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Lynda Obst on Pre-Awareness and Sequelitis
Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal in
the Movie Business
With the collapse of the DVD market, the movie industry was crippled. The business reacted by producing tentpoles (mega-hits) or tadpoles (which nobody gets a chance to see). Why? Since the majority of their revenue comes from the foreign market, especially Russia and China, studios are no longer dependent on expensive stars or dialogue (i.e. writers). Special effects and 3D replace people. Obst speaks from the front lines. Her subjects are friends, moguls, former employers, mentors, and even relatives, who express their opinions with disarming bluntness and hilarity. Obst combines her experiences with insights from the smartest people in the business.
Simon & Schuster (June 11, 2013)
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Hello, He Lied: and Other Truths from the Hollywood
Trenches
Hello He Lied was first published by Little Brown and debuted at #1 on the LA Times Best Seller list. It was published by Broadway Books in paperback in 1997, once again debuting on the Best Seller List where it remained for 12 weeks. Hello He Lied was recently adapted into a documentary by the award winning directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini and aired on AMC.
Broadway Books Oct 1997
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Rolling Stone History of the Sixties: Lou Adler on Monterey Pop, Myra Friedman on Janis, Wavy Gravy on Woodstock, Dick Clark on American Bandstand, Pete Townshend on the Mods, Bill Graham on the Fillmore, Michael Bloomfield on Dylan, with the rest about world/political events. Some of the material is reprinted from other surces and some was prepared specifically for this book.
Random House 1977
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"The New Abnormal: Tentpoles, Pre-Awareness, and the
Crisis in Hollywood According" IN THEIR 1992 MOVIE The Player, Robert Altman and Michael Tolkin satirized a Hollywood where studio executives think in clichés, operate on fear, heap abuse on all who come to pitch ideas, and dream of a day when they can simply... read more.
"Hollywood's Completely Broken" When you stopped buying DVDs and started streaming on Netflix, Hollywood's economics changed. So did the movies ... read more.
"David Edelstein and Producer Lynda Obst on
Hollywood’s Blockbuster Problem" A few weeks ago, in a televised symposium, Steven Spielberg predicted the �implosion� of Hollywood as a consequence of blockbuster mania while George Lucas sat next to him, nodding... read more.
"Review: Sleepless in Hollywood" Journalist-turned-producer Obst (Hello, He Lied: And Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches, 1996) casts a sharp eye over recent developments in Tinseltown.... read more.
"Movies are Like Babies" Walking my dog on West End Avenue a few months ago, I encountered the Hollywood producer Lynda Obst in a thicket of lights and cameras. She was on location with her new movie, One Fine Day, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney... read more.
"Lynda in Wonderland"
If we can begin by postulating that there's an actual order to
the Hollywood universe, then its first law of personal
dynamics would go something like this: for every
action--which, of course, includes inaction--there is an equal
and underlying self-interest...
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By the author of the bestseller Hello, He Lied, a
veteran producer takes a witty look at the new Hollywood.
Lynda Obst returns to dish on the experts, tastemakers, and
moguls of today's Hollywood and the movies they make, and
describes how the movie business has lost its MO�and is now
losing its talent to network and especially cable TV.
Hello He Lied welcomes you to the inside world of
Hollywood - where there is no glossary and people play by
rules discernible only to those on the inside. Here Lynda Obst
shares what she has learned in over twenty years in the
business, about how to pitch an idea, impress a suit, win a
bidding war over a hot script, and massage egos, as well as
the all consuming issue of how to dress on location, what to
say to skittish directors, where to eat lunch - whether in New
York, LA, or a town you've never heard of - and most
important, how to produce successful, critically acclaimed
movies.
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