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Ready for My Close-Up.
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Klar for mitt Close-Up.
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Ready for My Close-Up. Great Movie Speeches. Limelight. Softcover. 304 pages. Published by Limelight Editions. HL.332714. ISBN 0879103507. 6x9 inches. “If I want to send a message, I'll call Western Union. ” This famous line has been attributed to various movie moguls, yet while these moguls ruled the Hollywood studio system, movies were in the midst of a golden age of dialogue. Films included more messages, ideas, themes, and pontifications than they ever have since. Although producers trembled at commands from the front office, writers. the low men and women on the totem pole. went quietly to their typewriters and, as the subversive revolutionaries that most writers are, turned out prose that did send messages. How could they resist. They had the biggest and best platform in the world. Hollywood movies. The 200 speeches collected in Ready for My Close-Up. are from some of the best – and a few of the worst – films ever made. From Groucho Marx's “I shot an elephant in my pajamas” to Julia Roberts's “What it takes to be a movie star,” here is the wit and wisdom of the great Hollywood screenwriters.
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Klar for mitt Close-Up. Flott film Taler. Limelight. Paperback. 304 sider. Publisert av Limelight Editions. HL.332714. ISBN 0879103507. 6x9 inches. "Hvis jeg ønsker å sende en melding, vil jeg kalle Western Union. "Denne berømte linje har blitt tilskrevet ulike filmkulekjøring, men mens disse kulekjøring styrte Hollywood studio system, filmer var midt i en gullalder dialog. Filmer inkludert flere meldinger, ideer, temaer og pontifications enn de noensinne har siden. Selv om produsentene skalv på kommandoer fra hovedkontoret, forfattere. de lave menn og kvinner på totem pole. gikk stille til sine skrivemaskiner, og som de undergravende revolusjonære at de fleste forfattere er, viste seg prosa som sendte meldinger. Hvordan kunne de motstå. De hadde den største og beste plattformen i verden. Hollywood-filmer. De 200 taler samlet i Klar for My Close-Up. er fra noen av de beste - og noen av de verste - filmene noensinne laget. Fra Groucho Marx Jeg skjøt en elefant i min pyjamas til Julia Roberts er Hva det tar å bli en filmstjerne, her er det vidd og visdom av de store Hollywood-manus.
