This is Tom's first novel and it should be his last unless he learns that story is critical in a good novel. This book is about making of a movie. It begins in 1947 with a child who will have a part in the creation of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece 60 years latter. Throughout the book we get vignettes of the many people who will have some part in creating the movie. However, there are no heroes nor villains. I guess Bill Johnson, the director would be the protagonist. What is good in the book is Tom's writing about the various characters, sometimes funny but always interesting. What is bad, is there really isn't much a thread tying all these vignettes together. Flashbacks in the novel destroys any thread so it's almost like reading short stories.
The message Tom wants to share with us is that making movies is about the people and the lives of the people that make them and how these people work or don't work together. You won't learn much about the process of movie making but you will get Tom's take on how the people behind the scenes determine the results.
The book is available both in text and audio. Tom narrates most of the book which probably makes it more interesting than the text
The message Tom wants to share with us is that making movies is about the people and the lives of the people that make them and how these people work or don't work together. You won't learn much about the process of movie making but you will get Tom's take on how the people behind the scenes determine the results.
The book is available both in text and audio. Tom narrates most of the book which probably makes it more interesting than the text
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