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Who The Hell's In It
Portraits And Conversations
by Peter Bogdanovich
Actor, director and film scholar Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show) profiles and interviews 26 legendary actors, including Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, Humphrey Bogart, John Cassavetes and Frank Sinatra.
Knopf, 544 pages
09/28/2004
$35.00
ISBN: 0375400109
Nonfiction
Entertainment & Media
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Atlantic Monthly Benjamin Schwarz
Although it reads as if it were too hastily assembled, this book is among the richest (and most delightful) ever written about Hollywood.
Booklist Alan Moores
An invaluable archive of a nearly lost cinematic world. [Aug 2004, p.1887]
Chicago Sun-Times Jan Herman
Bogdanovich's writing is pungent, his insights smart and penetrating.
Daily Telegraph Anthony Quinn
If he is at times too reverential of his subjects, he can't be faulted for enthusiasm and diligence.
New York Observer Scott Eyman
On balance, it might be a good idea for Mr. Bogdanovich to write about people and films he doesn't like once in a while, if only to add an astringent touch to the prevailing sweetness. On the other hand, his emotional generosity is part of what makes this rich book such a pure pleasure in these mean-spirited times.
Publishers Weekly
Those who like classic movies will fall in love with this book and, despite its nearly 600 pages, they'll find themselves wishing for more. [19 Jul 2004, p.154]
Washington Post Jeanine Basinger
His insights are casual and conversational, yet also coolly professional, sharp and keen-eyed.
Library Journal Roy Liebman
Readable if not particularly revelatory. [Jul 2004, p.84]
The New York Times Book Review Stephanie Zacharek
Bogdanovich is a lively writer, and sometimes an eloquent one, but he might have cultivated a more original voice if he hadn't been so desperate for his subjects to like him.... And yet ''Who the Hell's in It'' is largely a likable, entertaining book.
Los Angeles Times Richard Schickel
Sometimes he comes close to fawning. Or self-congratulation -- I'm in, you're not. But a lot of the time he is an eerily accurate surrogate for us. [12 Sep 2004, p.R2]
Daily Telegraph Anne Chisholm
Baggy, uneven and badly edited... But it is full of fresh and entertaining details, and his heart is in the right place.
Entertainment Weekly Benjamin Svetkey
Whether the encounters are blinkingly brief (glimpsing Lillian Gish at a 1958 screening) or much more involved (a long Q&A with Jerry Lewis, circa 2000), they usually give Bogdanovich just enough material to make this volume worth a skim.
Kirkus Reviews
Inside this anthology, an autobiography is trying to get out. [1 Jul 2004, p.611]
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