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Title: She's no David O. Selznick!
Review: Lynda Obst seems to think she deserves laurels merely for navigating the shoals of the Hollywood swamp. Certainly it has made her rich and successful. And, undoubtedly, there is a place for gamesmanship - but watch out when it becomes the be-all and the end-all. All the greats, Selznick, Thalberg, Samuel Goldwyn, Daryl Zanuck - they knew the business inside out, every aspect of filmmaking - and they left a legacy of great pictures. What will Obst bequeath to the world? "Bad Girls"?You'd be far better off reading one of the many excellent (recent) bios of such greats as Billy Wilder, William Wyler, John Ford, David Lean and others. They give you a greater sense of why filmmaking is such an important force at the end of the millenium.
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