Letters from Hollywood BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership

Letters from Hollywood BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / LeadershipEngaging essays on a wide spectrum of Hollywood directors and the films they created. Journalist and filmmaker Bill Krohn has been the Los Angeles correspondent for the French magazine Cahiers du cinma for over forty years. Letters from Hollywood brings together thirty four of his essays, many of them appearing in English for the first time. Focusing most pieces on a particular director and film, Krohn uses his inside knowledge of the studio system to

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