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Lillian Ross's marvelous description of John Huston's work and the film's subsequent fate at the hands of its studio bosses was first published as a serial in The New Yorker and was released in book form as Picture in It remains the best account of the inner workings of www.doorway.ru: Lillian Ross. An unabashed fan of works like THE MAKING OF THE WIZARD OF OZ, I really don't know how I missed Lillian Ross's PICTURE for so long. In this moderate-sized book -- which began as five long articles for the NEW YORKER magazine -- Ms. Ross follows famed director John Huston in as he writes, readies and films an adaptation of Stephen Crane's Civil War novel, THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE/5(65).  · Picture, originally published in , is her most celebrated piece of reportage, a closely observed and completely absorbing story of how studio politics and misguided commercialism turn a promising movie into an all-around www.doorway.ru: New York Review Books.


"Picture by Lillian Ross is a brilliant and sagacious bit of reporting rendered in a most disarming style; simple on the surface, yet profound in its choice of incidents, which serves to delineate some of the finest bits of characterization written in our time." - Charles Chaplin on Picture by Lillian Ross. When Lillian Ross, a New York journalist, heard that John Huston was planning to make a film of Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage", she resolved to follow the film's progress in order to learn about the American cinema industry. In the spring of Huston visited New York and called the young writer to say that progress was not smooth. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Picture by Lillian Ross (, Perfect) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!


Picture, originally published in , is her most celebrated piece of reportage, a closely observed and completely absorbing story of how studio politics and misguided commercialism turn a. An unabashed fan of works like THE MAKING OF THE WIZARD OF OZ, I really don't know how I missed Lillian Ross's PICTURE for so long. In this moderate-sized book -- which began as five long articles for the NEW YORKER magazine -- Ms. Ross follows famed director John Huston in as he writes, readies and films an adaptation of Stephen Crane's Civil War novel, THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. "Picture" chronicles the trials and tribulations of making the film The Red Badge of Courage. Lillian Ross, a staff writer for The New Yorker for many years, is a brilliant prose stylist and was given exceptional access. A must-read for anyone interested in the movie biz.

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