Is that a Gun in Your Pocket? by Rachel Abramowitz (.PDF)
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Is that a Gun in Your Pocket?: The Truth about Female Power in Hollywood by Rachel Abramowitz
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Overview: Over an eight-year period, Premiere (magazine) senior writer, Rachel Abramowitz, interviewed the most influential women in the movie-making business (including writer/director Nora Ephron, producer/production designer Polly Platt, and actor/director Barbra Streisand) to, in her words, “puncture the mythology and to circumvent the silence” of this exclusive enterprise. From superstar actors to independent directors, women in all arenas opened up to her, and the result is extraordinary — Abramowitz interviewed more than 150 women about their lives and careers in Hollywood — from Elaine May, and Sue Mengers, to Paula Weinstein, Gillian Armstrong, Barbara Boyle, and Jane Campion — Inspiring, scandalous, poignant, and hilarious, this is both a landmark look at the evolution of women’s place in filmmaking and a glimpse inside one of the most powerful industries in American culture.
At the heart of this feminist saga are two studio executives whose disparate styles reflect the extremes women once went to in order to succeed in the movie business:
- the pleasantly no-nonsense Sherry Lansing, and
- the aggressively churlish Dawn Steel.
Is that a Gun in Your Pocket? is probably the most (recent) definitive history of women in Hollywood. Abramowitz’s analyses of these women’s business experiences will appeal to media junkies, fandom, and newbs alike.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Entertainment
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