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The Big Picture | 141219__bigpicture_l
ACCESS HOLLYWOOD Epstein's new book serves as a handy Tinseltown primer

Credits

Writer: Edward Jay Epstein; Genre: Nonfiction; Publisher: Random House

Hollywood has needed one of these for a long time — a user's manual. This one could not be more complete — or readable — covering everything from the basic linguistics of the business (''pitch,'' ''greenlight,'' ''creative differences,'' all the studio-speak buzzwords are in here) to elementary film-industry economics (it's all about DVD sales) to the psycho-sociological significance of status totems among celebrities (e.g., why they so love their private jets). Keep it in your car along with the latest Thomas Guide, and you'll never get lost in this town again.


 

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