John Gregory Dunne's The Studio was published during the death throes of the old studio system (when Hedda Hopper's successor still mattered, for example) and benefits from the author's keen observations and ear for dialogue. How a script gets pitched, how agents negotiate, how publicity is devised, the nuts and bolts of moviemaking — it's all here in a tight package written in a style that manages to be both deadpan and engaging.
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