Title: Nothing New Here
Product review: I enjoyed Goldman's ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE, which is why I went out and paid retail for this one. I shouldn't have. Goldman has not aged well. He doesn't have enough fun "Hollywood Insider" stories left to tell, he's painfully ill-equipped to teach screenwriting (You wouldn't think so, but it becomes obvious very quickly), and he's REALLY out of touch. (Is he the only writer who didn't understand the Coen Brothers' THE BIG LEBOWSKI?) In general, I'm surprised by the poor quality of this book. Goldman's prose is first-draft quality, and his observations are no longer interesting, much less incisive.
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