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This film about internecine power struggles and thwarted ambition had its share of big personalities involved in its making, among them Brando, Elia Kazan, playwright Arthur Miller, screenwriter
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called the book "indispensable and marvelously readable" and "one of the best accounts of the making of an individual movie we've ever had." Reviewer Gary
Johnson called the book "one of the best books ever written about the making of a movie" and "unquestionably the best source available." Critic
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But, of course, it’s always intensely personal—as this fascinating narrative shows. From creative clashes to the challenges of filming on the
Hoboken waterfront to the spectre of anticommunist paranoia that shadowed the movie’s creation and reception, this is a revealing, compelling and highly
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magazine contributor, writing dozens of the magazine's famous interviews and features, winning several awards in process. He also wrote their magazine and online film criticism and served as a
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where he co-edited the school newspaper, sang in male chorus, and was a soloist in the mixed chorus. As a child singer, he performed on a weekly radio show and did extensive live performances.
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fans, of course, but also highly recommended as a postmortem view of the birth of a blockbuster, circa the 1960s." During its first month of publication alone, the book was listed on
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thought the book was "written with a cinematic excitement," "meticulously detailed," and "a blissful treasure trove of gossipy insider details that Dolls fans will swiftly devour."
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