019re not very careful his gonna take you to Sin city.<\/p>\n
Fortunately for the reader it is all delivered in bite sized chunks which makes the book perfect for those who like to dip in and out of their literary forays, without fear of forsaking a narrative. Oh! and I nearly forgot..Joe Eszterhas can be wickedly funny !<\/p>\n
R.E.VIEW<\/p>\n
The Devil\u2019s guide to Hollywood Published by: Duckworth 2007 Price: \u00a312.99<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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