{"product_id":"9781644286692","title":"Being There: My Life in Hollywood with Friends and Outlaws","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eBart, Peter\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRare Bird Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/18\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting insider’s journey through Hollywood’s golden age, blockbuster era, and uncertain future, \u003ci\u003eBeing There\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers behind the scenes of the movie business—and inside the rooms where some of its biggest decisions were made.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on decades as a Hollywood executive, journalist, and observer, Peter Bart offers an intimate and candid account of an industry transformed from the legendary studio system into today’s corporate entertainment machine. From the chaotic set of \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e, where Bart found himself caught between Marlon Brando, Francis Coppola, and the studio, to the extraordinary gamble of \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e, he recounts the personalities, power struggles, creative clashes, and high-stakes decisions behind some of Hollywood’s most memorable films.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Along the way, Bart encounters Hollywood legends including Robert Evans, Warren Beatty, Peter Guber, and Rupert Murdoch, revealing an industry fueled by outsized personalities, creative ambition, enormous egos, and equally enormous financial risks.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But \u003ci\u003eBeing There\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a trip down memory lane. Bart traces the forces that dismantled the traditional studio system—from corporate consolidation and blockbuster economics to mergers and the rise of “content”—before confronting Hollywood’s next transformation. As Netflix, YouTube, social media, and artificial intelligence reshape storytelling, Bart asks what happens to Hollywood and its storytellers in an entertainment world increasingly governed by technology and algorithms.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part memoir, part Hollywood history, and part meditation on the future of storytelling, \u003ci\u003eBeing There\u003c\/i\u003e is a revealing portrait of an industry in perpetual reinvention.","brand":"Rare Bird Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50865092952319,"sku":"9781644286692","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781644286692","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}